Mass Times:
Sunday : HIGH MASS 11.00am : Wednesday, Friday & Saturday Low Mass 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 on week days 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
Calandar of Events 2024:
JANUARY
Monday 1st
Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Sunday 7th
The Epiphany of The Lord :
music : W.S. Lloyd Webber – Missa ‘Princeps Pacis’
6.00pm – EPIPHANY CAROL SERVICE
ending with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Sunday 14th
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time:
music : Mozart – Missa brevis in G, K140
Sunday 21st
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time:
music : Haydn – Missa brevis ‘Sancti Joannis de Deo’ (in Bb major, Hob.XXII:7 c.1775)
6.00pm
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Renaisance Music for double choir
Sunday 28th
CONVERSION OF ST PAUL :
music : Darke – Communion Service in F
1.00pm – Parish Lunch
FEBRUARY
Friday 2nd
CANDLEMAS
The Presentation in the Temple
Solemn Mass 7.00pm at St Michael’s
Sunday 4th
5th Sunday of the Year
music : Mozart – Spatzenmesse, K220
Sunday 11th
6th Sunday of the Year
music : Ahne – Messe in C
Tuesday 13th – Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday 14nd
ASH WEDNESDAY
11.30am – Low Mass at St Paul’s
7.00pm – Solemn Mass at St Bartholomew’s
Sunday 18th
1st Sunday of Lent
music : Byrd – Mass for four voices
Wednesday 21st – 12 noon – Lent Course (i)
Sunday 25th
2nd Sunday of Lent
music : Casciolini – MIssa brevissima
BRIGHTON HALF MARATHON
Traffic & busses will be disrupted
Wednesday 28th – 12 noon – Lent Course (ii)
MARCH
Saturday 2nd
12 noon – Stations of the Cross
Sunday 3rd
3rd Sunday of Lent
music : tba
Wednesday 6th – 12 noon – Lent Course (iii)
Saturday 9th – Friends of St Paul’s Quiz Evening 7.00pm
Sunday 10th
4th Sunday of Lent
music : tba
St Bartholomew’s Parish Lunch 12.30pm
Wednesday 13th – 12 noon – Lent Course (iv)
Sunday 17th
5th Sunday of Lent
music Lassus – Missa Octavi toni
Tuesday 19th – St Joseph
Wednesday 20th – 12 noon – Lent Course (v)
Sunday 24th
Palm Sunday
music : Victoria – Missa O quam gloriosum
The Passion according to Mark – after Victoria
Monday 25th
► Low Mass 11.30am at St Paul’s
► Low Mass 6.00pm at St Bartholomew’s
Tuesday 26th
► Low Mass 11.30am at St Paul’s
► Low Mass 6.00pm at St Bartholomew’s
Wednesday 27th
► Chrism Mass 12noon at St John’s, Preston Park
(NB No 11.30am Mass)
► Low Mass 6.00pm at St Bartholomew’s
Thursday 28th
Maundy Thursday Liturgy :
Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7.00pm at St Paul’s
music : Haydn – Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kyrie & Gloria) Hob.XXII:7; tbc
Byrd Mass for Four Voices (Sanctus, etc.) tbc
Friday 29th
Good Friday Liturgy :
12noon – The Solemn Liturgy at St Paul’s
Passion according to John – Victoria
3.00pm – The Solemn Liturgy at St Bartholomew’s
Saturday 30th
Easter Vigil 8.30pm at St Bartholomew’s
Sunday 31st
EASTER DAY :
music : Mozart – Spatzenmesse, K220
APRIL
Sunday 7th
Divine Mercy :
music : Gounod – Messe brève in C
Wagner Group Easter Celebration: Benediction 6.00pm at St Paul’s
followed by meal at Donatello tbc
Monday 8th
The Annunciation of the Lord
Solemn Mass 7.00pm at St Bartholomew’s
Sunday 14th
3rd Sunday of Easter :
music : Est – Missa brevis in A
Monthly sherry and raffle after Mass
Sunday 21st
4th Sunday of Easter :
music : Darke – Communion Service in F
after Mass
Annual Parish Meeting
Tuesday 23th – St George
Thursday 25th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 28th
5th Sunday of Easter :
music : Haydn – Missa brevis ‘Rorate coeli desuper’ (in G Major, Hob.XXII:3 c.1750)
MAY
Thursday 2nd
5.15pm PCC meeting
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 4th
3.00pm – BREMF Consort of Voices
‘The Contenance Angloise’
John Dunstable, Walter Frye, Guillaume Dufay
Sunday 5th
6th Sunday of Easter
music: Carnevali – Missa Rosa Mystica
1.00pm – St Paul’s Parish Lunch at Pinocchio
Thursday 9th – The Ascension of the Lord
7.30pm Solemn Mass at St Martin’s
Saturday 11th
2.15pm Ecumenical Walk visiting
Sunday 12th
