Sundays
8.00am Every Sunday: Holy Communion
9.30am 1st, 3rd, 4th Sundays: Parish Eucharist with Holy Communion. Children are invited to attend activities during the service. Please stay for coffee afterwards.
9.30am 2nd Sundays: All Age Eucharist. Families particularly welcome; babies and children are invited to take part in the service. Please stay for coffee afterwards.
9.30am 5th Sundays: Matins with Holy Communion. Please stay for coffee afterwards
5.30pm 2nd Sundays: Choral Evensong
Weekdays
Wednesday 11.30am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
Monday – Saturday 10.00am Brothers’ Matins (open to all)
Children’s Groups
Children’s groups are run during the 9.30 Eucharist, except on the 2nd Sunday when we have our All Age Service.
We explore the bible in a fun and creative way each week using the children’s bible, prayers, craft and songs. We have been known to bake and plant seeds! Snacks for the children, coffee for the parents! The children also help prepare displays in church such as the Easter Garden.
Further details from Magdalen Rees.
Join our closed Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/totsandsundayclub
The life of our church
Weddings, baptisms and funerals
If you are interested in arranging a Baptism or wedding at St Cross, please come along one Sunday and find out more about us. We warmly welcome newcomers and a member of our Welcome Team can assist with information and introducing you to others. As The Chapel at St Cross is the private chapel of the Brothers of St Cross (a little different to a regular Parish Church), there are some important differences in eligibility. However, Barbara Chmielewska will be happy to answer your questions.
Join the choir
We are always keen to add to our numbers. Regular and part-time singers are most welcome and are vital in reinforcing our principal services. In return they will experience the satisfaction of performing in our wonderfully resonant building. We are a mix of male and female singers, practising every Wednesday evening, often taking part in special events in St Cross Church and sometimes further afield. We are led by Derek Beck, principal organist. Contact Derek.
Wedding eligibility
The Church at St Cross where the Parish of St Faith worship is the private chapel of the Brothers, therefore the standard Church of England ‘rights to marry’ or ‘qualifying connections’ do not apply here as they might elsewhere. However, there are three ways that you may become eligible to marry here:
Option A: You live in the Parish and join the Electoral Roll (you must be baptised)
Option B: You don’t live in the Parish and join the Electoral Roll
To join the Electoral Roll we would expect to see you for worship at least once a month for six months before applying to join the Electoral Roll and before we read your banns. Only one of you needs to be on the Electoral Roll – but you must be baptised. There is some form of worship here every day in addition to Sunday services (Brothers Matins at 10am every day bar Sunday) – and couples will find a warm welcome at all of them.
Option C: Apply for The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Special Licence
The Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury will consider favourably any applications from those who can demonstrate a ‘strong connection’ to the Church at St Cross. This includes being baptised here, family connections with The Hospital of St Cross and any other strong connection. This is not a straightforward process, incurs separate costs and the final outcome is entirely at the discretion of the Faculty Office of the Archbishop.
To contact Barbara Chmielewska in the Parish Office with an enquiry about a wedding at St Cross, please complete the form here
Baptisms and funerals
During a christening your child will be baptised with water. It’s the start of an amazing journey of faith for your child and a special day for all your friends and family. Over the years to come, it’s a journey you’ll share together with your child by:
- Being there for your child to talk to about the bigger questions of life – questions about hope, faith and love.
- Praying for your child through the ups and downs of their faith journey.
- Showing them practically how to make those good choices in life.
- Helping them to learn more about their Christian faith, through their church and in other ways. So it’s a commitment to start as you mean to go on.
For more information regarding baptisms and funerals please contact Barbara in the Parish Office by completing the form here
