Download the full May 2013 News & Notes newsletter to make sure you have all the latest news and notes regarding Soho Masses. The Soho Masses Pastoral Council welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered Catholics, parents, families and friends to Masses on 2nd & 4th Sundays of each month. S.M.P.C. Members & Liaison Responsibilities: Neil Cocking (Secretary), Mark Dowd (Communications /PR/Pastoral Planning), Will Maxino (Treasurer), Nick O'Shea, Deborah Woodman (Pastoral Planning), Ben Smith, Renate Rothwell (Catering),
Joe Stanley (Chair), Ann Clare, Rose Taw
(Women) Terry Weldon (Readers/EMs
Rota/ Pastoral Planning), Arthur Govan (Web). You can also check out Soho Masses on Facebook (LGBT Catholics, their families and friends). If you wish to receive the latest information updates by e-mail, please send an email to info@sohomasses.com. Forthcoming Masses: From April 2013 2nd & 4th Sundays - 1815hrs (6.15pm) mass Other masses atThe Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm st Sundays: 6pm (Sat), 8am, 9.30am (Family Mass), 11am (Sung Latin), 12.30pm, 4.15pm, 6.15pm Weekdays and Holy days of Obligation: 8am , 1.05pm , 6pm Saturdays: 8am ; 6pm (First Mass of Sunday)
Public Holidays: 1.05pm (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 12:30pm) LATEST Press Statement issued on behalf of the SMPC THE SOHO MASSES ARE PART OF WESTMINSTER DIOCESE’S PASTORAL PROVISION FOR LGBT CATHOLICS, PARENTS & FAMILIES - refreshments follow each Mass. Andrew Cooke reflects on Jean Porter, Natural Law & Same Sex marriage
ROME PILGRIMAGE? Ever thought about an LGBT-friendly pilgrimage to Rome? The London-based Soho Masses Pastoral Council is considering a 5/6 night pilgrimage to Rome in late April/early May 2013. A 5/6 night. Easter falls early in 2013 (30 March) so this would be in the post-Easter period, and time to start saving now! Bed & Breakfast accommodation at the Domus Carmelitana: http://www.domuscarmelitana.com - minutes from the Vatican, just behind Castel Sant Angelo, pictured below, and a short distance from Rome’s historic quarter. Soho Masses Bookstall - If It Wasn't Love: Sex, Death and God, Bernard Lynch tells a story of many people's stories; here for the first time is a truth birthed from fear and oppression and redeemed by love. - Silence Speaks. Robert Nugent SDS tells the story of 4 towering 20th Century Church figures: Teilhard de Chardin SJ, Yves Congar OP, John Courtney Murray SJ, & Thomas Merton OCSO. Orders can be taken for Jesus: An Historical Approximation, Jose Antonio Pagola - See Mark Dowd’s recent Tablet interview with the author. Links of interest:
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