Services in August 2026
Saturday 1
8.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
9 am Eucharist Lady Chapel
12 noon Eucharist Lady Chapel
5 pm Evensong Quire sung by the Choir St Lawrence’s Church, Waltham St Lawrence Responses Smart Canticles Short Service Hooper Psalm 85
Anthem Domine, Dominus noster Morley Hymn 515
5.45 pm Confessions
Sunday 2
A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
8 am Eucharist High Altar
9.30 am Parish Eucharist with Holy Baptism Nave sung by the Parish Singers
Setting Mass of St Thomas David Thorne Hymns 469, 278, 455 Anthem God be in my head Philip Wilby
Preacher
The Revd Dr Canon Tim Lomax, Diocesan Director of Mission & Ministry
11.30 am Choral Eucharist L High Altar sung by the Choir St Lawrence’s Church, Waltham St Lawrence
Setting
Short Communion Service in A & E Noble Psalm 145.8-9, 14-end Anthem I sat down under his shadow Bairstow Hymns 572, 309
Preacher
Margaret Stratton, Cathedral Reader
4 pm Evensong Quire sung by the Choir St Lawrence’s Church, Waltham St Lawrence Responses Smart Canticles Jackson in G Psalm 80.1-7
Anthem
Preacher
Monday 3
7.30 am Morning Prayer
Make me an island Lucy Walker Hymns 299, 430
The Canon for Mission & Pastoral Care
Quire
8 am Eucharist St Michael’s Chapel
12 noon Eucharist
Shrine Chapel
5 pm Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Canticles
Anthem
Tuesday 4
7.30 am Morning Prayer
Short Service Weelkes Responses plainsong
Beati omnes Hassler Psalm 47 Hymn 118
Quire
8 am Eucharist Chapel of Peace
12 noon Eucharist
Shrine Chapel
5 pm Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Canticles Dyson in C minor Responses plainsong Anthem Ecce sic benedicetur Hassler Psalm 50.1-8 Hymn 233
Wednesday 5 Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
7.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
8 am Requiem Eucharist Shrine Chapel 11 am Free Church Service Lady Chapel 12 noon Eucharist Shrine Chapel
5 pm Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony Responses Scott Canticles Magnificat Primi toni Suriano; Nunc dimittis Ivan Moody Psalm 59.1-9 Anthem Tota pulchra es Plummer Hymn 480
Thursday 6
7.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
8 am Eucharist Shrine Chapel
9.15 am Abbey Primary School Service Lady Chapel
10 am Abbey Tots Service St Michael’s Chapel
12 noon Eucharist Shrine Chapel
The Transfiguration of Our Lord
5 pm Solemn Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Canticles Third Service Rupert Jeffcoat Responses Scott Anthem Ecce quam bonum Byrd Psalm 72.1-11 Hymn 248
Friday 7 E
7.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
8 am Eucharist Shrine Chapel
12 noon Roman Catholic Mass Lady Chapel
2 pm Holy Matrimony Lady Chapel
5 pm Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Canticles Nashotah Canticles Andrew Smith Responses Scott Anthem Mercy and Truth Ian Quinn Psalm 38.1-8 Hymn 346 (ii)
Saturday 8
8.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
9 am Healing Eucharist
12 noon Eucharist
1.30 pm Holy Matrimony
Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
Lady Chapel
Lady Chapel
Lady Chapel
5 pm Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Canticles Nashotah Canticles David Hurd Responses Scott Anthem In pace Tallis Psalm 66 Hymn 537
5.45 pm Confessions
Sunday 9
8 am Eucharist
A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm
High Altar
9.30 am All Age Eucharist Nave sung by the Parish Singers
Setting
Anthem
Preacher
11.30 am Choral Eucharist L
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Gloria Mike Anderson; Mass of St Thomas David Thorne Hymns 411, A&M 330, 413
Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake Farrant
The Canon for Mission & Pastoral Care
High Altar sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Setting Mass for Four Voices Byrd Psalm 85.8-13
Anthem
Preacher
O sublime humility Andrew Smith Hymns 528, 501 (t 585)
The Precentor
4 pm Evensong Quire sung by New York Polyphony and Choristers from Nashotah House Theological Seminary Canticles Howells in E Flat Responses Scott
Anthem
Preacher
Monday 10
7.30 am Morning Prayer
8 am Eucharist
Beata es, Virgo Maria Hassler Psalm 86.1-8
The Youth Chaplain Hymns 442 (t 418) ,530
Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
Quire
St Michael’s Chapel
5 pm Evening Prayer Lady Chapel Psalms 72, 75
Tuesday 11
7.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
8 am Eucharist
Wednesday 12 E
7.30 am
8
Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
Chapel of Peace
5 pm Evening Prayer Lady Chapel Psalm 119.81-104
Thursday 13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
7.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
8 am Eucharist
Shrine Chapel
10 am Abbey Tots Service St Michael’s Chapel
12 noon Eucharist Shrine Chapel
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Friday 14
7.30 am
8 am Eucharist
12 noon Roman Catholic Mass Lady Chapel
5 pm Evening Prayer
Saturday 15
8.30 am Morning Prayer Quire
Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
Chapel Psalm 69
The Blessed Virgin Mary
9 am Eucharist Lady Chapel
12 noon Eucharist Lady Chapel
5 pm Solemn Evensong Quire sung by City Chamber Choir Responses Radcliffe Canticles Brewer in D Psalm 132 Anthem Hail, blessed Virgin Mary Wood Hymn 243
5.45 pm
A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm