Clarion
The Clarion is the monthly magazine of the parish of St Mary The Boltons.
The magazine has news about the month ahead in the parish and occasional articles by the vicar and members of the congregation. We discuss the future, and how we can use the Church for God’s purpose. Contributions to the Clarion should be emailed to the Parish Office by the third week of the month.
April 2024: From the Vicar: Being of one heart and soul; Christian Aid Week; Parents and Babies Group; A moment of Thought; St Matthew Passion; Veni, Vidi, Vici; At St Paul’s Cathedral; Annual Meeting; Report of the March PCC.
March 2024: From the Vicar: Let us go with Him…; Mothering Sunday; Holy Week and Easter at St Mary’s; 2024 Lent Charitable Giving; The Electoral Roll; Inclusive Church; Thank You from Beacon House; Confirmation; Big Church Clean; Save the Date: Autumn Fair 2024; From Westminster Abbey: New exhibition on Notre Dame de Paris opens.
February 2024: From the Vicar A Radically Inclusive Church; Lent at St Mary’s; Lent Charitable Giving; Generous Giving; An Eye-opener in Kent; Fraternite Family Fun: Rose window making at Westminster Abbey; Prayers of Love and Faith Update; Fabric Update; News from a Past Choral Scholar.
December 2023 - January 2024: From the Vicar: Resolutions; Advent & Christmas Services; Parents and Babies Group; 12 Days of Christmas, A long time to be hungry; Charity Carol Services; Charity Committee 2024 Charity Selection; Book Review; Hymns * Is the original best?; Poppy Appeal; Harvest Collection; November PCC; Memories.
November 2023: From the Vicar; Mellow fruitfulness in the church garden; Praying for peace in Israel and Gaza; Christmas is coming; Choral Scholars: an Introduction; An Invitation from St Paul’s Cathedral; Update on Alex’s family and the Graduation gift; Macmillan Coffee Morning; Glass Door Sleep Out; Living in Love and Faith An Advent Discussion Series.
October 2023: From the Vicar: Dedication Sunday; Harvest Gifts; Autumn Fair; Glass Door Sleep Out; Evensong; 2024 Charitable Pot; Fabric Update; Macmillan Coffee Morning; A New ‘Library of Things’; Happy Birthday, Hilda; Afternoon Tea and Archives; By Train around Spain; All Saints and All Souls.
September 2023: From the Vicar: New Term, new Blessings, new Challenges; Sunday Help Wanted; Harvest Thanksgiving Gifts; Thank you from Beacon House; Autumn Fair; The Glass Door Sleep Out; Something to Celebrate; Our Sunday School; St Paul’s event; St Martin-in-the-Fields Autumn Lecture Series.
July - August 2023: From the Vicar: Living in Love and Faith: The Debate Continues; Sunday Recital 16 July; Autumn Fair; Confirmation, Baptism and Reception into the Church of England; Installation of Jenny as Prebendary of Mora; Sheila Gibbs: Celebrating 60 Years at St Mary’s; Glass Door Sleep Out; Summer Events at Westminster Abbey & St Paul’s Cathedral.
June 2023: From the Vicar: Say your Prayers!; At Westminster Abbey; Report of the May PCC Meeting; Theology in a Summer; St Francis of Assisi at the National Gallery; An Update on Fabric; Charity Concert for the DEC Ukraine Appeal; Confirmation, Baptism and Reception; St Mary’s Autumn Fair.
May 2023: From the Vicar: Pour down…your Spirit; A Special Invitation to York; An Evening at the Royal College of Music; Charity Concert for the DEC Ukraine Appeal; Report of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting; Confirmation and Baptism.
April 2023: From the Vicar: Holy Week & Easter; Lent Progress; Ash Wednesday at Cologne Cathedral; It’s time to make this year’s Lent Offering; News from the Diocese; What is a Prebendary; Report of the March PCC Meeting; Annual Meetings 2023; Messy Cathedral: A Free Family Event at St. Paul’s; Coronation Weekend 5 - 7 May; Family Day at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster
March 2023: From the Vicar: Join us; Late Autumn Fair; Electoral Roll; Lent at St Mary’s; Introducing our placement student; Messy Cathedral; Holy Week and Easter; A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths.
February 2023: Keeping Lent at St Mary’s; This is my body, this is my blood; Getting serious about climate change; Charity Committee; Lent Study Group; Kensington Area News; Exploring the Christian Faith: Confirmation 2023; Parish Pancake Party; New Website; Loft Insulation; A Time to Decide: How do we Live in Love and Faith.
December 2022/January 2023: Advent Calendar; He Comes in the Small Hours; Advent and Christmas at St Mary’s; Stewardship and Serving; Glass Door Sleep Out; Late Autumn Fair; A Passion for Churches; A Time to Decide; PCC Meeting Report.
November 2022: In This World and The Next; Church Hall Update; More Than Hymn Books; Late Autumn Fair; Macmillan Coffee Morning; Spire Works; Advent 2022; Used Stamps for Leprosy Mission.
October 2022: Four Ts; Stewardship & Serving; Macmillan Coffee Morning; Sunday School Little Lambs; Autumn Fair; Charity Changes; Glass Door Sleep Out; Harvest & Climate Sunday; Sunday School on Wednesdays; Testing Time for Boilers; Commemoration of the Faithful Departed; In Search of a Picture; Report of the September PCC; Silent Prayer; From the Archives.
September 2022: From the Vicar: Welcome Back; Children Welcome; Thinking About our 2023 Charities; Net Zero Carbon News; Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan; Autumn Fair 2022; Sunday School Little Lambs; Eunice’s Story; Glass Door Sleep Out; Stewardship Giving & Planning; Holy Trinity Sloane Street Arts Festival; St Martin in the Fields Autumn Lectures; Harvest Thanksgiving & Climate Sunday; St Pauls Jubilee Celebration; Be Still & Contemplate; Silent Prayer.
July-August 2022: Rules, Rules, Rules!; How we Distribute Wine at Communion; Beacon House; My Path to Confirmation; Just Another Royal Jubilee?; The Bear & The Teapot; Remembering Diana Thornhill; New PCC Member; Update on Our Boilers; Bristol Cathedral; Charity Cake Sale; Autumn Fair Coming Soon!; Local Recycling.
June 2022: Archdeacon’s Triennial Visitation; 70th Jubilee Celebration; Tikondane Nthawisa Farmers Group; Covid & Communion; PCC Meeting Report; New PCC Member; Christian Aid Bake Sale; Charity Cake Sale.
May 2022: If You Open the Doors People Will Come In; Stewardship Update: Christian Aid Bake Sale; Dispatched from Warsaw; Charity Matters; 70th Jubilee Celebration; St Marys Autumn Fair; Silent Prayer in Church.
April 2022: The Drama of Holy Week & Easter; Holy Week & Easter Services; Report of the March PCC Meeting; APCM; Vision 2030 & Our Parish; Stewardship & Generous Giving; Remembering Linda Fleming; Helping Children to Learn to Love to Read; The Parish Pass; Confirmation 2022; Silent Prayer in Church.
March 2022: From the Vicar; A Prayer for Ukraine; Why Do We Have a Lent Appeal?; Youth Ministry in Communion; World Day of Prayer; A Good-News Story; Lent 2022; An Ecumenical Course; Save the Date Autumn Fair; Congratulations Iona Thomas; Electoral Roll.
February 2022: From the Vicar; Exploring Confirmation 2022; Lent 2022; Report from the Charity Committee; Paul’s Cancer Support Centre; Report of January PCC Meeting; Youth Ministry in Communion; Prayer Network; Silent Prayer; Electoral Roll; Events at Westminster Abbey.
December 2021 – January 2022: From the Vicar; Advent Christmas & Epiphany; Used Postage Stamps; Report of November PCC; Fabric Update; Approaching Death – Exploring the End of Life; Greetings from Down Under; 2022 Charities; Book Review – Edgewise?; Silent Prayer.