UPDATE (19 Dec): London enter ‘Tier 4’ from 20 Dec. but the PM states that “communal worship” will still be lawful, so we will continue with our planned schedule below.
Below is the schedule for the coming weeks, beginning with the Simbang Gabi Novena of Masses (16-24 Dec), the schedule for Christmas, and a Mass followed by Marian Procession, Adoration, and Rosary on New Year’s Day.
Printed copies will be available from the friars or stewards at the back of the church.
Next Sunday, the 6th of December, at the 12 noon Solemn Mass, which is the 2nd Sunday of Advent, we welcome Bishop Nicholas Hudson back to St Dominic’s. The Bishop will come to celebrate the Mass during which he will induct Fr Lawrence Lew OP as Parish Priest. We hope to see a good representation of parishioners at this Mass, during which there is a beautiful dialogue between the Bishop, the parish priest, and the parishioners. The rite of Induction is reproduced in full below:
Bishop Fr Lawrence, are you willing to co-operate with your Archbishop in preaching Christ in season and out of season, explaining to all the Word of God?
Fr Lawrence I am, with the help of God.
Bishop People of this parish, you are called to preach Christ by the witness of a good life and to hand on the faith to others. Are you willing to do this?
People We are, with the help of God.
Bishop Fr Lawrence, are you ready to pray with the people as well as for them, and to lead and encourage them in their apostolate in the world?
Fr Lawrence I am, with the help of God.
Bishop People of the parish, will you seek through prayer and service to grow in the knowledge of God and to make the Gospel known throughout the world?
People We will, with the help of God.
Bishop Fr Lawrence, will you prepare your people by wise instruction to receive the sacraments worthily and fruitfully?
Fr Lawrence I will, with the help of God.
Bishop People of the parish, will you co-operate with the Parish Priest in preparing the parishioners for the fruitful reception of the Sacraments?
People We will, with the help of God.
Bishop Fr Lawrence, are you willing to celebrate the sacraments faithfully for the glory of God and the sanctification of Christ’s people?
Fr Lawrence I am, with the help of God.
Bishop People of this parish, will you faithfully participate in the Sacred Mysteries so that the Church may be built up as the Body of Christ?
People We will, with the help of God.
Bishop Fr Lawrence, are you willing to care for the marginalised and underprivileged, and to strive for justice and peace, based on the saving Truth of the Gospel?
Fr Lawrence I am, with the help of God.
Bishop People of this parish, are you willing to work for justice and peace in your homes and places of work according to the Gospel?
People We are, with the help of God.
Bishop Fr Lawrence, are you willing to work zealously to overcome division among Christians and to seek the unity for which Jesus prayed?
Fr George I am, with the help of God.
Bishop People of this parish, will you co-operate with other Christians to promote the work of deeper unity?
People We will, with the help of God.
Bishop Fr Lawrence, are you resolved to carry out your duties as a parish priest, giving no grounds for reproach?
Fr George I am, with the help of God.
Bishop People of this parish, will you support your parish priest in the responsibilities into which he is inducted today?
People We will, with the help of God.
ALL STAND
Bishop Let us pray. God our Father, look upon Fr Lawrence, your servant and co-worker with the Archbishop in this place. May his word and example inspire and guide your people here and may he and all those in his care come to the joy of everlasting life. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
People Amen.
The Installation
The new Parish Priest is led by the Bishop to the Presidential Chair and seated in it
Bishop In the name of His Eminence Cardinal Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, I give you the document of your appointment and I entrust to you the keys of the church.
The greetings
The new parish priest stands and faces the congregation
Fr Lawrence People of this parish, I greet you all in the name of Jesus Our Lord.
People We welcome you among us in his name.
Thanks to our benefactors we have been able to set up a professional-grade livestreaming facility in our church just on time for the current Lockdown!
Throughout the lockdown, we will stream a Mass at 6pm daily, Mondays – Saturdays. On Sundays we will stream both the Sunday 12pm Mass (Ordinary Form) and the Sunday 4pm Mass (Dominican rite/Extraordinary Form).
