Parish pilgrimage holiday

A number of St Laurence's congregation joined together with All Saints', Blackheath for their annual pilgrimage earlier this month. This year the venue was Aosta, the birthplace of St Anselm and the most completely surviving Roman garrison town in Europe (and also, incidentally, visited by the Archbishop of Canterbury 10 days before our visit!).

John took photos of the presentation to the Bishop (Fr Charles Pickstone of St Laurence's on the left, Fr Nicholas Cranfield of All Saints' on the right).



I've heard that a good time was had by all, and hopefully someone will write an account of their visit for the next parish magazine (hint, hint).

Concert on Saturday

Our next organ recital will be this Saturday, 9th May at 11am, at which
Michael Bonaventure will play music by Kenneth Leighton:

1. Paean (1966)
2. Improvisation (In memoriam Maurice de Sausmarez) (1969)
3. Festival Fanfare (1968)
4. Veni Creator Spiritus - Prelude (1987)
5. Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia (1964)

Michael was invited by the Edinburgh Society of Organists to give a recital to mark the 80th anniversary of Kenneth Leighton's birth. At St Laurence, Michael will play an abridged version of the programme he presented at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh on 10 January this year.

Free entrance, coffee and biscuits afterwards, and retiring collection for St Laurence choir bursary fund.