Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so
Redecoration has begun on the downstairs meeting room at More House:
Mass intentions for the week beginning, Saturday, 4th December
Please click here for a list of Mass intentions for the week beginning, Saturday, 4th December.
Jephthah - An Irresponsible Father
Jephthah is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, but he makes a rash vow and his daughter pays the price. Meanwhile, the Ephraimites are cross not to be picked for the team and a bloody civil war ensues, with dire consequences for anyone speaking with a northern accent.
Hear all about it in the last of this year's Talking Heads, by clicking here.
In Defence of Life
Members of the York Society for the Protection of Unborn Children raise awareness of Life issues in the porch of our church.
A Day Out at Home
The Brothers of the Little Oratory were planning a pre-St Andrew's Day jaunt to Edinburgh on Saturday but were thwarted by Storm Arwen. Instead they spent the day prayerfully, usefully, and enjoyably, in York. In the evening they came for dinner at the Oratory and Fr Richard cooked an exotic dish from over the Pennines: Lancashire hotpot. 
The Church's Year begins
Advent began seasonably, with a light dusting of snow. 
There was plenty of cake to warm us in the Upper Room:
New year, new Christian:
Advent
"Year passes after year silently; Christ's coming is ever nearer than it was. O that, as He comes nearer earth, we may approach nearer heaven!"
St John Henry Newman
Newsletter - by another means
The internet is misbehaving, and so you can't find this week's newsletter by the usual means, but here it is below. We hope to recalibrate the protocols soon!
The novena begins tomorrow
Our Lady’s altarino is ready for the novena in preparation for the Immaculata.
Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 27th November
Please click here for a list of the Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 27th November.