St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate will hold a Choral Requiem in thanksgiving for the life and service of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022 On Wednesday 14 September 2022 at 1.10 pm This service will be live streamed and also available afterwards on our website On the day of the Late Queen’s funeral, Monday 19 September, the church will be closed all day

New Service Times Mass on Thursday 1 September will be at 1.10 pm. but as we move further away from the days of Covid restrictions, we are returning to a more usual schedule of Masses at St Botolph’s.  From the week of 5 September we are reintroducing our 8.10am Mass in the Lady Chapel.  Tuesday and Thursday Masses will revert to 12.10pm, whilst our main Choral Mass on Wednesday will remain at 1.10pm.  As always, everyone is welcome.  The lunchtime Masses

Lunchtime Said and Choral Masses during Advent will follow our Advent theme of ‘The Gift…’. The Requiem on 15 December, postponed from 2020, gives us an opportunity to remember Prebendary David Paton, our former Rector, who died two years ago this week. Full details on all our services can be found on our events page   WEDNESDAY 1 DECEMBER, 1.10 pm Week of the 1st Sunday of Advent The Gift of Heritage – The Patriarchs A SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS IN ADVENT   WEDNESDAY 8 DECEMBER, 1.10

Next Wednesday, 3 November, we hold our annual All Souls service when we remember our loved ones who have gone before us. The music at the Choral Requiem Mass at 1.10 pm will be the Missa Defunctorum by Viadana. As usual this service will include a special Act of Commemoration during which the names of the departed will be solemnly read aloud, and relatives and friends are encouraged to come forward and light candles in their memory. There is a Requiem Book