ST CHAD’S AND ST MARY IN THE BAUM
ST Chad’s, on Sparrow Hill, overlooking the town centre, has been Rochdale’s Parish Church for over 800 years.
Together with our sister church, St Mary in the Baum, we provide mainly traditional forms of Anglican worship and you are warmly welcome to join us.
Children’s activities are available during Sunday services and refreshments are served afterwards.
Tomorrow, Sunday, October 22, is the 20th Sunday after Trinity. The Eucharist, with hymns, is at St Mary’s at 9.15am.
Choral Eucharist is at St Chad’s at 11.15am, when the anthem is Schubert’s “Holy,
Holy, Holy”. The choir will also sing Psalm 99.
At both services the celebrant and preacher is the Vicar, the Rev Anne Gilbert.
Each Monday, at St Mary’s, the Red Cross provides help for refugees from 10am until 2pm. Refreshments are available and admission is free.
On Wednesday next,
October 25, at St Mary’s at 12.30pm, the Toad Lane Lunchtime Concert features Freda Farnworth, soprano, and J Edward Rigg, piano. Admission is £6.
On Thursday next, October 26, Morning Prayer is at St Chad’s at 10am.
On Saturday next, October
28 at noon, a Lunchtime Concert at St Chad’s features Dimitra Ananiadou, violin, and Richard Whalley, piano, with music by J S Bach and Massenet.
Admission is £6 including light refreshments beforehand from 11.20am.
Sunday next, October 29, the 21st after Trinity, is Bible Sunday, a day set aside in the Church calendar to celebrate the gift of God’s word. The Eucharist, with hymns is at St Mary’s at 9.15am.
Choral Eucharist is at St Chad’s at 11.15am, when the anthem is Attwood’s “Teach me O Lord”. The choir will also sing verses 105-112 of Psalm 119. At both services the celebrant and preacher is the Vicar.
Also at St Chad’s, at 3.30pm, the Annual Service of Commemoration of Souls of the Departed – known as All Souls – is led by the Vicar.