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Simbang Gabi

Simbang Gabi

The Rosary Shrine is delighted to host the novena of Simbang Gabi Masses for the third consecutive year. This is a Filipino custom of celebrating a Novena of Masses in preparation for Christmas, which will take place from 16-23 December. To complete the novena, there will be Mass at 6pm on 24 December or the Midnight Mass. Please note the Mass times in the poster above for the novena of Masses from 16-23 December.

This year, we are happy to announce that Bishop Nicholas Hudson will be joining us on the 23rd of December for the Simbang Gabi Mass and the celebrations afterwards.

Festal Masses in August

Festal Masses in August

The summer months are full of saint’s days, including the universal feast of St Dominic, although in our parish we mark his feast day with special solemnity on 24 May. This August we have three special Masses scheduled in the Rosary Shrine, to which all are very welcome:

5th-century mosaic from Ravenna of St Lawrence, who was martyred on a gridiron.
  • Thursday 8 August: the feast of our holy father, St Dominic. In addition to Masses at 7:30pm and 6pm, there will be a Mass at 11:30am celebrated with the Missionaries of Charity.
  • Saturday 10 August: the feast of St Lawrence, deacon and martyr. There will be a ‘Missa Cantata’ (Sung Mass) in the Dominican rite at 4pm, at the Altar of Our Lady of the Rosary, followed by the praying of the Rosary.
  • Thursday 22 August: the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (or Queenship of Mary). There will be a ‘Missa Cantata’ (Sung Mass) in the Dominican rite, at 7:30pm, at the High Altar, followed by a Eucharistic Rosary Procession. The ‘Schola Sainte-Cecile’ from Paris will be singing this Mass. More details here.
Stained glass detail depicting the death of St Dominic (6 August 1221), from the stained glass window above his Altar in our church.

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