After the 10am Family Mass
Young families are warmly welcomed to the Parish Hall after Mass for an Advent Party with food and arts and crafts available.
Children’s Advent Party
First Saturdays at the Rosary Shrine
Our Lady of the Rosary appeared to the saintly children of Fatima in 1917. It is often forgotten that Our Lady continued to speak to Sr Lucia of Fatima a few more times, and in 1925 the Blessed Virgin specifically asked that on the first Saturdays of the month, we should:
- Make a good confession in a spirit of reparation for blasphemies against Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart;
- Receive Holy Communion in a state of grace, and as an act of reparation for sins against Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart;
- Pray five decades of the Rosary;
- Fifteen minutes of meditative prayer on the Mysteries of the Rosary, ie: the Gospels. A lectio divina will be done during Adoration to aid this. This meditation is in addition to the praying of the Rosary.
For a fuller explanation of the first Saturday devotion, which is approved by the Church, please refer to these sites: http://www.rosary-center.org/firstsat.htm and https://worldfatima-englandwales.org.uk/the-five-first-saturdays-devotion-explained/.
As this is the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, we wish to honour Our Lady’s requests, and to provide a means for people in London to observe the First Saturday acts of reparation. Please see the poster above, and do come and join us in prayer, meditation, Mass, Confession, and a Rosary Procession, every first Saturday of the month. Attendance at the monthly Rosary Procession at the start of the month is also encouraged by Pope Leo XIII for all members of the Rosary Confraternity.
Schedule of Monthly Parish Activities
As we come back from our summer break, a reminder of some of the regular activities that take place every month in our parish and Rosary Shrine:
- First Saturdays = Devotions to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart (Adoration & Confessions from 5pm) with candlelit Rosary Procession at 7pm (lasts about 20 mins).
- First Sundays = Baptisms during the 10am Mass.
- Every Sunday = Coffee, cakes and refreshment for all in the Parish Hall after the 10am Mass.
- Third Sundays = Baptismal Preparation after the 10am Mass. To enrol for this, please speak to the parish priest first. If you don’t live in this parish you’ll need permission from your parish priest to have your child baptised here.
- Last Saturdays = Filipino choir sings at the 6pm Vigil Mass, followed by a free Filipino meal in the Parish Hall.
UPCOMING DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
- 8 September = Our Lady’s birthday, with organ and chant Mass at 6pm.
- 29 September = 6pm Mass, with organ and guest choir celebrated by Bishop Sherrington to mark the official opening of the Radio Maria studio.
- 2 October = Rosary Sunday, with blessed roses distributed at all Masses. Abbot Xavier Perrin OSB will preside at the 12 noon Solemn Mass.
- 29 October = Rosary Vigil at 7:30pm. During the day there will be music workshops in the Hall led by Pawel Bebenek.
