Diary – 2021

Mass Times:
Sunday : 11.00am : Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday 11.30am

Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Confessions can be heard after any weekday Mass and by appointment with the Parish Clergy.
For further information, please consult the weekly notice sheet at the church entrance, or the weekly Mass Booklet, which is available every Sunday.


The church is open most days of the year around the times of the Mass.

Also, we make a special effort to keep the church open until 3:00pm every day for:

May  ~
during the Brighton Festival
July – August  ~
over Christmas  ~
& New Year

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Calandar of Events 2021:

JANUARY

Sunday 3rd
Epiphany
: Haydn – Missa Sancti Johannis de Deo : Coventry Carol

Epiphany

Sunday 10th
Baptism of Our Lord
: Darke – Communion Service in F : The Infant King

Baptism

Sunday 17th
2nd Sunday of the Year : organ music

Sunday 24th
Conversion of S. Paul
: organ music

Wednesday 27th The funeral of Anne Wilson – 2.00pm
Click here for The Order of Service.

Conversion

Sunday 31st
CANDLEMAS
The Presentation in the Temple
: organ music

The Presentation of the Lord

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FEBRUARY

Sunday 7th
5th Sunday of the Year : organ music

Saturday 13th
6.30pm – Friends of S. Paul’s Gala Dinner – event cancelled

Friends of St Paul's

Sunday 14th
6th Sunday of the Year : organ music

Tuesday 16th – Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday 17th
ASH WEDNESDAY

Ash

Sunday 21st
1st Sunday of Lent : organ music

Sunday 28th
2nd Sunday of Lent : organ music
BRIGHTON HALF MARATHON event postponed until 27 June

Brighton Half Marathon

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MARCH

Sunday 7th
3rd Sunday of Lent : organ music

Temptations

Sunday 14th
4th Sunday of Lent : organ music

Sunday 21st
5th Sunday of Lent : organ music
5.00pm – Brighton Singers Concert event cancelled

Wednesday 24th
2.30pm – PCC meeting

Sunday 28th
Palm Sunday : The Passion according to Mark – after Victoria

palm branches

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APRIL

Thursday 1st
Maundy Thursday Liturgy : music tba

Mandatum

Friday 2nd
Good Friday Liturgy : Passion according to John – Victoria

Passion

Sunday 4th
EASTER DAY : music tba

Resurrection

Sunday 11th
Divine Mercy : music tba

Benediction

Sunday 18th
3rd Sunday of Easter : music tba

after Mass
Annual Parish Meeting

Sunday 25th
4th Sunday of Easter : music tba

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MAY

Sunday 2nd
5th Sunday of Easter : music:
Carnevali – Missa Rosa Mystica

Cross

Saturday 8th : Piano recital by Chris Conway in aid of church funds event cancelled

Sunday 9th
6th Sunday of Easter : music:
Mozart – Orgelsolomesse, in C major, K259a
Piano recital by Chris Conway in aid of church funds event cancelled

Sun. 9th – Sat. 15th – Christian Aid Week

Christian-Aid

Sunday 16th
The Ascension of the Lord: music:
Palestrina – Missa brevis

Wednesday 18th – 3.00pm – PCC meeting

Ascension

Sunday 23rd
PENTECOST : music:
Haydn – Jugendmesse Hob.XXII:1  Tallis – If ye love me

Pentecost

Sunday 30th
The Most Holy Trinity : music:
Mozart – Missa brevis in B flat, K275

The Most Holy Trinity

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JUNE

Sunday 6th
Corpus Christi : music:
Haydn – Missa brevis ‘Rorate coeli desuper’
(in G Major, Hob.XXII:3 c.1750)
Byrd – Ave verum corpus
Benediction: a capella O Salutaris, Tantum Ergo and Adoremus

