Welcome to the webpages of the Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cæcilia, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Here you will find information about us including normal Mass times as well as Parish contacts.
Our postal address is 70 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3JA. The post code for satnav or google maps is WC2B 6DX. We are adjacent to Greggs.
You will find us on the east side of Kingsway, a few steps from Holborn Station (LT).
You can contact us on 020 7405 0376. Our email address is lincolnsinnfields@rcdow.org.uk
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MASS TIMES: MONDAY – FRIDAY 6pm.
SATURDAY 6pm and SUNDAYS 10am & 6pm.
EXTRA MASS! As from SUNDAY 6th NOVEMBER, there will be an additional Mass (In Latin) on Sundays at 8:30am
ADORATION 5pm, ROSARY 5.20pm, Mass at 6pm
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS)
MONDAY-FRIDAY 5.30pm-5.50pm, SATURDAY 5.00pm – 5.40pm
EACH MASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED https://www.churchservices.tv/lincolnsinnfields
CHURCH OPENING TIMES (for Silent Prayer)
7.30am DAILY (Monday – Friday), (Saturday 12 Noon) and (Sunday: 8am)
CLOSING AFTER EVENING MASS EACH DAY
5th SUNDAY OF EASTER SUNDAY
18th MAY 2025
MARY’S MONTH OF MAY
MAY is dedicated to Our Lady. It is a time to get to know and love Our Lady more. This helps us express and understand how the reign of Mary is the reign of “YES- TO-GOD” in our daily life. May we let the spirit of Mary, the spirit of “YES-TO-GOD”, flourish in our day-to-day living.
Our Marian devotions should not be limited to church. Please ensure you honour Our Lady in your home. Do crown a statue or picture of Our Lady at home. Gather around the statue or picture of Our Lady: recite the Rosary and the Angelus. Let us teach our children (and remind ourselves!) that the reign of Mary, the reign of “YES -TO-GOD”, is the best way to true self-fulfilment and happiness.
DAILY PRAYER is vital for all of us. “Click to Pray” Is the Pope’s App that connects your prayer to the world. Download the App for free www.clicktopray.org on the App store or Google play.
MARY’S MEALS: would like to invite you to collect all your foreign currency* no matter how old or obscure. On 24th & 25th May there will be envelopes at the back of church for you to take home and put all your foreign coins and notes into. Clear out your drawers and have a look under the sofa. Currently the charity feeds over 2.4 million young children one good meal every day in their place of education – by giving Mary’s Meals your foreign coins and notes you can help feed the next hungry child. Mary’s Meals feeds in over 17 countries. Because of our low costs we can do this for as little as £19.15 per child per year! *They will also take UK coins/notes that aren’t legal tender.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: Takes place here on SUNDAY 22nd JUNE 2024 at 10:00am.
DO PARTICIPATE IN OUR CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION The children who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday 22nd June will lead the procession, dressed as for their First Holy Communion. PROCESS and JOYFULLY CELEBRATE!
MICHAEL O’CONNOR- RIP: Please pray for the gentle repose of Michael’s soul, please remember Michael’s family in your prayers at this difficult time. His Funeral Mass will be held here on Tuesday 20th May at 11am. May he rest in peace. Amen
WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LIGHT: Thursday evenings in the parish room after mass. We will follow the Lectio Divina to read, pray meditate & contemplate the Gospel of the Day. Open to all with special encouragement to students, young adults (20-40s). Just come along. For more info see the flyer at the back of the church.
STOP THIEVES: While in church, please keep all your belongings with you at all times, Thieves are operating in the area. There have been thefts recently from the church!
SAVE THESE DATES! – SS ANSELM & CÆCILIAS MOVIE NIGHTS:
Wednesday 18th June 18.45 Movie Night 1 Shoes of the Fisherman
Wednesday 25th June 18.45 Movie Night 2 The Scarlet and the Black
Wednesday 2nd July 18.45 Movie Night 3 The Mission
PARISH VISIT TO THE VICTORIAN & ALBERT MUSEUM: Parish visit to the Victorian & Albert Museum to view the items on display there, loaned by our parish. Special viewing of the items and a small talk on the collection. Friday 11th July arrival at the museum at 9.00am. Please let Stephen Ogilby or the Parish office know if you are interested in going along.
FOR OUR YOUNGER PARISHIONERS: Remember over the next couple of weeks to pray for our younger parishioners many of who are in the middle of exams and exam preparation. We pray that they are able to do themselves justice, no more and no less. Whatever the outcome we will be proud of them.
