Holiday Season

 It being holiday season, there's some changes to the Mass Times:

• Mass at the University pauses until the start of the Autumn Term, and

• The Sunday evening Mass at St Walburge's will not occur during August.

This gives everyone time to dig out the bucket & spade/go to Ordinations/catch up on the admin*

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Spring updates

Now that Easter is past, and the blood pressure of clergy, sacristans, choirs and servers has returned to normal...

The Summer Term in Lancaster begins w/c 19th April, and Friday evening Masses will recommence.  Members of the public are always welcome.

There are no masses in Workington just now, as Conon Watson is unwell.  He's a grand chap, and always willing to say Mass for us when he can, so please keep him in your prayers.

Christmastide at St Walburge's, Preston

 Wednesday 24 December  - Vigil of Christmas

5.30pm First Vespers

9.45pm Traditional English Carols

10.30pm Solemn High Midnight Mass

 

Thursday 25 December - Nativity of Our Lord

8.30am Low Mass at Dawn

10.30am Solemn High Mass of the Day

5.30pm Solemn Second Vespers of the Nativity

(No 6.30pm Mass)

 

Wednesday 31 December

10.30pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with Confessions available

12 midnight Benediction

 

Tuesday 6 January

Epiphany of Our Lord

Masses at 8.30am & 6.30pm 

 

Annual Requiem

The annual sung Requiem Mass for souls enrolled in the Cumbrian Purgatorial Society will be celebrated at Our Lady and St Wilfrid, Warwick Bridge at 10 am on Saturday 8th November (and not at St Margaret Mary's). 

The Brampton Consort, led by Simon Mortimer, will sing a medieval polyphonic Mass and the propers will be sung by our Schola. 

A buffet lunch will be on offer, plus an uplifting address and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

News from Carlisle

Mass continues to be celebrated at St Margaret Mary's Church, 75 Scalegate Rd, Carlisle CA2 4JX, every Saturday at 10 am. Usually it is a low Mass with one per month being sung. 

Thanks are due to Canon Luiz Ruscillo and Fr Paul Harrison, who faithfully celebrate these Masses despite many other demands on their time and attention. 

Our Schola, led by Andrew Plasom-Scott, recently lost one of its voices, Dawid Klewicki, to the Dominican novitiate and now seeks additional talent.

Weekday Masses in Preston

Some good news is that the 12:00 Mass in Preston has resumed, and so there are now two Masses daily at 08:30 & 12:00, and three on Sundays- 08:30 (Low), 10:30 (High) and 18:30 (Low).

There's also good news for the church, with a lottery grant to keep the weather out!

And so to Autumn...

Autumn brings with it a new academic year, so Masses on Friday evenings at the University resume from week commencing 28th September.

There are changes to the parking arrangements across campus, which you can read about here.

Changes to Staff at St Walburge's mean an increase in the number of Masses there.  

Masses in the north of the Diocese are also handy for the North Lakes, for anyone squeezing in autumnal walks.  Details are here, and note the phone number if you want to check ahead of travel to Workington.