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St Agnes, Algoma, Michigan

St Agnes by-the-Lake

Bells and smells without the pomp and circumstance at a quiet lakeside church
16 Oct 22
Algoma, Wisconsin, USA
St Anthony of Padua, Grand Rapids

St Anthony of Padua

Country and jazz version of ‘Amazing Grace’ shines out at a Polka Mass
9 Oct 22
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
St George's, Paris

St George’s

Perfectly well-behaved baby of sunny disposition saves baptism from too much solemnity
2 Oct 22
Paris, France
St Joseph, Le Havre

St Joseph du Havre

Parish mass in a factory-sized church of concrete and stained glass
24 Sep 22
Le Havre, France
All Saints, Ryde, Isle of Wight

All Saints

Marking the death of Queen Elizabeth with a bland sermon and some unexpectedly aggressive intercessions.
11 Sep 22
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
St Mary's Wimbledon

St Mary’s

A warm welcome, but a bit of a struggle to get into a Georgian box pew
11 Sep 22
Wimbledon Village, England
Oxford Oratory

The Oxford Oratory

Glimpsing the shade of former pew-dweller Professor Tolkien during an almost-packed solemn mass
14 Aug 22
Oxford, England
Salvation Army Church, Geneva

Salvation Army Church

‘The young guitarist’s solos alone were enough to make one believe in God’
14 Aug 22
Geneva
Evangelical Church, Geneva

Action Biblique Servette

A warm welcome at a packed, open, loving, city-centre church
31 Jul 22
Geneva
Notre Dame, Geneva

Basilica Notre-Dame

Gorgeous descant in the final hymn at a perfectly pleasant Sunday Mass
24 Jul 22
Geneva

Hillsong Oxford

Little nuggets of scripture coated in dollops of sermon at Hillsong Oxford
24 Jul 22
England
St Pierre Cathedral, Geneva

St Pierre Cathedral

A stiff, sparse service of the word which would have made John Calvin proud
17 Jul 22
Old Town, Geneva
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