November is the month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, a month of remembrance and prayer for all our beloved dead. The following is a list of events planned for this month:
9th Nov – Annual Sung Requiem in the Dominican rite celebrated for the Catholic Medical Association (UK), at 11:30am.
9th Nov – monthly organ recital, at 7pm.
17th Nov – annual parish Requiem at 12 noon.
22nd Nov – St Cecilia’s day concert of celestial music performed by Baroque lutenist Andrew Maginley and soprano Regina Martin, in the Lady Chapel at 7:30pm. Tickets at £20 available from Eventbrite or on the door.
23rd Nov – Day with Mary, beginning with Mass at 10am.
30th Nov – Eucharistic Rosary procession with ‘De profundis’ prayers for the dead, and prayers for healing.
The parish ‘Book of the Dead’ inscribed with lists of names for whom we pray in this month of November. The candle burns at St Thomas’s altar as a sign of our perpetual prayers for the faithful departed.
The ‘Future Decades’ Fundraising Campaign Fundraising to Secure the Future of Our Church and the Rosary Shrine Since 2019, the Future Decades campaign has been raising money to respond to our most urgent priorities: Ensuring a Warm Welcome: A New