The Roman Catholic Parish of

Woodbridge with Framlingham

CHRISTMAS  2025

 

Wednesday, 24th December

7.00 p.m. - Mass at Framlingham and

9.30 p.m.  - Mass at Woodbridge.

Mass will not be celebrated at Midnight.

 

Thursday, 25th December

09.00 a.m. - Mass at Framlingham and

11.00 a.m. - Mass at Woodbridge.

Parish Newsletter

 

Schedule of Services, including Mass Intentions.

Wood  =  Service in Saint Thomas's Church, Woodbridge

Fram  =  Service in Saint Clare's Church, Framlingham.

Sundays - Year A  /  Weekdays - Cycle 2.

  • December  2025
Mon 8th 9.30 a.m. Wood Private intention. M. Byrne.
Tue 9th 9.30 a.m. Wood Private intention. -
Wed 10th         No public Mass today.
Thu 11th 12.00 p.m. Wood Jurgen Buckard, + J. Taylor.
Fri 12th 9.30 a.m. Wood    
Sat 13th 6.00 p.m. Wood For the people of the Parish. -
SUN 14th 9.00 a.m. Fram Annamma Mathew, + Meena & John.
SUN 14th 11.00 a.m. Wood Leonard Mercer, + M. Shield.
Mon 15th 9.30 a.m. Wood Fr. Laurence Nicholson, + Parish Priest. -
Tue 16th 9.30 a.m. Wood Jo Roberts, + J. Taylor.
Wed 17th         No public Mass today.
Thu 18th 12.00 p.m. Wood Fitzpatrick family intentions S. Fitzpatrick.
Fri 19th 9.30 a.m. Wood Fr. Tom Fenlon, S.M.A. + Parish Priest. Foundation.
Sat 20th 6.00 p.m. Wood For Gillian McIver. H. Jones.
SUN 21st 9.00 a.m. Fram Eva Kirby, + G. Tynan.
SUN 21st 11.00 a.m. Wood For the people of the Parish. -
Mon 22nd 9.30 a.m. Wood Fr. Peter Wynekus, + Parish Priest. -
Tue 23rd 9.30 a.m. Wood    

 

The Nativity of the Lord.

Wed 24th 7.00 p.m. Fram For the people of the Parish. -
Wed 24th 9.30 p.m. Wood Canon John Henry Thomson, + Parish Priest. -
Thu 25th 9.00 a.m. Fram    
Thu 25th 11.00 a.m. Wood For Anne and Geoff Marks. H. Jones.

 

Fri 26th 11.00 a.m. Wood Mary Gallagher, + Foundation.
Sat 27th 6.00 p.m. Wood Beryl Rose Banks, + Foundation.
SUN 28th 9.00 a.m. Fram For the people of the Parish. -
SUN 28th 11.00 a.m. Wood Michael Flaherty, + Foundation.

 

 

  • SACRAMENT  OF  RECONCILIATION.

Confession times:  Saturdays at 5.30 p.m. at Woodbridge and - on request - after weekday Masses.

 

The last coffee morning of the year will be held by the Ladies' Group on Tuesday, 9th December, at Saint Thomas’s Church, Woodbridge, from 10.15 a.m.  All are welcome to join our friendly group, writes Jean Taylor.

 

  • ADVENT  RORATE  MASS.

A Votive Mass of Our Lady (Latin, 1962 rite).  At Saint Pancras’s Church, Orwell Place, Ipswich.  Saturday, 13th December, at 7.00 a.m.

 

  • DEPENDENT  PRIESTS’  FUND.

This fund provides support for our diocesan priests in their retirement and for priests who are not presently in parish ministry due to sickness.  Second collections to support our retired and sick priests will be taken after Masses on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th December.

 

  • A CONCERT of CHRISTMAS MUSIC. 

The Framlingham Ladies’ Choir will perform their lunch-time concert of Christmas music in Saint Clare’s Church, Framlingham, on Friday, 19th December, at 12.00 p.m.  Refreshments will be available. Donations will be collected at the door.  All are welcome.

 

Please pray for the sick and those in need; for all the residents in senior-living facilities within the parish and those who care for them; for the happy repose of the souls of the Faithful Departed; for those who have died recently and for those whose anniversaries fall at this time;  for peace in the world; and for vocations to the priesthood, to the diaconate, and to the religious orders of the Church.

Our Father.  Hail Mary.  Glory be.

 

  • SAFEGUARDING.

Children should always be accompanied by their parent/guardian when they visit the toilets at the church.

 

 

THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED.   Anniversaries of deaths which are recorded in the parish's Register of Death (from 1997 to present) can be found on the calendar page of this website:  HERE

 

 

 

 

 

DIOCESE  OF  EAST  ANGLIA

& OTHER NOTICES

 

 

 

 

LINK:  ACNUK

 

 

 

 

 

IPSWICH  HOSPITAL - Roman Catholic Chaplain.   If you or a family member or friend is in the hospital and would like support from the hospital's chaplaincy team, please refer them by telephoning 01473 704100 or e-mailing chaplaincy@esneft.nhs.uk. For urgent chaplaincy visits, please call the hospital's switchboard on 01473 712233 and ask for the Chaplains' Office.  When making a referral, please provide the patient's name, ward (if known), and your contact details in case further information is needed.

 

  • DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA - Latest News.

News articles from across the Diocese of East Anglia.   LINK: Latest News

 

  • VACANCIES in the Diocese of East Anglia.   LINK: Jobs Vacant

 

  • News from the CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND & WALES.   LINK:  CBCEW - News

 

 

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