Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: Celebrates Mass and Christmas Visit to the Priests, Religious and Resident’s at Burgess Hill, 11.00am. Mon: Prayer for the Day – BBC Radio 4, 5.43am, Staff Mass and Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral and Hall, 5.30pm. Tue: Prayer for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 5.43am. Wed: Prayer for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 5.43am, Thu: Prayer for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 5.43am, Celebrates First Vespers of Christmas, Westminster Cathedral, 4pm, Midnight Mass (Day 1), Westminster Cathedral, 11.45pm. Fri: Prayer for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 5.43am, Morning Prayer, Westminster Cathedral, 10am, Celebrates Christmas Day Mass, Westminster Cathedral, 10.30am, Vespers and Benediction, Westminster Cathedral, 3.30pm.
Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Sun: Hanley Carol Service, Stoke-on-Trent, 7.30pm. Wed: Mass, St Joseph’s Home, Harborne, 11.00am. Fri: Christmas Day Mass, HMP Birmingham, 10.30am.
Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Sun: Festival Carol Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 5.00pm. Tue: Celebrates Mass, St Wilfrid, Liverpool, 9.30am. Wed: Lunch with Archdiocesan Staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon. Meets with Seminarians, St Charles Borromeo, Liverpool, 7.00pm.Thu: First Vespers of Christmas and Blessing of the Crib, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 3.00pm. Fri: Midnight Mass of Christmas, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 12.00am. Christmas Morning Mass, HM Prison Liverpool, 9.00am.
Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Mon: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.30am, College of Consultors, Archbishop’s House, 3pm. Thu: Christmas Mass during the night (with BBC TV) St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, 11.45pm. Fri: Christmas Family Mass, St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, 10am.
Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun: Celebration of Mass with Reignite Group, Cathedral Church of St John, 5.30pm. Mon: Private appointments, Wardley Hall all day. Tue: Lunch with Seminarians, Wardley Hall, 12.30pm, Reconciliation Service at the Cathedral Church of St John, 7.30pm. Thu: Carols followed by the Celebration of Midnight Mass, Cathedral Church of St John, 11.30pm. Fri: Celebration of Mass, HMP Manchester, 9am, 10am.
Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Sun: Consecration of Anne Duell at SS John & Martin, Balsall Heath, 10.00am. Mon: Mass at Annie Bright Retirement Home, Edgbaston, 11.00am. Penance Service, Burford, 6.30pm. Thu: Midnight Mass, Erdington Abbey. Fri: Christmas Mass at Maryvale Monastery.
Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Sun: Attends Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, Lancaster Priory, PM. Thu: Celebrates Midnight Mass, St Peter’s Cathedral, Lancaster.
Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Sun: Mass at St Wilfrid’s, Bishop Auckland for Visitation, 9.30am. Mass at St Mary’s, Bishop Auckland for Visitation, 11.00am. Thu: First Mass of Christmas at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 8.00pm. Fri: Mass at Durham Prison, 10.15am.
Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Tue: Appointments, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, AM. Thu: Confessions, Cathedral, 3.30-5.00pm, 11.00-11.45pm. Midnight Mass of the Nativity of the Lord, Cathedral. Fri: Christmas Day Mass, Cathedral, 10.45am.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Mon: Penitential Service, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Northampton, 7.00pm. Wed: Farewell Mass, RE Centre, Luton, 12 noon. Thu: Midnight of the Nativity Mass, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Northampton. Fri: Christmas Morning Mass, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Northampton, 10.30am.
Bishop Drainey (Middlesbrough) Sun: Meets with Archbishop Sentamu at St Mary’s Cathedral, 3.30pm. Mon: Hosts lunch for seminarians at Bishop’s House, Middlesbrough, 12.30pm. Tue: Celebrates Mass at HMP Hull, 9am, Thu: Celebrates Mass at HMP Deerbolt, 8.30am, Attends carol service and celebrates Midnight Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough, 10.30pm. Fri: Celebrates Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, 10am.
Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Sun: Pastoral Visitation, Corpus Christi with St Joseph, Portsmouth. Mon: Meetings at Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Tue: Christmas Gathering with Seminarians, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Thu: Christmas Midnight Mass, St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth. Fri: Christmas Day Mass, St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth, 10.00am.
Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Deaf Mass, Wimbledon, 4.00pm. Mon: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Wed: Christian Muslim Forum, 3.00pm.
Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass, Cathedral, 10.30am. Wed: St Wilfrid’s Centre Christmas Party, 12.45pm. Thu: Midnight Mass, Cathedral,
12pm. Fri: Mass, HMP Prison, Moorland, 9am, Mass, Cathedral, 12.30pm.
Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sun: Mass, Cathedral, Norwich, 11.00am. Waveney District Council Carol Service at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Lowestoft, 4.00pm. Mon: Meetings, The White House. Tue: Meetings, The White House. Thu: Mass at HMP Bure, Norwich, 9.30am. Solemn Midnight Mass of the Nativity, Cathedral, 11.30pm. Fri: Mass HMP Norwich, 9.30am. Visit to St Andrew’s Hall – Norwich Open Christmas for the homeless, 1.00pm
Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Opens Holy Door at SS Anselm & Cecilia, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 10.00am. Mon: Meeting in Archbishop’s House, 4pm, Staff Mass and Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 5.30pm. Wed: Christmas Visit, St Peter’s Residence, Vauxhall, 3pm. Thu: Celebrates Mass at HMP Pentonville, 2pm, Midnight Mass at St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney, 9pm. Fri: Celebrates Mass at HMP Holloway, 10.30am.
Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Thu: Mass, Bullingdon Prison, 9am, Vigil Christmas Eve Mass, St John the Evangelist, Banbury, 11.30pm.
Bishop Lang (Clifton) Tue: HR Committee Meeting, St Ambrose, 10am.
Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Mass at HMP Brixton, 9.00am. Mass in Spanish at St Thomas the Apostle, Nunhead, 2.00pm. Mon: Archbishop’s Council, 10.30am. Thu: Christmas Eve Mass at St Joseph’s, Greenwich, 6.00pm. Fri: Mass at HMP Belmarsh, 8.30am. Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Greenwich, 11.00am.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Sun: Parish Mass, St Joseph’s, Wolverhampton, 10.30am. Village Carol Service, Tean, 2.30pm. Thu: Christmas Vigil Mass, Holy Trinity, Newcastle, 5.15pm. Fri: Christmas Mass, HMP Dovegate, 9.30am. Sat: Celebrates Parish Mass, St Giles, Cheadle, 5.00pm.
Bishop Malone (Liverpool) Wed: Lunch with Archdiocesan Staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon.
Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Sun: Attends Christmas Concert, Holy Cross Church, Hucknall, 6.30pm. Thu: Office of Readings, Carols and Midnight Mass, St Barnabas Cathedral. Fri: Celebrates Mass, Poor Clare Monastery, Bulwell, 9am, Mass of Christmas Day, St Barnabas Cathedral, 11.15am.
Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun: Blessing at Queen’s Jubilee Hall, Ardingly for the Indian Community in Uckfield and Crowborough, 12 noon. Mon – Wed: Community Retreat, Worth Abbey. Thu: Carols followed by Mass at Arundel Cathedral, 11.00pm. Fri: Mass at HMP Lewes, 9.00am.
Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Celebrates Mass at Nazareth House, Plymouth, 10.00am. Tue: Engatements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, AM. Meeting regarding Syrian Refugees at Lis Feock, Truro, 3.00pm. Meeting with Bishop of Truro, Bishop Tim Thornton at Lis Feock, Truro, 4.00pm. Wed: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, All Day. Thu: Attends Carol Service and Celebrates Vigil Mass of Christmas at St Joseph’s Church, Devonport, 7.30pm. Attends Carol Service and Celebrates Midnight Mass at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface, Plymouth, 11.30pm. Fri: Celebrates Solemn Mass of Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface, Plymouth, 10.00am.
Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Celebrates Mass, St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth Garden City, 9.00am. Celebrates Mass, St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth Garden City, 11.30am. Festival of Lessons and Carols, The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, 7.00pm. Mon: Attends Westminster Staff Christmas Celebrations, Westminster Cathedral, 5pm. Thu: Celebrates Mass, Nazareth House, East Finchley, 8pm, Celebrates Midnight Mass. St Bonaventure, Welwyn Garden City, 11pm. Fri: Celebrates Mass, HMP The Mount, Hemel Hempstead, 9.30am. Sat: Celebrates Mass, St Bonaventure, Welwyn Garden City, 10am.
Bishop Stock (Leeds) Tue: Individual Engagements, Bishop’s House, 9.00am. Wed: Meeting with Vicar General, Bishop’s House, 9.00am. Thu: Celebrates Midnight Mass, Leeds Cathedral, 11.30pm. Fri: Solemn Mass of Christmas, Leeds Cathedral, 11.00am.
Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun: Nine Lessons & Carols, Cathedral, 4.00pm. Wed: Visits St Fidelis Friary, Canning Town to lunch with the homeless. Thu: Carols, 11.00pm. Celebrates Vigil Mass, Cathedral, 11.30pm. Fri: Celebrates Choral Mass, 11.30am.
Bishop Williams (Liverpool) Sun: Visitation Mass, St Alban, Warrington, 9.30am. Visitation Mass, Sacred Heart, Warrington, 11.30am. Fri: Midnight Mass of Christmas, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, 12.00am.
WALES
Archbishop Stack (Cardiff) Sun: Service of Christmas Carols, St David’s Cathedral. First Mass of Christmas, St David’s Cathedral, 10.00pm. Fri: Christmas Day Mass at Cardiff Prison, 9.00am. Christmas Day Mass, St David’s Cathedral, 11.00am.
Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Thu: Midnight Mass at the Cathedral. Fri: Christmas Day Mass at the Cathedral, 11.00am. Midday Mass at the Cathedral, 12 noon.
Bishop Burns (Menevia) Thu: Christmas Carols, St Joseph’s Cathedral, 11.30pm. Midnight Mass, St Joseph’s Cathedral, Midnight. Sat: Polish Mass, Townhill
Parish, 12.30.
SCOTLAND
Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews & Edinburgh) Sun: Sunday Mass, St Joseph’s, Burntisland, 10.30am. Fri: Midnight Mass, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 00.00. Christmas Day Mass, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 10.30am. Christmas Mass, Missionaries of Charity, Edinburgh, 3.30pm.
This listing was compiled by The Universe Media Group Ltd and also appears in the Universe and Catholic Times
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