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28 March 2016
On Wednesday Evening our first Holy Week Service was the Stations of the Cross followed by the evening office of Compline. The service was lead by Father Stephen, as we progressed around the church visiting the illustrations of each station and sharing a short meditation and prayer at each station. We sang a verse of a hymn between each station. This was followed by the evening office of Compline, also a meditative service, and we left the church thinking about the Passion of our Lord.

On Thursday evening we had the Eucharist of the last supper and the Gethsemane watch. The service marks the end of Lent and the Liturgical colour was white and gold, we sang the Gloria for the first time for 6 weeks, and bells were rung in celebration. Father Stephen explained that this was a ray of light between the contemplation of Lent and the darkness of the events of Good Friday, prefiguring the joy of the Resurrection on Sunday. After the Communion the mood changed, the Choir sang the Ave Verum Corpus in the setting by Byrd, and the service finished with the chanting of  Psalm 22 as the altar was striped bare and the reserved sacrament removed. The congregation either joined the Gethsemane watch in the side Chapel in the North Transept, or left the Church in silence.

Service Times

First Sunday in the Month:
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Family Service

Second Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Parish Eucharist

Third Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Sung Matins

Fourth Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Parish Eucharist

Variations can be found in the Parish Magazine or the Calendar at the bottom of this page.

Useful links


Here are some links to resources you may find helpful:


  1. St Mary's Facebook page
  2. Chichester Cathedral will be live streaming services. For the Eucharist and order of service Click here before 10:00am Sunday and follow the instructions.
  3. The BBC Daily Service is available here.
  4. Prayer for today.
  5. The C of E youtube channel.
  6. Hearing You is a new phone help line launched by the Diocese of Chichester in partnership with Together in Sussex in response to the impact that Covid 19 has had on Just about the whole community. It aims to provide pastoral support and a listening ear to the recently bereaved and people directly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
  7. COVID-19 advice from the Diocese of Chichester here.

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