Nikolaikirche

Singing a prayer for peace in the shadow of the war in Ukraine
22 Jan 23
Eisenach, Germany

Blackfriars Priory Church

Mass of Christmas Night followed by hot chocolate and mince pies
24 Dec 22
Oxford, England
St Philip's Priory, Chelmsford

St Philip’s Priory

Low Mass plus toast and marmalade for early morning worshippers on the way to work
2 Dec 22
Chelmsford, England
St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London

St Mary Magdalene

A full-throated organ and cherubs in the ceiling on Remembrance Sunday
13 Nov 22
Paddington, London
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

Discussions

5 Oct 22
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
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