7th Sunday of Easter
music : Chaminade – Messe pour deux voix égales
After Mass – Blessing of the nets
Sun. 12th – Sat. 18th – Christian Aid Week
Thursday 16th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 19th
PENTECOST :
music : Mozart – Missa brevis in G, K140
Wagner Group Pentecost Celebration:
Benediction 6.00pm at St Paul’s
followed by meal at Donatello
Thursday 23rd
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 26th
The Most Holy Trinity :
music : Ahne – Missa brevis in A
St Bartholomew’s Parish Lunch 12.30pm
JUNE
Sunday 2nd
Corpus Christi :
music : Mozart – Missa brevis in d, K65a
Thursday 6th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Friday 7th – The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sunday 9th
10th Sunday of the Year
music : Fauré – Messe Basse, Delibes – Gloria from Messe Brève
Tuesday 11 – St Barnabas
7.00pm – Patronal Festival at St Barnabas, Hove
Thursday 13th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Friday 14th – Friends of St Paul’s Annual Dinner in church
Sunday 16th
11th Sunday of the Year
music : Haydn – Missa brevis ‘Sancti Joannis de Deo’ (in Bb major, Hob.XXII:7 c.1775)
British Heart Foundation
London to Brighton
Bike Ride
roads will be congested
Thursday 20th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 22nd
3.00-9.00pm Brighton Consort rehearsal & concert
Sunday 23rd
12th Sunday of the Year
music : Haydn – Missa brevis ‘Rorate coeli desuper’ (in G Major, Hob.XXII:3 c.1750)
6.30pm Brighton Chamber Choir concert (rehearsal 3.00pm)
Monday 24 – The Nativity of St John the Baptist
Thursday 27th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 30th
SS PETER & PAUL :
music : Est – Missa brevis in A
JULY
Wednesday 3rd
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 6th
St Paul’s Patronal Festival :
12 noon – Solemn Mass – followed by buffet lunch
music : Mozart : Missa brevis in D, K194
Sunday 7th
14th Sunday of the Year : GIFT DAY
music tba
Monday 8th
5.00pm PCC meeting
Wednesday 10th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 13th – Friends of St Paul’s Talk 3pm
Sunday 14th
15th Sunday of the Year
music : Choir of Mansfield College, Oxford, sing Mass
St Bartholomew’s Parish Lunch 12.30pm
Wednesday 17th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 20th
3.00pm Friends of St Paul’s talk
Saturday 20th – 3.00pm
CHARLESTON: A BLOOMSBURY PARADISE
a richly illustrated talk by Dr Darren Clarke
Head of Collections and Research
Tickets: £10 (£8 for Friends of St Paul’s)
Doors open at 2.30pm, tea and cake will be served
Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Church Office (office@saintpaulschurch.org.uk ) or on the door
Sunday 21st
16th Sunday of the Year
music :Darke – Communion Service in F
Monday 22nd
4pm: Reception of Roger Amerena’s body into church
Tuesday 23rd
12noon: Funeral Mass for Roger Amerena
music: Mozart – Spatzenmesse, K220
Sunday 28th
17th Sunday of the Year
music : Mozart – Orgelsolomesse, in C major, K259
Monday 29th
Wagner Group Pilgrimage to Walsingham begins
(Concludes Thursday 1 August)
AUGUST
Saturday 3rd – St Paul’s welcomes Brighton Pride
West Street will be congested
Sunday 4th
18th Sunday of the Year :
music : Chaminade – Messe pour deux voix égales
Sunday 11th
19th Sunday of the Year :
music : Mozart – Missa brevis in F, K192
Tuesday 15th
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
7pm – Solemn Mass at St Michael and All Angels
Sunday 18th
20th Sunday of the Year
music : W.S. Lloyd Webber – Missa ‘Princeps Pacis’
Saturday 24th
St Bartholomew’s Patronal Festival
5.00pm Solemn Mass – preacher: Bishop Philip North
Sunday 25th
21st Sunday of the Year
music : Victoria – Missa O quam gloriosum
SEPTEMBER
Sunday 1st
22nd Sunday of the Year
music : Haydn – Jugendmesse (in F major, Hob.XXII:1 1750)
Thursday 5th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 7th
12 noon to 4 pm – opening of Church
& Macmillan Coffee afternoon 12 noon
Sunday 8th
23rd Sunday of the Year
music : Missa de Angelis
St Bartholomew’s 150th Feast of Dedication
Solemn Mass 5.00pm
