Sponsored Run/Walk/Cycle for the Organ Project
Organ Project Sponsored Run/Walk/Cycle 13th of September starting at 10:30am in front of church. All ages and abilities welcome! Start gathering sponsors over the summer. Sponsors can support us online via JustGiving Campaign for the Organ Project or paper sponsorship forms & envelopes are available at the back of church. If all 30 sponsorship envelopes gather fifteen £10 sponsors, we will raise £4500 from sponsor envelopes alone! If each envelope gathers fifteen £20 sponsors, that's £9000 for the organ fund! If all 30 envelopes are picked up, we can make more sponsorship envelopes and raise even more to install the new organ! Sponsorship envelopes should be returned to the clergy or churchwardens by 13th of September.
Our Lady's Birthday BBQ
We will be celebrating the Birth of Our Lady at Sung Mass and Procession on Sunday 7th September at 10.30am. Mass will be followed by a BBQ. The preacher will be Bishop Martin Seeley, former Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. This will be the first Sunday back for the choir after the summer break. All are welcome.
Unwanted Treasures for the Organ Project
UNWANTED TREASURES FOR THE ORGAN FUND? We all have things lying around in a drawer or stuck at the back of a cupboard that are forgotten and unloved. We just don’t want them. They are no good to us. They simply stay there. Rather than have them hanging around unloved, they can be donated to the Organ Appeal! Get searching for what you can donate! We will be collecting the items on Sunday 24th and Sunday 31st August. We have already raised over £1000 for the Organ Appeal through members of the congregation donating such items for us to sell. This is not a Jumble Sale. Further details will follow in coming weeks. Any questions or queries please to Peter Truesdale peter@truesdale.com
Celebration of Latin American Ministry
Sunday, 10th August there will be a celebration of our Latin American Ministry at our 10.30am Mass as part of our 150th anniversary celebrations. Everyone is warmly welcomed to attend!
Windrush Sunday
Join us as we celebrate Windrush Sunday at St John the Divine (featuring St. Gabriel College Steel Pans), and do plan to stay for the BBQ after!
Windrush Photographic Exhibition
As part of our 150th celebrations, from 5th June we will be hosting in church a photographic exhibition celebrating the contribution of the Windrush Generation and their families to our parish, curated by the photographer Jim Grover who worked with members of our congregation on Windrush 70 and 75 exhibitions.. All are invited to the Opening Night of the Exhibition – Thursday 5th June from 6pm-8pm in church – with rum punch and nibbles. The Exhibition will be open to the public Monday-Friday 3-6pm from 9th of June through 18th of July. Free Admission.
Pentecost Mass Followed by Bring & Share Lunch
The Feast of Pentecost is Sunday 8th June and our preacher at 10.30am will be Archbishop Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury. We will have our usual Bring and Share International Lunch after Mass, when you are encouraged to bring food that is typical of your country’s cuisine. Please start thinking about your culinary treats! Many thanks in anticipation
Patronal Festival
As part of our 150th Anniversary Year Celebrations, we look forward to welcoming special guests from Rippon College, Cuddesdon, Oxford, who will share a lecture with us as well as a sung mass on Saturday at 12:30pm, and Sunday parish mass at 10:30am.
Maundy Thursday Mass followed by Vigil
Maundy Thursday Mass followed by prayerful vigil til midnight.
Ash Wednesday Mass with Imposition of Ashes
Come mark the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday mass at 7pm, featuring music from our adult and consort choirs.
Candlemas
As part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations, the Bishop of Southwark, Bishop Christopher, will be with us for Candlemas on Sunday 2nd February at 10.30am Mass. This festal mass will include music from all of our choirs. We will also be giving an update on the progress of our organ project. Please invite family and friends, and plan to stay after Mass for drinks and light refreshments.