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Last week the Archbishop of Santiago in Spain was unable to be present at the 125th anniversary Mass at St James’s Spanish Place. But the church was still packed. Copies of the service sheet and prayer card are available at … Continue reading →

The Lancelot Andrewes Festival at Southwark Cathedral opens on Friday 25 September with  Choral Evensong at 5.30pm. On Saturday 26 September the Lancelot Andrewes Festival Eucharist is  at noon. At 2pm the Lancelot Andrewes Lecture will be given by Dr Nicholas … Continue reading →

The main 11am Sunday Eucharist in the Parish of Great St Bartholomew at Smithfield will be in the Hospital Church, St Bartholomew the Less, during the present holiday season. However, there will be a return to the Priory Church for St Bartholomew’s Day … Continue reading →

Canon Nicholas Wheeler has been inducted as Rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square. The service of welcome was last night on the Eve of St Swithun’s Day, Tuesday 14 July. The new rector has returned to London after seven years … Continue reading →

This Sunday 5 July Bertrand Olivier will mark ten years as Vicar of All Hallows-by-the-Tower. He is preaching at the 11am Sung Eucharist.

Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Transfiguration at St Stephen Walbrook is at 6pm on Thursday 6 August. Those wishing to attend the garden party afterwards in the outdoor space behind the church should contact the Administrator.

St Mary’s Rotherhithe was rebuilt between 1714 and 1716 and this week the church is marking its 300th anniversary. The Solemn Mass is on Friday 3 July at 7pm when the Bishop of Fulham will preside and former Archbishop of … Continue reading →

The Archbishop of Birmingham Bernard Longley of Birmingham will preside and preach at the St James’s Spanish Place patronal festival at noon on Saturday 25 July. The first church opened across the road in 1793 but this year, 2015,  is 125th … Continue reading →

Former Chief Executive of English heritage Simon Thurley is giving this year’s Wren Talk at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street. The lecture is on Wednesday 10th June at 7pm when the speaker will take a broad historical perspective on the planning of London from the Great … Continue reading →

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has chosen St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield as her favourite church. This is encouraging and must be a genuine preference because the three main leaders played safe and chose churches in their constituency. St Bartholomew’s is outside the … Continue reading →