EMMAUS JUBILEE YOUTH FESTIVAL: 2-3 August 2025 at SPEC Retreat Centre. Aimed at young people unable to travel to and coinciding with the Jubilee of Youth in Rome, the festival will offer a transformative encounter with Christ and the opportunity to meet other young people on their journey of faith. Inspired by the disciples on the road to Emmaus, whose encounter with the Risen Christ transformed their despair into hope, this festival aims to ignite the same transformative experience in all participating. Organised by SPEC Retreat Centre of Westminster Youth Ministry, the festival will feature: live Praise & Worship by One Hope Project, engaging panels and interactive workshops, fellowship and reflection at campfires, Eucharistic Adoration and closing Mass celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols. For more information and registration please visit https://youth.rcdow.org.uk/jubilee-year-2025/emmausfestival/
UPPER ROOM LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME 2025-26: Organised by Westminster Youth Ministry, the programme is aimed at 18-30 year olds interested in leading a parish youth group. Starting in October 2025, the year-long programme will accompany future leaders on their journey of faith and equip them with the necessary practical skills such as activities planning, safeguarding training, public speaking and more. The entire programme concludes with an opportunity to participate in the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes as chaplains to the Redcaps, and hopefully establishing/leading a regular parish youth group beforehand. There is no cost of joining the programme but parish priest’s recommendation is required. More information at https://youth.rcdow.org.uk/outreach/upper-room-leadership-programme/
MASS INTENTIONS 17th – 25th May 2025
Saturday 17th May:
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Pio Costella (Anniv) RIP
Sunday 18th May:
5th Sunday of Easter
8:30am Mass (In Latin)
Pro Populo
10:00am Mass
Maria Babington 95th Birthday
6:00pm Mass
Brendan Cullen RIP
Monday 19th May:
St Dunstan (England)
6:00pm Mass
Aldo Capitelli RIP
Tuesday 20th May:
St Bernardine of Siena. Priest
6:00pm Mass
In memory of Peter & Ann McCarron who
married here today in 1961 & Ann’s sister
Rose Hanrahan-RIP
Wednesday 21st May:
St Christopher Magallanes & Companions. Martyrs
6:00pm Mass
Thursday 22nd May:
St Rita of Cascia. Religious
6:00pm Mass
Dio & Desolina Costella RIP
Friday 23rd May:
6:00pm Mass
Angela Madronero Vargas – RIP
Saturday 24th May:
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Andrew Delgrosso (Anniv) RIP
Sunday 25th May:
6th Sunday of Easter
8:30am Mass (In Latin)
Pro Populo
10:00am Mass
René Ombroisine RIP RD (1-month Anniv)
6:00pm Mass
Lily Khan Birthday
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Monsignor John writes: I would like to thank all who were involved in any way with the Mass for my installation as parish priest, and for making it such a memorable occasion. (If however you have missed it, you can watch on www.churchservices.tv I would also like to thank you on behalf of the members of my family who present for the warm welcome you gave them, they said I had not been exaggerating when I had told them how great you were.
It’s good to have a distinguished history, to have things happening in the present, but we need also look to the future. I can already see green shoots emerging in the parish which will hopefully bloom in the future. One green shoot is that a parishioner has been accepted to train for the priesthood for the Diocese. He is Charlie Brown, who many know especially at the Sunday 6:00 Mass. He will not start his training until September, and therefore you will still be seeing him around the parish until then. He obviously has a few years to go before he is, God willing, ordained but it is encouraging that the parish has produced a vocation to priesthood.
As important as the priesthood is we must also recall other the important vocations we are all called to, and how by virtue of our baptism we are called to be a prophetic people. One of the joys of becoming your parish priest has been encountering your love and enthusiasm for the parish and a willingness to answer a call for help or ministry when asked, and also offering your own exciting ideas. The faith is alive in the parish with many green shoots we can look forward to growing to fruition.
PRIEST TRAINING FUND
Next Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday, the day we pray for priests and for vocations to the priesthood. The annual Priest Training Fund pays for the priestly formation of men for the Catholic priesthood. There are currently 50 men studying at Allen Hall seminary, 13 of whom are from our own Diocese. 2 of these are deacons for Westminster. We also have 2 seminarians at the Royal English College in Valladolid. Last year 3 deacons who studied at Allen Hall were ordained priests. This fund also supports the ongoing enrichment and formation of the our ordained priests. Your generous donation helps ensure we can support these men who are called to be like Christ the Good Shepherd. Donation envelopes are available in the back of the church. Please take one home, read the information, and bring it back next weekend with your donation. Please continue to pray for vocations and for our priests. You can use the QR code to make your donation online or visit www.rcdow.org.uk/donations. Thank you for your generosity.
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CAFOD ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CRISIS APPEAL: Donate to CAFOD’s Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal at www.cafod.org.uk/ipcor call 0303 303 3030 to support those affected and get funds to local trusted experts in Gaza and southern Israel who have been working alongside communities helping those most in need.Your donation will help support aid workers providing urgent humanitarian aid including food, water and emergency shelter to those in need. Thank you for your prayers.
PRAY FOR PEACE
God of peace, bearer of hope,
We seek your help
For the peoples of the Middle East.
Quiet the clamour of war
And guide us towards peace.
Where there is hatred and division
Sow seeds of calm and openness.
Where there is destruction
Help us to rebuild.
Where children are crying
Bring an end to tears.
Shelter your peoples and protect them
Guide them and keep them from harm.
Show us how to break down the barriers of history and fear
And breathe whispers of hope.
Amen.
Linda Jones / CAFOD
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PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Lord Jesus Christ, Guide and Shepherd of your people,
touch the hearts of our young people, that they may, for the love of you
give their lives in the service of the Church.
Renew the hearts of priests, that they may model their lives on the mystery of the Cross
and imitate the Sacred Mysteries they celebrate at the altar.
Strengthen our families, that they may generously support those of their sons
whom you call to serve you as priests. Amen
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PRAYER OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX FOR PRIESTS (please pray often for this intention)
O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests labouring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
for your tempted priests; for your lonely and desolate priests;
for your young priests; for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me;
the priest who baptised me; the priests who absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I assisted
and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the priests who taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way.
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them
abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen