The Friars - Pilgrimages
   

Many people visit The Friars on pilgrimage. Perhaps as part of a Parish Pilgrimage or on one of our organised Pilgrimage Days.

Some stop over on their way to Canterbury, following the ancient Pilgrims' Way to the Cathedral. The Friars was always a traditional stop in medieval times and, in fact, the Pilgrims' Hall, the oldest building at The Friars, is so named because it offered hospitality and accommodation for travellers to Canterbury. This custom of hospitality to pilgrims continues today.

Each year a programme of pilgrimages is organised here at the Shrine of Our Lady.

PRINCIPAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES
2008- 2009

AT&P = Aylesford Tours and Pilgrimages
DECEMBER
5
Friday ADVENT SERVICE 8.00pm
6
Saturday Celebrating the Feast of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 7.30 am, 12 noon & 3.30pm Mass (AT&P)
8
Monday IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 7.30am & 12 noon Mass
12
Friday CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT 7.15pm
13
Saturday Lay Carmel Third Order Aylesford 10.30am Holy Hour, 12 noon Mass, 2.00pm Meeting
21
Sunday Signed Mass 4.00pm
24
Wednesday CHRISTMAS EVE 11.30pm Carols followed by Midnight Mass
25
Thursday CHRISTMAS DAY
(Holy Day of Obligation)
8.00am & 10.15am Mass
26
Friday ST STEPHEN'S DAY 12 noon Mass
28
Sunday THE HOLY FAMILY 8.00am & 10.15am Mass
JANUARY 2009
1
Thursday

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, Holy Day of Obligation.

12 noon Mass
4
Sunday
THE EPIPHANY
8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass
24
Saturday
COMMISSIONING DAY FOR EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST. Bishop Patrick Lynch
10.00 am-4.00 pm
FEBRUARY
14
Saturday
AT&P CELEBRATING FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
3.30 pm Mass
15
Sunday
SIGNED MASS
3.30 pm
25
Wednesday
ASH WEDNESDAY
7.30 am & 12 noon Mass
MARCH
21
Saturday
AT& P CELEBRATING FEAST OF ST JOSEPH
3.30 pm Mass
APRIL
5
Sunday
PALM SUNDAY
8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass
CATHOLIC TAMIL PILGRIMAGE
11.00 am Gathering & Palm blessing, 12 noon Mass & 3.30pm Procession & Benediction
9
Thursday
MAUNDY THURSDAY
8.00 pm Mass & watching until Midnight
10
Friday
GOOD FRIDAY

3.00 pm Liturgy of the Passion, 8.00 pm Stations

11
Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY
9.00 pm Vigil Mass
12
Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY

8.00 am, 10.15 am & 12 noon Mass, 4.30 pm Evening Prayer & Benediction

13
Monday
EASTER MONDAY
12 noon Mass (AT&P)
19
Sunday
SIGNED MASS
3.30 pm
MAY
2
Saturday
LATIN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE
10.30am Rosary, 3.00pm Mass in Spanish
ALL NIGHT VIGIL
10.00pm Mass
3
Sunday
PALLOTTINE PARISHES PILGRIMAGE
11.30 am Gathering, 12 noon Prayer, 12.30 pm Rosary, 2.00 pm Healing & Confessions, 4.00 pm Mass
4
Monday

BANK HOLIDAY

ALTAR SERVERS PILGRIMAGE Bishop Paul Hendricks

11.15 am Gathering,11.30 am Mass
9
Saturday
LEGION OF MARY PILGRIMAGE Bishop Paul Hendricks
12 noon Mass, 3.30 pm Procession & Benediction
16
Saturday
FEAST OF ST SIMON STOCK
7.30 am, 12 noon & 3.30 pm Mass (AT&P)
17
Sunday
PIONEERS & MATT TALBOT PILGRIMAGE
12 noon Mass, 2.30 pm Rosary, 4.00 pm Rosary Procession & Benediction
20
Wednesday

GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOLS LITURGY Bishop Patrick Lynch ss.cc.

11.30 am Liturgy
23
Saturday
COMMISSIONING DAY FOR EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST Bishop Howard Tripp
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
24
Sunday
ASCENSION OF THE LORD
8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass
25
Monday
BANK HOLIDAY, AT&P
12 noon Mass
26
Tuesday
UCM SOUTHWARK PILGRIMAGE Bishop John Hine
11.30 am Mass, 2.00 pm Rosary Procession
30
Saturday
ARCHBISHOP'S MASS CELEBRATING SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Archbishop Kevin McDonald
3.00 pm
31
Sunday

