Commemorating our past
One of the wonderful things about St Bride's is that we are continually uncovering new and remarkable characters from our past. Recently, two people in particular have stood out and we have chosen to commemorate them with permament stone memorial...
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Christmas Round-up
Canon Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and Robert Jones, Director of Music, report on a bumper Advent and Christmas season at St Bride's The Rector's Report We had a record-breaking number of carol services throughout December, which were, as...
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Bearing Witness
Listen Online to the full service On Tuesday 29th October, 2019, at 6:30pm a service was held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street to commemorate all those in the media industry whose mission to bring us the news faces peril...
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Reviews of Journalists' Commemorative Service "Bearing Witness"
Kate Mansey, Deputy Features Editor of The Mail on Sunday: At least 95 journalists were killed last year according to the International Federation of Journalists and many more were injured or wrongfully imprisoned simply for doing their work. The life...
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"The Thunderer" launched at Stationer's Hall
Congratulations to St Bride's Guildsman, former Churchwarden, and former Times journalist Christopher McKane on the publication of his first book "The Thunderer: The Life and Times of John Walter II." John Walter was a Master Printer and controlled The Times...
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Rare Rheinberger orchestral mass on Inspire! Sunday
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) was born in Liechtenstein but spent the majority of his working life in Munich, Germany. His musical gifts were recognised early on, and he was organist of his local church in Vaduz by the age of seven....
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Ninth Award of the Guild Journalism Bursary
Meet the Guild of St Bride's ninth bursary student, Sophie Dickinson, who is starting her one-year MA journalism course at City, University of London, this autumn. Sophie was chosen to receive the £3,000 award from a shortlist of four candidates...
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On topic Olsen Lecture at start of inaugural Global Conference for Media Freedom
In early July, London hosted the inaugural Global Conference for Media Freedom, co-hosted by the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the UK Foreign Secretary. The conference brought together leaders, officials, editors, publishers and journalists to debate the issues...
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Past wedding couples gather to celebrate the gift of marriage
Fine weather and chilled fizz set the scene for a wonderful reunion of couples married at St Bride's. Over 60 of our past brides and grooms gathered to celebrate the sacrament of marriage and the gift of love at a...
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Deepening Discipleship
On Sunday 23rd June we revisit our 2018 stewardship campaign 'Deepening Discipleship.' In the Gospels Jesus says far more about money in relation to discipleship, than about any other subject. Out of his 38 recorded parables, no less than...
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