BISHOPS' ENGAGEMENTS

December 24 to December 30
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor (Westminster) Sun: Celebrates Solemn Mass for the Nativity, Westminster Cathedral, 11.30pm. Mon: Celebrates Solemn Mass for Christmas, Westminster Cathedral, 10.30am.
Archbishop McDonald (Southwark) Sun: Midnight Mass of the Nativity, St George's Cathedral. Mon: Family Mass, St George's Cathedral, 10am. Wed: Vocations Mass, Balham, 10am.
Archbishop Nichols (Birmingham) Sun: Mass, St Joseph's, Harbome, 10am. Mon: Mass, Winson Green Prison, 10am; Midnight Mass, St Chad's Cathedral.
Bishop Arnold (Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster) Mon: Celebrates Mass, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, 9am.
Bishop Brain (Salford) Sun: Celebrates Mass, HMP Manchester, 9am; celebrates Midnight Mass, Salford Cathedral.
Bishop Budd (Plymouth) Sun: Celebrates Midnight Mass, Cathedral. Mon: Mass, Exeter Prison, 10.30am.
Bishop Burns (HM Forces) Sun-Thu: Pastoral visit to forces in Germany.
Bishop Conry (Arundel & Brighton) Sun: Carols and readings followed by Midnight Mass, Arundel Cathedral, 11pm. Mon: Christmas Family Mass, Arundel Cathedral, 930am.
Bishop Crowley (Middlesbrough) Sun: Celebrates Midnight Christmas Mass, Cathedral. Mon: Celebrates Christmas Mass, Cathedral, 10am. Fri: Annual clergy gathering, Ampleforth, 12pm.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun: Midnight Mass, Cathedral. Mon: Mass, Wellingborough Prison, 10.30am.
Bishop Dunn (Hexham and Newcastle) Sun: Celebrates Mass, Acklington Prison, 1A5pm; celebrates Mass, Acklington Prison, 3pm; celebrates First Mass of Christmas, St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne, 8pm.
Bishop Hine (Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark) Sun: Celebrates Mass for Sisters of St Andrew. Edenbridge, 7pm. Mon: Celebrates Mass, HM Prison Swaleside, 10.30am.
Bishop Hollis (Portsmouth) Sun: Midnight Mass, St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth. Mon: Mass, St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, 10.30am.
Bishop Hopes (Westminster) Sun: Midnight Mass, St Mary, Chelsea. Mon: Mass, HMP, Bronzefield, 8.45arn, Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Mass, St High's, Woodstock, 9.30am.
Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun: Midnight Mass, Clifton Cathedral, Bristol, 11.30pm. Mon: Mass, Clifton Cathedral, Bristol, 11 am.
Bishop Longley (Westminster) Sun: Visit, Carols and celebrates Mass, St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney, 7pm; Carols Service, Our Lady and St Catherine of Siena, Bow, 11.30pm, followed by Midnight Mass. Mon: Celebrates Mass, Holloway Prison, 10.30am.
Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Midnight
Mass of the Nativity, St Thomas More, Dulwich. Mon: Mass, Brixton Prison, 8.45arn; visit, Deptford Churches Centre for the Homeless, Mis en Espanol Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham, 2pm.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Sun: Mass, Cheadle, 8pm. Mon: Mass, Dovegate Prison, 10am.
Bishop McMahon (Brentwood) Sun: Celebrates Mass, Stock, 9am; Carols, Stock, 730pm; celebrates Vigil Mass, Stock, 8pm; celebrates Vigil Mass, Cathedral, lOpm. Mon: Celebrates Mass, Stock, 9am; celebrates Choral Mass, Cathedral, 11.30am.
Bishop Noble (Shrewsbury) Sun: Eucharist,
Nazareth House, Birkenhead, lOarn; Midnight Christmas Mass beginning with Carols, Cathedral, 11.30pm. Mon: Christmas Morning Eucharist, Shrewsbury Prison, llam.
Bishop O'Donoghue (Lancaster) Sun: Vigil Mass, Lancaster Farms Young Offenders Institute, 6pm; Midnight Mass, Cathedral. Mon: Mass for Christmas Day, Lancaster Farms Young Offenders' Institute, 9am.
Bishop Pargeter (Birmingham) Mon: Mass, St Michael's, Wolverhampton, 9am.
Bishop Roche (Leeds) Sun: Christmas Mass, Wakefield Prison, 2pm; celebrates Midnight Mass, Leeds Cathedral. Tue: Christmas Mass, Leeds Cathedral, llarn. Fri: Meets Seminarians and prospective Seminarians, Leeds Cathedral, 10am.
Bishop Stack (Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster) Mon: am Celebrates Mass at
Feltham Young Offenders Institute WALES Archbishop Smith (Cardiff) Sun: Midnight Mass, St David's Cathedral.
SCOTLAND
Cardinal O'Brien (St Andrew's & Edinburgh) Sun: Vigil Mass of Christmas, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh,
6pm; Midnight Mass, St Mary's Cathedral. Mon: Christmas Masses, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, 930am and 11.30am. The: Anniversary Mass of Foundation, St Margaret's Ursuline Convent, Edinburgh, 12pm. Wed: Mass and visit to Sisters of Mercy, St Catherine's Convent, Edinburgh, 6pm. Thu: Mass of Innocents, St David's, Dalkeith, 12pm. Fri: Mass and visit to Little sisters of the Poor, Edinburgh, 10am. Sat: Mass and visit, Nazareth House, Lasswade, 9.30am.
Bishop Logan (Dunkeld/Dundee) Sun: Carol Service, St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee, 11.30pm; Midnight Mass, St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee. Mon: Mass of Christmas Day, St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee, 11.30am
This listing was compiled by Gabriel Communications Limited and also appears in the Universe and Catholic Times