Weekly Notices - 3rd December 2023 -
Advent Sunday, Year B
Services this week
Tonight
6.00 p.m. Advent Carol Service
with The Cantus Ensemble directed by Dominic Brennan
Mass: First Week in Advent, Year 2
Tuesday 10.00 a.m. Feria
Peabody Avenue, Peabody Close
Wednesday 9.10 a.m. School Mass
5.30 p.m. No Choral Evensong with the P.M.F.
6.30 p.m. No Mass
Ranelagh Road
Thursday 9.30 a.m. St Ambrose
Ripley House
Friday 9.30 a.m. Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Seldon House
Saturday 9.30 a.m. of Our Lady
Shelley House
Second Sunday in Advent
Year B
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (trad. language)
Sheraton House
10.30 a.m. Sung Mass
Parish and Congregation
6.00 p.m. Choral Evensong & Benediction
dates for the diary
this week
Today: Flyers available for distribution about the parish - please take a block or road.
Parish Pray-ers meet after the 10.30 a.m. Sung Mass. 6.00 p.m., Advent Carol Service with The Cantus Ensemble. And donations for Christmas flowers gratefully accepted.
Tuesday: Bible Study, 7.00 p.m. at 30 Warwick Square. All welcome.
Wednesday: Handel’s Messiah, for details, see below.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Tuesday, 12th December
7 p.m. Service of Nine Lessons & Carols by candlelight
with members of the Pimlico Musical Foundation Choirs and local schools
Thursday, 14th December
7 p.m. Service of Nine Lessons & Carols by candlelight
with the St Gabriel’s Choir & Brass Quintet
Tickets for the above services may be reserved free at
Christmas Eve
4 p.m. Crib Service
with members of the St Gabriel’s Choir
11.30 p.m. Midnight Mass & blessing of the crib
Christmas Day
8 a.m. Holy Communion (trad. language)
10.30 a.m. Sung Mass (inc. Mozart’s Mass in B Flat)
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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. The Bishop of Fulham will baptise and confirm at St Gabriel’s on Sunday, 11th February.
Concerts
St Gabriel’s Concerts
Messiah, G. F. Handel
St Gabriel’s Church Choir, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, professional soloists and baroque orchestra, directed by James Day
7.30 p.m., Wednesday, 6th December
Tickets: £10, U30s £5, children free.
Ticketsource.co.uk/st-gabriels-concerts
Other
A German Christmas
Fulham and Hammersmith Choral Society &
Parsons Green Baroque Orchestra
Bach Wachet Auf, Bach Ein Feste Burg, Mendelssohm Vom Himmel Hoch
Carols for Choir & Audience
7.00 p.m., Saturday 9th December
Tickets £18 (£5 for unders 16s)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/fhcs
Christmas concert – Ave Rex
Chandos Chamber Choir
William Mathias - Ave Rex
Becky McGlade - In the Bleak Midwinter
James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn
Dobrinka Tabakova’s - Good-will to men, and peace on Earth.
And traditional carols and seasonal songs.
7.00 p.m., Monday 11th December
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ave-rex-tickets-744162489037?
Carol Concert
Whitehall Choir, conductor Joanna Tomlinson, organ Gavin Roberts
7.30 p.m., Friday 15th December
Tickets: £20, £15, £10
from whitehallchoir.org or on the door
A Colla Voce Christmas
Featuring Brittens A Ceremony of Carols with Mulled Wine & Mince Pies
Conductor Aiden Coburn Organist Mark Shepherd
7.00 p.m., Saturday 16th December
Tickets £15, £12 concessions, Children under 12 Free
carolsconcert.eventbrite.co.uk
