Liturgy & Worship

The Liturgy & Worship team supports our Priest and Deacon in providing well-organised, meaningful and animated church services from regular Weekday and Sunday Mass to the elaborate liturgies of the Easter Vigil. Our Altar Servers assist the priest in celebrating Mass, and our Eucharistic Ministers help with the distribution of the Sacrament of Holy Communion at Mass and also take it to the homes of our housebound parishioners.     

We have teams who welcome first time visitors to Mass and ensure that people know where to go and what to do.  Our readers proclaim the Word of God at Mass, and our Psalmists sing the psalms. We lead the congregation in joyful singing and plan and provide appropriate music for every occasion.    

Martin Wood is responsible for the Liturgy & Worship ministry and is supported by Ministry Leads:

• Readers and Liturgy (James Fitzpatrick-Ellis)
• Welcoming (Erica Huntley)  
• Altar Servers (Deacon Paul Evans)
• Holy Communion (Martin Wood)
• Choir and Music (Martin Wood)
• Youth Music (Michelle Friend)

Parish Pastoral Plan – Key Initiatives

1. To recruit teams within each area of Liturgy & Worship and ensure each operates as a collaborating Ministry within its own right operating a team.
2. To establish a team of Ministers working together and to pilot and ultimately implement the ChurchSuite electronic management system to facilitate better organisation and co-ordination of roles especially at the Weekend Mass.
3. To migrate the organisation of Holy Communion to the housebound to the Seniors Ministry retaining the overall responsibility (with the Priest/Deacon) for the Sacramental element of this pastoral role.