Christmas 2025
We warmly welcome you to celebrate with us this Christmas.
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As always, our churches are open daily during Christmastide for you to pray and visit the Crib.
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Saturday 20 December
7.45am 'Rorate' Mass of our Lady by candlelight (St John's)
followed by coffee and bacon rolls
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​Monday 22 December
7.30pm LGBT+ Carol Service (St John's)
followed by refreshments​
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​Wednesday 24 December: Christmas Eve
10am Last Mass of Advent (St Julian's)
5pm Carols by Candlelight (St Julian's)
lasting half an hour
11.30pm Midnight Mass and Procession (St John's)
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Thurssday 25 December: Christmas Day
10am High Mass of the Day (St John's)
followed by sherry and mince pies
6pm Evening Prayer at the Crib (St Julian's)
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Friday 26 December: St Stephen
12 noon Low Mass (St John's)
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Saturday 27 December: St John, Apostle & Evangelist
12 noon Low Mass (St John's)
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​Sunday 28 December: in the Octave of Christmas
9am Low Mass (St Julian's)
11am Procession and High Mass (St John's)
followed by mulled wine
6pm Evening Prayer and Benediction (St John's)
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Monday 29 December: The Holy Innocents (tr.)
10am Low Mass (St Julian's)
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Tuesday 30 December: in the Octave of Christmas
10am Low Mass (St John's: n.b. earlier time; Funeral Mass 11.30am)
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Wednesday 31 December: in the Octave of Christmas
10am Low Mass (St Julian's)
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Thursday 1 January: Mary, Mother of God
11am Solemn Mass (St John's)
followed by sparkling wine for New Year's Day​
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​Sunday 4 January: Second Sunday of Christmas
9am Low Mass (St Julian's)
11am High Mass (St John's)
6pm Evening Prayer (St John's)
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Tuesday 6 January: Feast of the Epiphany
12 noon Low Mass (St John's)
7.30pm Procession and High Mass (St John's)
followed by celebratory drinks​

Confessions before Christmas
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A priest will be in St John’s to hear Confessions, give spiritual advice and pronounce the forgiveness of sins at the following times before Christmas.
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Friday 19 December
12 noon to 1pm
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Tuesday 23 December
11am to 12 noon
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​​​Christmas Eve
12 noon to 1pm
Christmas collections
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This Christmas, as usual, the collections at our main services will all be given away to organisations working to bring light in darkness. This year, our giving will be divided between King's Lynn Night Shelter (offering emergency accommodation and support to those who would be sleeping rough or in unsafe accommodation), East Anglia's Children's Hospices (delivering all-encompassing care for babies, children and young people, and supporting their families), and Open Doors (providing support and emergency relief for persecuted Christians in more than 70 countries, who share our faith but not our freedom).
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Please give generously.

