Weekly Email – Remembrance Sunday
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Dear friends,
The season in which we solemnly commemorate our communion with all those who rest in Christ continues in a different and particular way this weekend as we gather on Remembrance Sunday to remember those who have fallen in war and to give thanks for their sacrifice.
There will be a High Mass of Requiem at 10.55 am, sung to the wonderful setting by Gabriel Fauré. However, please note that the Mass will begin 5 minutes earlier than usual so that we are gathered and ready to keep the Two Minutes’ Silence at 11.00 am with the rest of the country. Make sure you arrive at church earlier than usual so the Two Minutes’ Silence is not disturbed.
The beginning of the liturgy will include a short Act of Remembrance and the Mass will finish with the National Anthem.
I particularly want to thank Anne Flanagan for sponsoring the cost of the music for our Remembrance Sunday Requiem. This is done in memory of her parents, William and Violet Sanders, both of whom were members of the Royal British Legion. We are very grateful to Anne for this generous donation.
Whilst the High Mass will be one of Requiem, the Low Masses at 6.30 pm on Saturday evening, and 8.30 am and 5.15 pm on Sunday will be “green” and of the Sunday, as will be Evensong.
Let us redouble our prayer for peace, justice, reconciliation and equity in our troubled world; and let us pray also for those who defend our freedom by serving in the armed forces of the Crown, and for those who put themselves in harm’s way for the sake and safety of others.
Fr Peter
Bishop Jonathan presided and preached at our High Mass for All Saints’ Day. You can watch the liturgy and hear his sermon again here.
Advent Carol Service
Our Advent Carol Service will take place on Advent Sunday, 29th November, at 6pm. Music will include Handl, Holman, Ives, Parsons, Stanford and Nicholson, as well as favourite Advent Carols.
Guests move from drinks up into the Ball Room at the Savile Club at our Gala Fundraising Dinner last Thursday.
Carol Service Volunteers
Over Advent the Parish hosts a number of carol services for visiting schools, colleges and companies. We are asking for help to serve refreshments and steward these events. Offers to Churchwarden Kate Hodgetts, please.
You can watch Monday’s High Mass for All Souls’ Day again here.
Zoom Theology
Our next online Zoom Theology session takes place on Tuesday, 24th November at 7.30pm. Professor Helen Bond will lead us in a discussion of St Mark’s Gospel.
As Advent approaches and we prepare to begin another year in the Church’s lectionary, we turn to the earliest of the four canonical Gospels. Professor Bond will introduce us to the distinctive world of St Mark’s Gospel, drawing on her book “The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel” to explore its portrait of Jesus, its characters and its urgent, and sometimes unsettling, narrative.
Participants are invited to read Professor Bond’s book beforehand, so that the session might lead into a conversation about how we hear and read Mark as Christians today.
Helen Bond is Professor of Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh and a leading scholar of the historical Jesus and early Christianity. She is the author of numerous books on the New Testament, and also the co-host of the popular Biblical Time Machine podcast.
Zoom link for the seminar can be found here.
Guests take their seats at our Gala Fundraising Dinner last Thursday.
Visiting Confessors
Fr Barry Orford will be available to hear confessions on Tuesday 24th November 2026 at 11.00 am.
The parish clergy remain available to hear confessions at 6.00 pm each Saturday, before or after any Low Mass, or by appointment.
We congratulated Quentin Williams as he celebrated his 75th birthday on All Saints’ Day and retired as a member of our serving team. A presentation was made to him and Bishop Jonathan gave him a special blessing to mark the occasion.
Homeless Shelter Volunteering
Each winter, we seek to show the love of God for our neighbour by staffing the nearby over-night homeless shelter at the American Church on Tottenham Church Road. We now have the dates of the shelters which All Saints’ will be running:
11th – 12th November 2026
16th – 17th December 2026
13th – 14th January 2027
17th – 18th February 2027
10th – 11th March 2027
We have a full team for our first shift, but please be in touch with Fr Alan (assistantpriest@asms.uk) if you are able to help with December onwards.
Guests enjoy drinks together before our Gala Fundraising Dinner last Thursday.
Attendance last Sunday
For your prayers
The Friends of All Saints Margaret Street
9th – Fr Michael Maine, Fr David Mason, Robert Mason, Graham Mather, Thomas McBryer, Fr Stephen McClatchie, John McWhinney, Peter Medine, Colin Menzies OBE
10th – Stephen Miller, Clark Mitchell, Thomas Moller, Barry Moore, Grace Morgan, Dr John Morrell, Fr Stephen Morris, Michael Mortensen, Inger Mosbery
11th – Carol Mundell, Brian Newman, Sasha Nixon, Elaine Norman, Fr Paul Ockford, Anna and Fr Peter Oesterby-Joergensen, Amanda Oldman
12th – Fr Barry Orford, Nicholas Page, Malcolm Parr, David Parrott, Bhaven Patel, Alma Pearson, Gladys Pearson, Pat Philips, Dr Colin Podmore
13th – Cecilia and Nicholas Powell, Susan Prain, Huw Pryce, Vasileios Psomas, Michael Readman, Carlos Rendon, Hekki Repo, Fr Steve Rice, Fr Peter Roberts
14th – Hilary Rodger, Charlotte Roueche, Greg Round, Jamie Rundle, Gianluca Ryan Smith, Mary Sherred, James Shrimpton, The All Saints’ Sisters of the Poor, Ingrid Slaughter, Paul Sorensen
The sick
Jean Castledine; David Craig; Fr Luke Demetri; Geoffrey Norris; Ingrid Slaughter; Juliet Windham.
The departed
Margaret Ellis; Luke Damian Smith
Anniversaries of death
8th – Dudley Sholté, Arnold Fryer, Barbara Reynolds
10th – John Groves, Alan Bishton
11th – Paul Leyland, Violet Vanbrugh, Malcolm McHaffie Pr, Dorothy Cavan
12th – John Mayo Pr, Miss CFR Keeble
13th – Arthur Hutchings
14th – Sidney Dines, Annie Searles, George Scott, Ethel Rawll, Sam Thorpe, Graham Hawke, Rachel Clayton
Services this week
Saturday 7th November – Feria
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Vigil Mass of Sunday
Sunday 8th November – REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
8.30 am Low Mass
11 am High Mass of Requiem
5.15 pm Low Mass
6.00 pm Solemn Evensong and Benediction
Monday 9th November – Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Low Mass
Tuesday 10th November – St Leo the Great
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Low Mass
Wednesday 11th November – St Martin of Tours
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Low Mass
Thursday 12th November – St Josaphat
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Low Mass
Friday 13th November – Feria
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Low Mass
Saturday 14th November – Feria
12 pm Low Mass
6.30 pm Vigil Mass of Sunday
Sunday 15th November – II BEFORE ADVENT
8.30 am Low Mass
11 am High Mass
5.15 pm Low Mass
6.00 pm Solemn Evensong and Benediction