February 2012
ORDINARY TIME 'green season' : Sunday Mass readings taken from Lectionary YEAR B – YEAR OF MARK; weekday readings from Lectionary SERIES TWO, starting with WEEK FOUR. All weekday services happen in St. Mary's, Hay, unless otherwise indicated.
Wednesday, 1 February: St. Bridgid, revered among Irish saints second only to St. Patrick; Mother Foundress of Kildare nuns; also, we have many of her churches in Wales. 10 a.m. Mass and 6. 15 p.m. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
THURSDAY, 2 FEBRUARY: CANDLEMASS: FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD IN THE TEMPLE: 7 p.m. SUNG MASS
Saturday, 4 February: St. Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of Gilbertines, the only native English Order, composed of Sisters, Canons and Lay Brothers: 12 noon Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary
SUNDAY, 5 FEBRUARY: SEPTUAGESIMA (WEEK FIVE)
9.30 a.m. PARISH MASS LLANIGON
11 a.m. PARISH MASS ST. MARY'S HAY
2.30 p.m. PARISH MASS IN LITTLE ST. MARY'S, CAPEL-Y-FFIN
MONDAY, 6 FEBRUARY: ST. PAUL MIKI AND COMPANIONS, JAPANESE MARTYRS: ROYAL ACCESSION DIAMOND JUBILEE: 7 p.m. MASS
Tuesday, 7 February: 7 p.m. Mass
Wednesday, 8 February: St. Josephine Bakhita: As a child snatched by Arab slave traders from her home in Sudan; after ransom she served for fifty years as a Sister of Charity in Venice and died in 1947. 10 a.m. Mass and 6. 15 p.m. Benediction
Thursday, 9 February: St. Teilo belonged to the Age of the Welsh Saints with connections to Penally (Tenby), Llandeilo Fawr (Carmarthen) and Llandaff Cathedral; and with a total of 21 places called Llan Teliav. 10 a.m. Mass in St. John's Chapel between Buttermarket and Parish Hall
Saturday, 11 February: Our Lady of Lourdes: 12 noon Mass
SUNDAY, 12 FEBRUARY: SEXAGESIMA (WEEK SIX)
9.30 a.m. PARISH MASS IN LLANIGON
11.a.m. PARISH MASS IN ST. MARY'S HAY
Tuesday, 14 February: Feast of St. Cyril and St. Methodius, who belong to the team 'Patron Saints of Europe'; brothers from Thessalonica, who became Apostles of the Slavs: 7 p.m. HEALING SERVICE: MASS WITH SACRAMENT OF THE SICK (laying-on of hands and anointing with oil)
Wednesday, 15 February: St. Sigfrid, monk from Glastonbury, who became Apostle of Sweden and Bishop of Vaxjo: 10 a.m. Mass and 6. 15 p.m. Benediction
Thursday, 16 February: 10 a.m. Mass in St. John's Chapel
Saturday, 18 February: St. John of Fiesolo (Fra Angelico), Dominican priest
and Renaissance painter; together with St. Andrei Rublev, Moscow monk from the
monastic family of St. Sergius; he painted the famous Trinity Icon.
12 noon Mass BVM
SUNDAY, 19 FEBRUARY: QUINQUAGISIMA (WEEK SEVEN)
9.30 a.m. PARISH MASS IN LLANIGON
11 a.m. PARISH MASS IN ST. MARY'S, HAY
2.30 P.M. EVENSONG IN LITTLE ST. MARY'S, CAPEL-Y-FFIN
Shrove Tuesday 21 February: St. Peter Damian, Abbot of Fonte Avellana; as
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia he worked in the Gregorian Reform. 7 p.m. Mass
SEASON OF LENT (purple): MASS LECTIONARY FOR SEASONS with proper lessons appointed for each Sunday (YEAR B) and weekday in Lent
ASH WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY: 7 p.m. SUNG MASS WITH
IMPOSITION OF ASHES
Thursday, 23 February: St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop and Martyr: 'For 86 years I have been his servant and he has never done me wrong; how can I blaspheme my Christ who saved me? ' 10 a.m. Mass in St. John's Chapel
Saturday, 25 February: 12 noon Mass
SUNDAY, 26 FEBRUARY: LENT I
9.30 a.m. PARISH MASS IN LLANIGON
11 a.m. PARISH MASS IN ST. MARY'S, HAY
Tuesday, 28 February: St. Oswald, Abbot-Founder of Ramsey; co-reformer with
St. Dunstan and St. Ethelwold; Bishop of Worcester and York combined:
7 p.m. Mass
Wednesday, 29 February: Lenten Ember Day: 10 a.m. Mass and
6. 15 p.m. Benediction
EVENING PRAYER is said daily at six o'clock – followed on Wednesdays by Benediction.
SEVEN SACRAMENTS:
Baptism, Confirmation, Confession, First Communion, Ordination,
Marriage and Anointing the Sick:
please contact Father Richard for arrangements or enquiries.