Services in December 2024 & January 2025

Weekday Morning Prayer is 9am Tuesday - Friday at St Barnabas. On Monday morning the Church is open for silent prayer

Sunday 15 December - Advent 3 (Gaudete Sunday)
8.00am: Low Mass (Mthr Lucie)
10.30am: High Mass(Celebrant: Fr Christopher; Preacher: The Revd Canon Prof Sue Gillingham)
6.30pm: Evening Prayer

Tuesday 17 December Feria in Advent
9.00am: Morning Prayer
9.30am: Low Mass

Wednesday 18 December Feria in Advent
9.00am: Morning Prayer
12.30pm: Low Mass at St Thomas the Martyr

Thursday 19 December Feria in Advent
9.00am: Morning Prayer
5.30pm: Low Mass

Friday 20 December Feria in Advent
9.00am: Morning Prayer

Sunday 22 December - Advent 4
8.00am: Low Mass (Fr Christopher)
10.30am: High Mass(Celebrant: Fr Christopher; Preacher: The Revd Lucie Spiers)
6.30pm: Christmas Carol Service by candlelight followed by seasonal refreshments

Tuesday 24 December The Vigil of the Nativity
9.00am: Morning Prayer
No 9.30am Mass today

(The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ)

4.00pm: Crib Service for children and families
10.30pm: Midnight Mass with Procession to the Crib

Wednesday 25 December - Christmas Day
10.30am: High Mass for Christmas

No public liturgy on Thursday 26 or Friday 27 December - Mass is available on these days at Pusey House, Oxford

Sunday 29 December - The Holy Family (Christmas 1)
8.00am: Low Mass
10.30am: Parish Mass with hymns
No Evening Prayer today

Usual pattern of services resumes on 31 December.

Tuesday 31 December within the Christmas Octave
9.00am: Morning Prayer
9.30am: Low Mass

Wednesday 1 January The Feast of the Naming of Jesus
9.00am: Morning Prayer
12.30pm: Low Mass at St Thomas the Martyr

Thursday 2 January Feria
9.00am: Morning Prayer
5.30pm: Low Mass

Sunday 5 January - The Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord
8.00am: Low Mass (Mthr Lucie)
10.30am: High Mass(Celebrant & Preacher: The Vicar)
6.30pm: Evening Prayer

Tuesday 7 December Feria
9.00am: Morning Prayer
9.30am: Low Mass

Sunday Services

8.00am: Low Mass
(a quiet, short service in the beautiful Lady Chapel of St Barnabas Church. Doors open at 7.30am approximately. The service finishes at 8.30am. No music, no sermon.)

10.30am: High Mass
(Experience a full-on sensory timeless service, with incense, bells, beautiful choral music, well-loved hymns, colourful vestments, poetic language, and a short but relevant sermon. All finishes with coffee hour, to which newcomers are very welcome. The service lasts about 75 minutes)

6.30pm: Evening Prayer
(a contemplative service at the end of Sunday, with spoken prayers and two hymns. We all sit together in the choir stalls near the altar, which creates an an intimate yet devotional atmosphere. The service is over by 7pm)

Services on Sundays are at St Barnabas.

Weekday services

9.00am: Morning Prayer
(this service is a short and quiet service of prayers and scripture readings. The service is from the traditional Book of Common Prayer and lasts for 15-20 minutes). This takes place Tuesday-Friday in the choir stalls at St Barnabas.

Daily Mass (times vary - see opposite)
(The tradition of a ‘daily mass’ is one that has roots in the early Church but was essentially part of the vision of renewal of the spiritual life by the Oxford Movement advocates of which our parish was a central part. To receive communion on a weekday allows us to consecrate the day to God and to receive the spiritual food and drink to nourish our faith on our daily journey.)

unless otherwise stated:
Morning Prayer is at St Barnabas
Mass on Tuesdays and Thursdays is at St Barnabas
Mass on Wednesdays is at St Thomas the Martyr

Confessions are heard at 5.00pm on Thursdays, or by appointment with the Vicar