Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, Cambridge

12/09/2026

13th September 2026

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Saturday 12th September 2026

4.30pm Confessions

6.00pm First Sung Mass of Sunday

Celebrant & Homilist: The Bishop Emeritus
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Sunday 13th September 2026

8.00am Mass

9.30am Sung Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: Father Bienn Carlo Manuntag
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*11.00am Solemn Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: The Rector

Music by Lassus, Palestrina and Symons.

Refreshments will be serve in the Parish Hall after Mass to which everyone is warmly invited. The Repository Shop will also be open selling a selection of books, cards, objects of piety and papal merchandise.
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1.00pm Sung Polish Mass

4.30pm Sung Mass
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*6.30pm Solemn Latin Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: The Rector
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*Broadcast live on the parish YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/
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The latest edition of the Parish Newsletter may be found here:
https://olem.org.uk/newsletters

11/09/2026

https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-thanks-those-who-united-to-defeat-assisted-su***de-bill/

Our Lead Bishop for Life Issues offers his gratitude and thanks to all those who wrote to their MPs to stop assisted su***de becoming law.

07/09/2026

OPPOSE ASSISTED SU***DE

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is back in the House of Commons and seeks to legalise assisted su***de. It will have its Second Reading and vote on Friday 11 September 2026.

Please write to your MP to make your voice heard and oppose the Bill. Even if you have already done so in the past, please speak up and voice your opposition.

“This bill is wrong in principle,” says Archbishop Richard Moth, President of the Bishops’ Conference, “it is also deeply flawed and, if passed, could lead to vulnerable people feeling pressured into ending their lives. The Bill has a serious lack of protection for health and social care staff and risks putting many wonderful hospices and care homes in the position of no longer being able to operate. I urge you to write to your Members of Parliament to petition them to vote against the Bill at Second Reading.”

You can support the Archbishop’s call and contact your MP now as a matter of urgency. Even if you have already done so in the past, please speak up and voice your opposition.

The charity Right to Life UK has a simple online mechanism to do this. It takes little more than a few minutes to enter your postcode, make sure the suggested text suits your viewpoint and submit your message to ask your MP to stop this flawed Bill progressing through parliament.

For more information and resources, visit cbcew.org.uk/opposing-assisted-su***de.

Easy tool to contact your MP to ask them to vote no to Lauren Edward’s new assisted su***de Bill at Second Reading on 11 Sept

07/09/2026

Tuesday 8th September 2026

The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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7.30am Lauds

8.00am Mass followed by recitation of the Rosary

12.15pm Mass

'This festival is for us the beginning of feasts....this first day of the feasts offers creation a new joy. Have courage, it says, this festival is a birthday and a remodelling of the race. For a Virgin now is born and nursed and moulded; and a Mother is prepared for God, the All-Ruler of the ages.' (Saint Andrew of Crete)

05/09/2026

6th September 2026

The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Saturday 5th September 2026

4.30pm Confessions

6.00pm First Sung Mass of Sunday

Celebrant & Homilist - Father Bienn Carlo Manuntag
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Sunday 6th September 2026

8.00am Mass

9.30am Sung Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: The Bishop Emeritus
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*11.00am Solemn Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: The Rector

Music by Byrd, de la Rue and Bridge

Refreshments are served in the Parish Centre following Mass to which all are warmly invited. The Repository Shop will also be open selling a variety of books, cards, objects and piety and papal merchandise.
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1.00pm Sung Polish Mass

4.30pm Sung Mass
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*6.30pm Solemn Latin Mass

Celebrant & Homilist - The Rector
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*Broadcast live in the parish YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/
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For the latest edition of the Parish Newsletter please click on the following link: https://olem.org.uk/newsletters

03/09/2026

https://www.marchforlife.co.uk/2026-event-page/

All you need to know to March for Life...

12/08/2026

'I got me flowers to straw his way...'

Calling all 'budding' ladies (and gents or course!) who would like to join our friendly and talented team of flower arrangers. Please see the flyer below for contact details or get in touch with Trecia in the Parish Office ([email protected])

03/08/2026

Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th August 2026

THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Titular Feast of the Parish
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Join us over the weekend of Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August to celebrate Our Lady's glorious Assumption into the courts of heaven to be reunited with her risen Son. On this day our parish celebrates her Feast of Title with much joyful celebration, as we give thanks to Almighty God for all his blessings.
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Saturday 15th August 2026

4.30pm Confessions

6.00pm Solemn Mass followed by an outdoor Candlelight Procession in honour of Our Lady.

Music: Missa Assumpta est Maria and motet - Palestrina

A parish party follows in the playground of St Alban's School to which everyone is warmly invited.
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Sunday 16th August 2026

8.00am Mass

9.30am Sung Mass

11.00am Sung Mass with the Rite of Confirmation

1.00pm Sung Polish Mass

4.30pm Mass

6.30pm Sung Latin Mass

MARIA ASSUMPTA EST! ALLELUIA!

03/08/2026

OPPOSE ASSISTED SU***DE

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is back in the House of Commons and seeks to legalise assisted su***de. It will have its Second Reading and vote on Friday 11 September 2026.

Please write to your MP to make your voice heard and oppose the Bill.

“This bill is wrong in principle,” says Archbishop Richard Moth, President of the Bishops’ Conference, “it is also deeply flawed and, if passed, could lead to vulnerable people feeling pressured into ending their lives. The Bill has a serious lack of protection for health and social care staff and risks putting many wonderful hospices and care homes in the position of no longer being able to operate. I urge you to write to your Members of Parliament to petition them to vote against the Bill at Second Reading.”

You can support the Archbishop’s call and contact your MP now as a matter of urgency. Even if you have already done so in the past, please speak up and voice your opposition.

The charity Right to Life UK has a simple online mechanism to do this. It takes little more than a few minutes to enter your postcode, make sure the suggested text suits your viewpoint and submit your message to ask your MP to stop this flawed Bill progressing through parliament.

For more information and resources, visit cbcew.org.uk/opposing-assisted-su***de.

https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-welcomes-prime-ministers-support-for-palliative-care/

Archbishop John Sherrington has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s call for palliative care services to be properly funded.

25/07/2026

26th July 2026

The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Join us this Sunday in person or online for the celebration of the Easter mysteries of the Lord's Body and Blood.

'God is in his holy place, God who unites those who dwell in his house; he himself gives might and strength to his people.'
(Entrance antiphon)
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Saturday 25th July 2026

4.30pm Confessions

6.00pm First Sung Mass of Sunday

Celebrant & Homilist: Canon Giuseppe Rizzi
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Sunday 26th July 2026

8.00am Mass

9.30am Sung Mass & the Rite of Baptism

Celebrant & Homilist: Father Shinto Varghese, CRM
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*11.00am Pontifical Solemn Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: The Bishop Emeritus

Music by Lassus, Dering and Whitlock

Refreshments are served in the Parish Centre, following Mass, to which all are warmly invited. The Repository Shop will also be open, selling a variety of books, cards, objects of piety and papal merchandise.
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1.00pm Sung Polish Mass

4.30pm Sung Mass & the Rite of Baptism
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*6.30pm Solemn Latin Mass

Celebrant & Homilist: Canon Giuseppe Rizzi

Music by Byrd and de le Rue
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*Broadcast live on the parish YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/
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For the latest edition of the Parish Newsletter, please click on the following link: https://olem.org.uk/newsletters
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This is the last Sunday of Choir term. Choral Masses resume on Sunday 6th September
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