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Guildhall Alumni Choir Carol Service
The Guildhall Alumni Choir are pleased to invite you to join them for the Annual Carol Service to be held at the Church of St Mary Magdalene.
From 6pm on Sunday the 18th of December 2022
Rowington Close, Paddington W2 5TF
Christmas Services at St Mary Magdalene’s and St Peter’s Church
Christmas Services (all services are joint services)
Carol Service – Sunday 18th Dec at 6pm – at St Mary Magdalene’s Church W2
Midnight Mass – Saturday 24th Dec at 11pm – at St Mary Magdalene’s Church W2
Christmas Day & Sunday Service – Sunday 25th Dec at 11am – at St Peter’s Church W9
New Years Day & Sunday Service – Sunday 1st Jan at 11am – at St Peter’s Church W9
Epiphany Sunday Service – Sunday 8th Jan – at St Mary Magdalene’s Church W2
All are welcome to any and all of the services!
St Peters Dedication
Sunday 2nd October – St Peters Church Dedication – Joint Service at St Peters – 11am
Tuesday 4th October – Evening Prayer at St Mary Mags – 6pm
Sunday 9th October – Sunday Service at St Mary Mags – 9.30am
Sunday 9th October – Sunday Service at St Peters – 11am
St Peters Dedication
This Sunday (2nd October) will be having a joint service to celebrate the dedication of St Peters Church. The service will start at 11am at St Peters, there will be no service at St Mary Mags.
Harvest Festival
We will be celebrating Harvest Festival at both churches on Sunday 16th October. If you are able to please bring a donation of tinned/ packet food or toiletry products. Please do not donate any fresh food. We recognise that not everyone will currently have the financial capacity to donate food at the moment, so please do keep in mind that donation is not a requirement of attending the service. The donations will be given to St Peters Food Bank.
Book Club
The next meeting of the Benefice Book Club will be on Wednesday 16th November at 7pm in the Learning Studio at St Mary Mags. The book to read is Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
“A heart-breaking and hopeful story of a troubled woman’s struggles, perseverance and strength as she seeks forgiveness, redemption and a second chance at life”
Bishop of London
The Bishop of London will be taking the Sunday service at both churches on Sunday 18th December. We look forward to welcoming her and showing her how amazing both parishes are!
Evening Prayer on Tuesday’s at St Mary Mags (6pm)
In todays hectic London, it is rare to be able to grab 30 mins of calm, peaceful prayer and reflection. Why not come along to evening prayer, and allow yourself a moment of quiet to be with god.
Back in the Day
Photographic drawing of the Warwick Farm Dairy in St Peters Park Paddington in 1881. The majority of the building still stands (with adaptions) on the corner of Elgin Avenue and Shirland Road.
Filming Archive
Pictures from the 2009 Sci-Fi Film ‘Franklyn’, starring Eva Green and Ryan Phillipe. Scenes were shot in both in the under-croft and the Comper Chapel at St Mary Mags.
Women’s Group
The Women’s Group meets on the last Thursday of every month via Zoom. The focus is on praying together. If you want to know more or would like to sign up please contact Josephine on 07919-456156
Prayer List
During interregnum if you wish to add someone to prayer list at church, for those who are unwell or have recently passed away. Please speak to one of the churchwardens or send an email to the benefice mail box.
Contact Us
Benefice E-mail Address: stmmandstp@yahoo.com
Benefice Twitter Account: @StMMandStP
St Mary Mags Web-site: http://www.st-mary-magdalene.co.uk
Wishing you all the best for the coming week.
Coffee with the Cops!
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Jacqui’s Kitchen
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St. Peter’s Support Services
Support Services are available to everyone who needs them. On Wednesday mornings, we run a breakfast club, and on Saturdays, we host a lunch club, and we assist vulnerable locals with form-filling and casework. As of now, our Thursday food bank serves 30-35 people per week and our meals service covers 50-60 people, but keep in mind that we deliver meals three to four times per week. Most of the food we receive comes from The Felix Project and City Harvest (which give us supermarket overstocks, as well as cooked meals and produce from restaurant chains).
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
We Remember Her
We remember her devotion,
We remember her strength,
We remember her selflessness,
We remember her warmth,
We remember her smile,
May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
Monday 19th September
Grand Junction and the Café will be closed.
Book Club
The next meeting of the Benefice Book Club will be on Wednesday 16th November at 7pm in the Learning Studio at St Mary Mags. The book to read is Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
“A heart-breaking and hopeful story of a troubled woman’s struggles, perseverance and strength as she seeks forgiveness, redemption and a second chance at life”
Bishop of London
The Bishop of London will be taking the Sunday service at both churches on Sunday 18th December. We look forward to welcoming her and showing her how amazing both parishes are!
