A very special production to brighten up Christmas 2020. The Art Angels team have long been working on this event, and you may recognise local places and faces. (And yes, that is a real baby!)
Month: December 2020
Advent Themes Series
Bishop Dominic leads us in a series four weekly reflections on the themes of Advent.
Advent Themes Week 1: Hope
Advent Themes Week 2: Love
Advent Themes Week 3: Joy
Advent Themes Week 4: Peace
Online Carol Services
Monmouth Diocese Nine Lessons and Carols
A Carol Service for Lockdown with music and readings from across the Diocese.
Carol Service from Trelleck Grange Church
The worshipers at Trelleck Grange Church decided they wouldn’t be beaten by Covid-19 restrictions. So they devised this safe carol service to welcome the Christ Child.
Haberdashers Monmouth Girls School Prep Christingle Service at St Mary’s Church.
Please note that the sound was filmed separately, under tight Covid social-distancing restrictions and according to Government advice and legislation.
Carols from Trelleck Grange
The worshipers at Trelleck Grange Church decided they wouldn’t be beaten by Covid-19 restrictions. So they devised this safe carol service to welcome the Christ Child.
4PM at the Priory
We have launched a new Sunday afternoon worship service “4PM at the Priory”. Covid regulations mean numbers who can come to the Priory are limited of course. But the service will be available on Zoom and YouTube. Here’s a short sample of what it looked like on Zoom last Sunday.
If you’d like to join on Zoom, the link will be in the weekly notices from
Christmas Services 2020
Monmouthshire is now under Tier 4 rules, and places of worship are able remain open. However, due to the worsening situation with more people needing to shield, we have sadly had to cancel some of the planned services. Please check here again for further updates closer to the time of a service you wish to attend.
We have taken advice from the Archdeacon and so long as wardens have the commitment of sufficient people to steward and sanitise a church, it may remain open for worship. We therefore anticipate that most of our planned services will go ahead. Some of our churches were hoping to have small choirs for Christmas, but this is presently discouraged. It goes without saying that the extremely vulnerable and anyone with Covid symptoms should not attend.
Please note: The services in red text need to be booked to comply with social distancing. Please contact one of the church wardens, or email
We also have three online carol services for you to enjoy here.
Services on Christmas Eve
| St Dingats, Dingestow | 4.00pm | CANCELLED- Family Service has unfortunately been cancelled |
| St. Maughan’s | 11.30pm | Midnight Mass |
| St. Mary’s Priory Church | 11.30pm | Midnight Mass |
| St. Thomas’ Overmonnow | 11.30pm | Midnight Mass |
| St. Nicholas Trellech | 11.30pm | Holy Communion |
| Old Church Penallt | 11.30pm | Holy Communion |
Services on Christmas Day
| St. Wonnow’s | 9.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Martin Penyclawdd | 9.00am | CANCELLED: Holy Eucharist |
| Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd | 9.30am | Holy Communion (welcoming Trelleck Grange congregation also) |
| St. Thomas’ | 9.30am | Holy Eucharist |
| St. Mary’s Priory Church | 10.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| Llanfihangel Ystern Llwewrn | 10.00am | CANCELLED: Holy Communion |
| St Nicholas Trellech | 10.00am | Holy Communion |
| Old Church Penallt | 10.00am | Holy Communion |
| St. Mary’s Tregaer | 11.00am | CANCELLED: Holy Eucharist |
| St. Cenedlon’s | 11.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St. Michael’s Mitchel Troy | 11.00am | Family Holy Eucharist |
| Trelleck Grange | Change | CHANGED: now joining in at Llanfihangel-Tor-y-Mynydd at 9.30 |
Monmouth Town Group Christmas Services 2020
Please note: The services in red text need to be booked to comply with social distancing. Please contact one of the church wardens, or email
The week before Christmas
| Thursday 18th | St. Michael’s | 7.00pm | Carol Service |
| Sunday 20th | St. Mary’s | 8.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| Sunday 20th | St. Mary’s | 10.000am | Holy Eucharist |
| Sunday 20th | St. Thomas’ | 9.30am | Holy Eucharist |
| Sunday 20th | St. Wonnow’s | 11.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| Sunday 20th | St. Maughan’s | 11.00am | Carol Service |
Services on Christmas Eve
| St. Maughan’s | 11.30pm | Midnight Mass of the Nativity |
| St. Mary’s | 11.30pm | Midnight Mass of the Nativity |
| St. Thomas’ | 11.30pm | Midnight Mass of the Nativity |
Services on Christmas Day
| St. Wonnow’s | 9.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St. Thomas’ | 9.30am | Holy Eucharist |
| St. Mary’s | 10.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St. Cenedlon’s | 11.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St. Michael’s | 11.00am | Holy Eucharist |