Liturgy suggestions for Summer Sundays
Bidding prayers etc for the Sundays and holydays of July and August are given below, beginning with next Sunday. After these suggestion sheets, you’ll find texts to welcome summer visitors from abroad.
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Presider’s Page for 9 June (Ordinary Time 10)
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Presider’s Page for Lent 1 (Sun 9 March)
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