Little Saint Mary’s Church, Cambridge

LSM Services and News

Lent 2021

Sunday 28th February: Lent II

10.30am Sung Mass
6pm Evening Prayer

This Sunday's services are streamed only and not open to the public.

From 7th March we hope to reintroduce a public Sunday Mass at 11.30am which will also be live streamed. Tickets for this (free) will need to be booked in advance and details will be available on this page from Monday 1st March.

For our Lent programme of online seesions see the tab on the left.

Please note the very important information below about our latest plans for continuing services, in church and online.

If you are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable you are very strongly advised to stay at home at the present time, as recommended by current government guidelines. You can still follow our streamed services via our Facebook page, and there are links below to a variety of other resources for prayer and worship from home.

Donations for the Foodbank will be welcome if they can be brought to church at service times during the week (or taken directly to foodbank collection points) but please do not leave them outside a locked church door! Current requirements include:
Food: custard, instant coffee, tea bags, tinned tuna, olive oil (500ml), long-life juice, large ham (canned), meals in cans (e.g. chicken in sauce, chilli)), pasta sauce, jam.
Toiletries: shampoo, toothbrushes, sanitary towels, nappies size 3/4, household cleaning products, bags for life. With the end of the cold spell hand warmers are no longer required.

Our Sunday services are online only until Sunday 7th March (see above)

Until 7th March the church will not be open to visitors on Sundays, either for services or for private prayer.

Sunday Mass at 10.30am and Evening Prayer at 6pm will be streamed live via our Facebook channel (link at lower right of all our web pages).

Weekday services — please join us either in church or online

During the week we continue our usual pattern of public services as below. (with Eevening Prayer streamed daily at 6pm and Mass streamed on Wednesdays at 10am). We have carried out a full risk assessment in accordance with the latest advice from the Church of England and guidance from the Health & Safety Executive, and our arrangements will be kept under constant review with the latest version available via the link in this paragraph.

Mass and daily Offices will be offered in church throughout the week.
Please note that the church is not open for private prayer outside these service times.

Daily Masses are at the following times:

  • Monday & Friday 12.30pm
  • Tuesday & Thursday 7.45am
  • Wednesday (live streamed) & Saturday 10am

Morning Prayer is offered from Monday to Friday at 8.20am
Evening Prayer is said daily, including Saturdays and Sundays, at 6pm.
It is streamed live on most days.

All these services take place in the body of the church to allow social distancing. Advance booking is not necessary on most occasions, but face coverings must by law be worn where this is possible for you. Worshippers are asked to leave contact details or log in using the NHS Covid-19 App. Hand sanitiser is provided at the entrance to church and you are encouraged to use this. Hand washing facilities are also available on request.

Resources for Lockdown or Isolation

You can offer Morning and Evening Prayer daily using the readings given below: