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Weekly Services

From Daily Prayer to the Mass/Eucharist and Compline, worship provides the framework of our daily life. All are welcome. Variations to this schedule can be found via the ‘This Week’s Services’ button on our home page.

8.30am Morning Prayer · 15 minutes
5.45pm Evening Prayer · 15 minutes
6.05pm Eucharist / Mass · 25 minutes

Monday

8am Morning Prayer · 15 minutes
8.15am Eucharist / Mass · 25 minutes
followed by coffee at Host Café, St Mary Aldermary
1.05pm Eucharist / Mass · 25 minutes
5.45pm Evening Prayer · 15 minutes

Tuesday

8.30am Morning Prayer · 15 minutes
1.05pm Eucharist / Mass · 25 minutes
5.45pm Evening Prayer · 15 minutes
5.45pm Online Evening Prayer (via Zoom - link in newsletter)

Wednesday

8.30am Morning Prayer · 15 minutes
12.30pm Silent Prayer in the Norman Crypt Chapel · 30 minutes
1.05pm Eucharist / Mass in the Norman Crypt Chapel · 25 minutes
5.15pm Evening Prayer · 15 minutes
7.30pm Sung Compline · 20 minutes, followed by refreshments

Thursday

Friday

8.30am Morning Prayer · 15 minutes
5.45pm Evening Prayer · 15 minutes

SPECIAL EVENTS & MAJOR SERVICES

Find Out More

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Compline

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Talks & Lectures:
Building Common Ground

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Daily Mass

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Daily Prayer

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Sung Mass

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Exploring Faith

If you are curious about Christianity, returning to church after some time away, or have questions you would like to explore, you are welcome to get in touch.

The Christian faith is the most wonderful adventure and offers so much to our lives today. If you would like to explore faith for yourself, please get in touch. Fr Simon is happy to meet informally, including over coffee, and talk through whatever you would like to discuss.

Exploring Faith?

Email Fr Simon

Daily Prayer

Morning & Evening Prayer

Morning and Evening Prayer are part of the Daily Office, the Church’s ancient pattern of prayer through which Christians gather to pray with and for the Church and the world.

These short, spoken services include readings from Scripture, Psalms and time to pray for people and situations on our hearts. They take place on weekdays in the main body of the Church and last around 15 minutes.

If you’re not close by to St Mary-le-Bow you can still join us for Evening Prayer online on Wednesday, details are sent out each week in our newsletter.

Morning Prayer
Monday and Wednesday to Friday, 8.30am
Tuesday, 8am

Evening Prayer
Monday to Friday, 5.45pm
Wednesday (online), 5.45pm - link via newsletter each week.

Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be familiar with the service to join us.

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The Eucharist / Mass

Sharing in Holy Communion

The Eucharist, also known as the Mass or Holy Communion, lies at the heart of Christian worship. We gather to hear Scripture, pray, and share in bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus Christ and in his presence with us.

Our weekday Masses are short, spoken services lasting around 25 minutes.

Monday: 6.05pm
Tuesday: 8.15am and 1.05pm
Wednesday: 1.05pm
Thursday: 1.05pm in the Norman Crypt Chapel

On Thursdays, you are also welcome to join us for half an hour of silent prayer from 12.30pm before Mass in the Crypt.

Our Sung High Masses with beautiful liturgy and choral music take place on Feast Days in the Christian year at either 1.05pm or 6.05pm.

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Sung Mass

Celebrating the great feasts of the Church

St Mary-le-Bow celebrates the principal feasts of the Christian year with Sung or High Mass, bringing together the Eucharist with stunning choral music and organ voluntaries.

These services mark significant moments in the Christian year, including feasts such as Epiphany, Candlemas, Ascension, Trinity, Corpus Christi and All Souls’ Day.

Next Sung Mass: Wednesday 6th January 1.05pm. 50 minutes.

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Sung Compline

Close the day in prayer

Compline is the Church’s ancient night prayer, sung at St Mary-le-Bow by candlelight at the close of the working day.

Enjoy a moment of peace as music and ancient prayer fill the church, offering time for reflection and a different way to close the day.

Thursdays · 7.30pm · 20 minutes
Followed by refreshments.

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Building Common Ground

Our Thursday evening talk series

Building Common Ground brings people together to think about the questions that shape our lives. Each Thursday, a guest speaker offers a different perspective on an issue facing the City or wider society, followed by time to continue the conversation together over refreshments.

Thursdays throughout the year · 6pm · 30 minutes
Followed by refreshments

Upcoming Talks:
19 November | Will Hutton | State of the Nation
26 November | Dr Susanna Snyder | Theology of Hope

2027
22 April | Brigadier (Rtd.) Greville Bibby, Clerk to the Grocers’ | Leadership
24 June | Dr Renie Choy, Public Historian, Westminster Abbey | Heritage

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What’s On
at St Mary-le-Bow

Alongside our regular pattern of prayer and worship, St Mary-le-Bow hosts Sung Masses, talks, lunchtime recitals, concerts and other events throughout the year.

Explore What's On