Weekly Notices 13th April 2025
Palm Sunday of Lent,
Year C
13th April, 2025
Holy Week begins
HOLY WEEK & EASTER
SERVICES
Tonight:
6.00 p.m. Choral Evensong & Service of Penance
Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David, Victoria
Responses: Ayleward
Canticles: Taylor-Coleridge
Anthem: Christus factus est, Rheinberger
Londinium, dir. António Sá-Dantas
Monday-Wednesday
7.00 p.m. Mass with address, (followed by Compline on Monday & Wednesday)
Confession: by appointment
Palm Sunday, 13th April
8 a.m. Holy Communion
10.30 a.m. Sung Mass with Blessing of Palms
6 p.m. Choral Evensong & Service of Penance
Maundy Thursday
8 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper
followed by Vigil until midnight & Compline
Good Friday
3 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion
followed by Hot Cross Buns
Holy Saturday
8 p.m. The Easter Vigil
followed by light refreshments
Easter Day, 20th April
8 a.m. Holy Communion (trad. language)
10.30 a.m. Sung Mass
‘Sparrow’ Mass, Mozart, followed by Egg Hunt
6 p.m. Choral Evensong & Benediction
Te Deum, Stanford, Easter Hymn, Mascagni
this week
Today: The Parish Pray-ers meet ca. 12.15 p.m. to pray especially for our mission. Next meet 11th May.
Tuesday: Bishop of Fulham’s Chrism Mass, 11.00 a.m., St Andrew, Holborn.
Wednesday: Sung Compline and Social, 7.00 p.m., every other Wednesday, especially for ages 18-35, with opportunity to learn Plainsong. Next meets 30th April.
Thursday: Preparation for the Triduum - help gratefully received for emptying & decorating the church, 9.30 a.m., please see Fr Owen.
Study Group, meets 7.00 p.m., 30 Warwick Square. We study the readings for the following Sunday. All welcome. Next meets 18th May.
Saturday: Church cleaning for Easter begins 9.30 a.m. Your help is needed and gratefully received. If you are not able to come then but can come earlier in the week, please let Fr Owen know.
Next Sunday:
Electoral Roll: This year is one when we have to prepare an entirely new Electoral Roll. Everybody who wishes to remain on the Roll must sign up again. Enrolment Forms, which explain who can be on the Roll, are available from James Farmer, the Electoral Roll Officer. The Roll will open from today, 2nd March. Joining the (free) Roll is a way of showing you are part of St Gabriel’s. Members of the Roll may speak and vote at the annual Meeting, and join the Parochial Church Council.
Giving up for Lent: Fasting and Abstinence are good ways to show we take God seriously and are sorry for our sins. We should abstain from meat on Fridays if we are aged between 14 & 60, are not with child or involved in heavy labour, or if the fast would hurt our health. In those circumstances we should give some extra money to charity or time to prayer. Who should fast is as above, except the age rule begins at 16. We fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday by eating no more than one full meal and two snacks.
Concerts
St Gabriel’s Concerts
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If you would like to learn more about the Christian Faith, perhaps with a view to Christening or Confirmation, please see Fr Owen
