Advent 2025

Advent Vespers

5pm-5.30pm from 2 Dec every Tue in Advent, in the church

“Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him” Join us this advent in vespers (evening) prayer and prepare your heart for Jesus’s coming.

Writing Christmas cards for people in immigration detention

5.30pm-6pm Tue 2 Dec, in the chaplaincy

In the UK, immigration detention involves being locked up in prison-like conditions without time limit. The decision to detain is made by a civil servant and doesn’t go before a judge. Anyone subject to immigration control can be detained, and many people in detention came here to seek safety. Show your solidarity and support with people seeking sanctuary.

Christmas Carols by Candlelight

7pm Wed 10 Dec
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, 339 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PG

Join us this year for a festive Christmas Carols by candlelight concert. We’ll be also raising

Advent retreat “Women of Hope”

4pm 12th Dec - 1.30pm 14th Dec
The Briery Retreat Centre 38 Victoria Avenue Ilkley LS29 9BW

As the Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee year comes to an end, join us for a weekend unwrapping gifts from scripture, with music and art, and plenty of time for personal reflection.
Cost - £220pp fully inclusive (non-residential places available at £100). For further information and booking, please contact the Administrator on 01943 607287 or email admin@briery.org.uk
If you are going from Manchester speak to Fr. Paul as he might have some space to give you a lift.

Advent Week of Guided Prayer

30 Nov - 5 Dec Online

Enter into a pattern of prayer and discernment that is lived out in your daily life. Participants are invited to:

• Pray daily for 30 - 40 mins

• Pray the Examen

• Meet a prayer guide.

• Reduce outer ‘noise’ in order to listen more attentively.

• Be part of a praying community.

For more information visit FCJ website.

Silent Advent retreat for young adults

8pm 12 Dec - 2pm 14 Dec
St Hugh’s Centre, 53A Cranborne Rd, Liverpool L15 2HY

Silence is very hard to come by and very counter cultural. Switch off and unplug for the weekend, and immerse yourself in an Ignatian silent retreat, with guided times of prayer as well as opportunity to rest, walk and reflect.
Deepen your prayer, wait for God in this season of Advent. Be attentive and still.
The retreat will be an individually guided silent retreat with time for personal prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Learn more on the website.