St Vedast-alias-Foster

28/02/2022

Ash Wednesday for Peace

16/12/2021

Our Carol service on Sunday is followed by nibbles in the open air of the courtyard - or hall if you wish to keep warm

16/12/2021

16/12/2021

Looking forward to celebrating Midnight Mass in the heart of the City

26/04/2019

There is still time to sponsor Fr Paul for the London marathon on Sunday. He's running for the Lord Mayor's charities https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/paul-kennedy26 For all sponsors - there's a post marathon bbq from 5pm in the St. Vedast courtyard.

Paul is raising money to help The Lord Mayor's Appeal

11/03/2019

A reminder of our local Lent Lecture tonight on one of my favourite theologians

18/12/2018

On Sunday 23 December at 11 am we have Carols and Communion - followed by Christmas Drinks at the Rectory - all welcome

09/02/2018

Ash Wednesday at St Vedast-alias-Foster.
Ashing with our 12.15 Mass - Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.

01/12/2017

Ready for our Advent Sunday parish breakfast, 9.45 at the Rectory. Yes I know it’s Advent but you’re all invited to croissants around the tree.

06/06/2017

The Venerable Luke Miller, Archdeacon of London, recently visited our daughter Church, St Anne and St Agnes in the City of London, where he blessed the new spire and weathervane, which have been rebuilt following extensive restoration work made possible due to a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

The blessing took place atop the spire overlooking the city, where Archdeacon Luke was joined by Revd Paul Kennedy, our newly installed priest-in-charge at St Vedast Church, within whose parish St Anne and St Agnes lies and Churchwarden Richard Batchelor who has masterminded the project. Also in attendance was a representative of the architects responsible for the restoration, as well as Paul Smith, CEO of the musical charity, Voices Cantabiles Music (VCM), which uses St Anne and St Agnes Church as its base of operations.

Archdeacon Luke said of the blessing: “I am glad to see St Anne and St Agnes church looking so splendid and thank and congratulate all those involved for making the restoration possible on all their hard work. I was delighted to be able to bless the church’s new spire and weathervane, which gleamed brightly in the summer sun, representing a new chapter in the life of this historic church. “

10/04/2017

We hope everyone had a blessed Palm Sunday! Yesterday's service featured a dramatized reading of the Passion according to Matthew.

Our Holy Week Services will be as follows:

Monday (10 April) at 18:15 - a short (20 minute) service of the word at Saint Anne and Saint Agnes, marking the start of Passover (the Jewish festival which provided the historical context for the events of Christ's passion and crucifixion).

Maundy Thursday (13 April) at 19:00 - a service of Tenebrae at St Vedast. An atmospheric and reflective interweaving of scripture readings and choral music, and light and dark, meditating on the events of the Last Supper and Jesus' arrest.

Good Friday (14 April) at Noon - the way of the Cross. A service of prayer and meditation at the foot of the Cross.

Easter Day (16 April) at 11:00 - our joyous celebration of the Resurrection begins in our daughter church of Saint Anne & Saint Agnes with the lighting of the new fire of the Resurrection. From there, we process behind the Paschal candle to Saint Vedast, for a full choral Eucharist.