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Advent CalendarA Poem by Rowan Williams
He will come like last leaf's fall.One night when the November windhas flayed the trees to the bone, and earthwakes choking on the mould,the soft shroud's folding.
He will come like frost.One morning when the shrinking earthopens on mist, to find itselfarrested in the netof alien, sword-set beauty.
He will come like dark.One evening when the bursting redDecember sun draws up the sheetand penny-masks its eye to yieldthe star-snowed fields of sky.
He will come, will come,will come like crying in the night,
Advent Carol Service This Evening at 6pm
Today is Advent Sunday.
The music of Advent is deeply beautiful and helps Christian people prepare
spiritually for the Christmas festivities.
Our Advent Carol Service is a wonderful way to experience this. The Service is at
6pm this evening. Please come and bring some friends with
you.
Advent Quiet Morning Saturday 9th December
On Saturday 9th December Fr Tim will conduct
an Advent Quiet Morning here in Church.
There will be three devotional talks on the Advent spirituality and doctrine of
Russian Icons of Our Lady, along with advice about how to pray in the periods of
silence.
The morning will run from 9.30am till 1.15pm
and will include Mass and Benediction. Please bring some lunch with you. Tea and coffee will be provided.
Bishop Jonathan to visit St Michael’s
The Rt Revd Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham, will be visiting St
Michael’s again this Thursday.
Bishop Jonathan is coming in his capacity
as a trustee of the Number One Trust,
an Anglo-Catholic grant-making organisation which has been
extremely generous in helping to fund the establishment of our
Pastoral Assistant Scheme here at St Michael’s.
Bishop Jonathan will be accompanied by
SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2017THE PARISH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS WITH ST JAMES,
CROYDON
Welcome to St Michael’s!
Welcome to Mass at St Michael’s Croydon, especially if this is your first visit. There is tea
and coffee in the Church Hall after the 9.30 and 11
THIS WEEK’S SERVICE TIMES
MONDAY 4TH DECEMBER 9.30 amMorning Prayer
St John Damascene 12.30 pm Mass
TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER 8.15 amMorning Prayer
Advent Feria 12.30 pm Mass 5.30 pm Evening
Prayer
WEDNESDAY 6TH DECEMBER 7.30 amMass
St Nicholas 8.15 am Morning Prayer
12.30 pm Mass 5.30 pm Evening
Prayer
THURSDAY 7TH DECEMBER 8.15 amMorning Prayer
St Ambrose 12.30 pm Mass5.30 pm Evening
Prayer
FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER 9.30 amMorning Prayer
The Immaculate Conception 12.30 pm
Vicar Fr Tim Pike CMP 020 8686 [email protected]
Assistant Curate Fr Philip Kennedy 020 3609 [email protected]
Today’s HymnsMass Time 9.30 am 11.00 amEntrance 14 18Gradual 14Offertory 465 465
Today’s MusicThe setting at this morning’s
11 o’clock Mass is the Missa Secunda
by Hans Leo Hassler.The Communion Motet is
A Tender Shoot by Otto Goldschmidt.
For Your Prayers
Among the sick, we pray for:Keith Duncan, Scott Burgess,
Ben Dunnage, Naomi, Beverley,
Tom Shovlin, Ann Harley, Mark Petersen, Rosemary
Soper, Beth Collins, Klaus Koppel, Ann Jagelman, Frederick
Furnial, Fatimetu Braimah, Lauren Baker, Douglas Giberson, Amanda Day,
Dawn Buckle, Lorna Buckle,Katharine Sarkode, Christine
Witcher, Valérie Blactot, Stella Fleming,
Angela Crawley-Smith,
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
6th – 10th August 2018
The Society of Mary is organising its biennial pilgrimage to
Lourdes. The cost for adults (including
direct return flights from London to
Lourdes) is in the region of
£600. Subsidised places are available for those aged 12-18.
£150 deposit is required by 31st January 2018.
Afternoon TeaOur next get-together to raise
funds for Parish Charities will be on
Tuesday 12th December (3.30 – 5.00pm) at
Fr Tim’s.
Our charities are St Christopher’s
Christmas Service Times
at St Michael’s, Croydon
Christmas will soon be here and so here is advance
notice of the main service times at St Michael’s.
Sunday 17th December at 6.00pmService of Nine Lessons & Carols
in the presence of the Mayor of Croydon
Wednesday 20th December at 1.15pmInformal Christmas Carol Service
Sunday 24th December8.00 am Low Mass (of Advent IV)
10.30 am Solemn High Mass (of Advent IV)
11.30 pm Midnight Masswith carols from 11pm
Confessions beforeChristmas
It is a good devotional habit to make your confession
before Christmas. Fr Tim will be in Church to hear confessions at the following times:
Wednesday 20th December between 7.00 and 8.00pm
Thursday 21st December between 11am and 12 noon
Saturday 23rd December between 10am and 10.45am
If you would like to find out more about how
Welcoming People
to ChurchSt Benedict told his monks that
they should welcome guests to the
monastery as if they were welcoming Christ himself. The same holds true of
our welcome to visitors here at St Michael’s.We are very grateful to those
who keep the Church open and who welcome people to Mass on
Sundays. But we need more volunteers to help with this very
