Christmas Service times 2023/24
Sunday 24th December: Christmas Eve
09:00 Parish Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
11:00 Monastic Conventual Mass
sung by the Abbey Choir
15:00 First Vespers of Christmas with Benediction
sung by the Monastic Community
20:00 Mattins (The Office of readings)
sung by the Monastic Community
23:00 Abbey Church opens for Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December: Christmas Day
00:00 Solemn Midnight Mass
sung by the Abbey Choir
09:00 Parish Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
11:00 Solemn Mass of Christmas Day
sung by the Abbey Choir
15:00 Second Vespers of Christmas
sung by the Monastic Community
Tuesday 26th — Friday 29th December:
12:05 Mass
17:00 Monastic Conventual Mass
18:30 Vespers
Saturday 30th December:
12:05 Monastic Conventual Mass
18:30 Vespers
Sunday 31st December: New Year’s Eve
09:00 Parish Mass (Blessed Sacrament Chapel)
11:00 Monastic Conventual Mass
sung by the Monastic Schola
15:00 Solemn Vespers and Benediction
sung by the Monastic Community
Monday 1st — Friday 5th January:
12:05 Mass
17:00 Monastic Conventual Mass
18:30 Vespers
The Office of Compline is not sung in the Abbey Church
between Saturday 23rd December – Saturday 6th January inclusive
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