Christmas 2024
We warmly welcome you to celebrate with us this Christmas.
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As always, our churches are open daily during Christmastide for you to pray and visit the Crib.
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​Monday 16 December
7.30pm LGBT+ Carol Service (St John's)
followed by refreshments
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Saturday 21 December
7.45am 'Rorate' Mass of our Lady by candlelight (St John's)
followed by coffee and bacon rolls
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​Tuesday 24 December: Christmas Eve
12 noon Last Mass of Advent (St John's)
5pm Carols by Candlelight (St Julian's)
lasting half an hour
11.30pm Midnight Mass and Procession (St John's)
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Wednesday 25 December: Christmas Day
10am High Mass of the Day (St John's)
followed by sherry and mince pies
6pm Evening Prayer at the Crib (St Julian's)
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Thursday 26 December: St Stephen
12 noon Low Mass (St John's)
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Friday 27 December: St John, Apostle & Evangelist
10am Low Mass (St Julian's)
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Saturday 28 December: The Holy Innocents
12 noon Low Mass (St John's)
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​Sunday 29 December: in the Octave of Christmas
9am Low Mass (St Julian's)
11am Procession and High Mass (St John's)
followed by mulled wine
6pm Evening Prayer and Benediction (St John's)
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Monday 30 December: in the Octave of Christmas
10am Low Mass (St Julian's)
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Tuesday 31 December: in the Octave of Christmas
12 noon Low Mass (St John's)
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Wednesday 1 January: Mary, Mother of God
11am Solemn Mass (St John's)
followed by sparkling wine for New Year's Day​
Confessions before Christmas
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A priest will be in St John’s to hear Confessions, give spiritual advice and pronounce the forgiveness of sins at the following times before Christmas.
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Thursday 19 December
10am to 11am
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Friday 20 December
12 noon to 1pm
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Sunday 22 December
5pm to 6pm
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Christmas Eve
11am to 12 noon
Christmas collections
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This Christmas, as usual, the collections at our main services will all be given away to organisations working to bring light in darkness. This year, our giving will be divided between the Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity (providing support, palliative and end-of-life care for people in Norwich and Norfolk), the Howard League for Penal Reform (seeking to build a more humane and effective response to crime that provides justice to all and helps to reduce reoffending), and War Child (protecting, educating and standing up for the rights of children in war).
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Please give generously.