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St Mark’s Day in Venice

St Mark was one of the Disciples who gave us his Gospel providing a concise record of Christ’s ministry. Today Mark’s body is in Venice having been brought in 829 from Egypt where he founded the church. The 10.30am Mass for La Festa di San Marco in Venice’s St Mark’s Basilica includes trumpets and a […]

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ST GEORGE OF ENGLAND & MOSCOW

Today is St George’s Day. St George is patron of England, Moscow & lots of other places. “Of course, St George was not English and never came here,” said Dean of Southwark Andrew Nunn in a sermon yesterday. “He’s not exclusively ours and in fact is Patron Saint in one way or another of 24 […]

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St George’s Day: Southwark celebrates

Southwark in London, with its ancient St George and Shakespeare associations, is always a focus on St George’s Day. The parish church is the oldest in London to be dedicated to England’s patron saint St George. The Roman Catholic Cathedral, built on St George’s Fields has a St George relic displayed on the feast day. […]

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Christians & Muslims honour Mary

Monday 9 April is the feast of the Annunciation when we recall the Virgin Mary first knowing that she was pregnant. In nine months it will be Christmas. This year the feast was postponed from its usual 25 March date because it coincided with Palm Sunday. Today the focus is on Nazareth where Mary was […]

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Low Sunday

Is the Sunday after Easter still called Low Sunday? Some people do refer to Low Sunday maybe because it feels less exciting than Easter Day. But it is increasingly known as Divine Mercy Sunday which was promoted by St John Paul II. Orthodox Christians talk about St Thomas Sunday which is appropriate because the Apostle […]

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Easter is only just starting

It’s Easter Tuesday today and we shall be in the Easter period until Ascension Day in early May. You can follow the season and all the special days over the next two months to Corpus Christi on Thursday 31 May in Keeping Lent & Easter. Available at Church House Bookshop and Southwark Cathedral Shop or […]

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Waiting for the Easter Vigil

  This is Holy Saturday, sometimes called Empty Saturday. ‘Easter Saturday’ is next week, in Easter week, after Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday. We are today in limbo awaiting the Easter Vigil tonight, or early tomorrow morning, when we can recognise Christ’s resurrection. Then we shall take the Light of Christ from the outdoor fire […]

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Good Friday & the Easter holiday debate

The Times has had a long debate about the future of the Easter holiday weekend which some people find difficult because it moves around. Christopher Howse had a good reply in The Daily Telegraph to calls for fixed Easter which would be difficult to achieve anyway. I suggest that there are many who, whilst not […]

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