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Ship of Fools: St John the Baptist, Timber Hill, Norwich, England
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Ship of Fools: St John the Baptist, Timber Hill, Norwich, England
More Catholic than the Catholics – reverent, fun and distracting
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I'm surprised no one added an "m" after "who."
I understand that their new priest starts next month, after a quite short interregnum. Lucky them!
If I lived in Norwich, I might go to Timberhill now and then, but there are a few other rather more inclusive High Church parishes in the city, though Timberhill's encouragement of LGBT+ is a Good Thing IMHO.
An online selection of photos by David White depicts the worship of some of Norwich's city churches, including Timberhill, a few years ago:
https://davidwhitephotography.co.uk/galleries/churches/
(if I should google, apologies; I generally like to hear wise shipmates explain...)
Wonderful report. I felt like I was there. And I too would not mind a visit -- though I may take a thermos to avoid the instant!
Great refers to unenclosed pipes -- the main source of the organ sound. The great organ is played via the lower keyboard.
As a bit of an aside, I wonder how many A-C parishes these days begin their Sunday Mass with the Asperges?
O, and the excellent choreography can be found in other, slightly less spiky, places, such as All Saints, Margaret Street, London, where the servers must surely be drilled by an old-school Sergeant-Major!
Mass is said at St Julian's church (rebuilt after extensive damage in WW2) at least twice a week, as well as on Sundays.
At the risk of stirring up the pong of decaying horseflesh, I wonder if this has something to do with St John's inclusivity - apart from them not (apparently) affirming the validity of OoW?
IYSWIM.
I'll shut the door on me way out....
Fascinating. Thank you, Bishops Finger. I took to our almighty spy-master G**gl* and found some further information and photos. Very interesting. Particularly that round tower -- does that sort of feature have a name?
closes door and follows BF out...
AFAIK, round towers are simply called 'round towers'. There are quite a few in Norfolk and Suffolk.
IOW, I don't think there's any particular religious significance in the roundness.....
It's a shame, in a way, that they weren't able to restore St Julian's tower to more-or-less its previous height, but I'm sure they had better things on which to spend their £££. The fact that the church was rebuilt, and is in continuous use for worship, mission, and witness is good enough!
*bows gracefully*
Simon Knott's wonderful websites describing the churches of Norfolk, Suffolk, and (a work in progress) other eastern parts of Ukland, are quite absorbing, if you have some hours to spare! He updates previously-visited churches from time to time.
...at Our Place, we tend to use the Roman readings for the daily Eucharist, so yes, the term 'Ordinary Time' appears on the page!
I've never been to Timberhill, but I have friends who have attended Mass there, and they have always been positive in their comments!