Monthly First Saturdays of Reparation  

Download meditation: Monthly First Saturdays of Reparation January 3rd 2026 - Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus The Nativity & Visitation of the Magi 

Led by the Cathedral Clergy

In these unsettled times across the world, Catholics are invited to rediscover Our Lady of Fatima’s appeal for the practice of the First Saturdays to pray for the conversion of peoples and peace on earth.  The First Saturdays are an appeal to return to the Sacrament of Confession, to attend Holy Mass in a state of grace, to pray the Rosary - the spiritual weapon for these times - and to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and meditation on the Sacred Scriptures.

To fulfil the requests of Jesus and Mary for the First Saturdays, the following 4 practices must be undertaken with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

1. Go to Confession
2. Receive Holy Communion in a state of grace
3. Pray the Rosary
4. Keep Our Blessed Lady company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary.

One can go to Confession anytime in the month as long as there is one Confession for each First Saturday.

Programme in St John’s Cathedral and online

10.45am   Opening hymn, prayers & introduction
11am        Opportunity for Sacrament of Confession
11.05am   Holy Rosary of Reparation 
11.40am   Fifteen minutes Scriptural Meditation            
12 noon    Angelus
12.15pm   Holy Mass