Author Archives: 100churches

A letter is The Times regrets that its recent list of golf major winners omitted Harry Vardon “who won seven majors, six Opens and one US Open”. His grave can be found in the St Andrew’s churchyard at Totteridge near High … Continue reading →

The lovely holiday Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Friday 15 August. All Saints, Margaret Street: High Mass at 6.30pm; setting Missa Assumpta est Maria  (Palestrina); preacher Father Michael Bowie. St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside: Eucharist at 1.o5pm. … Continue reading →

St Cyprian’s Church, Clarence Gate, is keeping its feast day on Monday 15 September with High Mass at 7pm. This is in anticipation of St Cyprian’s Day on Tuesday. It is also observed in some places later in the month. … Continue reading →

There is a ‘Festal Eucharist’ on Sunday morning 27 July at St Bride’s Fleet Street when the congregation says farewell to rector David Meara. David and Rosemary Meara are retiring to Oxford. David Meara, who is also Archdeacon of London, … Continue reading →

It was announced this morning at St Bride’s Fleet Street that The Reverend Canon Dr Alison Joyce, currently Vicar of Edgbaston Old Church Birmingham, is to be rector. Canon Joyce, who succeeds David Meara, will move to London in October.

The Assumption in Warwick Street, now in the hands of the Ordinariate, is attempting to restore its Portuguese link. The first church on the site was a chapel built in 1740 for the Portuguese embassy in Golden Square behind. Next … Continue reading →

There is tower top singing at St Michael’s Cornhill this Thursday 29 May to mark Ascension Day. The congregation is invited to join the choir on the roof after the 1pm Choral Eucharist. The sound of Bow Bells will echo … Continue reading →

“St John-at-Hampstead is right in the  centre of London but makes you feel like you’re in a little country church graveyard,” writes Tony Parsons in The Sunday Telegraph. He adds: “The place changes beautifully with the seasons and the painter … Continue reading →

This Sunday 11 May is Punch & Judy Sunday at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden. As the 11am Parish Mass ends the Grand Procession will arrive from the piazza for the 12noon Special Church Service with Mr Punch in the Pulpit. … Continue reading →

St Mary-le-Bow is marking the 50th anniversary of its restoration after the Second World War. On Tuesday 27 May at 6.30pm Juliet Gardiner gives a talk on City Churches on the front line: The Blitz and its impact. The speaker is author … Continue reading →