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THE FRIENDS OF ST GREGORY’S MINSTER KIRKDALENews and Activities |
CURRENT NEWSLIMITED EDITION MUGThe beautifuly designed Limited Edition Mug, illustrated below, is now available via westlands.harris@btinternet.com or phone 01723 850558 (answer-phone available) for more information. To order a mug online go to www.warehouseart.com.
WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGWe are very fortunate to have recieved a delightful gift of a watercolour painting Terry Logan of Threshfield, Skipton painted in 2006. The special way the sunlight illuminates on the Minster is superbly captured. Anyone interested in purchasing this item should contact the Chairman, Heather Harris, on 01723 850558 or westlands.harris@btinternet.com. The Trustees suggest offers in the region of £250.
ACTIVITIESThe Friends’ WeekendFirst Saturday and Sunday in MayVenue: St Gregory's Minster.Saturday p.m. Annual General Meeting. The Kirkdale Lecture. Tea.Sunday a.m. Morning service of Thanksgiving for Founders and Benefactors, with Litany of Thanksgiving. Friends' Luncheon.The Kirkdale Lecturer 2022 was given to a packed church by Christopher Binks whose lecture concerned the 19th-century coming of the North Eastern Railway through Kirkdale to Kirkbymoorside and destinations beyond - which made a considerable impact upon the economy of Kirkdale and the lifestyle of its inhabitants. As well as relics of the track itself still to be seen here and there in the landscape, one particular memorial to the benefits of countrywide transportation facilitated by the advent of the railway system happens to be the Chancel of St Gregory's Minster - for the rebuilding of which, stone was brought by rail from a far-distant Northern quarry. Visit from Sankt Nikolaj Kirke in HullDanish Seamen's Church.
Variable dates, August/September.Venue St Gregory's Minster. Sunday a.m. Morning Service - sermon by visiting Pastor from Skt Nikolaj. Pub lunch. Guided visit to a local site of interest. Tea. Patronal FestivalSunday 4 September 2022
Marking the Feast-day of Gregory the Great, patron of the Minster. Morning service in St Gregory's Minster. Friends' Luncheon, usually hosting the Guest Preacher. Recent Guest Preachers include the Archbishop of York, the Dean of York, the Archdeacon of Cleveland. Festival of Lessons and CarolsSaturday and Sunday of the weekend before Christmas.Venue St Gregory's Minster (weather permitting; otherwise St Hilda's Beadlam). Led by the Choir of St Gregory's Minster (Director & Organist: John Hastie). Free admission, by prebooked ticket. Guided visits and pilgrimages
Over the past few years the Trustees have organised visits and (in conjunction with the benefice churches) half-day, whole day and residential pilgrimages to a variety of destinations. Visits are intended to be educational and are guided, usually by a Trustee. Pilgrimages (or study-visits, depending on your terminological preference) are led jointly by the Vicar and a Trustee. Past visits and pilgrimages include: Holy Island Rievaulx Abbey Stanbrook Abbey Whitby Abbey Fountains Abbey William Burges churches Ampleforth Abbey Durham Cathedral St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street St Paul Jarrow. Hexham Priory Bridlington Priory |
