Upon stepping out into the street this morning at about 8 am, I saw out of the corner of my eye a person walking up Great Western Road, towards St Mary’s wearing not a stitch of clothing.
She walked with quite a determined gait and then disappeared into a sidestreet.
She did not come to the early […]

I’ve just published the St Mary’s Newsletter for September. You can read it here or sign up to receive it automatically here.
A tip of  the biretta to Mother Dunoon for the link to wordle

I’m indebted to Andrew for making this comment on another post. I’ve moved it here because I think it is worth discussing in its own right, rather than in the comments for something only tangentially related.
Andrew says:
Would it be possible to have a channel on which to write comments not specifically connected with the topic […]

Here is the this morning’s sermon. Audio and visuals are on the preaching page as usual.
A couple of days ago, I was away from home overnight. I was away on church business, staying in a retreat centre. I have to admit that I’d generally rather not stay in Christian premises if I can help it, […]

I suggested in this morning’s sermon that a spiritual practise to try this week is to take Mary’s song (the Magnificat) and to pray it through each day when eveing comes.
Here is the text which can be found in the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel:
‘My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my […]

Just a quick reminder that there is a concert on Saturday evening at St Mary’s featuring music by the choir (both adults and trebles) and friends.
We are getting Vivaldi’s Gloria, the Icelandic Carol in honour of our Lady and other choral favourites. The Gloria will be the first half, and will be sung with a […]

Just wondering, …
Will we one day look back on drag queens in the same way that we now look back on the Black and White Minstrels?
Is it the same or is it different? I can’t make my mind up.

This diocese has a companion link with a diocese in Rwanda. Last night we had a visit from Meg Guillebaud a CMS Mission Partner from the diocese in question who came and gave an excellent presentation about life in that country.
Over the last few years, I’ve met quite a few people connected with Rwanda - […]

This week’s sermon is now posted on the preaching page.
I filmed John Riches from a different pillar to that from which Caroline was filmed last week. I think the one of Caroline looks better. The stained glass adds more backlighting than I had expected. Some bright spark this week suggested that I film the whole […]

Monday, this coming Monday, is a Festival. To be precise it is the Feast of the Apostle Bartholomew.
We try to mark the feast days of apostles and others with a Eucharist. They take place at different times and on differening days of the week to ensure that as many people as possible get to come […]