However, we are not able to livestream to Facebook through this system. The Masses will be livestreamed directly to a new Rosary Shrine YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RosaryShrineUK
Please click on the link and SUBSCRIBE. If you want to watch the Masses, it’s important to click on ‘Notifications’ so that you’ll be told when the Mass is Live online.
In addition to these Masses, we hope in future to livestream Rosary processions, sacred music concerts, talks, devotions, and more. Thank you for your support.
Currently, every Friday, the Rosary is prayed live at 8pm, and it is streamed to the Dominican Rosary Promoter General’s channel: youtube.com/c/RosariumOP
On 15th October, the feast of St Teresa of Ávila, Cardinal Nichols ratified the appointment of Fr Lawrence Lew OP, Prior of St Dominic’s as the new Parish Priest of our parish of Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic’s, Haverstock Hill. Currently, the responsibilities of the Rector of the Rosary Shrine will also be undertaken by the Parish Priest.
Please pray for Fr Lawrence Lew in his service and ministry as Prior, Parish Priest, and Rector here at St Dominic’s – the Rosary Shrine. Fr Lawrence arrived in St Dominic’s in June 2017, having just gained his License in Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington DC. Prior to that (from the time of his priestly ordination in 2011) he had been Assistant Chaplain at Edinburgh University, working alongside Fr Dermot Morrin OP, who has also served as Prior and Parish Priest of St Dominic’s. Fr Lawrence currently also serves as the Dominican Order’s Promoter General for the Holy Rosary; as Spiritual Director for the Westminster Curia of the Legion of Mary; and he is Editor of the English Dominican Province’s magazine, The Dominicans.
The words of St Teresa’s ‘Bookmark’ seems a fitting reflection and prayer for Fr Lawrence as he takes on these new pastoral roles at St Dominic’s, and also for us all at this time when so many are anxious about the coronavirus and our current socio-economic and political situation:
Let nothing disturb you,
nothing frighten you,
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God is enough.
Amen. May Our Lady, Queen of the Holy Rosary pray for us!
On Saturday 29th August 2020, the Dominican community elected Fr Lawrence Lew OP as their new Prior. Please pray for him, and for the community of St Dominic’s Priory.
The role of Prior is distinct from that of the Parish Priest. The Prior is the religious superior of the Dominican friars based here who serve in the parish and the Shrine, but who also have a diverse mission serving in local schools, universities, hospitals, and a prison, as well as giving preached retreats and talks internationally, and teaching at Blackfriars Hall in Oxford.
The Parish Priest of St Dominic’s church is assisted by other friars in the community, and he oversees the mission of the parish and has charge of the pastoral care and sacramental life of the Catholic community who worship here.
In addition to being Prior, Fr Lawrence continues to serve as Promoter General for the Holy Rosary in the General Curia of the Order, and as Rector of the Rosary Shrine, working alongside our parishioners in welcoming pilgrims and visitors and guests to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary.
We are not yet “back to normal” but we are delighted to have daily Masses, Confessions, and of course Sunday Mass and Adoration again. Please be vigilant, stay safe, and observe the social distancing guidelines, and wear a mask in church. Below is our current schedule:
From Friday, 5 June, which is the first Friday of the month of the Sacred Heart, we will be livestreaming the Rosary at 8pm every week to the new YouTube channel of the Dominican Order’s Promoter General of the Rosary. To go to the channel, visit youtube.com/c/RosariumOP. Please be sure to subscribe to the channel, and click for notifications so that you are informed whenever we go Live!
May is the month of Our Blessed Mother Mary, and this year the Rosary Shrine in London is pleased to host a Rosary Mission in collaboration with ‘Rosary on the Coast‘ whose Spiritual Director is Scottish Bishop John Keenan of Paisley, and the National Marian Shrine of Scotland at Carfin.
The prayer intentions of the Rosary Mission are as follows:
Please pray the Rosary every day this month of May for these intentions, and we urge you to do so in a spirit of repentance and reparation, interceding for our nations.
This will culminate in a Nationwide Rosary Rally on Sunday 31st May, Pentecost Sunday, praying for the deliverance from all evils, and for the renewal of all nations through the power of the Holy Spirit.
