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Christmas
Bernard and I recently
met to talk through the difficult practicalities of Christmas
(Concert and Midnight Mass) without an organist. As a result there have been changes made to our
programme of music, and the final (hopefully) Music List
were given out on 26 November and may be found
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The December Jigsaw - St. Joseph holding baby Jesus by Guido Reni from about 1635 - trickier this month! |
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Latest Forthcoming Dates List
The latest Dates List
(dated 1 December) may be found
HERE. Hard
copies available from me on request on Tuesdays for those without
the facility to print. Forthcoming Polyphony Choir Music December's HERE, January's Epiphany Mass HERE. Cantors 19:45 John 26 November and Jeannette 18 December. Forthcoming Plainchant Choir Music January's Mass HERE and February's HERE. Forthcoming Hymn Choir Music December's Mass HERE. January's HERE, February's HERE and March's HERE. |
St. Bart's Memories No. 32 This will appear in the next issue of Update. Prayers, please A Choir Member's urgent Private Intention, (which is, please God, soon to be answered), Frances Carter (who remains in Mayday as I write), Maria who is recuperating after her operation), Terry Jupp's sister Susan, Maria, Veronica's sister Monica, Ken's niece Beth and Mary & Frank Elliott. Please also remember Father Tomas Creagh-Fuller, curate with us from 2000-03, who passed away on 5 November soon after being appointed Parish Priest at Corpus Christi, Brixton Hill. Have a wonderful Christmas We're going through a tricky period without an organist, and I'm both acutely aware of it, and extremely grateful to you all for your continuing support. Thoroughly enjoy the Christmas season! I'll have a brief Update for January! |
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Post-Christmas Drinks & Nibbles Our Post-Christmas drinks and nibbles on 7 January will (thanks to the First Holy Communion Group, who have very kindly relocated to the retro chapel) take place in in the downstairs hall. As you will all be aware the Upper Hall-proper is being used by the Nursery group under the terms of their contract with the Diocese. All that said, there is a now problem with the boilers in the hall, and, as I send this to you all, there are now doubts about the hall being available for use by anyone throughout! I'll let you know when I know...... |
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Asperges 2019/20 Father Tomasz wants, happily, to reintroduce the Asperges at Masses on a regular basis during the year. The Asperges takes the place of the Penitential Rite, so no Kyrie will be needed - you will see I have noted the occasions they may be used in the latest Choir Dates List. That said, I am awaiting clarification as to Father Deo's intent on the matter. It makes it tricky to plan if only one of our priests, who may or may not be saying the Mass in question ............... I am also awaiting a reply to the question I posed on 13 November 'Will it be at all Masses by both priests on the selected dates? It impacts on our other Choirs and organists'. No reply yet! The joys of being DoM! |
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A very warm welcome to Deirdre..... .... to our soprano numbers - we are delighted to have welcomed you, and hope you will enjoy your time with us. |
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For your coffee breaks
A wonderful series of pictures from Newman's Canonisation
Daily Hyperbole |
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Previous UPDATES (some links may now be broken)
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