Convent of the Incarnation · Fairacres · Parker Street · Oxford · OX4 1TB Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 721301 Email Us
DECEMBER 2011
We wish all who visit this website a very blessed and happy Christmas and New Year.
Services at the Convent over Christmas:
Saturday 24th Christmas Eve:
5.30 pm | First Vespers with Blessing of the Crib | |
11.00 pm | Midnight Mass |
Sunday 25th Christmas Day:
8.00 am | Christmas Day Shepherds' Mass | |
11.00 am | Christmas Day Mass with Carols | |
5:20 pm | 2nd Vespers and Intercessions at the Crib |
Above; the Chapel Crib - Joseph to the right and to the left of the teasels,
angles surrounding Mary and Jesus.
Looking into 2012
Because of Community Meetings on 23 and 24 January, Mass will be at 8.30 am
The Community will be in Retreat 20-25 February.
Looking back into the second half of 2011:
The Community moved to the present convent site in 1911 after living, since its foundation in 1906, in houses first on nearby Leopold Street and then on the Cowley Road. On August 6th some neighbours joined us to give thanks for a hundred years at Fairacres. We began with a Procession into the marquee for the service of thanksgiving. The building in the background in the photo on the left is now known and 'The Old Convent' and it was this into which the Sisters moved in 1911.
And was followed by tea and an opportunity to talk and see the garden.
On November 1st Sr Clare-Louise was blessed and Installed as Prioress. Sister had been Novice Guardian prior to this. The retiring Prioress, Sr Catherine is having a sabbatical after four years as Prioress.
On November 6th, Sr Judith was blessed as our new Novice Guardian. One of her first duties was to attend an Internovitiate Study Day at All Saints Convent. Seventeen participants attended a day on the Liturgy of the Office, which was led by Fr George Guiver CR (Mirfield)
Travel Information
If you are travelling to the convent from Oxford rail station, you need to know that there is no longer a direct route along the Iffley Road. From the station, catch a number 5 (Oxford Bus Company) to Queen's Lane (stop K1). You can buy a transfer ticket to use on the 3A bus from stop K2. The destination is still Rose Hill. Details are on the Oxford Bus Company website.