Sunday 1st December 6.00 pm Advent Service of music, prayers and readings

Wednesday 11th December 5.30 pm. Opening of Holy Trinity Living Advent window

Thursday 12th December 7.30 pm Christingle Service with Crouch End Brownies and Guides

Monday 16th December 7.30 pm Carols on the Green followed at 8.00 pm by Carols in the Church with Crouch End Singers.

Christmas Eve 4.00 pm Children’s Crib Service 11.30 pm Midnight Mass

Christmas Day 10.00 am Mass of the day with carols

We were delighted that seven candidates were confirmed in a full church by the Bishop of Fulham on the Feast of St. Luke (18th October). Some delicious refreshments were servied in the Groves Room afterwards.

Lent is a time to reorient ourselves, clarify our minds, slow down, recover from distraction and focus on the values of God’s kingdom. It starts this year on Ash Wednesday 14th February with a Sung Mass with the giving of ashes at Holy Trinity at 8 pm.

On Tuesdays in Lent after 7.30 pm Mass, and starting on 20th February, we will hold a series looking into different ways of praying, by exploring the narrative of Jesus’ Resurrection appearances in John’s Gospel.

We will also be showing episodes of the very successful and popular dramatization of the life of Jesus called The Chosen after Mass each Sunday in Lent.

On Fridays on Lent at 7.30 pm (starting on 23rd February) we hope to hold our usual ecumenical Stations of the Cross devotions, here, at St. Per in Chains and at Holy Innocents. More details next week.

Finally, if you would like to read a poem and a reflection for each day in Lent, you are encouraged to buy the book The word in the wilderness by Malcolm Guite. Following each poem with a helpful prose reflection, Guite has selected from classical and contemporary poets, from Dante, John Donne and George Herbert to Seamus Heaney, Rowan Williams and Gillian Clarke, and his own acclaimed poetry.

READY TO GREET HIM – readings, music and prayers for Advent – Sunday 3rd December at 6.00 pm

CAROLS THROUGH TIME – a candlelit concert of traditional and medieval carols, given by ‘The Telling’. Admission £5 to £14. – Saturday 9th December 7.30 pm

CAROLS ON THE GREEN – Outdoor informal community carol singing at the junction of Granville and Stapleton Hall Roads – Monday 18th Decmber at 7.00 pm, followed at 7.30 pm by CANDLELIT CAROL SERVICE in church led by Crouch End Singers followed by seasonal refreshments.

CHARITY CHRISTMAS COME AND SING – Fundraising concert in aid of MyAFK and Paths Through Change – Friday 22nd December from 3.30 pm – Admission £10 (£5 concessions)

CHILDRENS CRIB SERVICE – Christmas Eve 24th December at 4.00 pm

MIDNIGHT MASS – Christmas Eve 24th December at 11.30 pm

FAMILY MASS WITH CAROLS – Christmas Day 25th December at 10.00 am.

We were blessed with a wonderful July day for our summer fete this year. Here are some pictures of people enjoying the fun of the fair.