The birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ will be celebrated fully once more in the Chaplaincy of Ss Peter and Paul, Torrevieja this Christmas with a range of special services at both churches of the Chaplaincy to which everyone is welcome.
We´ll be starting on Tuesday 16th December with an hour of carol singing outside Lago Jardín Church at 6 p.m. followed by mulled wine and refreshments, said Father Richard A. Seabrook SSC, the English-speaking Priest at the Chaplaincy.
I´ve now been in Torrevieja in ten years so it´s wonderful to be celebrating Christmas once again said Father Seabrook.
On Thursday 18th December there will be a traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols at La Siesta Church, Calle Granados, Urb La Siesta at 6 p.m. followed by refreshments. We follow the pattern from King´s College, Cambridge which is well-known and much loved added Father Seabrook.
At the heart of our Christmas celebrations is the offering of Mass. We have three celebrations in English: 5 p.m. at Lago Jardín and 11.30 p.m. at La Siesta on Christmas Eve and 10.30 a.m. at La Siesta on Christmas Day.
In the midst of this troubled world, Christmas reminds us of a different way: a way of peace and love shown to us by God when he came among us as Jesus, the Son of God and Son of Mary.
The Chaplaincy has been collecting presents for children at Mission Possible, a Christian charity in Torrevieja, and these will be blessed at the Masses at the weekend following Christmas Day when the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family and then taken to the children for The Three Kings.
Father Seabrook said: Members of the Chaplaincy have been putting together gifts for children who have very little and just before Christmas Carl and Debbie from O´Briens Bar in El Raso invited us to go and collect a magnificent mountain of gifts that the folks from the bar and the bingo ladies put together. Thank you for such generosity.
These gifts will be blessed at Masses at La Siesta on Saturday 27th December at 5 p.m. and on Sunday 28th December at Lago Jardín at 11.30 a.m.
Father Seabrook finished by saying: A very Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year to everyone.
