St. Bartholomew's
Polyphony Choir

UPDATE
NOVEMBER 2022


 

Dear all,

 

Choir Dates List 2022/23

The latest Dates List, dated 28 October, is to be found here. Cantors are now confirmed! Please, please pencil 28 May into your diaries in case we're asked to sing.

 

Draft music for our Christmas Concert, Midnight Mass & Mary Mother of God

An outline of the proposed music is to be found here.

 

Forthcoming Poly Masses

Herewith the anticipated Music Lists for the 6 November and 20 November (Christus Rex) and 4 December Masses.

 

We'll add In our service to our music for the 11:30 Mass on Sunday 7 May!

 

Forthcoming Plainchant Masses

The anticipated Music Lists for the 13 November (Remembrance) and 18 December Masses.

 

Forthcoming Hymn Choir Masses

The next 11:30 Hymn Choir Mass is on 27 November. There will be no Hymn Choir on Christmas Day. Then Masses on 22 January, 26 February and 26 March. All are welcome to come up and sing!

 


 

Prayers, please

Please continue to keep Terry F., Jane, Terry J. and Mary & Frank in your prayers.

 

Also.....

We were delighted to welcome back Suzanne; Mary E. has said she hopes to be back with us soon. Veronica still intends to be back with us at some stage. Kitty has now stepped back, but there is a possibility she may return at some stage in the future - we hope so!

 

Prayers List

 

I'll happily add others (family and/or friends) to this list on request. I know many of those receiving Update have personal Prayer Lists, and may well be happy to add Choir Members' requests to it.

 


 

St. Bart's Memories No. 56


London Road, Norbury, looking north c.1920s

Note the overhead 'flying' street lighting and Norbury Cinema
Click/tap on the image for a much larger version

 


 

November Jigsaw

God-fearing holiness for November - a fairly tricky 63 pieces.

 


 

For your coffee breaks

Bishop Howard Tripp 1927-2022 - CBCEW

Bishop Howard Tripp: funeral arrangements - Archdiocese of Southwark

Croydon Council will loan you equipment to keep Norbury clean: good grief - Litter-Free Norbury

Synod latest - read top; watch video; form opinion; 'only then' read comments below - Fr. Z

Nationwide: Carshalton's 'Stately Home' - BBC Rewind

Statue of Joan of Arc; made me smile! - Update

Come and Sing Mozart's Requiem in Carshalton on 29 October - Update

Robert Führer - Wikipedia

GUARDIAN OF TRADITION; a wonderful look at the Châtres pilgrimage - YouTube

Shaun the Sheep: Strictly No Dancing - BBC iPlayer

It's a Quare business: Croydon has clocked up some history - Inside Croydon

A parody of the NHS.... and more? - Update

A day in London 1930s (late '33-'34, I reckon, re-mastered, colourised, etc.) - YouTube

A Tribute to the Life and Reign of Elizabeth II (superb!) - Classic FM

No space for a piano in the home? Think again! - Update

Cardinal Müller challenges Pope Francis: no authority to change... - Catholic Herald

... plurimosque annos ... (grin!) - Father John Hunwicke

Top of the class: The New Library wins RIBA Stirling Prize: BBC Arts

London Rosary Crusade of Reparation - Fr.Z and YouTube

100 key BBC voices from their Oral History Collection - BBC 100

Bishops in the House of Lords keep 'pure religion' in public life - Archbishop Cranmer

The first steps out of the nest can be quite a learning curve! - Twitter

7 things you didn't know about the Bayeux Tapestry - BBC

The Pope needs to respect the Latin Mass - Catholic Herald

The Canons, Mitcham: Mr Cranmer's Obelisk - Merton Memories

BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition 2022 (deadline 23:59 1 November) - BBC

The refurbishment of the 200 year old St. John's Waterloo church - IanVisits

Who first put peanut butter and jam together? - and other sandwich stories - BBC Bitesize

The mind boggles at this - how many can you count!! - YouTube

King George V lying in state (image) - Update

Desert Island Discs: Bing Crosby (from 1975) - BBC Radio 4

Adrian Chiles & Adam Shaw: Fish Merchants at Billingsgate (from 1997) - BBC Archive/Twitter

And finally..... Music on the move! - Update


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