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Bishop Bosco’s Pastoral Letter
28th December 2025
Change In Mass Times
From Saturday 11th October across our Pastoral area there will be a number of changes to Mass times following the reduction in the number of priests we have.
For us at St George’s this means that our Saturday evening vigil Mass will move to 7pm and our weekday Masses will be on Mondays at 10am (no change) and on Thursdays at 7pm, with the latter change allowing those working during the day to be able to attend a weekday Mass.
Please continue to pray for more vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate and the religious life, as well as praying for our current priests to be given both health and strength to be able to continue to serve us with their increasing workload.
A Message From Fr Anthony
It has been a while since I last updated you, I hope you are well and flourishing.
As you may know, both Fr Jonathan and Fr Saji have now moved and, without immediate replacements, Fr Joseph and myself are currently covering the priestly aspects of our wider Pastoral Area (Salisbury, Tisbury, Amesbury & Warminster). However, I am pleased to announce that Fr Tomas Krejci will soon be replacing Fr Jonathan as the Ordinariate priest in Salisbury. Like Fr Jonathan, he will reside in Tisbury, and we expect him to begin his ministry amongst us on Saturday 11th October. There is no information available as yet with regards to a possible replacement for Fr Saji in Amesbury. I will keep you informed as details are confirmed to me by Bishop Bosco.
With only three priests in the pastoral area, we will have to make some changes to the Mass times. These changes will affect the Saturday Vigil Masses and Weekday Masses. The new timetable will commence on 11 October, and I hope to give you details by the end of September. I do not foresee any changes to the Mass times on Sundays other than those that have occurred already in Salisbury.
As you can imagine, we are now very stretched. We have six churches and two chapels, six schools, a general hospital and many care homes, along with our normal sacramental and pastoral duties. This will have an unavoidable effect on performance and availability, and I ask you bear with us. We will do the best we can.
God bless,
Fr Anthony
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