Welcome to the Website for the Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Magnus the Martyr in the City of London. Our church is built where all people crossing the old London Bridge used to enter the City, and standing on the cross roads, it has seen many important events in its 1000 year history. The object for which the church was originally built has not changed; now as then, prayers are offered daily to God, and He is worshipped in the beauty of holiness. Now as then, people who work in  the City, or who come from further afield set aside their daily concerns and spend a time of peace and prayer, asking for and receiving God's peace in their hearts. We welcome visitors from around the world, who come to marvel at the beautiful interior and to see our world-famous 4 meter long model of the old Bridge.
Please take some time to explore this web-site, to enjoy the virtual tour and relish the history of this place. Better still, if you are in London, visit us during our opening times, which are Sunday morning, and Tuesday - Friday, 10 am until 4 pm. You can find the times of our services also on this site.  If you would like to receive instruction in the Christian faith, would like to talk about any concerns in confidence, or have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Father Philip Warner, on saintmagnus@bulldoghome.com  God bless you, and all good wishes  Fr Philip
	On July 5th Fr Aiden Harker kept the Silver Jubilee of his ordination to the sacred priesthood with a High Mass at St Magnus. Fr Graeme Rowlands was M.C., Fr Daniel Humphrys acted as Deacon and Mr Joseph Smith as Sub-deacon. Fr Aiden, who had celebrated his Mass of Our Lady in the church when newly ordained was joined at Mass by family and friends and afterwards entertained them to an excellent lunch.
St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6DN office telephone number: 0207 626 4481
ST MAGNUS-THE-MARTYR  AD PONTEM      MUSIC LIST for SUNDAYS in SEPTEMBER    at 11.00 a.m.                                                 7th                   Sunday XXIII                                   Hassler            Missa Dixit Maria                                   Marchant         Very bread, good shepherd, tend us           14th                  EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS                                   Oldroyd            Mass of the Quiet Hour                                   Anerio              Crux fidelis         21st                  St Matthew                                 Gabrielli           Missa brevis                                 Palestrina        O sacrum convivium                 28th                  St Michael & All Angels                               Huber               Missa Salve Regina Pacis                               Stanford           For lo I raise up
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The Fire Sermon St Magnus the Martyr, 12 February 2007 Preached by The Revd Canon Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey. Pascal’s Night of Fire Download here
MASS TIMES: SUNDAY at 11.00 am: PARISH MASS & SERMON Tuesday & Thursday at 12.30 p.m. Wednesday at 12.30 p.m. (at St Mary Abchurch) Friday at 12.30 p.m. (usually followed by Benediction) Parish Priest: Fr Philip Warner. (0207 626 4481) The Church is open for visiting and for prayer Tuesday to Friday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

When a Bishop appoints a man to be a parish priest, as part of the ceremony of installation, he asks that priest to be faithful in 'public worship and private prayer.' These are two sides of the same coin when it comes to the relationship which every Christian ought to have with God, but they are particularly important when it comes to one who will lead the parish in one, and teach by example in the other.

At St Magnus the Martyr, 'public worship' means the Mass (also known as the Eucharist & Holy Communion), which is celebrated every Sunday as well as regularly during the week. Sometimes this great act of worship is called 'The Liturgy', which comes from the Greek meaning 'work of the people'. This means that although within the ceremony of the Mass there are parts when the priest alone says prayers and performs actions, and parts when individuals read from scripture, and parts when the choir alone sing, everyone present, old and young, have a vital part to play. In singing hymns and responses, in joining heart and mind in prayer, in their standing and their sitting, and especially in saying 'Amen' to the 'great prayer', they complete the offering of the altar.

On Sundays, it being the Lord's Day, the Mass is offered at 11.00 a.m. with greater solemnity than during the week. The organist will lead us, together with the choir, in our musical offering. Servers will assist the priest at the altar, and will accompany him in procession with candles, and incense will be burnt to symbolise our prayers ascending to the throne of God. (the photograph shows the priest being censed at the High Mass for St Magnus Day)

At a High Mass, the priest (also called the celebrant) is assisted at the altar by two other ministers; a 'deacon', (who has to have been ordained) and a sub-deacon (who may be a layman). The deacon's main task is to proclaim the Holy Gospel and to administer the chalice at Holy Communion, while the sub-deacon may read the epistle.

In the Catholic Church (of which the Church of England claims to be but a part) there are three 'orders'. These are the two just mentioned, priest and deacon, and the most important one being the Bishop. He is the Father-in-God of a 'diocese', which in the Bishop of London's case is all of Greater London north of the River Thames. He has the right to celebrate the Mass in any church in his diocese, but because he cannot be everywhere at once, he delegates that privilege to his priests.

On weekdays the Mass is celebrated on Tuesdays & Thursday s at 12.30 pm and on Friday at 12.30. Unless a major feast day, this takes the form of a Low Mass, where the priest is assisted by one server only, and the side altar is used. The prayers are said rather than sung, and there is less ceremonial.

Below is the site set up by the St Magnus the Martyr Bells Fund to raise money for
a new ring of bells at the church. www.magnusbells.com