Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Mon: Central Services Staff Mass and Party, Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral Hall, 5.30pm. Tue: Christmas Celebration Reception, Archbishop’s House, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QJ, 6.30pm. Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, Victorial Street, London, SW1P 1LT, 7.30pm. Wed: Meeting with Bishops’ Conference Staff, London, SW1P 1QJ, 10.00am. Christmas Celebration Reception, Archbishop’s House, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QJ, 6.30pm. Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, London, SW1P 1LT, 7.30pm.
Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Thu: Father Hudson’s Care Advent Service, Coleshill, 11.30am. Sat: Mass, St Joseph’s Home, Harborne, 11.00am.
Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Sun: Festival Carol Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 5.00pm. Tue: Bethlehem Peace Light Service, St Anne and Blessed Dominic, Sutton, St Helens, 6.30pm. Wed: Carol Service for people living with dementia, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 2.00pm. Fri: Christmas lunch with archdiocesan staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon.
Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Mon: Carol Service, HMP High Down, 3.00pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.30am.
Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun: Celebrates Diocesan Vocations Mass, Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, 5.30pm. Mon: Private Meetings, Wardley Hall. Celebration of Memorial Mass for Canon Eugene Dolan RIP, St Edward’s, Lees, Oldham, 7.00pm. Tue: Celebration of Mass with the school community, St Patrick’s, Rochdale, 9.30am. Private engagements, Wardley Hall. Attends a Christmas Concert, Royal Northern College of Music, 7.30pm. Wed: Celebration of Mass with Diocesan Staff, Cathedral Church of St John, 12.10pm. Fri: Private meetings, Wardley Hall. Hosts a lunch for Diocesan Seminarians, Wardley Hall, 12.30pm.
Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Sun: Mass, The Community of the Work, Littlemore, Oxford, 12 noon. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Cathedral House, Birmingham, 9.30am.
Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Sun: Attends Nine Lessons & Carols, Lancaster Priory, pm.
Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Tue: Attending Vocations Enquirers Evening at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 6.30pm. Thu: Carol Service at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 7.00pm.
Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Sun: Pastoral Visitation of St Peter’s, Hazel Grove-Masses 8.30am, 10.00am & 6.00pm. Tue: Mass and Christmas Gathering of Seminarians, Cathedral, 11.00am. Appointments, Cathedral, pm. Wed: Curial Office Staff Christmas Lunch, St Joseph’s Parish Centre, Birkenhead, 12.30pm.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Wed: Northampton Church Leaders, Bishop’s House, 11.30am. Bucks Church Leaders, Bishop’s House, 2.00pm. Thu: Pre-visitation meeting, St Joseph’s, Bedford, 7.00pm.
Bishop Drainey (Middlesbrough) Sun: Celebrates Fellowship Mass at Holy Name of Mary, Middlesbrough, 3.00pm. Sat: Celebrates Mass at HMP Deerbolt, 1.30pm. Fri: Christmas Party, St Wilfrid’s Centre, 12.45pm. Sat: Confessions, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 11.30am. Mass, Cathedral, 12.30pm.
Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Sun: Parish Visitation-Our Lady of Lourdes and St Swithun’s, Southsea. Mon: NET Ministries Meeting, Bishop’s House. Meeting with the Head of Permanent Diaconate, Bishop’s House. Tue: Curia Christmas Party, Bishop’s House. Fri: Seminarians Christmas Gathering, Bishop’s House.
Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Induction of Parish Priest, St Raphael’s Surbiton, 11.30am. Mon: URC Dialogue Meeting, 9.00am. Muslim Event, 6.30pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Induction of Parish Priest, St Columba’s, Selsdon, 7.00pm. Thu: Carol Service, Southwark Anglican Cathedral, 6.00pm. Fri: Farewell Mass for Head Teacher, St Boniface, Tooting, 9.30am.
Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 8.30am. Mass, Holy Family, Sheffield, 11.00am. Mon: Confessions, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 11.30am. Tue: Academies meeting, Pastoral Centre, 10.00am. Confessions, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 11.30am. Carol Service, HMP Lindholme, 3.00pm. Wed: Carol Service, HMP Moorland, 2.00pm. Advent Liturgy, All Saints Catholic High School, 7.00pm. Thu: Nativity Play, Worksop, 9.30am. Requiem Mass, St Alban’s, Denaby Main, 6.30pm.
Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sun: Celebrate Mass at St Peter the Apostle, Gorleston, 9.00am. Celebrate Mass at St Mary, Great Yarmouth, 11.00am. Mon: Engagements, White House, am. Engagements, White House, pm. Notre Dame High School Annual Prize Giving, Norwich, 6.00pm. Tue: Engagements, White House, am. Engagements, White House, pm. Thu: Engagements, White House, am. Curial Staff Luncheon, pm. Sat: Mass, HMP Bure, 9.30am.
Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Visitation to St Mary Moorfields and St Joseph’s, Bunhill Row. Mon: Staff Mass and Reception, Westminster Cathedral, 5.30pm. Tue: Christmas Reception and Celebration I, Westminster Cathedral, 6.30pm. Wed: Christmas Reception and Celebration II, Westminster Cathedral, 6.30pm.
Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Sun: Parish Visitation continues of SS John Fisher & Thomas More, Burford. Tue: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop House, Birmingham, 9.30am.
Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun: Visitation, St Peter’s, Swindon. Mon: Brownshill Community meeting, 12.30pm. Tue: Bishop’s Council Meeting, St Ambrose, 9.30am. Annual Ecumenical Carol Concert, St Mary, Redcliffe, 7.30pm. Wed: Somerset Churches Together meeting, 11.00am.
Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Mass at HMP/YOI Isis, 9.00am. Mon: Bishop Pat speaker at The Lewisham Borough Commanders Carol Service, St Stephen’s Church, Lewisham, 7.00pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council, 10.30am. Sat: Mass at HMP Thameside, 1.45pm.
Bishop McAleenan (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Letchworth Garden City, 7.00pm. Mon: Brazilian Chaplaincy, Archbishop’s House, 150 St George’s Road, London, SE1 6HX, 11.00am. Tue: Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, London, 7.00pm.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Sun: Festival of Christmas Carols, Tean, 2.30pm. Mon: Christmas Carol Service, HMP Stafford, 2.00pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am.
Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Tue: CEO Interviews, Diocesan Centre, Mackworth. Attends production of ‘Mother Mary’, St Peter’s, Hinckley, 7.30pm.
Bishop Malone (Liverpool) Fri: Christmas lunch with archdiocesan staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon.
Bishop Mason (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Church Leaders Meeting. Mon: Church Leaders Meeting. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting at Archbishop’s House. Wed: Meeting in Dover. Thu: Dinner at Nunciature, 7.00pm.
Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun: Helps with Crawley parish homeless lunches, The Friary, 12 noon. Mon: Meeting at High Oaks, 11.00am. Carol Service at HMP Highdown, 2.30pm. Tue: Mass at Gossops Green Convent, Crawley, 7.30am. Meeting at Eccleston Square, London, 10.00am. Wed: Meetings at Bishop’s House, Hove, 11.00am. Thu: Meeting at Dabcec, Crawley, 9.00am. End of Year Mass & Gathering at Dabcec for Diocesan Staff, 12 noon. Fri: Meeting at High Oaks, 9.00am.
Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Mon: Celebrates Mass at HMP Guys March Prison, Shaftesbury, 3.00pm. Tue: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, am. Receives the Peace Lamp in the Cathedral of St Mary’s and St Boniface, Plymouth, 6.30pm. Wed: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, all day. Thu: Bishop’s Council Meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 12.00 noon. Celebrates Nightfever Mass at Christ the King Church, Plymouth, 5.00pm. Fri: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, all day. Sat: Celebrates Mass at HM Prison, Portland, 9.30am.
Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Parish visitation (day 2), St Anthony of Padua, Edgware, all day. Mon: Central Services Staff Mass followed by Christmas party, Westminster Cathedral and hall, all day. Tue: Carols by Candlelight, St Dominic’s Sixth Form College, Harrow-on-the-Hill, 6.00pm. Wed: Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am. Sat: Celebrates Mass, St Theresa of the Child Jesus, Headstone Lane, 5.00pm.
Bishop Stock (Leeds) Tue: Meeting with the Diocesan Finance Board and Trustee Directors, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 1.30pm. Wed: Meeting with Vicar General, Bishop’s House, Leeds, 9.00am. Noon Advent Mass for the Diocesan Curia and Hinsley Hall Staff, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 12.00 noon.
Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun: Nine Lessons & Carols, Cathedral, 4.00pm. Thu: Visits St Fidelis Friary Soup Kitchen, Canning Town. Meeting and dinner, London, 7.00pm. Sat: Celebrates Mass HMP Chelmsford, am.
Bishop Williams (Auxiliary Bishop in Liverpool) Sun: 40th Anniversary Mass of Thanksgiving, St Peter and St Paul, Kirkby, 11.30am. Tue: Cursillo Mass, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm. Fri: Christmas lunch with archdiocesan staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon.
Bishop Wilson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Mass, Missionaries of Charity, 79 St Charles Square, 3.00pm. Tue: Visit and Mass at St Vincent’s Wiltshire Lane, Pinner, HA5 2NB, 10.45am. Christmas Celebrations, Westminster Cathedral, London, 6.30pm. Wed: Meeting Chaplaincy at Heathrow Airport, 10.30am. Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 1 Ambrosden Avenue, Westminster, London, SW1P 1QQ, 4.00pm.
WALES
Archbishop Stack (Cardiff) Sun: Christmas Carol Service, St David’s Cathedral, 3.00pm. Tue: Christmas Carol Service, St Alban’s School, Pontypool, 2.00pm. Fri: Senior Citizens Christmas Mass, St David’s College, 12.00 noon. Sat: Christmas Mass, Parc Prison, Bridgend, 9.00am.
Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Sun: Mass for the 50th Anniversary of the Ordination of Fr Frank Ryan, OMI at Colwyn Bay, 11.00am. Carol Service at HMP Berwyn, 2.30pm. Wed: Advent Reflection at Carmelite Monastery, Dolgellau, am. 18-25 Get Together, Prestatyn, 7.30pm.
SCOTLAND
Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews & Edinburgh) Tue: Chapter Mass, St Bennet’s, Edinburgh, 12.45pm. Wed: Home Visit St Joseph’s Home, Edinburgh, 3.30pm. Thu: Mass for Curial Staff, St Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh, 11.30am. Fri: BBC Radio Scotland, Edinburgh, 7.00am. Home Visit Nazareth House, Bonnyrigg, 11.30am. Advent Talk for Young People, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 7.00pm.
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