Christmas services at St Botolph’s
CHRISTMAS AT ST BOTOLPH’S All are warmly invited to join us for our traditional Christmas celebrations Thursday 14 December Parish Carol Service at 1.10 pm St Botolph’s Choir and the Choir of The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School will be joining forces to make joyful music for our popular traditional carol service. Everyone is welcome to attend the service and to stay for traditional seasonal refreshments afterwards, so bring your colleagues and friends—and come early to make sure of a seat! Friday 15 December Carols by
Season of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
Thursday 2 November - All Souls Service All are warmly invited to attend our annual All Souls Day service on Thursday 2 November at 1.10 pm. It provides an opportunity to remember departed loved ones in the context of a Choral Requiem – St Botolph’s Choir will be singing an exquisite setting of the Requiem Mass by Manuel Cardoso. The service includes the ceremony of the solemn reading aloud of the names of departed loved ones and the lighting of candles in their
All Creatures
At St Botolph’s we will celebrate the bond between humans and animals as we hold our Annual Animal Blessing Service on Friday 6 October at 12.10 pm. We hold this popular service each year on the Friday closest to the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. As ever there will be the opportunity for each animal to receive a personal blessing. The service will feature beautiful music from St Botolph’s choir and refreshments will be served
William Byrd 400th anniversary
Yesterday, 4 July, was the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, one of Britain's - and the Renaissance's - greatest composers. St Botolph's musicians pay tribute to him at today's Choral Mass by singing his Mass for five voices; the organ voluntary is also by Byrd, and the hymns are all by Byrd's contemporary Orlando Gibbons.
Looking ahead – Holy Week services
Monday 3 April Monday in Holy Week Said Mass at 12.10 pm Tuesday 4 April Tuesday in Holy Week Said Masses at 8.10 am and 12.10 pm Wednesday 5 April Wednesday in Holy Week Said Mass at 8.10 am Choral Music and Reflections for Holy Week at 1.10 pm Thursday 6 April Maundy Thursday Choral Mass with Maundy Ceremonies at 1.10 pm
New Year Updates
St Botolph's re-opened after the Christmas break yesterday, 3 January. Our first Choral Mass of 2023 will take place today, Wednesday 4 January, at 1.10 pm, and will anticipate the Feast of the Epiphany. Fr David will be away from church for a little while, having sustained an injury to his right foot in December. Unfortunately this has not healed as anticipated, and has required minor surgery at St Thomas's Hospital. He is in good spirits, but is quite immobile and