St Mary's Church: Vestment and Flower Festival

for 4 days, 3 hours
St Mary's, Bourne Street
30 Bourne Street Pimlico London, SW1W 8JJ, United Kingdom

Tuesday 21 May to Saturday 25 May 10-5 (10-1pm Saturday)

Free Exhibition (St Mary's Church, 30 Bourne St, London SW1W 8JJ)

"Vestment and Flower Festival: The Play's the Thing"

St Mary's Bourne Street will explore the theme of "liturgy as theatre" as we host a Festival of Flowers and Vestments to celebrate our 150th anniversary.

The church will be cleared of pews and filled with spectacular flower displays alongside an exhibition of historic floral-themed vestments, which are worn by the clergy throughout the religious year. These include sumptuous brocades, silks, satins, gold-embroidered textiles and rare pre-Reformation garments from the 15th century.

The festival will examine how theatre, with its playful language of colour, costume and metaphor, informs our richly expressive Anglo-Catholic services.
It will also convey how flowers, from lily-of-the-valley to roses and hyssop, allude to Biblical teachings and express a profound sense of the sacred.
Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 May 10am-5pm; Saturday 25 May 10am-1pm.

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St Mary's, Bourne Street

Welcome to St Mary's, a parish church grounded in the rich heritage of Catholic worship in the Church of England. The liturgy and worship at St Mary's beautifully combines Gregorian chant, Renaissance, Viennese and contemporary sacred music with the majestic language of the Book of Common Prayer.
St Mary’s is a place of hospitality and welcome. We have always been open to all, irrespective of any stance on a particular aspect of church life or politics. As a church we remain outside Affirming Catholicism, Forward in Faith and Anglican Catholic Future.</span>
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30 Bourne Street
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St Mary's Church: Vestment and Flower Festival

for 4 days, 3 hours
St Mary's, Bourne Street
30 Bourne Street Pimlico London, SW1W 8JJ, United Kingdom

Tuesday 21 May to Saturday 25 May 10-5 (10-1pm Saturday)

Free Exhibition (St Mary's Church, 30 Bourne St, London SW1W 8JJ)

"Vestment and Flower Festival: The Play's the Thing"

St Mary's Bourne Street will explore the theme of "liturgy as theatre" as we host a Festival of Flowers and Vestments to celebrate our 150th anniversary.

The church will be cleared of pews and filled with spectacular flower displays alongside an exhibition of historic floral-themed vestments, which are worn by the clergy throughout the religious year. These include sumptuous brocades, silks, satins, gold-embroidered textiles and rare pre-Reformation garments from the 15th century.

The festival will examine how theatre, with its playful language of colour, costume and metaphor, informs our richly expressive Anglo-Catholic services.
It will also convey how flowers, from lily-of-the-valley to roses and hyssop, allude to Biblical teachings and express a profound sense of the sacred.
Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 May 10am-5pm; Saturday 25 May 10am-1pm.

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