CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS

Saturday 20th December – 10:00am Mass – St Joseph’s (Followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and individual confessions)

THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

Wednesday 24th December

5:00pm – St Joseph (Christmas Vigil Mass)

6:00pm – St Anne & St Mary Magdalen (Christmas Vigil Mass)

6:30pm – OLSS (Christmas Carols)

7:00pm – OLSS (Mass during the Night)

8:40pm – St Joseph (Christmas Carols)

9:00pm – St Joseph (Mass during the Night)

11:15pm – St Anne & St Mary Magdalen (Christmas Carols/Midnight Mass)

THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD 

Thursday 25th December

8:00am – Notre Dame (Mass at Dawn)

10:00am – OLSS (Mass during the Day)

10:00am – St Anne & St Mary Magdalen (Mass during the Day)

10:30am – St Joseph (Mass during the Day)

(No Evening Mass)

ST STEPHEN

Friday 26th December

10:00am – St Joseph (Mass for all Altar Servers)

ST JOHN

Saturday 27th December 

10:00am – St Joseph (Closing mass of The Jubilee year)

Please note for the 5:00pm Mass on Christmas Eve there will be strictly NO parking at Queens Road Medical Practice as they are open until 6:00pm.

There is overflow parking at Vauvert School by kind permission of the Headteacher.

For all the other Christmas Masses the parking at Queens Road Medical Practice can be used as per Sunday masses.

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group will be meeting on Monday 15th December from 7:30pm-9:00pm in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

Tea/Coffee available from 7:00pm.

Everyone is welcome! For more information contact Frank on 07781 108394.

Join Us for a Heart-Warming Parish Carol Service on Thursday 18th December at 7:00pm in St Joseph’s.

Come and celebrate the joy of Christmas with carols, community and Christ at the centre. After the service, enjoy festive mulled wine and mince pies! A new parish tradition. This year we are supporting the Meningitis Research Foundation (Guernsey). Two incredibly brave mums will share their deeply moving stories of love and loss a reminder of why this cause matters so much.

Christmas Craft Stall: Beautiful homemade decorations available to buy.

DIY Nativity: Children are invited to dress as their favourite Nativity character and help bring the Christmas Story to life.

Save the date: We’d love to see you there! Please invite someone along. Anyone who loves the message of Christmas and the sanctity of life must come!

On Saturday 20th December at 10:00am in St Joseph’s we will have individual confessions in preparation for Christmas. We will begin with Holy Mass followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Individual confessions. We are grateful to Canon Hetherington who has kindly offered to come and assist. This is a wonderful opportunity to encounter God’s Mercy and deepen our relationship with ‘HIM’ as we prepare to celebrate the Birth of our Saviour. Let us make the most of this Grace-filled moment as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. May this sacred time bring peace and joy to each of us and to our parish community.

Father Inna

DIY Nativity Service on the 20th December at 2:00pm at Our Lady Star of the Sea. Children can come dressed up as stable animals, camels, shepherds and angels. We will also have costumes you can borrow (please come early to try these on). We will be singing some carols accompanied by our wonderful music group with refreshments in the hall afterwards. All are welcome to join us.

Bishop Philip’s letter will be read out at all Masses this weekend. Copies will be available in the Church Porch and on the website.

Parish Schola

So grateful to the Parish Schola for talking this weekend at Masses. We are so thankful for all you do for the Parish. May GOD bless and guide you always.

Parish Christmas Lunch

Thank you Eileen Baird so much for organising the Parish Christmas Lunch. To everyone who attended and donated raffle prizes we are so grateful to you all. We had a wonderful time together.

May the love of OUR LORD bless you and your families this Christmas.

Bishop Philip is inviting any man in our Diocese, aged 17 or older, who is not married and who would like to know more about being a diocesan priest, to contact him and to come to a short meeting at the Cathedral on Sunday 4th January at 3:00pm (finishes at 5 pm).

Please scan the QR code to register.

The Delancey (OLSS) cleaning rota is losing some of its longest serving cleaners. Thanks to them for their years of service. More people are required desperately to join the rota.

Please contact Anne on 07781 423146 if you can help.

The rota for the period 28th December to 15th February 2026 will be available in the sacristy, please collect after Mass.

It will also be on the website next week.

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group will be meeting on Monday 8th December from 7:30pm-9:00pm in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

Tea/Coffee available from 7:00pm.

Everyone is welcome! For more information contact Frank on 07781 108394.

Coffee Morning on Wednesday 10th December in St Josephs Parish Room and on every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Drop in any time between 9:30am-11:30am. Everyone is welcome.

The Video Series on Mary has had to be postponed and will now start on Wednesday 14th January.

Charity Jam Sales in aid of WAYAYA –

Delancey – Sunday 14th December

St Josephs – Sunday 21st December

Tony & Marian support 6 Zambian children with the support of many parishioners and others. The money raised from the jam sale will go towards a planned visit to Guernsey for the young people.

Christmas Party

The UCM will be holding their Annual Christmas Party on the 9th December at 7:00pm in St Josephs Parish Hall.

We will be joined by Scottish Dancers so come along ladies and strut your stuff. There will also be a raffle.

Thank You

Thank you so much to the UCM for speaking so beautifully at the masses last weekend.

Advent Service

Thank you to all who attended and supported this year’s advent service and assisted in so many ways.

Mince Pies

A big thank you also to all who so generously brought along delicious mince pies for our get together after the service. They were greatly appreciated and very much enjoyed by all.

Guernsey Choral & Orchestral Society Christmas concerts on Saturday & Sunday 19th/20th December at 7:30pm in St. James Concert Hall.

Posters on noticeboards in all Churches.

As we approach the season of Advent, both Notre Dame du Rosaire Catholic Primary School and St Mary & St Michael Catholic Primary School warmly invite our parishioners – especially our elderly parishioners and grandparents – to attend special performances of their school nativities. These performances are a lovely opportunity for the parish community to share in the children’s retelling of the Christmas story and to come together in faith and joy.

Notre Dame du Rosaire: Thursday 4th December at 1:30pm in the Infant Hall

St Mary & St Michael: Monday 8th December at 9:30am in the School Hall

Both performances will be followed by tea and cake. If you would like to attend, please let the school offices know so we know numbers and can prepare refreshments –

Notre Dame du Rosaire: ndp.office@education.gg

St Mary & St Michael: mmp.office@education.gg

We look forward to welcoming you to celebrate this very joyful time together.

Confirmation preparation starts in January for young people in Year 8 and above who would like to be confirmed this summer, or don’t necessarily want to be confirmed but just want to explore more about their faith.

Contact Tom – Tel: 07781 129310 / E-mail: youth@catholic.org.gg

Exposition of the Bless Sacrament & Adoration – A time of reflecting and spending time with the Lord.

Tuesdays & Thursdays – 10:00am-10:30am – St Josephs

Wednesdays (Holy Hour) – 7:00pm – St Josephs

A Mass Intention is a specific offering of a mass in honour of or in memory of someone by name at a specific mass time on a specific date. A Mass Intention is traditionally offered as a gift to someone who is grieving a recent loss or celebrating a milestone. Please do email us at office@catholic.org.gg or pop into the parish office if you would like to offer a mass for someone. Mass cards are also available to send to the family or person you are offering the mass for.