PENTECOST

ITALIAN PILGRIMAGE

8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass

12 noon Mass, 4.00 pm Procession

JUNE
6
Saturday
ANGELFEST
2.00 pm - 9.00 pm
7
Sunday

TRINITY SUNDAY

KNIGHTS OF ST COLUMBA PILGRIMAGE Cardinal Cormac Murphy OConnor

8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass

12 noon Mass, 2.30 pm Knight Ceremony, 3.30pm Procession & Benediction

14
Sunday

CORPUS CHRISTI

SIGNED MASS

8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass

3.30 pm

20
Saturday

AT&P CELEBRATING FEAST IMMACULATE HEART

SALVATION ARMY BAND CONCERT

3.30 pm Mass

7.00 pm

21
Sunday
SUMMER FAYRE
11.00 am - 4.00 pm, 5.00 pm Mass
26
Friday
POTTERS FAYRE UNTIL 28TH
27
Saturday

MASS TO CELEBRATE END OF ST PAUL YEAR Archbishop Kevin McDonald

12 noon
28
Sunday

SS PETER & PAUL

PORTUGUESE PILGRIMAGE

8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass

11.30 am Mass, 4.00 pm Rosary Procession

JULY
4
Saturday
ALL NIGHT VIGIL
10.00 pm Mass
   
YOUTH FESTIVAL
10.00 am - 8.00 pm, 6.30 pm Mass
11
Saturday
NIGERIAN PILGRIMAGE

10am Confessions, 11.00 am Rosary Procession, 2.00 pm Mass, Homily, Adoration & Benediction

12
Sunday
DAY OF CELEBRATION SHARING IN THE GIFTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Bishop John Hine
12 noon Gathering Liturgy, Afternoon Creative Workshops & Sensory Prayer, 4.00 pm Mass
19
Sunday

SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PILGRIMAGE

12 noon Mass, 2.30pm Renewal of Third Order Promises, 3.30 pm Rosary Procession & Benediction
26
Sunday
CARIBBEAN PILGRIMAGE Bishop John Hine
12 noon Mass, 3.30 pm Rosary Procession & Benediction
AUGUST
1
Saturday
ALL NIGHT VIGIL
10.00 pm Mass
6
Thursday
TRANSFIGURATION OF OF THE LORD
7.30 am & 12 noon Mass
9
Sunday
PILGRIMAGE OF THE SICK WITH THE SOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES Bishop Arthur Roche
12 noon Mass, 3.30 pm Procession & Benediction
15
Saturday
DAY FOR THE CARMELITE FAMILY
11.30 am Gathering Liturgy, 2.00 pm Panel discussion, 3.30 pm Mass
16
Sunday

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

CATHOLIC TAMIL PILGRIMAGE

SIGNED MASS

8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass

11.00 am Gathering Liturgy, 12 noon Mass, 3.30 pm Procession & Benediction

3.30 pm

23
Sunday
GOAN PILGRIMAGE
12.30 am Mass, 3.00 pm Procession & Benediction
30
Sunday
KERALA CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION PILGRIMAGE
12 noon Mass, 2.30 pm Procession & Benediction
31
Monday

BANK HOLIDAY (AT&P)

12 noon Mass
SEPTEMBER
5
Saturday
ALL NIGHT VIGIL
10.00 am Mass
6
Sunday
POLISH NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE

12 noon Angelus & Confessions, 2.00 pm Mass, 5.00 pm Rosary Procession & Benediction

12
Saturday

ARTS & COUNTRY FAYRE UNTIL 13TH

AT&P CELEBRATING OUR LADY'S BIRTHDAY

3.30 pm Mass
20
Sunday
POLISH SCOUTS & GUIDES PILGRIMAGE
11.30 am Rosary, 12 noon Mass, 2.00 pm Games & Activities
25
Friday

ARCHBISHOP'S DAY FOR RELIGIOUS Archbishop Kevin McDonald

10.30 am - 4.00 pm
OCTOBER
3
Saturday
COMMISSIONING DAY FOR EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST Bishop Paul Hendricks
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
9
Friday
RELICS OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX

2.00 pm Arrival of Relics

Vigil

10
Saturday

RELICS OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX

Archbishop Kevin McDonald

Mass Time TBC

Vigil

11
Sunday

RELICS OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX

Mass

5.00 pm Departure of Relics

17
Saturday
AT&P CELEBRATING FEAST OF ST TERESA OF AVILA
3.30 pm Mass
18
Sunday
DEANERY MASS FOR THE SICK
3.00 pm Mass
31
Saturday
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RETURN OF THE FRIARS TO AYLESFORD Christian Korner, O.Carm, Vice General and Archbishop Kevin McDonald
Procession & Mass
NOVEMBER
1
Sunday
ALL SAINTS DAY, HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass
2
Monday
ALL SOULS
7.30 am &12 noon Masss
14
Saturday

FEAST OF THE CARMELITE SAINTS

AT&P

7.30 am, 12 noon & 3.30 pm Mass
22
Sunday

CHRIST THE KING

AT&P

8.00 am, 10.15 am & 12 noon Mass
DECEMBER
5
Saturday
AT&P CELEBRATING FEAST OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
3.30 pm Mass
8
Tuesday
FEAST OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
7.30 am & 12 noon Mass
20
Sunday
SIGNED MASS
3.30 pm
24
Thursday
CHRISTMAS EVE
11.30 pm Carols & Midnight Mass
25
Friday
CHRISTMAS DAY
8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass
26
Saturday
ST STEPHEN'S DAY
12 noon Mass
27
Sunday
THE HOLY FAMILY
8.00 am & 10.15 am Mass
LAUS DEO SEMPER ET MARIAE

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