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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
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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
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BLESSING OF THE RIVER
The Very Revd John Hall, Dean of
Westminster prepares to drop the wooden cross (held by Fr Richard Bolton) into
the Thames as part of the annual river blessing ceremony on London
Bridge.
More photos of the event may be seen by
using the link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15186&l=09452&id=791067619
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St Magnus the Martyr
Lower Thames Street London EC3R 6DN office telephone
number: 0207 626 4481
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ST MAGNUS NEWS April
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MUSIC
FOR APRIL/MAY
13thApril Easter IV
Hughes Missa Sancti Benedicti
Stanford Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
16th April St Magnus Day
Huber Missa Salve Regina Pacis
Bairstow Blessed City, Heavenly Salem
20th April Easter V
Nicholson Missa Sancti Magni
Wilson With
all thy hosts, O Lord
27th April Easter VI
Tallis Mass for four voices
Tallis If ye love me
1st May ASCENSION
DAY
Rihovsky Missa Loretta
Palestrina O Rex gloriae
4th May Easter VII
Stainer Mass for four voices
Stainer Leave us not, neither forsake us
BOOK
SALE FOR LORD
MAYOR’S CHARITIES
The Grand total
for the book sale was £700. Many thanks for those who brought books and who
bought them. We’ve already been asked whether we will repeat this next year,
and probably will. So start saving those books now!
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SAINT
MAGNUS DAY
We are privileged
to have as our preacher on St Magnus Day (April 16th) The Rt Revd
Graeme Knowles, the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral. High Mass at 18.00 is followed
by a reception, which is being hosted in St Magnus House, courtesy of
Clarksons.
ALL
WELCOME.
ST GEORGE'S DAY (April 23rd) Mass at 5.30 pm
ASCENSION
DAY & BEATING THE BOUNDS (May 1st)
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Solemn Mass at
12.30 will be followed by the beating of the parish boundaries. At each station
the choir will sing a short madrigal, this year the Feast fallings as it does
on May Day!
HOLY
WEEK
Some photographs
of Holy Week at St Magnus can be viewed by following the link: HERE
MASTERMIND
Congratulations to the winner of 2007 Mastermind, whose special
subject was Old London Bridge
Well done also to those who spotted Fr Philip in the introduction to that
subject --- all 2 seconds of him!
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Music
Page click here
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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
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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
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Public Worship and Private Prayer
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.
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On this altar stands the 'tabernacle', which is where the
consecrated Body of Christ is kept in order that people may receive Holy
Communion in their homes if prevented by illness from attending church, or in
hospital. It also serves as a focus for prayer, and during the day many people
take time away from their busy lives to come to St Magnus and to pause in
prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. To show them that It is present, a white
light burns nearby.
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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 |
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