News for Easter Day, Sunday 20 April
Dear friends, What a beautiful beginning to Holy Week - congratulations on a hugely encouraging turnout on Palm Sunday! Today begins the Sacrum Triduum, or Three Holy Days - of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the celebration of Easter. [...]
News for Palm Sunday, 13 April
Dear friends, We stand on the threshold of the most important week in the Christian year, and I encourage all members of our parish family to participate fully in this coming Holy Week. On (Palm) Sunday, our 10.30am [...]
News for Sunday, 6 April
Dear friends, In this Sunday's Gospel reading - the story of a woman accused of adultery - Jesus powerfully reminds us that questions of moral judgement involve not only an appeal to our sense of right and wrong, but also [...]
News for Mothering Sunday, 30 March
Dear friends, This weekend marks the midpoint of Lent, as we also celebrate Mothering Sunday. As usual, flowers will be blessed, for distribution to the congregation - and we will mark this happy occasion with a slice of [...]
News for Sunday, 23 March
Dear friends, St Mary's marked an important and very encouraging milestone last week, with attendance over an "ordinary" Sunday rising to more than 70 people, for the first time in my incumbency (and indeed, since before the pandemic): [...]
News for Sunday, 16 March
Dear friends, Our guest preacher at Mass this Sunday will be the Rev'd Canon David Stanton, Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer of Westminster Abbey. Canon Stanton is also a Trustee of Pusey House, Oxford; an honorary Fellow at Westminster [...]