S. Mary’s stands firmly in the Catholic Tradition of the Anglican Church. Worship is central, and everyone is welcome to our services.
Mass
Sunday 11.00 am Solemn Mass – a sung Mass (traditional language 1984 Church in Wales Prayer Book) with incense, choir, occasional sung propers, motets/anthems.
Monday 6.00 pm Mass
Wednesday 10.00 am Mass
Evensong
Evensong daily at 6.00 pm (said in chancel) except for days when there is a Mass.
For the month’s services at S. Mary’s, and for those at S. Eigon’s, Llanigon; S. John’s Chapel, Hay; S. Michael and all Angels’, Clyro, ‘Little’ S. Mary’s, Capel-y-Ffin and Bettwys Chapel, please see the calendar below.
Calendar of Services for November 2025
SUNDAY 2nd NOVEMBER
All Saints (transferred) and 31st Week of Ordinary Time – On this Feast we join our prayers with the saints in communion and fellowship, the very foundations of creation reverberate with praise for God. Let us not confine the Saints to the pages of history, to the periods during which they lived on earth.
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
6.00 pm Parish Mass at Little S. Mary’s, Capel-y-Ffin
MONDAY 3rd NOVEMBER
All Souls: It is important for us to pray for the souls of those who have not yet reached the heavenly realms. Of course, we cannot know who is not yet in Heaven, but it is a small thing for us to do.
6.00 pm Requiem Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
If you would like for the name(s) of deceased to be remembered on this feast please note them on a list at the back of S. Mary’s, or mention it to Fr. David or a Church Warden. The souls of those who have gone in the past 12 months and whose funeral liturgies have been held in our Churches will be included.
4th November – S. Charles Borromeo. Aged 20 I left the Anglicans for the Roman Catholics, swimming the Tiber to use a common expression, for five years. The RC Church nearest to my parents’ home in Warwickshire was a beautiful early Victorian building dedicated to S. Charles Borromeo. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584.
WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER
10.00 am Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 6th NOVEMBER
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
8th November – All Saints of Wales: This feast commemorates the hundreds of Welsh Saints who have been recognised by the Church across the ages. There are many of whom little is known, or whose accounts seem to have an apocryphal air to them. We pray that Wales will produce multitudes of Saints over the coming decades and centuries.
SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER
3rd Sunday before Advent/The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica/Remembrance Sunday and 32nd Week of Ordinary Time
9.30 am Act of Remembrance preceding Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
10.45 am Act of Remembrance at Clyro War Memorial followed by Parish Mass at S. Michael & All Angels
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
3.00 pm Remembrance Service with the Royal British Legion and Hay Town Council at S. Mary’s, Hay, followed by a procession and laying of wreaths at the War Memorial outside Hay Castle.
MONDAY 10th NOVEMBER
6.00 pm Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
11th November – Armistice Day. From the Poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon: ‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.’
WEDNESDAY 12th NOVEMBER
10.00 am Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 13th NOVEMBER
S. Josaphat. Born in 1580 in Ukraine. He was appointed Archbishop of Polotsk in present day Belarus. There was an uneasy relationship between Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant groups and he was beaten to death by an axe during a riot in 1623. We must pray for an end to conflict and strife.
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
14th November – S. Dyfrig. He founded many monasteries and Churches across South Wales and the West of England. It is said that he was born in the village of Madeley, a little further down the Wye. He retired from his endeavours to the Island of Bardsey. There is currently a Bishop of Bardsey who, when consecrated, was the youngest person to become Bishop in the Church in Wales. Let us pray that he will be as energetic in his endeavours as S. Dyfrig was.
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER
2nd Sunday before Advent/33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and 33rd Week
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
6.00 pm Evensong at Little S. Mary’s, Capel-y-Ffin
MONDAY 17th NOVEMBER
S. Hugh of Lincoln – A native of Avalon, near Grenoble, he entered the religious life and in time joined the community of La Grande Chartreuse. Invited to come to England, he impressed Henry II and was made Bishop of Lincoln. The See had been vacant for 18 years during which the King had misappropriated revenues and funds for himself. S. Hugh was not afraid to challenge wrongdoing and insisted on maintaining his vow of obedience to the community of La Grande Chartreuse, thus not becoming the king’s man in Lincoln. After his time as Bishop, the Cathedral and Diocese were in a much happier and healthier state.
6.00 pm Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
WEDNESDAY 19th NOVEMBER
10.00 am Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 20th NOVEMBER
S. Edmund, King & Martyr, also Priscilla Lydia Sellon. S. Edmund became king of East Anglia at a young age. He had a strong faith and died at the hands of the Vikings. Priscilla grew up in Grosmont, in our neighbouring county of Monmouthshire. She responded to a call from the Bishop of Exeter in 1848 to work with the poor in Devonport, home to Plymouth Docks and an area of rapid population growth with many resulting issues. She was friends with the great Tractarian, Edmund Bouverie Pusey, and with assistance founded one of the first Anglican order of religious Sisters. We greatly need a revival in the religious life in our present day. Prayer will be our aid!
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
21st November – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We know that Our Lady, raised as a Jewish girl, will have been presented by her parents, Ss. Joachim and Anne, in thanksgiving for her birth. Our Lady, in turn, took her Son, Our Lord, to the Temple.
22nd November – S. Cecilia. The patron Saint of musicians. She is depicted in stained glass behind the choir stalls in Clyro. We pray for our Church musicians, and that those who have such talents will have the confidence to offer them.
SUNDAY 23rd NOVEMBER
Christ the King & 34th week: The feast of Christ the King marks the end of one liturgical year and the start of another. The feast was instituted by Pius XI in 1925 but in 1969, during a period when the Western Churches were seeking to have more in common, the feast was transferred to the last Sunday in any given liturgical year. As of next Sunday, we start Advent and year A (one of three) when much of the Gospel readings set for the Sundays will come from S. Matthew.
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Michael and All Angels, Clyro
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
MONDAY 24th NOVEMBER
6.00 pm Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
WEDNESDAY 26th NOVEMBER
S. Sylvester Gozzolini – At the age of 50, S. Sylvester sensed that God was calling him from parish ministry to the religious life. In 1231 he founded a monastery at Fabriano in Italy and in time others gathered around him. He governed the house, along with 11 other subsidiary houses, until aged 90. The life of those living there was very austere and centred on prayer. Advent is traditionally a period during which one prepares for the birth of Our Lord through prayer, reflection and, in some Christian traditions, abstinence.
10.00 am Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 27th NOVEMBER
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
SUNDAY 30th NOVEMBER
1st Sunday of Advent & 1st Week.
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
NOTICES
Sunday 2nd November – Clyro CinW School is hosting a School of Sanctuary Day in partnership with Hay, Brecon & Talgarth Sanctuary for Refugees. It starts at 11.30am, lunch around 1pm, and has various activities planned for the day until finishing at around 4pm. People are welcome to drop in at any time, including for lunch, to meet refugees and volunteers alongside participating in the activities.
Annual Parish Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Friday 10th April – Monday 13th April 2026
Please speak with Fr. David if you are interested in joining us.
The Angelus bell rings out twice a day at S. Mary’s, 12.00 noon and 6.00 pm before evening prayer. This devotion reminds people that they are being prayed for and blessed. The Angelus is a very ancient devotion – and I hope that when people hear the bell ringing (3×3, then 9) they will pause and join with the prayer being offered in the church as it rings. Fr. David
