Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: Opens Westminster Cathedral Door of Mercy during Liturgy of Vespers and Benediction, 3.30pm. Tue: Preaches at Metropolitan Police Carol Service, Westminster Abbey, 6pm. Wed: Meeting with Bishops’ Conference Staff, London, 10am, Christmas Celebration Reception, Archbishop’s House, 6.30pm, Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Thu: Christmas Celebration, Archbishop’s House, 6.30pm, Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, 9.30am. Sat: Mass and Christmas Visit to the Priests, Religious and Resident’s of St Vincent’s Nursing Home, Pinner, 11am, Christmas Visit to the Priests, Religious and Resident’s of St Anne’s Nursing Home, Stoke Newington, 3pm.
Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Sun: Mass with Opening of Holy Doors, St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, 11pm, Provincial Bishops’ Gathering, Clifton, 6pm. Mon: Provincial Bishops’ Gathering, Clifton. Tue: Father Hudson’s Care Advent Service, Coleshill, 11am. Wed: KSC Annual Dinner, Birmingham, 7.30pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, Birmingham Canoldir Concert, Birmingham Town Hall, 7pm. Fri: Mass, St Paul’s Infirmary, Selly Park, 11am. Sat: Mass, Aston Hall, Staffordshire, 11am, St Mary’s College, Oscott Carol Service, 6pm.
Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Tue: Ushaw College Trustees Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11am, Cursillo Mass, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm. Wed: Merseyside Church Leaders Meeting, Bishop’s Lodge, Liverpool, 9.30am, Confirmation, Holy Family, Southport, 7pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Liverpool, 10.15am, Evening Prayer with Animate Youth Ministries, St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens, 5pm. Fri: Nugent Care Christmas Mass, Liverpool, 12 noon.
Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Sun: Opening of Cathedral Door of Mercy and Mass, St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, 11.30am. Tue: Meeting, Woolwich, 11.30am, Mass and Lunch with Overseas clergy support group, Woolwich, 12.30am. Wed: Meetings, Archbishops House, 9am. Sat: Diaconate Ordination, St John’s Seminary, Wonersh, 10.30am.
Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun: Celebration of Mass and opening of the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy, Cathedral Church of St John, 11am. Mon: Trustees meeting, CAFOD, London all day. Tue: Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11am, Carol Service, HMP Forest Bank, 6.30pm. Wed: Celebration of Mass, Cathedral Church of St John, Followed by lunch with Cathedral Centre staff, 11.30am, Council of Deans, Cathedral Centre, 2pm, Loreto College Certificate Evening, Manchester Town Hall, 7.30pm. Thu: Private engagements, Wardley Hall all morning, Parish visit, 2pm. Fri: Private appointments, Wardley Hall, morning, Celebration of Mass, St Luke’s Centre, Manchester, 3pm. Sat: Private engagements.
Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Sun: Mass with Opening of the Holy Door at St George’s, Worcester, 11am, Provincial Meeting of Bishops’, Clifton, 6pm. Mon: Provincial Meeting of Bishops’, Clifton. Tue: Christmas celebration at Aston Hall, Staffordshire, 12 noon. Wed: Confirmations at Our Lady & St Brigid, Northfield, 7pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Sat: Oscott College Advent Service, 6pm.
Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Tue: Attends Ushaw Trustees meeting, Leeds. Thu: Meetings.
Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Sun: Mass at St Osmund, Gainford for Visitation, 9.30am, Opening of the Holy Door at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 3pm. Tue: Attending Ushaw Trustees Meeting at Hinsley Hall, 11am, Confirmations at St Mary’s, Hexham, 7pm. Wed: Social Evening with Vocations Group at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 6.30pm. Thu: Attending Carols by Candlelight at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 7pm. Fri: Episcopal Council Meeting at Bishop’s House, 9.30am. Sat: Penitential Service at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 12 noon, Mass at St Mary’s, Bishop Auckland for Visitation, 5.30pm.
Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Tue: Meeting of Ushaw Trustees, Hinsley Hall, Leeds. Wed: Appointments, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, am, Curial Offices Staff Lunch, St Werburgh’s Parish Centre, Birkenhead, 1pm. Fri: Meetings at Curial Offices, Birkenhead, am.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun: Opening of Holy Door & Ordination to the Diaconate, St Joseph’s, Gerrards Cross, 11am. Wed: Retirement of Headteacher, St Monica’s, Milton Keynes, 10am, Speech Night, St Ignatius College, 6pm.
