Forthcoming Services

Friday 1st December, 9pm, 

St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York

Compline by Candlelight

Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam XXIV post Octavam Pentecostes V. Novembris ~ IV. classis

Psalms (from the Psalter of the day of the week) 76i; 76ii; 85. Antiphon Voce mea

Office Hymn: Te Lucis (3rd tune)

Marian Antiphon: The York Salve Regina

Strictly speaking, as it's not a major Feast Day (not even a feast day either!) we should still be singing the simple tone Salve, but I had a request two or three weeks ago for something else as it was the last opportunity to sing/hear the Salve Regina before Advent. Indeed, it's not often you hear it in December either! Rather than sing the Solemn Salve, I've gone for the York Use + tropes - one for the congregation to listen to this time. :-)

Saturday 2nd December, 4pm. 

St Joseph's Church, Heywood

The Advent Procession (with the Manchester Ordinariate Mission)

A candlelit choral service, processing around the church to mark the season of Advent.

Sunday 3rd December, 5pm,

 St Austin's Church, Wakefield

Solemn Vespers for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Roman Rite, Extraordinary Form)

Services This Week

Monday 20th November. 5:30pm

Markenfield Hall

Pilgrimage and Mass on the Anniversary of the Rising of the North.

Mass is celebrated here each year on the 20th November, the anniversary of the Rising in 1569.

Sunday 25th November. 5:30pm

St Helen's Church, Athersley, Barnsley

Solemn Mass (Anglican) to mark the retirement of Fr. Rodney Marshall.

with Saint Austin's Choir, Wakefield.

Services this week

Thursday 16th November. 7:00pm

St Michael's Church, Knottingley

Requiem Mass for the Faithful Departed

(with St. Austin's Choir, Wakefield)

Friday 17th November 7:00pm

St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York

St Hilda, Abbess, optional memorial

or: St Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, optional memorial

or: St Elizabeth of Hungary, optional memorial

Solemn Evensong according to the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham

(The York Ordinariate Mission)

Psalm 89

Office Hymn: As we remember (NEH 222. Tune: Christe Fons Jugis)

Readings: Joel 2:28 – 3:8 Rev 19:11-16

Friday 17th November 9:00pm

St Mary's Church, Bishophill Junior, York

S Hilde Virginis ~ III. classis

Compline by Candlelight

(The Rudgate Singers & Friends)

Psalms {from the Psalter for the day of the week} 76(1); 76(ii); 85. Antiphon: Voce mea

Office Hymn: Te Lucis (1st tune)

Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (simple tone)

Services This Week.

I’m only going to include those in which I have some involvement to a greater or lesser degree. So, here goes:

Friday 10^th November. St Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior, York. 7:00pm.

St Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor, memorial

Evensong with the York Ordinariate Mission.

From the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Pss 53; 54; 55

Office Hymn: Give me the wings of faith to rise (Tune: Song 67) NEH 225

Readings: Sir (44:1-15) 50:1, 11-24 Rev (14:1-13) 15:1-8

Friday 10^th November. St Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior, York. 9:00pm

S. Andreæ Avellini Confessoris ~ III. Classis

Compline by Candlelight with the Rudgates and friends.

Roman Rite Extraordinary Form.

Psalms {from the Psalter for the day of the week} 76(i); 76(ii); 85

Office Hymn: Te Lucis (1^st tune)

Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (simple tone)

Sunday 12^th November. Middlesbrough Cathedral. 4:15pm

Remembrance Sunday.

Choral Vespers with the Middlesbrough Cathedral Consort.

Roman Rite. Ordinary Form.

Responses: Ushaw

Psalms and Canticle of Week iv

Office Hymn: Abide with me

Magnificat: Lassus, Quarti Toni

Motet: Felice Anerio, Requiem Aeternam

These are just the services that I’m involved in. There are others, some of which I’ve promoted in previous posts. Rather than list those on a week by week basis, I suggest you might like to bookmark this excellent site.

https://www.choralevensong.org/

Whilst it’s primary focus is on Choral Evensong within the C of E, it does also include Choral Vespers. There’s no reason why fully Choral Evensong services offered by the Ordinariate can’t be included here either provided the details are submitted on time. J

Locally (to me) the regular services are Evensong at York Minster & St Lawrence’s church with Vespers at St Wilfrid’s church and Ampleforth Abbey. The site is fully searchable though, so I’m sure most of you will find something to your taste wherever you are in the UK!

Whilst I’m in ‘choir’ mode, if there are any interested groups of singers who wish to sing ideally the Ordinariate Evensong at St Mary’s (as it would ease my work/life balance considerably!) do get in touch via the comments box. The Parish doesn’t normally have Evensong, but this would also work well if desired, as would Roman Rite Choral Vespers which could also be easily arranged once insurance issues have been sorted out, but I’d want to be sure there were no other services that could be potentially conflicting before doing so. Again, if there’s any interest in doing these, do get in touch!