A larger than usual gathering of all creatures (mostly dogs, and one very brave cat named Maharajah) great and small with their human companions took place in church on Friday 3 October for our annual Animal Blessing Service on Feast Day of St Francis, Patron Saint of animals. The animals were well behaved during the hymns, prayers and music, and reacted well to being blessed with a splash of holy water. All present enjoyed the refreshments which followed and a

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in London in which 52 people were murdered and many hundreds injured in the name of religion. On that day our late Rector, Fr David Paton, and St Botolph’s staff were closely involved with the incident at Aldgate.   The anniversary is marked annually at Aldgate Station by a service led by the Rector of St Botolph’s Aldgate, and attended among others by Underground staff and the families of those who died

This year sees the preparation of new church Electoral Rolls. This means that our Electoral Roll for St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate starts from scratch again - everyone on the Roll comes off and must re-apply. This takes place only once in every six years, and it is also a good time for people who are not on the Roll to join.   We do hope you will join or re-join our new Roll. Fr David will be in touch directly with existing Roll members