Thursday 12th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 14th
Ride & Stride for
Sussex Historic Churches Trust
BREMF workshop (tbc)
Sunday 15th
24th Sunday of the Year
music : Mozart – Spatzenmesse, K220
The 2024 London to Brighton cycle ride – travel around the city will be affected
Thursday 19th
5.00pm PCC meeting
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 21st – St Matthew
Sunday 22nd
25th Sunday of the Year
music : Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Thursday 26th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Friday 27th – St Vincent de Paul
Saturday 28th – Pet Blessing Service 3.00pm at St Bartholomew’s
Sunday 29th
SS Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
music : Ahne – Messe in C
OCTOBER
Thursday 3rd
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Friday 4th – St Bartholomew’s 150th anniversary dinner 7.00pm
Sunday 6th
27th Sunday of the Year
music : Est – Missa brevis in A
Thursday 10th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 12th
10.00-4.30 Meeting in church and Fishermen’s Vestry
Sunday 13th
28th Sunday of the Year
Harvest Collection at Mass
music : Darke – Communion Service in F
Sunday 20th
FEAST OF DEDICATION
music : Mozart – Krönungsmesse, in C major, K317
1.00pm – Parish Lunch
Thursday 24th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 26th
4.00pm Friends of St Paul’s Concert
Sunday 27th
30th Sunday of the Year
music : Mozart – Spatzenmesse, K220
Wednesday 30th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Thursday 31st – ALL SAINTS
7.00pm – Solemn Vigil Mass
music : Victoria – Missa O quam gloriosum est
NOVEMBER
Saturday 2nd – ALL SOULS
9.30am – Low Requiem Mass at St Bartholomew’s
11.30am – Low Requiem Mass at St Paul’s
Sunday 3rd
31st Sunday of the Year
music : W.S. Lloyd Webber – Missa ‘Princeps Pacis’
Thursday 7th
5.00pm PCC meeting
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 10th
Remembrance Sunday
Please note: the Mass at St Paul’s begins at 10.55am
music : Fauré – Requiem (liturgical sections)
Monday 11th – St Martin
7.00pm – Patronal Festival at St Martin’s, Brighton
Thursday 14th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Saturday 16th
Brighton Chamber Choir concert
Sunday 17th
33rd Sunday of the Year
music : Gounod – Messe brève in C
Thursday 21st
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 24th
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
music : tba
Wednesday 27th
6.00-10.00pm Deanery Synod
Thursday 28th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
DECEMBER
Sunday 1st
ADVENT 1
music : tba
Thursday 5th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 8th
ADVENT 2
music : tba
Monday 9th
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemn Mass 7.00pm at St Barnabas, Hove
7.30pm – Charity Choir rehearsal
Wednesday 11th
7.00pm BREMF Community Choir rehearsal
Sunday 15th
ADVENT 3 – Gaudete Sunday
music : tba
1.00pm – Parish Lunch & Grand Draw
Monday 16th
7.30pm – Charity Choir rehearsal
Wednesday 18th
7.30 for 8.00pm – Charity Carol Concert
Saturday 21st
4.00pm – Carol Service at St Bartholomew’s
Sunday 22nd
ADVENT 4
music : tba
Tuesday 24th
decorating the church for Christmas
4.00pm – Crib service at St Bartholomew’s
11.00pm – MIDNIGHT MASS at St Bartholomew’s
Wednesday 25th
CHRISTMAS DAY
music : tba
10.30am – Solemn Mass at St Bartholomew’s
11.00am – Solemn Mass at St Paul’s
Sunday 29th
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
music : tba
FUTURE DATES – 2025
January Sunday 25th Conversion of S Paul
March Wednesday 5th Ash Wednesday
April Sunday 20th EASTER DAY
June Sunday 8th PENTECOST 1.00pm – Parish Lunch tbc
Saturday 28th Summer Patronal Festival – Mass followed by buffet lunch tbc
August Friday 15th ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM
October Sunday 19th FEAST OF THE DEDICATION – 1.00pm – Parish Lunch tbc
December Monday 8th 8.00pm – Sussex Beacon Choir rehearsal tbc
Sunday 14th Gaudete Sunday Parish Lunch and Grand Draw tbc
Monday 15th 8.00pm – Sussex Beacon Choir rehearsal tbc
Wednesday 17th Sussex Beacon Carol Concert tbc
Thursday 25th CHRISTMAS DAY