Monday No Morning Mass, Tuesday 8:45am, Wednesday 9:30am, Thursday 9:30am, Friday 9:30am , Sunday 14th December at 10:00am First Holy Communion Class
Sunday 14th at 3pm Divine Mercy Devotions Join us in this beautiful prayer for 20 minutes.
Confessions are available on Saturday 5:00-5:45pm
2nd Collection There will be a second collection following all the masses this weekend for the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Christmas Mass Times
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 2025
5:00pm Family Mass with a Nativity Tableaux
7:00pm Vigil Mass
9:30pm Carols before Mass
10:00pm Mass during the night
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2025
9:00am & 11:00am Mass
St Stephens Day 26th December 2025
11:00am Mass
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) on Monday 22nd December at 7:30pm
There will be several priests available for Confession at St. Edmunds from 7:30pm.
Please consider making use of this beautiful sacrament to prepare for Christmas.
Bishop Thomas McMahon-RIP
Bishop Thomas’s Requiem Mass funeral will be celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster & Metropolitan on Tuesday 16 December at 11:30am at Brentwood Cathedral. Due to large numbers attending this is a ticketed service only.
The funeral will be livestreamed at: https://www.shealolin.co.uk/bishop-thomas and the broadcast will begin approximately 10 minutes before the start of the service and will be available on demand until 16th January 2026. The QR code for mobiles is
Christmas Offerings
Your offering at Christmas Masses is your gift to the Parish Priest, Fr Adrian, and forms a major part of his annual salary for the year. Please use your Christmas Offering envelopes or if paying online the banking details are:
HSBC
Account Name: Catholic Church Loughton
Account Number: 11019651
Sort Code # 40-13-22
Please be sure to type in the Reference: ‘Christmas Offering’ along with your gift aid number if you have one.
Christmas Coffee Morning & Hamper Raffle -Sunday 21st December 2025 at 12:00 Noon
🎶 The choir will be singing Christmas carols after the 11am Mass. Please join us in the hall for our festive Christmas coffee morning and raffle. All are welcome.
Donation boxes are in the porch and by Father Adrian’s door — we’d love festive goodies like wine, biscuits, chocolates, jams, mince pies, or vouchers. Theatre and restaurant vouchers have been a lovely addition in past years. Raffle tickets will be on sale at weekend mass and online.
All proceeds go back into our parish.
Thank you for your kind support.
Christmas Nativity Christmas Nativity rehearsals are this weekend 14th December after the 11:00am mass in preparation for the 5:00pm Christmas Eve mass. The next date for the rehearsal will be the 21st of December again straight after the 11:00am mass. The rehearsals generally last no longer than 30 minutes. Should you have any queries please contact us on
07946 138307 Sam & Danielle.
Please Pray for those who are Sick Evelyn Bearne, Karl Britz, Brenda Bryant, Bernadette Hall, Ann Hawkes, Claire Howes, Angela Long, Lilian Mothersole, John McKernan, Remy, Geraldine Taylor, James Wright, Pamela Gibson, Geraldine Stains, Linda Moriarty, Victoria Leahy, Jean Collins, Barbara Searl, Lyn Povey, Mason Family,
Ben Lewis, Kathleen Pampellonne, Adam Piotrowski, Bernard Hughes and all our loved ones who are unwell.