S. MARY’S stands firmly in the Catholic Tradition of the Anglican Church. Worship is central to the life of S. Mary’s, 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.
Wednesday 10.00 am Mass
Evensong
Evensong daily at 6.00pm (said in chancel).
For the full calendar, and services 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 DECEMBER 2024
SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER – First Sunday of Advent and First 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
WEDNESDAY 4th DECEMBER
The feast of S. John of Damascus: A Doctor of the Church and passionate writer against the Iconoclasts. The puritans in the contemporary Anglican Church ought to spend time reading his work.
10.00 am Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 5th DECEMBER
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
6.00 pm Evensong at the Chapel of S. John (no evensong at S. Mary’s, Hay)
SUNDAY 8th DECEMBER – Second Sunday of Advent and Second Week
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
11.00 am Morning Praise at S. Michael and All Angels, Clyro
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
6.00 pm Christmas Carol Service at Holy Trinity, Bettws
MONDAY 9th DECEMBER
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (trans.) This feast keeps the dogma of Our Lady’s state of life free from sin as finally defined in 1854.
6.00 pm Solemn Mass for Our Lady at S. Mary’s, Hay
10th December – Feast of S. John Roberts: A Benedictine and native of Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd. One of the Tyburn martyrs.
WEDNESDAY 11th DECEMBER – Ember Day
10.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 12th DECEMBER
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
6.00 pm Evensong at the Chapel of S. John (no evensong at S. Mary’s, Hay)
SUNDAY 15th DECEMBER – Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) and Third Week
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
6.00 pm Christmas Carol Service at S. Eigon, Llanigon
17th December – From this day the Church has a tradition of keeping the Advent antiphons in the Gospel and Magnificat acclamations. Today is O Sapienta (O Wisdom)
18th – O Adonai (O Lord Most High)
19th – O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse)
20th – O Clavis David (O Key of David)
21st – O Oriens (O Dayspring)
22nd –O Rex Gentium (O King of Nations)
23rd – O Emmanuel (O God with us)
WEDNESDAY 18th DECEMBER
10.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
THURSDAY 19th DECEMBER
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
6.00 pm Evensong at the Chapel of S. John (no evensong at S. Mary’s, Hay)
SUNDAY 22nd DECEMBER – Fourth Sunday of Advent and Fourth Week
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Michael and All Angels, Clyro
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
6.00 pm Christmas Carol service at Holy Trinity, Bettws
MONDAY 23rd DECEMBER
4.00 pm Christmas Carol Service at S. Michael and All Angels, Clyro
TUESDAY 24th DECEMBER – Christmas Eve
6 pm First Mass of Christmas, Little S. Mary’s, Capel-y-Ffin
10 pm Midnight Mass, S. Mary’s, Hay
WEDNESDAY 25th DECEMBER – Christmas Day
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Michael and All Angels, Clyro
10.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
THURSDAY 26th DECEMBER
Feast of S. Stephen: name checked in the Christmas carol ‘Good King Wenceslas’. S. Stephen was the first Christian martyr. So early was his martyrdom that S. Paul, prior to his damascene conversion, participated in his execution.
10.00 am Mass at the Chapel of S. John, Lion Street
27th December – S. John the Apostle: Writer of the fourth Gospel, and of one of the most beautiful sections of Holy Scripture which is always read as the Gospel at Christmas. ‘In the Beginning was the word..’
28th December – Holy Innocents: This feast marks the killing of babies and young children by the tyrant Herod following the birth of Our Lord.
SUNDAY 29th DECEMBER
9.30 am Parish Mass at S. Eigon, Llanigon
11.00 am Parish Mass at S. Mary’s, Hay
ADVENT
We will be gathering on three Thursdays in Advent to hear of three luminaries of the Faith and to consider and discuss how their example, through spiritual writings and a life lived, can influence our living out of the Christian life.
THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER
THURSDAY 12TH DECEMBER
THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER
We meet at 6 pm in S. John’s Chapel, Lion Street. Each gathering will start with Evensong. There will be no Evensong at S. Mary’s on these days.
The Angelus bell rings out twice a day at St 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