Eucharist

Sunday 13th
11th Sunday of the Year : music:
Mozart – Missa brevis in D, K194

Sunday 20th
12th Sunday of the Year : music:
Byrd – Mass for Five Voices

Sunday 27th
13th Sunday of the Year music:
W.S. Lloyd Webber – Missa ‘Princeps Pacis’
BRIGHTON HALF MARATHON – postponed until 10 October
(expect disruption to bus services)

Brighton Half Marathon

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JULY

Saturday 3rd
SS PETER & PAUL
12.00 noon – Summer Festa Mass
Preacher: Fr John Eldridge, Vicar of S. Barnabas Hove
music: Mozart – Missa brevis in C ‘Spatzenmesse’, K220 : Diego Ortiz – Janitor Cæli
followed by drinks on the Wagner Hall Terrace

Peter & Paul

Sunday 4th
14th Sunday of the Year : GIFT DAY :
music: MozartMissa brevis in G, K140

Wednesday 7th – 2.30pm – PCC meeting

Sunday 11th
15th Sunday of the Year
music : Mozart – Missa brevis in F, K192

Sunday 18th
16th Sunday of the Year :
music: Palestrina – Missa Æterna Christi Munera

Sunday 25th
17th Sunday of the Year :
music: Darke – Communion Service in F

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AUGUST

Sunday 1st
18th Sunday of the Year :
music : Est – Missa in A

Saturday 7th – St Paul’s welcomes Brighton Pride event cancelled

Brighton PRIDE 2021

Sunday 8th
19th Sunday of the Year :
music : Mozart – Missa brevis in d, K65

Sunday 15th
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary :
music : Mozart – Krönungsmesse, in C major, K317
1.00pm – Parish Lunch

The Assumption

Saturday 21st
5.00pm S Bartholomew’s Patronal Festival
preacher: Fr Robert Norbury
followed by refreshments. All are invited.

St Bartholomew

Sunday 22nd
21st Sunday of the Year :
music : Haydn – Missa brevis ‘Sancti Joannis de Deo’ (in Bb major, Hob.XXII:7 c.1775)

Sunday 29th
22nd Sunday of the Year :
music : VictoriaMissa O quam gloriosum est

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SEPTEMBER

Thursday 2nd
7.30pm – BREMF Community Choir

Sunday 5th
23rd Sunday of the Year :
music : ChaminadeMesse pour deux voix égales

Monday 6th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal

Sunday 12th
24th Sunday of the Year
music : HaydnMissa brevis ‘Rorate coeli desuper’
(in G Major, Hob.XXII:3 c.1750)

FRIENDS OF S PAUL’S – Whitewall cinema: The Philadelphia Story CANCELLED
Covid complications & clash with the Brighton Marathon – please look out for rescheduled date

Brighton Marathon
Ride & Stride
Ride & Stride for
Sussex Historic Churches Trust

Monday 13th
6.30pm Choir with No Name – rehearsal

Sunday 19th
25th Sunday of the Year
music : Mozart – Orgelsolomesse, in C major, K259

Monday 20th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 21st
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal
Wednesday 22nd
2.30 PCC meeting
Saturday 25th
5.00pm – Labour Conference Fringe Event

Sunday 26th
26th Sunday of the Year :
music : Palestrina Missa brevis

5.00pm  – Labour Conference Fringe Event

Monday 27th
7.30am – Labour Conference Fringe Event
12 noon – Labour Conference Fringe Event
5.00pm – Labour Conference Fringe Event
Tuesday 28th
7.30am – Labour Conference Fringe Event
12 noon – Labour Conference Fringe Event

Wednesday 29th
SS Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels

St Michael

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OCTOBER

Saturday 2nd
The Society of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda
Walsingham Day “Renewing Hope” : Mass/Lunch/Benediction (Church & Hall)

Sunday 3rd
27th Sunday of the Year :
music: Carnevali – Missa Rosa Mystica

Monday 4th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 5th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

Sunday 10th
28th Sunday of the Year
The BISHOP OF CHICHESTER
will be here to celebrate Mass and preach
music : Mozart Missa brevis in B flat, K275

