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About Father Martin's Parish Updates

You will find here up to date news of parish events or corrections to information that has already been published in printed format.

Up to fifty of the most recent updates:

Confirmation
We celebrated the Feast of the Beheading of S. John the Baptist yesterday with the due solemnity that befits this feast of our Patron. The R... [click title for full item]

Sylvia Aldis
Congratulations to our Sylvia who celebrated her 80th Birthday last Thursday: she is seen here at her special Birthday Lunch. Sylvia had be... [click title for full item]

1 and not out
Having just celebrated Fr Michael's 50th anniversary of Priestly Ordination, and just about to celebrate Fr Alan Chidwick's 25th tomorrow, i... [click title for full item]

Flower and Vestment Festival 2010
What a glorious day Sunday 27th June was! It was the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures in Norwich hovering around the 30 de... [click title for full item]

50 and not out
It was with great joy that we were able to celebrate yesterday the 50th anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood of Canon Michael McLean.... [click title for full item]

The Rector in Full Splendour
Something you will rarely see! Fr Martin drinking a glass of water at a parish party. He always says that water is for washing - gin is for... [click title for full item]

Parish Lunch Party at Heath Farmhouse
Yet again the Hunt family were keen to entertain the Parish to a Sunday Lunch this year after the Trinity Sunday Mass. Their elegant 15th c... [click title for full item]

Trinity Sunday
It was a great pleasure to welcome to S. John's on Trinity Sunday two Australian priests, Fr Christopher Bird SSC, Vicar of Adamstown, Newca... [click title for full item]

Fr Gregory OJN
We have just said goodbye to Fr Gregory OJN, the Guardian of the Order of Julian of Norwich in America, as he returns home. Fr Gregory peac... [click title for full item]

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Gin
My thanks to Christopher Spinks for this magnificent photo! What does the curate think he looks like? No, we haven't gone Low Church (No C... [click title for full item]

Old Uncle Tom Cobley and All
You might think we've gone mad if you have walked into S. Julian's Church recently on a Wednesday or Friday. Here in November in front of th... [click title for full item]

World AIDS Day 2009
The World AIDS Day service for Norwich was held at our Church yesterday. This year the Homily was given by the Bishop of Norwich and both t... [click title for full item]

Jason at 40
Our love and congratulations were given to Jason Webster last Sunday as he celebrated his 40th birthday. Jason has been a regular and popula... [click title for full item]

Fr David's First Mass
The day at last came when Fr David would be able to offer the Mass for the first time. His family had come over from New Zealand and Austral... [click title for full item]

30th Anniversary
It was on the 24th June 1979 that Fr Martin was Ordained to the Priesthood in the diocese of Chelmsford while serving his Title at S. Thomas... [click title for full item]

Parish Lunch
What a wonderful Sunday lunch and afternoon we had at Julia and John Hunt's 16th century Farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside. Over 60 membe... [click title for full item]

The Grand National
And by 'Grand National' we of course mean the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, which takes place on the late May... [click title for full item]

Farewell
And then there was another sadness! We had to say good bye to two members of our congregation Christine and John Lee who were moving away t... [click title for full item]

Peter Leighton
It was with much sadness that we heard of the death of Peter Leighton on Saturday 2nd May 2007. Peter had been a member of the congregation ... [click title for full item]

Churchwardens
How happy and relieved I was that Liz Kilshaw and Graham Cossey were willing to stand for another term as churchwardens of the parish. They... [click title for full item]

60 Not Out!
Many Congratulations to Fr Alan Chidwick on reaching his 60th Birthday! After Mass on Laetare Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, he oppropriately ... [click title for full item]

6 Months in The Parish
Fr David has taken to the bottle! 6 months here at S. John's Timberhill has proved nearly too much for such a delicate soul! Here is the c... [click title for full item]

Three Pinkies!
To complete the Kent Bequest for the time being, we were fortunate to be able to purchase an antique rose-pink High Mass set. You would thi... [click title for full item]

Make Straight the Way of the Lord
Here is the Rector on Gaudete Sunday not only having to contend with making straight the way of the Lord, as bidden by our Patron S. John th... [click title for full item]

Elizabeth Katherine
We were pleased to be able to baptise on Gaudete Sunday, after the High Mass, in a lovely warm church, Elizabeth Catherine Rushworth, daught... [click title for full item]

World AIDS Day
As usual, the World AIDS Day service for Norwich was held at our Church. The title page read: A Service of Remembrance, Prayer and Hope for ... [click title for full item]

Sacristy Refurbishment
It was good to have completed the refurbishment of our miniscule sacristy for the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the Christian Yea... [click title for full item]

Christ the King
The last Sunday of the Christian Year is dedicated to Jesus Christ, the Universal King. Our celebration yesterday took place on one of the ... [click title for full item]

Gordon and Elizabeth Edwards
Gordon and Elizabeth Edwards provided wine after the Christ the King Day Mass to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary and their 10th yea... [click title for full item]

Anthea Jane Seymour
It was a great joy and privilege to Baptise the first child of Anthony and Ana Maria (Anita) Seymour at the Mass last Sunday. It was especi... [click title for full item]

Godparents and Friends
The parents, godparents, relatives and friends of Anthea Jane with the clergy after the Mass and Baptism, in jolly mood having quaffed a cou... [click title for full item]

Fr David and Henrietta
I shall probably get bashed for putting this up on the Blog, so make the most of it before I am compelled to take it down, but I thought you... [click title for full item]

Birthday Boys
I have been very tardy in adding anything to the web log lately. So I shall now rectify this. Rather belatedly I must tell you what a wonder... [click title for full item]

Fr Robert Llewelyn in India
Our picture shows a bronze just completed of Fr Robert, commisioned by members old and new of Sherwood College in India, where he was a much... [click title for full item]

Our Nun
'Hang onto your wimple, Sister Pamela, you've got a tough couple of weeks ahead.' [end item]

Archbishop's Visit
We were delighted to welcome to the High Mass last Sunday the Archbishop of Papua New Guinea, the Most Reverend James Ayong. The Archbishop ... [click title for full item]

Fr David Stevenson
Well, its happened! Fr David was ordained to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Norwich on Saturday 28th June. The service in the Cathedral he... [click title for full item]

New_Curate
Well, David Stevenson our new curate has moved into his house - the curatage - in Kilderkin Way, a few yards from the watchful eye of the Re... [click title for full item]

More Demolition!
Another redevelopment in the Parish! At last the old bottling plant of the Breweries has come down. From my breakfast table I now have this... [click title for full item]

Rest in Peace
Following a Memorial Service in Norwich Cathedral on Friday 4th April, Fr Robert Llewelyn's ashes were laid to rest in S. Julian's garden, b... [click title for full item]