Tag Archives: Prayer

Why light a candle?

Posted on February 1, 2017 by stchrysostoms

“Look at how a single candle can defy the darkness” wrote Anne Frank. Continuing our series on why we do what we do at St Chrysostom’s Fr Ian considers lighting candles. We do that a lot at St C’s! Candles … Continue reading →

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#KenLeechVigil for Prayer and Justice

Posted on October 12, 2015 by stchrysostoms

Fr Ken Leech was a great campaigner for peace and justice. He asked that, if possible, a Vigil of Prayer for Peace and Justice be kept the evening before his funeral. We’ve been very pleased to organise this at St … Continue reading →

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Looking for Luminosity with Mary

Posted on June 2, 2014 by stchrysostoms

To inspire prayer and a sense of fellowship in prayer throughout May, we encouraged people to say part of the Holy Rosary on a particular day and so fill the entire month with thought and prayer based on the rosary. The … Continue reading →

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Prayer Sunrise – beautiful, golden and silent

Posted on June 6, 2013 by stchrysostoms

Our 24 hours of prayer from 4th to 5th June, in Corpus Christi week, was wonderful. Throughout the 24 hours there was always someone at prayer in the Anson (Blessed Sacrament) Chapel. Passers by called in to pray, and some … Continue reading →

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Monstrance watch! 24 hours of prayer

Posted on June 4, 2013 by stchrysostoms

Our 24 hours of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament have begun. Following Mass this evening Bishop Mark processed the Blessed Sacrament to the Anson Chapel. From 5pm Tuesday 4th June to 5pm Wednesday 5th June there is continuous prayer before … Continue reading →

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“Speaking with God from the depths of the heart”

Posted on June 3, 2013 by stchrysostoms

Anglicans and Armenians worshipped together at 6pm at St Chrysostom’s on Saturday in a joint Vespers service. The evening celebrated the life and writings of the great 10th century Armenian saint St Gregory of Narek, and Fr Garegin gave a … Continue reading →

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Walsingham words

Posted on August 18, 2012 by stchrysostoms

This year as we journeyed home from Walsingham we gathered the pilgrims’ impressions of the pilgrimage. We simply asked each pilgrim for words which would describe their thoughts or feelings about Walsingham, or words which would call to mind this … Continue reading →

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Grieving beside her son

Posted on April 6, 2012 by stchrysostoms

At the end of the Good Friday solemn liturgy the sacramental Body of Christ was taken to the Anson Chapel, to the sepulchre. The tabernacle was covered in a black veil of beautiful cloth given to church by a mother … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Czestochowa, Poland

Posted on September 14, 2011 by stchrysostoms

St Chrysostom’s gave Penny a leaving gift to pay for her pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Poland.  “After a 3 hour bus journey from Kracow to Czestochowa, the home of the Black Madonna and following nuns, … Continue reading →

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Praying the Rosary

Posted on October 12, 2010 by stchrysostoms

Oliver Welsford, our new Parish Assistant, writes about the first of our occasional ‘Exploring Spirituality’ series at Church: On the Feast of the Holy Rosary (7th October)  Fr Jeremy Sheehy, Parish Priest of St Peter’s, Swinton, gave a devotional talk … Continue reading →

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