St John the Baptist, Timberhill with St Julian's, Norwich

16/09/2026

Next week, on Friday 25 September, our Macmillan Coffee Morning will be part of the 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Join us between 10.30am and 12.30pm at St John the Baptist, Timberhill, and bring your friends! This will be the sixth year we've taken part in this annual event; since 2021, we’ve raised £1,680 for Macmillan's valuable work.

16/09/2026

Today we give thanks for SS Cornelius & Cyprian, both bishops in the third century who shepherded the Church in times of persecution and bore the cost of this brave witness by giving their lives for Christ. We celebrate Mass today (and every Monday and Wednesday) at 10am at St Julian's: you're always welcome to join us. Today is also the first of the autumn Ember Days, so we offer the Mass praying particularly for those preparing for Ordination.

15/09/2026

On Sunday, amid the Harvest Thanksgiving festivities, there was also a more personal celebration as our parish organist, David Ballard, marked thirty years' involvement in making sacred music since he began to serve as a chorister in September 1996. Friends and colleagues from other places joined with regular singers in our Church Family to form an augmented choir for the Mass, which was conducted by Dave with Patrick Hawes playing the organ. The choral music include Stanford's 'Beati quorum via', Darke's setting of the Mass in E (Collegium Regale) and Bairstow's 'Let all mortal flesh keep silence' - and then Dave returned to the organ loft for a bravura performance of the Toccata from 'Symphonie de Boston' by Pierre Cochereau. Dave and Jodie kindly provided w**e for all the congregation after Mass, so we could continue the celebration and our thankfulness for all whose skill facilitates the music which enhances the worship of the People of God throughout the Church.

Diocese of Norwich See of Richborough

15/09/2026

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday 16 September, at 1pm at St Julian's, Norwich for another of our informal lunchtime concerts. Under the title 'Autumn Breezes', the recital will include music for two flutes and piano, flute and guitar, and piano solo, performed by Sam Davies, Mark Ellis and Pei Chao Liao. The programme includes a wide variety of music dating from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. There'll be a retiring collection, and refreshments will follow in the Julian Shrine's visitor centre.

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15/09/2026

Today, the day following Holy Cross Day, is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Mass is at 12 noon at St John the Baptist, Timberhill: you're always welcome to join us. In this celebration, we give thanks for the faith, hope and love which the Blessed Virgin showed as she stood at the foot of the Cross of Jesus. As we offer Mass today, we pray especially for all bereaved parents, and we entrust all who feel pain and sorrow today to the loving prayers of Mary and the tender compassion of Jesus.

"Who on Christ's dear Mother gazing,
In her trouble so amazing,
Born of woman, would not weep?
Who on Christ's dear Mother thinking,
Such a cup of sorrow drinking,
Would not share her sorrow deep?"

The image shows Pedro de Mena's 'Mater Dolorosa'

14/09/2026

The Julian of Norwich Partnership is seeking a proactive, organised and customer-focussed Hospitality and Operations Assistant to join the staff team at The Julian Shrine in Norwich. The postholder (on a six month contract) will play a key role in delivering exceptional hospitality to visitors, overnight guests and pilgrims to the Julian Shrine, a place of international significance and an important part of the heritage of the city of Norwich. The post is for 35 hours a week at an annual salary of £28,000. Applications must be received by 23 September 2026. To find out more, visit https://www.julianshrine.org/vacancies

Julian of Norwich - julianofnorwich.org King Street Neighbours Network Norfolk Diocese of Norwich

HOSPITALITY AND OPERATIONS ASSISTANT (6-month contract)

Visit julianshrine.org/vacancies to find out more and to make an application. Get in touch with us via [email protected] if you have any questions or want to discuss the position in more detail.

The post is for 35 hours a week at a salary of £28,000 per annum).

The Julian Shrine is seeking a proactive, organised and customer-focussed Hospitality and Operations Assistant to join the staff team at the Julian Shrine in Norwich. Day to day you will support the smooth operation of All Hallows Guesthouse retreat and the running of the visitor centre and gift shop at the Julian Centre next door.

You will play a key role in delivering exceptional hospitality to visitors, overnight guests and pilgrims to the Julian Shrine, a place of international significance and an important part of the heritage of the city of Norwich. With our Hospitality Manager you will ensure a warm welcome for visitors at reception, offering helpful and articulate communication by phone, email or face to face, as well as handling check-ins and check-outs. Working with our housekeeper, you will ensure that our facilities remain clean, welcoming and safe spaces. During holiday cover, sick leave and staff days off you will be responsible for the wellbeing of our guests and volunteers, ensuring a friendly staff presence is available for support when needed. You will also support the developing annual programme of events at the Julian Shrine, and join in with team tasks as necessary.

Applications must be received no later than 23 September 2026. Interviews will take place on 25 September. It is expected that the post-holder will commence their role on 5 October or as soon as possible thereafter.

Though this position is for a six-month contract, the charity is intending to conduct a recruitment exercise for a permanent position during the course of the winter, and the holder of this post will be welcome to apply for that role if wished.

14/09/2026

'Faithful Cross, above all other: one and only noble tree!' Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, giving thanks that an instrument of painful death has become for us the means of life and peace. This celebration in honour of the precious and life-giving Cross was instituted to commemorate the consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in September 335; it witnesses to the centrality of the Cross of Jesus in the faith of Christians. Mass will be offered at 10am at St Julian's (followed by the Holy Rosary) and at 12 noon at St John's: you're always welcome to join us.

13/09/2026

It was great to 'raise the song of Harvest home' with more than 100 people who gathered for High Mass this morning at St John the Baptist, Timberhill. The church had been beautifully decorated thanks to the hard work of our flower arrangers, and there was a long queue of worshippers bearing gifts of food to present at the altar at the start of the Mass. These will be taken to the Norwich foodbank UK, of which we're longstanding supporters. Fr Richard preached on the link between the Harvest celebrations and the 'spiritual inventory' which this season invites us to undertake, asking whether we are bearing the fruits of the Spirit and sharing the gifts we have received, or whether we are building up for ourselves a store of resentment and ill will. After Mass we enjoyed two delicious homemade birthday cakes made by Shirley (and sang, appropriately, to Maggie and Emma).

Diocese of Norwich See of Richborough

13/09/2026

This week has begun with our Harvest celebrations and continues tomorrow with Holy Cross Day. Day by day we have the privilege of being able to join together in worship, including in the daily celebration of the Mass. You're always welcome at St John the Baptist, Timberhill with St Julian's, Norwich: here's what's on this week.

12/09/2026

This afternoon members of the Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary gathered at St John's for the monthly meeting of our local Chapter, the Chapter of St Lawrence. Donna was admitted to the Guild, promising to keep its rules, and then the Guild Office was sung. Fr Richard gave a short address on the objectives of the Guild, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament followed. Afterwards we enjoyed refreshments including a lovely birthday cake (happy birthday Barry!). In addition to the members of the Guild, it was good to have friends, supporters and members of the Church Family in the congregation. The GSS is one of the Catholic Societies of the Church of England, established in 1898 to promote reverence and fellowship among altar servers. Our thanks to those who helped today with music, serving, and hospitality.

Diocese of Norwich See of Richborough