Here we are, having just sung Choral Evensong at St Leonard’s Downham on Sunday evening, 18th July. The service was enjoyed by a joint congregation made up of members from both St Mary’s and St Leonard’s. We enjoyed singing music by Stanford, Bairstow, Ayleward and Chilcott in this beautiful church…
Some schools will tell you: work hard so you can get good results. When you get good results you can get a good job. With the money you earn you can buy a nice car and a big house. The End. In this school we are far more ambitious for you: we want you to…
Scouts charity cake bake
There is always an element of sadness when someone dies, especially someone who you have counted as a friend. So it is with a degree of sadness that I write that Canon Jim Duxbury died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a long illness. There will be a service of thanksgiving for his…
The church garden reaches out to the community.
St. Mary Magdalene’s Clitheroe have a new logo
A great sing and a great service for Whit Sunday on Downham Green in the Ribble Valley
Plans being made for Education Sunday, September 10th – please join us!
Patronal Festival With our Patronal Festival in the offing, I was considering how different our celebrations are from those in Spanish towns. Each town has its own patron saint, and in most, feast-day bunting is put up in the streets (by the ajuntament, the town council, usually). Clitheroe has municipal bunting, but for tourist purposes,…
How generous are you? 4 Questions to help you find out