Saturday 5.30 p.m. (1st Mass of
Sunday)
Sunday 8.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. (Family
Mass with Folk Choir) 11.15 a.m. (sung
Mass with Traditional Choir) 5.45 p.m. (monthly
Youth Mass & Taize Mass)
MONDAY
7.30 a.m. & 10.00 a.m.
TUESDAY
7.30 a.m. & 10.00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
7.30 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.
THURSDAY
7.30 a.m. & 10.00 a.m.
FRIDAY
7.30 a.m. & 10.00 a.m.
& 7.30 p.m.
SATURDAY
8.00 a.m. & 10.00 a.m.
& 5.30 p.m. (1st Mass of Sunday)
Holy Days of Obligation
7.30 & 10.00 a.m.,12.30 & 8.00
p.m.
Sunday
Masses
There are five very different
celebrations of Sunday Mass in our parish.
Saturday, 5.30
p.m. (eve of Sunday) at St Augustine’s
This
is a simple and reasonably quiet celebration,
usually with no music.
Sunday, 8.00 a.m.
at St Augustine’s
The smallest
congregation at St Augustine’s church on a
Sunday.
A very quiet Mass, with no music.
Sunday, 9.30 a.m.
at St Augustine’s
This is our
‘Family Mass’, with plenty of crying
babies and wandering toddlers. The music is led
by our Music Group. On most Sundays, there is a
special Children’s Liturgy during the first
half of the Mass. At the beginning of Mass, those
children who wish to do so leave the church in
four groups with a team of catechists; they are
divided into 2.5-4
year olds, 4-6 year olds, 6-8 year olds, and 8-11
year olds. In the parish hall and our three
parish meeting rooms, they have a service of
their own, and then return to the church after
the Bidding Prayers. Children are involved each
week in bringing forward the Offertory Gifts and
holding candles at Communion. Occasionally there
is a special Children’s Mass when there are
no Children’s Liturgy groups. By far the
biggest congregation comes to this Mass, and most
of our main parish celebrations take place at it.
It is a Mass at which parents with young children
can feel very much at ease. Because there is such
a large congregation, it usually lasts over an
hour. There is always coffee in the hall
afterwards.
Sunday, 11.15 a.m.
at St Augustine’s
This is a more
reflective celebration of Mass, and music is led
by our Traditional Choir. Mass is celebrated in
English, but the Kyrie, Alleluia, Sanctus
and Agnus Dei are sung by the whole
congregation to simple plainsong settings. Either
the Rimsky-Korsakov setting of the
Lord’s Prayer or the Latin Pater Noster is
sung. Besides traditional hymns, the choir sings
pieces from our great Catholic musical heritage.
Sunday, 5.45 p.m.
at St Augustine’s
Many of our young
people come to this Mass, partly because the
parish Youth Groups meet immediately afterwards.
There is a monthly Youth Mass, at which we try to
get our young people as involved as possible. We
also have a monthly Mass with songs
from Taize: this is popular with people of all
ages.
This is our
‘Family Mass’, with plenty of crying
babies and wandering toddlers. The music is led
by our Music Group. On most Sundays, there is a
special Children’s Liturgy during the first
half of the Mass. At the beginning of Mass, those
children who wish to do so leave the church in
four groups with a team of catechists; they are
divided into 2.5-4
year olds, 4-6 year olds, 6-8 year olds, and 8-11
year olds. In the parish hall and our three
parish meeting rooms, they have a service of
their own, and then return to the church after
the Bidding Prayers. Children are involved each
week in bringing forward the Offertory Gifts and
holding candles at Communion. Occasionally there
is a special Children’s Mass when there are
no Children’s Liturgy groups. By far the
biggest congregation comes to this Mass, and most
of our main parish celebrations take place at it.
It is a Mass at which parents with young children
can feel very much at ease. Because there is such
a large congregation, it usually lasts over an
hour. There is always coffee in the hall
afterwards.