Bishop Drainey (Middlesbrough) Sun: Celebrates Mass and Blessing of the Holy Door at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough, 5pm. Tue: Attends meeting at Ushaw Trustees at Hinsley Hall, 11am. Thu: Attends meeting at Diocesan Trustees at Curial Office, Middlesbrough, 11am.
Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Sun: Pastoral Visitation, Corpus Christi with St Joseph, Portsmouth, Mass and opening of the Holy Door of Mercy, St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth, 12pm. Tue: School Visitations, St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School, Woodley, St Joseph’s Catholic School, Aldershot. Wed: Church Leaders Meeting, Basingstoke. Thu: Curia Christmas Party, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Fri: Religious Visitations, Religious of Christian Education, Farnborough, Salesians of St John Bosco, Farnborough. Sat: Baptisms at HMP Winchester.
Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Year of Mercy Event, St George’s Cathedral, 11.30am. Mon: Finance Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 11am, Spirituality Commission, Euston, 6.30pm. Wed: HMP Highdown Carol Service, 3pm. Thu: Parish Priest Induction St Boniface, Tooting, 7pm.
Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass, Cathedral, 12.30pm. Mon: Mass, Cathedral, 12.45pm, Diocesan Health & Safety Committee, Pastoral Centre, 5pm. Tue: Meeting of Ushaw Trustees, Hinsley Hall, Leeds. Wed: Meeting of Deans, Bishops’ House, 12.30pm, Advent Liturgy, All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield, 7pm. Thu: Schools Executive meeting, Pastoral Centre, 10am. Fri: Advent Mass, St Mary’s Catholic High School, Chesterfield, 10.15am, Carols at Moorland Prison, 3pm. Sat: Mass, Cathedral, 12.30pm.
Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sun: Opening of the Holy Door, Cathedral, Norwich, Solemn Mass, 11am, Meeting with those discerning vocations to the priesthood, Cathedral, 1pm. Mon-Wed: Rome, Visit to the Seminarians. Thu: Engagements, Poringland, am, Bishop’s Christmas at Home, 6.30pm. Fri: Engagements, Poringland, 10.30am, Kings Music Scholars Christmas Carols and Music, Cathedral, Norwich, 7.30pm. Sat: Pontifical Vespers in Magdalene College, Cambridge (OLEM 125th Anniversary).
Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Islington Deanery Penitential Service, St John the Evangelist, Islington, 4.30pm. Mon: CBCEW Middle East Forum, Eccleston Square, 12.30pm, Dinner at the Apostolic Nunciature, 7.30pm. Tue: Six Deans’ Meeting, Bow, 11am. Wed: Meeting in Archbishop’s House, 10am, HMP Pentonville Carol Service, 2pm, Christmas Celebration 2015 Concert, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Thu: Christmas Celebration 2015 Concert, 7.30pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am, Episcopal Visitation, 2.30pm.
Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Sun-Mon: St Ambrose, Clifton, 5pm. Mon: CBCEW meeting Middle East Forum, Eccleston Square, London, 12.30pm. Tue: Deacons’ Dinner, St John Fisher, Coventry, 7pm. Wed: Kenelm Trust Meeting, 6pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Cathedral House, Birmingham, 9.30am.
Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Tue: Mass for Overseas Priests, St Peter the Apostle, Woolwich, 12 noon. Wed: Administer Sacrament of Reconciliation at St Ursula’s Convent School, Greenwich, 1.30pm. Thu: Music Festival for Catholic Schools in Southwark at Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell, 6pm.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Sun: Provincial Bishops’ Gathering, Clifton, 4pm. Mon: Provincial Bishops’ Gathering, Clifton. Tue: Meeting with Chaplains of HMP Featherstone and Brinsford, 12 noon, Carol Service HMP Featherstone, 3.30pm, Carol Service HMP Brinsford, 6pm. Wed: Meeting with Chaplains of New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, 9am, School Mass and Christmas Fayre, Holy Rosary, Wolverhampton, 11am. Thu: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am.
Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Sun: Visitation St Mary’s, Boston. Mon: Bishop’s Council, Bishop’s House, 11am. Tue: Board of Directors Meeting, Willson House, 11am, Nottingham Trust University Christmas Celebration, 5.30pm. Wed: Christmas Cannons, St Barnabas Cathedral, 7pm. Thu: Chapter Meeting and Mass, Bishop’s House.
Bishop Malone (Liverpool) Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Liverpool, 10.15am.
Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun: Mass at Mayfield Parish, 10am, Mass with Redshirts at Dalesdown, 2.30pm, Year of Mercy, Opening of Holy Door, Arundel Cathedral, 5pm. Mon: Prize giving for All Hallows Catholic School at Aldershot Cathedral, 7pm. Wed: Diocesan Staff End of Year Mass, The Friary, Crawley, 2pm, Meeting, High Oaks, 7pm. Fri-Sat: Rome. Fri: Admit students to Candidacy, Venerable English College, Rome, 6.30pm.
Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Sun: Celebrates Mass and the Opening of the Holy Door at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface, Plymouth, 10am, attends South West Bishop’s Meeting at St Ambrose, Bristol, 6pm. Tue: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth. Wed: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth. Thu: Bishop’s Council Meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 11am, Celebrates Nightfever Mass at Christ the King Church, Plymouth, 5.15pm. Fri: Engagements, Bishops House, Plymouth, am, Attends the Lord Mayor of Plymouth’s Carol Service at St Andrews Church, Plymouth, 7.30pm.
Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Opens Holy Door, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph, Waltham Cross, 3.30pm. Mon: CAFOD Trustees meeting, Romero House, 11am. Wed: Reception of remains of Father John Formby, St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham, 5pm. Thu: Meetings, Archbishop’s House, 3pm, Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, , 9.30am, Meetings, Archbishop’s House, 2pm. Sat: Blesses the crib, St Bartholomew’s Church, St Albans, 6pm.
Bishop Stock (Leeds) Sun: Opening of Holy Door, Leeds Cathedral, 11am, Advent Carol Service, Leeds Cathedral, 4pm. Tue: Meeting of Trustees of Ushaw College, Hinsley Hall, 11am, Finance Sub-Committee Meeting, Hinsley Hall, 12 noon. Wed: Visitation St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Batley Carr, 10am, Mass & Pre-Christmas Celebration, Hinsley Hall, 2pm. Thu: Individual Engagements, Bishop’s House, 10am, Meeting with Diocesan Finance Board & Truestee Directors, Hinsley Hall, 1.30pm.
Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun: Celebrates 111.30 Choral Mass for the Opening of the Holy Door. Wed: Meets with Diocesan Clergy, Abbotswick. Thu: Meeting of Bishop’s Council, 11am, Attends annual celebration and gives talk at League of British Muslims, Ilford. Fri: Attends staff lunch, Cathedral House, Meetings, Cathedral House, pm. Sat: Celebrates Mass, Chelmsford Prison, 9am.
Bishop Williams (Liverpool) Sun: Visitation Mass, St Joseph, Wrightington, 9.30am, Visitation Mass, St James, Orrell, 11am, 6pm. Tue: Ushaw College Trustees Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11am, NSPCC Carols by Candlelight, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, 7.30pm. Wed: Merseyside Church Leaders Meeting, Bishop’s Lodge, Liverpool, 9.30am, Nugent Care ‘Light up a Life’ Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 12.30pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Liverpool, 10.15am, St Ambrose Barlow Catholic College Carol Service, St Benet, Netherton, 7pm. Sat: Visitation Mass, Sacred Heart, Warrington, 5.15pm.
WALES
Archbishop Stack (Cardiff) Sun: Opening of the Year of Mercy, St David’s Cathedral, 11am. Mon: ICEL Teleconference, 12 noon. Tue: Christmas Carol Service, Nantgarw College. Thu: Prize giving Ceremoney, St John’s College, Cardiff, 7pm.
Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Sun: Pastoral visitation of Bala and Dolgellau Parishes. Tue: meeting with Wrexham Deanery clergy at the Cathedral 10 for 10.30am, Meeting at Bishop’s House, 12 noon. Wed: Carmel, Dolgellau, 1pm. Thu: Cathedral, Advent Reconciliation, 7pm.
Bishop Burns (Menevia) Sun: Holy Year of Mercy, Mass & Opening of Holy Door, St Joseph’s Cathedral, 10am, Bishop’s Meeting, Clifton, 5pm.
SCOTLAND
Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews & Edinburgh) Sun: Opening of the Door of Mercy, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 4pm. Tue: Chapter Mass, St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh, 12.45pm, Christmas visit to Nazareth House, Bonnyrigg, 4pm. Thu: Advent Mass and reception for Diocesan staff and Volunteers, St Margaret’s Chapel, Gillis Centre, Edinburgh, 12 noon, Christmas visit to Sisters of Charity of St Paul the Apostle, Musselburgh, 4.30pm.
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