GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA: SONG OF AFRICA, Saturday 29 October, 7pm
Celebrating its own 40th Anniversary year, the Grand Union Orchestra presents a specially created show for Black History Month bringing together different generations of musicians and singers, to explore and honour the influence of African traditions on our society today. Led by Claude Deppa (South Africa – trumpet), performers include: Abass Dodoo (Ghana – master-drummer) Dhezy Nakeni (Angola – dikanza) Tawanda Mapanda (Zimbabwe – marimba) Jacqueline Lwanzo (Democratic Republic of the Congo – voice) Francis Fuster (Sierra Leone – talking...
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Mass for the Festival of the Ascension Thursday 26th May, 7pm “Jesus hasn’t just gone away. He has gone deeper into the heart of reality – our reality and God’s. He has become far more than a visible friend and companion; he has shown himself to be the very centre of our life, the source of our loving energy in the world and the source of our prayerful, trustful waiting on God. He has made us able to be a new kind of human being, silently and patiently trusting God as a loving parent, actively and hopefully at work to make a difference in the world, to make the kind of...
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Read MoreGREENFALL TOWER MEMORIAL
Church bells to ring across London to mark 3rd anniversary of tragedy at Grenfell Tower Church bells across London will ring 72 times to at 6pm on Sunday, 14th June to mark the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, in a coordinated effort to ensure the victims of the tragedy continue to be remembered. Over 80 churches across the Capital, including St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Southwark Cathedral will join the bell ringing, as will St Clement Notting Dale, the parish in which Grenfell Tower stands. The 72 rings will mark the...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST JOHN BEFORE THE LATIN GATE
Wednesday 6 May 2020 IN the year 95, St. John, who was the only surviving apostle, and governed all the churches of Asia, was apprehended at Ephesus, and sent prisoner to Rome. The Emperor Domitian did not relent at the sight of the venerable old man, but condemned him to be cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. The martyr doubtless heard, with great joy, this barbarous sentence; the most cruel torments seemed to him light and most agreeable, because they would, he hoped, unite him forever to his divine Master and Saviour. But God accepted his will and crowned his desire; He conferred...
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