Women’s Group
The Women’s Group meets on the last Thursday of every month via Zoom. The focus is on praying together. If you want to know more or would like to sign up please contact Josephine on 07919-456156
Back in the Day
Harrow Road, just after the demolition of the old St Mary’s Hospital Site (now Carlton Gate).
Filming Archive
Pictures from the early 2000’s Channel 4 drama ‘Humans’. Scenes were filmed in the crypt at St Mary Mags.
Prayer List
During interregnum if you wish to add someone to prayer list at church, for those who are unwell or have recently passed away. Please speak to one of the churchwardens or send an email to the benefice mail box.
Worship Activity in the Upcoming Week
Sunday 18th September – Sunday Service at St Mary Mags – 9.30am
Sunday 18th September – Sunday Service at St Peters – 11am
Tuesday 20th September – Evening Prayer at St Mary Mags – 6pm
Sunday 25th September – Sunday Service at St Mary Mags – 9.30am
Sunday 25th September – Sunday Service at St Peters – 11am
Contact Us
Benefice E-mail Address: stmmandstp@yahoo.com
Benefice Twitter Account: @StMMandStP
St Mary Mags Web-site: http://www.st-mary-magdalene.co.uk
Wishing you all the best for the coming week.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a moment of bereavement for us all. May she rest in peace and rise in glory. And may we continue to be inspired by her example and her unswerving faith in God.
You might like to sign this online book of condolence: https://www.churchofengland.org/remembering-her-majesty-queen
Details of further acts of remembrance and thanksgiving will be announced in the coming days.
Holy Week Services
UNITED BENEFICE OF ST MARY MAGDALENE & ST PETER, PADDINGTON
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Palm Sunday
10th April 10.30am Blessing of Palms at St Mary Magdalene’s, followed by Procession to St Peter’s for the Parish Eucharist.
6.30pm Concert of Passiontide Music St Mary Magdalene’s.
Monday 11th 8.00pm Mass with Address at St Mary Magdalene’s.
Tuesday 12th 10.00am Mass with Address at St Peter’s. 8.00pm Stations of the Cross at St Mary Magdalene’s.
Wednesday 13th 8.00pm Mass with Address at St Mary Magdalene’s.
Maundy Thursday 14th 8.00pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper, at St Mary Magdalene’s, with Reception of the Holy Oils, Feetwashing, Stripping of the Altars and Watch before the Blessed Sacrament.
Good Friday 15th
11.00am An Hour at the Cross at St Peter’s. 12.15pm Ecumenical Service at Maida Hill Piazza. 2.00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Passion at St Mary Magdalene’s.
Holy Saturday 16th
8.00pm Solemn Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter, at St Mary Magdalene’s.
Easter Day 17th
9.30am Parish Mass at St Mary Magdalene’s. 11.00am Parish Eucharist at St Peter’s.
Confessions by arrangement.
Fr Henry Everett, Vicar.
A Concert of Devotional Music for Holy Week
St Mary Magdalene, Rowington Close, Little Venice, London
A Concert of Devotional Music for Holy Week
Palm Sunday April 10, 2022, at 6.30pm
After the success of their video made during lockdown last year, instead of their ‘Music for Holy Week’ concert on Palm Sunday, Guildhall Alumni Choir is delighted to be able to present an in-person concert including much of this wonderful music plus a few more items appropriate for the season.
It will be a joy to sing this wonderful repertoire in St Mary Magdalene for the first time. In addition we are pleased to welcome again soloists who have sung and played with the choir at different times in the past as well presenting new ones.
If you are not able to attend but would like to hear some of this music, here is the link to the video from last year below …
About Guildhall Alumni Choir. GAC has been meeting at GSMD six or seven times a term since September 2014 and comprises Alumni from a variety of courses, their friends, family and students. As well as giving regular concerts at the end of term, we have given two premieres of works by Paul Carr written especially for members of the choir. One of these, Drop drop slow tears, was performed when we travelled to Béthune in 2018 to lead the concert commemorating the 1918 Armistice Centenary. This was a very emotional occasion, having as we did the support of young musicians from Germany and France.
We are delighted to welcome some of our Friends who have been able to join us and would like to thank them for their support, even when having to travel some distance.
If the idea of singing with our group is enticing (no audition required), please contact either Janie Mack jacarandamusica@sky.com or Diana Bickley dianabickley@aol.com to find out more.
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