Week Starting 23rd December: Monday 9:30am, Tuesday 9:00am, Wednesday 9:30am, Weekday Mass, 5:00pm, 7:00pm and 10:00pm, Thursday 9:00am & 11:00am, Friday 11:00am
Week Starting 29th December: Monday 9:30am, Tuesday 9:00am, Wednesday 9:30am, Thursday 11:00am, Friday 9:30am Confessions are available on Saturday 5:00-5:45pm.
Message from Fr Adrian Fr. Christopher and myself wish you and your families a very happy and holy Christmas. With my prayers that your Christmas will be full of the Light of Christ,
Fr. Adrian
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.
Christmas Mass Times
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 2025 9:30am Weekday Mass
5:00pm Family Mass with Children’s Nativity
7:00pm Vigil Mass of Christmas
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 (All Altar Servers Welcome)
St. Stephens Day – the Mass at 11am is traditionally when we celebrate the ministry if Altar Server. All altar servers are warmly encouraged to attend this Mass and serve.
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 Carols, Coffee Morning & Hamper Raffle
Sunday 21st December 2025 at 12:00 Noon 🎶 The choir will be performing Christmas carols in church right after the 11am Mass. Afterwards, join us for our festive Christmas carols, coffee and the hamper raffle. We’d love to see you there! 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 21st December after the 11:00am mass in preparation for the 5:00pm Christmas Eve mass. The rehearsals generally last no longer than 30 minutes. Should you have any queries please contact us on 07946 138307 Sam & Danielle.
Note For Our Contemporary Music Group
To all our singers and musicians, wishing you and your families a very happy and peaceful Christmas and with many thanks for your involvement over the past year.
We’ll next be singing and playing at the 11am Mass on Sunday, 4th January, which is the 2nd Sunday after the Nativity. As it’s still in the Christmas season, some carols will be sung, so kindly make it your first New Year resolution to be there! Thank you and God bless you and your families at this holy time.
SVP The SVP thank you very much for the contributions to the second collection last Sunday. We raised over £500. Your generosity is unsurpassed. Thank you.
“Christmas Church Clean” There will be a Christmas church clean on
Tuesday 23rd December 2025 following the 9:00am Morning Mass. Please come and help if you are able and join us for mince pies and coffee after the cleaning. Thank you.
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.
Job vacancies
Headteacher – St Peter’s Primary School, Romford
Deadline for applications: 12:00 (noon), Tuesday 6th January 2026
Headteacher – St Mary’s Primary School, Hornchurch
Deadline for applications: 17:00, Friday 9th January 2026
Headteacher – The Bishops’ Church of England and Catholic School, Chelmsford
Deadline for applications: 12:00 (noon), Friday 16th January 2026
Headteacher – Holy Family Primary School, Benfleet
Deadline for applications: 09:00, Wednesday 28th January 2026