Mass attendances last Sunday were 506.
Sunday 23/12/12	Fourth Sunday of Advent (C) 6pm – Ted Bray RIP (M. Howell) 9.15am – Pat Elcock (welfare) 11am – Patrick & Lilly O’Connor RIP (Scott Family)
Monday 24/12/12	Christmas Eve 9.30am – CWL 5pm – In remembrance of Alexander and Joshua Canning (Canning Family)
Tuesday 25/12/12	CHRISTMAS DAY: The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ 9.15am – Moira & Trevor Lyons RIP (Gaynor Whitley) 11am – Thomas & Mary Ann Pomgam (M. O’Leary)
Wednesday 26/12/12	St Stephen, deacon and first martyr 10am – Mgr. John Elliott RIP (G & B Ford)
Thursday 27/12/12	St John, apostle 10am – Kathleen Hilborne RIP (Ann Huntington)
Friday 28/12/12	The Holy Innocents 10am – Widows of the Knights of St Columba (L. Thomas)
Sunday 30/12/12	The Holy Family 6pm – Barbara Cornish RIP (Breda Ford) 9.15am – People of the Parish 11am – Jimmy Walsh (Leish O’Sullivan)
Monday 1/12/12	Seventh day of the Octave 10am – Welfare of Louise Mages (CWL)
Tuesday 1/1/13	Mary, Mother of God 12pm – Well-being of Gerry Colman (Peggy Colman)
Wednesday 2/1/13	Ss. Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the church. 10am – Deceased members of Butler family
Thursday 3/1/13	Feria of Christmas 10am – Deceased relatives and friends of Cushman family (E. Cushman)
Friday 4/1/13	Feria of Christmas 10am – In thanksgiving (Ann Kerry)
Sunday 6/1/13	The Epiphany of the Lord 6pm – Con Troy RIP (Troy family) 9.15am – Agatha Yee RIP (Victor Brittain-Wong) 11am – Dr. Margaret Evelyn Ledger RIP

This is a double issue of Briefly - the next will be on January 6^th (Epiphany.).

We welcome visitors to the parish over Christmas.

Teresa and I thank you for your many cards and gifts, and pray that you may have a blessed Christmas.

Thanks also to all who have worked so hard to prepare the Christmas services and the church, especially our church musicians who serve so faithfully throughout the year, Tim (organist), Dominic (choir master) and Sue (11 am choir), together with all who lead the singing.

You can hear our special Christmas choir at the Carol Service this afternoon (23rd) at our Carol Service, (4pm) followed by mulled wine and mice pies.

Crib offerings- for Cabrini Childrens’ Society.

Your offering on Christmas Day is your personal gift to your parish priest.

As you will see the new hall roof is almost complete. Many thanks to all who have moved this project forward.

Christmas Masses:

Monday 24^th at 5pm (vigil).  (NB this is not a ‘children’s Mass.’  It is provided for those who are unable to manage Midnight or Christmas morning) .  Then Midnight Mass (the official start of Christmas), preceded by carols at 11.20pm, and on Tuesday 25^th at 9.15 am (children and families - come as angels or shepherds) and 11am.

From December 26^th Mass will be celebrated at 10am (Mon-Fri) and resumes at 9.30am on Monday Jan. 7^th.

Morning Prayer is said 20 mins before the start of daily Mass.

On New Year’s Day (Tuesday Jan. 1^st) Mass will be at 12 noon.  New Year’s Eve party in the hall (in aid of St. Barnabas Society), 7.30pm to 12.30am. 

Tickets from Frank Simon - please bring a plate of food.

It would be good to see more people at daily Mass throughout Christmas season.

Next Sunday (30^th) is the feast of the Holy Family.

Please pray for the soul of Reginald Griffin (81 yrs) who died last week.  Our prayers and sympathy to Kathleen, and to daughter Joanne (Wedderspoon) and to the whole family at this sad time.  The funeral Mass will be here on Tuesday 8^th January at 12 noon.

Fr Bryan