St Mary's Church is an historic landmark, tourist attraction and busy parish church which is set in the ancient town of Warwick. People have worshipped on this site for over 1,000 years and is one of the largest churches in Britain. We offer a wide range of services with enchanting music from our choirs and celebrate baptisms and weddings.
The Rector writes: "I have held a Zoom meeting with St Mary’s Churchwardens and we have concluded that with Warwick's move into Tier 4, and the subsequent national lockdown, we need to suspend much of our current activity following the government's 'Stay at Home' message.This includes no longer being open for services, private prayer and rehearsals.
The reasons for this are several but in essence the safety of our worshippers, staff and volunteers is paramount at this time.
To this end we have returned to our previous lockdown pattern of a 10.30am live-streamed Sunday Agape service from church with an organist and cantor (if willing and available). We will keep the situation under constant review and further updates will appear on St Mary’s website and social media.”
Our services will be streamed on our Facebook page and then uploaded to YouTube.
See the Worship page for this Sunday's service sheet.
Should you need to contact the church, please email admin@stmaryswarwick.org.uk.
You can keep in touch with us through our Facebook and YouTube pages.
We are continuing to publish a weekly Newsletter.
A campaign has been launched to raise £3 million to safeguard the future of St Mary’s ahead of its 900th anniversary in 2023. Campaign 2023 aims to raise £2 million to fund urgent repairs to the landmark tower to avoid its closure, and a further £1 million to build an endowment fund to ensure the fabric, music and ministry of St Mary’s for the next millennium. To find out more, please visit the Campaign 2023 website at www.stmaryscampaign2023.org.uk where online donations can also be made. |
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We were thrilled to hear we have received Heritage Stimulus funding thanks to @dcms, @HistoricEngland, @CofE_ChurchCare and the government’s CultureRecoveryFund. You may not be able to visit us right now, but we are still HereForCulture and working towards reopening next year.
We are delighted to have been awarded a grant of £25,000 from the Covid-19 Emergency Heritage At Risk fund to mend a leak in the nave roof and one of £108,160 from the Major Works Fund (via the Church of England) to tackle serious water ingress problems from both above and below ground around the WCs, side entrance and historic chapter house.
Without this funding, there would have been no possibility of embarking on these essential projects, both of which will help secure the future of our wonderful building for the benefit of many generations to come. |
In accordance with the announcement by the Acting Chancellor of the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Coventry of the dispensation with the requirement for the physical display of public notices in all faculty applications in the period to 15th March 2021, this post represents public notification of the planned works to St Mary's tower. The official document, with details of how to obtain plans and documents and lodge any objections, is to the right, or can be downloaded from here. |
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Lucy Morrell, organ (St Mary's, Warwick)
Recitals will be open to members of the public if Government guidelines permit, and will be streamed online via St Mary’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/stmaryswarwick
All details subject to change.
Richard Lewis, piano
Recitals will be open to members of the public if Government guidelines permit, and will be streamed online via St Mary’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/stmaryswarwick
All details subject to change.
Here you will find all you need to know about our flourishing and lively community in these challenging times. The site has various links to our presence on social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) where you can keep in touch and share in our worship. You can also view or download our weekly newsletter, monthly prayer diary and Parish Magazine, which comes out every two months. As England is once again in lockdown, we have made the decision not to open for services or prayer in support of the government's "Stay at Home" message, and will be live-streaming a service at 10.30am each Sunday. Unfortunately because of the pandemic we are not able to open for visitors, but we will keep our website updated on any changes to that situation. Best wishes and God’s blessing during this difficult period.
The Revd Vaughan S Roberts
Vicar of St Mary's & Team Rector of Warwick
The Collegiate Parish Church of St Mary is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. The church, from its unmissable position in the centre of Warwick, welcomes our regular congregation, Sunday School, choirs, visitors and those who just need a place of peace in a busy world. At St Mary's we aim to ensure that everyone who visits the Church, for whatever reason, feels welcome, valued, and safe. Our Safeguarding Officer can be contacted on safeguardingstmarys@gmail.com
Our safeguarding Policy can be found here
For further information and useful contact information click here
Carol Clarke Coventry Diocese Safeguarding Advisor
02476521345 safeguarding@covcofe.org
Diocese Safeguarding Team and for 24 hour cover
02476521345 safeguarding@covcofe.org