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Please note that anything which is underlined is a link to further information. So for example, if you don’t recognise the name of the recommended hymn tune, click on it.
If you’d like help to sing the psalms and canticles go to the Psalm Tones page
Morning Prayer - Psalter: Saturday Week 2
Hymn: Sing all creation, sing to God in gladness!
Recommended Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM
Evening Prayer - Psalter: Sunday Week 3 Evening I
Proper: 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Hymn: O light serene of God the Father’s glory
Recommended Tune: LIGHT SERENE
Morning Prayer - Psalter: Sunday Week 3
Proper: 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Hymn: Trancendent God in whom we live
Recommended Tune: JERUSALEM
Evening Prayer - Psalter: Sunday Week 3 Evening II
Proper: 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Hymn: Praise to the holiest
Recommended Tune: BILLING++
++ The hymn listed first for Sunday Week 3 EPII (In the beginning, God created
heaven) has an unusual metre, 11.6.11.6, and there is no suggested tune.
Deacon Philip Pond of Southwark is conducting some research into the permanent diaconate for his MA in Pastoral Theology. If you are able to help, please download the questionnaire from the bottom of this page. The …
“The reality of human solidarity, which is a benefit for us, also imposes a duty.” Many people today would claim that they owe nothing to anyone, except to themselves. They are concerned only with their …
Congratulations to the following men who have been ordained as permanent deacons in England and Wales in July 2009.
Please pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted to them at their ordination to continue …
Congratulations to the following men who have been ordained as permanent deacons in England and Wales in June 2009.
Please pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted to them at their ordination to continue …
An important time before the ordination of a permanent deacon is the retreat that must take place to prepare the candidate for ordination and fulfil Canon 1039. For the candidates for ordination from the Wonersh …