Left: Christ Pantocrator (‘Ruler of All’), Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

THE ORATORY
Sunday 23rd November 2014
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
(Sat.)
6:30pm Vigil Mass
8am
Latin Mass (1962)
9:30am Parish Mass
11am
Solemn Mass
6:30pm Evening Mass
ST ALOYSIUS’
Sunday Readings: Year A
Divine Office Week II
Left: Christ Pantocrator (‘Ruler of All’), Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
MUSIC AT THE SOLEMN MASS TODAY
Mass: The Prince of Peace Wm. Lloyd Webber (1914-1982)
Dignus est Agnus
Malcolm Williamson (1932-2003)
Acclamations
Worcester Antiphoner
Toccata in b minor, Opus 5 Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
5:30pm Sung Vespers
6pm
Benediction
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Please pray for the sick and housebound of our parish,
especially: Audrey Brown, Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe, Cong.
WEEKDAYS
Orat., Greg Gross, Nicholas Haydon, Mary Lintern, Abby Martin,
Monday 24th November
Dora Nash and Elizabeth Webb. Please pray for all who have
St Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and his
died recently and for the following whose anniversaries occur
Companions, Martyrs
at
this
time:
Teresa
Card,
Neville
Duffield,
Pearl Hawtin, Henryk Mazur, Zbigniew Wolak, Geoff Gunn,
Mass at 7:30am, 10am and 6pm.
Stanislaw
Kuszmar,
Patrick
Brennan,
Peter
Segatto, Cathy Fawdry and Patrick Neill. May they rest in
th
Tuesday 25 November
peace.
St Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin, Martyr
Mass at 7:30am, 10am and 6pm
NOVEMBER LIST MASSES
Wednesday 26th November
November List envelopes are available at the back of church. Please take one and return it, with your
Feria
offering and a list of those you would like to be remembered. There is a Holy Souls Mass booked for
Mass at 7:30am, 10am and 6pm (Latin) almost every day during November, with our final requiem on Thursday 27th.
Thursday 27th November
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
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The novena, with Benediction, in preparation for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception begins
Mass at 7:30am, 10am and 6pm
on Friday (28th November) at 6:30pm. (NB: the novena continues on weekdays at 6:30pm, but on
Friday 28th November
Saturdays and Sundays at 6pm.) There will be Solemn First Vespers on Sunday 7th December at
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5:15pm and Solemn Mass on Monday 8th December at 6pm (the preacher will be Fr Richard
Mass at 7:30am, 10am and 6pm
Biggerstaff, Director of the St Barnabas Society, which supports non-Catholic clergy who convert).
Saturday 29th November
MESSIAH IN AID OF THE ORATORY CAMPAIGN
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We
are still looking for singers (apart from sopranos!) and practical help with the Messiah on 29th
Mass at 10am, Vigil Mass at 6:30pm
November, in aid of the Oratory Campaign. If you would like to sing, please register at:
OTHER SERVICES
www.oxfordoratory.org.uk/messiah (follow the link to the online form) and to help in any other way,
Rosary: Mon-Fri after the 10am Mass.
please call Elizabeth Mills on: 07970 742 062. Of course, we also need an audience, so please come
Blessing with St Philip’s Relic: after the
along on Saturday evening at 8pm (tickets are £10).
6pm Mass on Monday.
FINANCE COMMITTEE – Monday (24th November) at 8pm
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:
PROLIFE WITNESS – At St Anthony of Padua this Saturday (29th November), from 3-4pm.
Fridays, from 5pm until Benediction;
Saturdays, from 5 to 6:15pm.
ADVENT MUSICAL ORATORY – Wednesday 17th December at 8pm.
Our Lady of Oxford Devotions: after the
ADVENT ‘RORATE’ MASS BY CANDLE LIGHT – Saturday 20th December at 7am.
10am Mass on Saturday.
CONFESSIONS
Daily, 20 minutes before each Mass;
Saturdays, 10:30 to 11am; 5 to 6:30pm.
READERS NEXT WEEK
Sunday 30th November,
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
(Sat.) 6:30pm John Lynam
9:30am Fiona Gatty
11am
John Carberry
6:30pm Andrew Hamilton
COLLECTIONS LAST WEEK
Sunday: £1,828.51 (Gift Aid: £770.10).
Thank you.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Parish Christmas cards, with times of Masses and confessions during Christmastide, are now available
at the back of church. Please take some and give to anyone who may benefit. Also, blank Christmas
cards (homemade, recycled and new) are for sale in the Porters’ Lodge. All proceeds to the Oratory.
LONDON ORATORY CAROL SERVICE
There will be a coach to the carol service at the London Oratory on Monday 22nd December, tickets
cost £15. Please sign up in the Porters’ Lodge. The bus leaves Oxford at midday, and London at
around 9pm.
ST PHILIP’S 500th BIRTHDAY
Fr Dominic will lead a pilgrimage to Florence from 20th-25th July 2015 to mark the 500th anniversary of
St Philip in that city. Pilgrims will be able to take part in the celebrations at the Duomo and in the
famous baptistery where our Holy Father was baptised. Initial details may be found on the
noticeboard. Further information will follow, or may be obtained from Anthony Coles Travel, on: 020
7431 3414 or, at: arctc@btinternet.com. Also, a reliquary bust of St Philip will visit all the Oratories in
the world to mark St Philip's birthday – details will follow of the visit to Oxford.
PORTERS’ LODGE: open on weekdays from 10:30am-6pm (5pm on Fridays), on Saturdays from 10:30am-12pm, and after Sunday morning Masses.
PARISH CENTRE: open for refreshments after all Sunday morning Masses and after the 10am Masses on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
ORATORY CLERGY: V. Rev. Daniel Seward, Provost & Parish Priest; Fr Dominic Jacob; Fr Richard Duffield, York; Fr Jerome Bertram;
Fr Joseph Welch; Fr Nicholas Edmonds-Smith; Br Oliver Craddock; Br Adam Fairbairn, York.
25_WOODSTOCK_ROAD_OXFORD_OX2_6HA ~ www.oxfordoratory.org.uk ~ The Oxford Oratory Trust is a Registered Charity, no. 1018455
Telephone: 01865_315800 ~ Fax: 01865_310470 ~ Email: parish@oxfordoratory.org.uk