Growing closer together with the Filipino Chaplaincy This is a reminder that all are invited to join next Sunday as we worship together at 10.30am and then celebrate with food and drink together. All is provided on this occasion and no contributions are required at all. Just come and join! Our guest preacher for the … Continue reading Parish Feast: 2nd Sunday of Advent, 5 December
Tidings of Comfort & Joy
Having posted my previous blog about things going on for Advent and Christmas on Monday I realised quickly that I missed a number of things which are either coming up or have happened and are worth noting - small things matter as they add up to very big things indeed. So I am sharing some … Continue reading Tidings of Comfort & Joy
Advent & Christmas in St Andrew’s
A number of things are happening in the next few weeks - please make a note and do come along if you can. Parish Feast Sunday 5 December Growing closer together with Filipino Chaplaincy For several years the Filipino Chaplaincy has been worshipping twice a month at St Andrew's and occasionally we have done things … Continue reading Advent & Christmas in St Andrew’s
Mass of Requiem for All Souls, Sunday 7 November, 10.30am
With movements from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D-minor Sung by St Andrew's Vocal Ensemble The past 18 months of the Covid Pandemic have cost many lives and made all of us more aware of how fragile our own health and life is. Many have lost loved ones and countless people experienced high levels of anxiety … Continue reading Mass of Requiem for All Souls, Sunday 7 November, 10.30am
Walsingham Parish Weekend
Fifteen of us aged 15 to 78 spent the weekend at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk. Walsingham has been a special place for me for more than 25 years and it never fails to touch me in ways in cannot begin to explain. It is a beautiful village near the cost, … Continue reading Walsingham Parish Weekend
Harvest Festival – ‘the strains of all its holy throng with ours today are blending’
By thee the souls of men are fedWith gifts of grace supernal;Thou who dost give us daily bread,Give us the bread eternal. Golden Sheaves, Text: W Chatterton Dix, Music: Arthur Sullivan Thanks for everybody who made today such a great feast! We managed to feed 50 people for lunch and collected a huge amount of … Continue reading Harvest Festival – ‘the strains of all its holy throng with ours today are blending’
One Year
Today marks my anniversary in St Andrew - my first Sunday Mass happened exactly one year ago. It has been quite a year - lots of things could not happen due to the pandemic and many things only happened due to the pandemic: for example I would not have had the time without Covid to … Continue reading One Year
Art Exhibition by Local Artists in St Andrew’s 9-17 October
An exhibition of work by local artists will be held at St. Andrew’s Church from Saturday 9 October until Sunday 17 October. On the two Saturdays involved the church will be open for viewing from 10.00 until 16.00. The exhibition will be open on other days before and after services but visitors are asked not to … Continue reading Art Exhibition by Local Artists in St Andrew’s 9-17 October
Harvest Festival: Sunday 10th October
Our Harvest Festival Mass this year will be followed by a Parish Lunch in the hall. Tickets are available from Lorraine, Elizabeth or Fr Johannes at the cost of £2.50 per person. As you can guess from the ticket price this is not a fundraiser, but a community building event. Those who can afford it are most … Continue reading Harvest Festival: Sunday 10th October
Assumption of Our Lady with Confirmations
It was a delight to welcome Bishop Christopher today for the Solemnity of the Assumption (Blessed Dying) of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thanks to everybody who helped making today such a success - it is so important to count our blessings. Thanks be to God - and photos say more than words.
St Andrew's Jarrom Street 