We invite you to pray the Rosary together with us, and if you can, join us online at 8pm every night this month. We will be livestreaming to our respective Facebook pages following this schedule:
At the end of the Rosary each night, the two prayers given by Pope Francis will be recited.
If you prefer to use YouTube, the Divine Mercy Shrine in Wales will have a daily Rosary at 8pm too.
If you cannot make it at 8pm, you can still pray online with other livestreams, such as:
May Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us!
Owing to the current situation, we are distributing the Easter 2020 edition of our magazine electronically rather than as printed copies in our churches.
UPDATE (23 MARCH 2020): BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT, ALL PLACES OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING THIS CHURCH, MUST BE LOCKED. PLEASE PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY AND IMPLORE GOD TO MERCIFULLY LIFT THIS SCOURGE FROM OUR WORLD!
On 18th March, the Bishops of England and Wales made the following statement: “In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, so many aspects of our lives must change. This includes the ways in which we publicly express our faith. It is very clear that, following official advice and in order to keep each other safe, save lives and support the NHS, at this time we must not gather for public acts of worship in our churches. This will begin from Friday evening, 20th March 2020, until further notice.”
REVISED OPENING HOURS: Here at the Rosary Shrine, we know that Our Lady is “our life, our sweetness, and our hope”, our consolation and mother particularly in our time of need. So, the church will remain open everyday (Monday– Sunday) from 8:30am – 4pm for private and individual prayer. All other scheduled events, such as daily Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Processions, Rosary prayer groups, and catechesis are currently suspended.
SOCIAL DISTANCING IN CHURCH: Please come in during these hours to light a candle before the images of the Saints, pray the Rosary to Our Lady in one of the many Rosary chapels and altars, or, most importantly, to sit in the real presence of Our Lord Jesus who is here for us in the tabernacle.
When you are in the church during opening hours, please observe social distancing: you must be at least 6 feet apart from the next person, and regrettably there can be no communal or group prayers in the church.
MASSES: The Priests at St Dominic’s will continue to celebrate private Masses every day, for the good of the whole Church, for our parish, and for the salvation of our world at this time of uncertainty and difficulty. The world is especially in need of the graces and mercy of God at this time, which is why Masses have not been stopped. Rather, only the public celebration of Mass, which would cause people to gather in church in numbers, are not permitted. However, rest assured that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered unceasingly throughout the world.
The Bishops say: “Knowing that the Mass is being celebrated; joining in spiritually in that celebration; watching the live-streaming of the Mass; following its prayers at home; making an act of spiritual communion: this is how we share in the Sacrifice of Christ in these days. These are the ways in which we will sanctify Sunday, and indeed every day”.
In particular any Mass intentions you have sent into our parish office will be honoured. Unfortunately, you will not be able to be physically present in the church for any Mass; all Masses will be celebrated by the priest alone. The Bishops, in accordance with Canon Law, have thus dispensed all Catholics from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays during these emergency circumstances. Nevertheless, Sunday is still the Lord’s day, and God’s commandment to keep Sundays holy remains. So, for example, be sure to read the Mass readings for the day, watch a livestreamed or televised Mass (see below), and pray the Rosary. The arrangements for Holy Week are being reviewed by the Bishops, and we will be informed in due course.
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION: In these difficult times, then, we invite you to be united with us in prayer from your own homes: you can watch a Mass live online as celebrated in Walsingham, or recorded on YouTube. When you watch the Mass online, make an act of Spiritual Communion. In this manner, you can receive the graces of Christ and have a genuine union with God through charity, for Jesus comes to us with his blessings and grace in these extraordinary means during these extraordinary times until we can once more safely gather again for the Holy Mass in our church.
CONFESSION & SICK CALLS: The Sacrament of Confession will be available on Saturdays from 10:30am, or on call. The Sacrament of the Sick will be administered in emergency situations on request.
PRAYING TOGETHER ONLINE: If you can, please stay in contact via our Facebook page. We hope to put up homilies, spiritual readings, and videos that will help us grow together in faith, hope, and love during this unusually hard season of Lent.
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