Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Mon: Central Services Staff Mass followed by Christmas 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, Victoria Street, SW1P 1LT, 7.30pm. Wed: Mass at St Vincent’s, Carlisle Place, 7.30am. Meeting with Bishops’ Conference Staff, London, SW1P 1QJ, 10.00am. Metropolitan Silouan of the British Isles and Ireland, Archbishop’s House, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QJ. Christmas Celebration Reception, Archbishop’s House, Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QJ, 6.30pm. Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, SW1P 1LT, 7.30pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, SW1P 1QJ, 9.30am. Sat: Celebrates First Vespers of Christmas, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, SW1P 1LT. Midnight Mass, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, SW1P 1LT, 11.45pm.
Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Sun: Mass, St Joseph’s, Harborne, 10.30am. St Patrick’s, Dudley Youth Group, Birmingham, 3.45pm. Advent Carol Service, St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, 5.00pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Thu: Mass, Aston Hall, Staffordshire, 11.00am. Sat: Midnight Mass, St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, 12.00 midnight.
Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Sun: solemn Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 11.00am. Festival Carol Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 5.00pm. Tue: Meetings, London. Cursillo Mass, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm. Thu: Christmas lunch with archdiocesan staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon. Sat: First Vespers of Christmas and Blessing of the Crib, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 3.00pm.
Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Tue: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Carol Service, HMP Rochester, 6.00pm. Wed: Carol Service, HMP Elmley, 6.00pm.
Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Mon: Eightieth Anniversary Mass, Christ the King School, Kingstanding, 5.30pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Penance Service, St Thomas More, Burford, 6.00pm. Wed: 25th Anniversary Mass, Rev Paul Gunter, Douai Abbey, 12.00 noon. Sat: Midnight Mass, Oratory Church, Birmingham.
Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Sun: Presides at Solemn Vespers for the 4th Sunday of Advent, St Peter’s Cathedral, Lancaster, pm. Attends ‘Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’, Lancaster Priory. Sat: Celebrates Midnight Mass, St Peter’s Cathedral, Lancaster.
Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Mon: Attending Carol Service at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 7.00pm. Tue: Mass of Induction of Fr Michael McCoy as Parish Priest of St Benet’s, Sunderland, 7.00pm. Wed: Attending Vocations Enquirers Evening at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 6.30pm.
Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Tue: Meetings Curial Offices, Birkenhead, am. Curial Office Staff Christmas Lunch, St Werburgh’s, Birkenhead, 1.00pm. Wed: Meetings, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, am. Fri: Seminarians Day, Cathedral. Sat: Hearing Confessions, Cathedral, 10.30pm – 11.30pm. Midnight Mass, Cathedral, 12 midnight.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Mon: Penitential Service, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Northampton, 7.00pm. Wed: Northampton Church Leaders, Bishop’s House, 11.30am. Bucks Church Leaders, Bishop’s House, 2.00pm. Sat: Christmas Eve Mass, HMP Rye Hill, 9.00am.
Bishop Drainey (Middlesbrough) Wed: Celebrates Mass at HMP Kirklevington, 6.00pm. Fri: Celebrates Mass at HMP Deerbolt, 9.15am. Sat: Carols and Mass at Cathedral, 10.30pm.
Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Sun: Mass at Holy Family, Southampton, 11.00am. Wed: Funeral Mass for Fr Robert Jennings R.I.P., English Martyrs, Didcot. Thu: Various Meetings, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Fri: Christmas Gathering with Seminarians, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Sat: Christmas Mass, St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth, 10.00pm.
Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Blessing of new premises, St Patrick’s, Sheffield, 11.00am. Carol Service, St Joseph’s, Sheffield, 4.00pm. Tue: Schools Executive Meeting, Pastoral Centre, 10.00am. Wed: Confessions, St Mary’s Workshop, 2.30pm. Fri: Christmas Party, St Wilfrid’s Centre, 12.45pm.
Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sun: Mass and Blessing of new sanctuary at St Felix, Felixstow Carol Service, Cathedral, Norwich, 11.00am. Carol Service, Cathedral, Norwich, 4.00pm. Mon: Engagements, White House. Tue: Bishop’s Council, Poringland, 11.00am. Engagements, White House, pm. Wed: Engagements, White House, am. Curial Christmas Luncheon, 1.00pm. Thu: Engagements, am. Fri: Engagements, White House, am. Sat: Mass at Bure Prison, Norwich, 9.30am. Solemn Vespers, Cathedral, Norwich. Carols, Cathedral, Norwich, 11.30pm. Solemn Mass of Christmas, Cathedral, Norwich, Midnight.
Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Celebrates Mass in St Mellitus, Tollington Park, 10.30am. Mon: Staff Mass and Reception, Westminster Cathedral, 5.30pm. Tue: Meeting in Archbishop’s House, 9.00am. Meeting in Archbishop’s House, 3.30pm. Christmas Reception and Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 6.30pm. Wed: Meeting in Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Round Table Meeting, Lambeth Palace, 1.30pm. Christmas Reception, Archbishop’s House, 6.30pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am. Sat: Celebrates Mass at HMP Pentonville, 2.00pm. Celebrates Christmas Mass, St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney, 9.00pm.
Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Tue: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Sat: Christmas Eve Mass, Bullingdon Prison, 9.30am. Christmas Eve Vigil Mass, St Peter Apostle, Leamington Spa, 10.00pm.
Bishop McAleenan (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: St Albans South, St Bartholomew, 10.30am. Stevenage Deanery, 7.30pm. Mon: Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School Presentation Evening, 7.00pm. Tue: Meeting, Archbishop;s House, 9.00am. Cathedral, 7.00pm. Thu: Wembley Caritas Meeting, 10.00am. Fri: Archbishop’s Council meeting, Archbishop;s House, 9.30am. Sat: Romanian Mass, 6.00pm.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Sat: First Mass of Christmas, Sacred Heart, Tunstall.
Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Fri: Visits HMP Foston Hall, Derby, 8.30am. Visits HMP Sudbury, Ashbourne, 11.00am. Sat: Vigil of Readings, Carols and Midnight Mass, St Barnabas Cathedral from 11.30am.
Bishop Malone (Liverpool) Thu: Christmas lunch with archdiocesan staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon.
Bishop Mason (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Hexham & Newcastle. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting at Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Wed: Churches Together Meeting in East Sussex. Thu: Churches Together Meeting in East Sussex.
Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Tue: Mass for Diocesan Staff, Dabcec, 12 noon. Wed: Meeting, High Oaks, 10.00am. St Mary’s University, Twickenham, 6.00pm. Sat: Carols and Midnight Mass, Arundel Cathedral, 11.30pm.
Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Sun: Celebrates Mass at Nazareth House, Plymouth, 10.00am. Visits the Carmelite Community, Lanherne, Cornwall, 3.00pm. Mon: Visits Homeless Night Shelter, St Petrocs Office, Truro, 7.30pm. Tue: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, All Day. Wed: Attends Silver Jubilee Mass of Fr Alban Hood O.S.B. and Fr Paul Gunter, Douai Abbey, Reading, 12 noon. Thu: Attends ‘Night Fever’ at Sacred Heart Church, Exeter, 8.00pm. Sat: Celebrates Mass at HMP Dartmoor Prison, 10.00am. Celebrates Midnight Mass at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface, Plymouth, 11.30pm.
Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Celebrates Mass, St Bernard’s Church, Harrow South, 9.00am. Mon: Central Services Staff Mass followed by Christmas party, 5.30pm. Tue: Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Wed: Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 3.00pm. Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 4.00pm. Christmas Celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 7.30pm. Fri: Celebrates Mass at Nazareth House, Finchley East, 8.00pm.
Bishop Stock (Leeds) Sun: Mass and Parish Visitation, St Clare’s, Moorside Road, Fagley, Bradford, BD2 3JE, 10.00am. Tue: Meeting with Diocesan Finance Board & Trustee Directors, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 1.30pm. Wed: Meeting with Vicar General, Bishop’s House, Leeds, 9.00am. Advent Mass for the Diocesan Curia and Hinsley Hall Staff, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 12 noon. Sat: Mass, HMP Wakefield, 5 Love Lane, Wakefield, WF2 9AG, 2.00pm. Mass of the Lord’s Nativity, Leeds Cathedral, Great George Street, Leeds, LS2 8BE, 11.30pm.
Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun: Nine Lessons & Carols, Cathedral, 4.00pm. Mon: Attends meeting of Chapter of Canons. Wed: Visits St Fidelis Friary, Canning Town, to lunch with the Homeless. Sat: Carols, 9.30pm. Celebrates Vigil Mass, Cathedral, 10.00pm.
Bishop Williams (Auxiliary Bishop in Liverpool) Sun: Carol Service, HM Prison, Liverpool, 10.00am. Tue: Nugent Advent Service, Christ the King Parish Centre, Liverpool, 12.00 noon. Thu: Christmas lunch with archdiocesan staff, Liverpool Archdiocesan Centre for Evangelisation, 12.00 noon. Sat: Mass, HM Prison, Hindley, 9.30am. First Mass of Christmas, St Joseph and St Laurence, Kirkby, 7.00pm.
Bishop Wilson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Acton, 9.00am. Tue: St Vincent’s Nursing Home in Eastcote, 11.00am. Wed: Cathedral, 6.00pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am. Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 2.00pm. Sat: Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea, 11.30pm.
WALES
Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Tue: Meeting at Bishop’s House, 11.30am. Wed: Carol Concert at HMP Berwen, Wrexham, 5.00pm. Sat: Midnight Mass at the Cathedral.
Bishop Burns (Menevia) Sat: Christmas Carols, St Joseph’s Cathedral, 23.30pm. Midnight Mass, St Joseph’s Cathedral, midnight.
SCOTLAND
Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews & Edinburgh) Sun: 50th Anniversary Mass of the opening of St Andrew’s Parish, Livingston, 3.00pm.
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