Mary’s Month of May

Mary’s Month of May in the Parish of Old St Pancras

Our Parish will be paying special attention to Mary during May. For hundreds of years during this month, the Church has honoured our Lady in devotion, procession and song. As flowers bloom around us in God’s creation we continue to celebrate the new life of this Easter Season, and are reminded of the one through whom that new life was born on earth. By honouring Mary this month, we invite the world to join with her ‘yes’ to God. We remember that in all walks of life Our Lady is with us and that by her example and intercession she leads us forward to our Heavenly Home, where with all the angels and saints we may one day sing:

Rejoice and be exceeding glad O Virgin Mary, Alleluia!

For the Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia!

Sunday May 1^st

Parish Masses in Honour of Our Lady

St Pancras Old Church: 09.30am

St Michael’s, Camden Town: 10.30am

St Mary’s, Somers Town: 11.00am

St Paul’s, Camden Square: 5.30pm

Saturday May 7^th

The Society of Mary will makes its Annual May Devotion

from St Silas, Kentish Town on Saturday, May 7^th at 12noon. There will be a procession of Our Lady through Camden Lock.

Wednesday May 11^th

Messy Church presents A Very Mary May! In activities and collective worship we will explore the way Our Lady points us to Jesus. A Free dinner follows!

4.30-6.30pm at St Paul’s, Camden Square.

May Appeal

Throughout May we will be praying particularly    for families and young people. There will be retiring collections in all our churches after Sunday Mass in aid of the work of the Children’s Society. This is a national charity founded within the Church of England which runs local projects, helping children and young people when they are at their most vulnerable, and have nowhere left to turn.http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

 Friday 17^th-Sunday 19^th June – Parish Pilgrimage to Walsingham

Please consider joining us on our Pilgrimage to Walsingham – England’s Nazareth. “the endless movement  of the pilgrims round the shrine of Mary is…an evocative image of the restless, wandering human heart which cannot find repose until, tired of wandering, it finally comes to rest close to God who touched this earth in Mary.”  Please take a leaflet and sign up soon!

 Prayers and Articles

In our Mass sheets this month, we will include pieces reflecting on the Feasts of Mary, and her place in the hearts of Christians.