Brighton Half Marathon
(expect disruption to bus services)

Monday 11th
2.30pm – PCC meeting with Archdeacon of Chichester
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 12th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

Saturday 16th
after Mass Anthony Hawgood rehearsal

Sunday 17th
FEAST OF DEDICATION
music : Haydn – Jugendmesse (in F major, Hob.XXII:1 1750), with strings
1.00pm – Parish Lunch

Dedication

Monday 18th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 19th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

Sunday 24th
30th Sunday of the Year :
music : Est– Missa brevis in A

Monday 25th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 26th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal
Thursday 28th
2.30pm – PCC meeting – MAP discussion
7.30pm – Autumn Ensemble rehearsal
Friday 29th
11.00am – Belladonna rehearsal+g
Saturday 30th
4.00pm   –   Friends’ Recital: Autumn Ensemble

FOSP-recitals-2021-small
Click to enlarge poster

Sunday 31st
ALL SAINTS
music : Victoria – Missa O quam gloriosum est

alleluia

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NOVEMBER

Monday 1st
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 2nd
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

Saturday 6th
4.00pm   –   Friends’ Recital: Belladonna

Sunday 7th
32nd Sunday of the Year :
music: Mozart Missa brevis in C, Spatzenmesse, K220

Monday 8th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 9th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal
Wednesday 10th
2.30pm – PCC meeting

Saturday 13th  – 4.00pm   –   Friends’ Recital: Roger Brasier, Ruth Cowl & Friends

Sunday 14th
Remembrance Sunday
music: Plainchant & Byrd – Mass for Four Voices

Poppy

Monday 15th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 16th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

Sunday 21st
CHRIST THE KING
music: Mozart – Missa brevis in G, K140

4.00pm   –   Friends’ Recital:
STABAT MATER
Stephen Dickinson &
Anthony Hawgood

Christ the King

Monday 22nd
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 23rd
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

Sunday 28th
ADVENT 1
music: Lassus Missa Octavi toni

Advent 1

Monday 29th
6.30pm – Choir with No Name – rehearsal
Tuesday 30th
6.30pm – Soul of the City Choir – rehearsal

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DECEMBER

Sunday 5th
ADVENT 2
music: Casciolini Missa brevissima

Advent 2

Monday 6th – 8.00pm Sussex Beacon Choir rehearsal

Sunday 12th
ADVENT 3 – Gaudete Sunday
music: Mozart – Missa brevis in D, K194
1.00pm Parish Lunch & Grand Draw

Advent 3

Monday 13th
8.00pm Sussex Beacon Choir rehearsal

Wednesday 15th
7.30 for 8.00pm Sussex Beacon Carol Concert

The Sussex Beacon

Sunday 19th
ADVENT 4
music: Byrd Mass for Five Voices

Advent 4

Friday 24th
decorating the church for Christmas

Saturday 25th
CHRISTMAS DAY
– Mass 11.00am
music: W.S. Lloyd Webber – Missa ‘Princeps Pacis’

The Nativity

Sunday 26th
The Holy Family
music: Gounod Messe brève in C

Holy Family

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FUTURE DATES – 2022

January Sunday 23rd Conversion of S Paul
March Wednesday 2nd Ash Wednesday
April Sunday 23rd EASTER DAY
June Sunday 5th PENTECOST 1.00pm – Parish Lunch
July Saturday 2nd Summer Festa Mass followed by buffet lunch tbc
August Sunday 14th ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM – 1.00pm : Parish Lunch tbc
October Sunday 16th FEAST OF THE DEDICATION – 1.00pm – Parish Lunch
December Monday 5th 8.00pm – Sussex Beacon Choir rehearsal
Sunday 11th Laudete Sunday Parish Lunch and Grand Draw tbc
Monday 12th 8.00pm – Sussex Beacon Choir rehearsal
Wednesday 14th Sussex Beacon Carol Concert