An update from St Mary's
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| | September & October @ St Mary's |
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An update from the teams at St Mary's Church,
Ross-on-Wye
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| | Saturday 29th - Monday 31st August |
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Come along to St Mary's over the Bank Holiday weekend to see this wonderful spectacle. This is a fundraising event and so there is a charge of £5 per person (children free).
There's also a preview evening on Friday at 7.00pm and a fete in the churchyard on Saturday from 10am - 2pm
More details |
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| | Concert: First Wednesday @ 1pm |
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Wednesdays 2nd September @ 7th October - 1.00pm |
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Silvarum is Ross's early music group with a base at St Mary's. We look forward to hearing them. In October we welcome the ever popular Ruth Cartledge (harp). |
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| | Art Exhibition: h.Art @ St Mary's |
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Saturday 5th - Sunday 13th September, open every day 10am - 5pm (11am on Sundays) |
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Yes, it's that time of the year again. h.Art runs for nine days around the county. St Mary's is at the heart of The Ross venues. Please pay us a visit and soak up the great artistic vibe. Several new artists again this year. |
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| | Coffee & Sgwrs @ St Mary's |
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Saturdays 5th September & 3rd October - 10.30am - Noon |
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Our regular coffee session with excellent homemade cake. As usual there is an opportunity to join Welsh speaking tables for a good old natter. You can do that in English too, of course!
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| | Ross Heritage Walk - various subjects |
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Sat 29th Aug 2.30pm | Wed 16th September, 10.30am | Sat 26th September, 2.30pm |
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The Ross Heritage Walks are back for another season. There's one on the third Wednesday of the month until September. By popular request, we're also repeating them on the last Saturday of the month.
If you come on Wednesdays, why not stay on for the free lunchtime talk in St Mary's Church at 1.00pm. You could grab your lunch from one of the excellent High Street outlets and go up and eat in in church or in the churchyard. Details immediately below.
In August we'll be taking a look at the stories behind some of the twelve Museum Without Walls sites around the town. In September, Mark Eardley will visit sites associated with the 18th Century Wye Tour. Please note the changed date of the second of Mark's walks from Sunday to Saturday. |
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| | Talk: Conversations Over Lunch - FREE lunchtime talks |
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Wednesday 16th September & 21st October - 1.00pm |
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Our summer series of FREE lunchtime talks. All are welcome. Bring your lunch if you wish, these are informal events. There will be a rearing collection if you'd like to reward our performers, and us! |
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| | Wednesday 2nd September & 7th October 3.30 - 4.30pm |
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A new after school drop-in club for all young people. We have masses of LEGO (thanks to all the kind donors). A FREE session, just come along and be creative, refreshments available, no pressure. Families very welcome.
Please note this is term time only so no LEGO club in August. |
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| | Book Talk: Churchcrawling by Rachel Morley |
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Thursday 10th September, 7.00pm |
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Join building conservator and church ‘rescuer’ Rachel Morley for a talk on her book Church Crawling – The Secret Lives and Hidden Stories of England’s Churches.
Rachel Morley’s book captures the magical experience of poking around a dusty village church, only to have it transform – through her expert eyes – into a portal to the past, one that brings England’s people and history to life in the most colourful, moving and unexpected ways.
A joint event for Rossiter Books and The Friends of St Mary’s Ross on Wye. |
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| | Saturday 19th September, 7.00pm - St Mary's Church |
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A joint concert by Border Belles and Drybrook Band. |
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| | Concert: Michael Lunts - The Enigma of Elgar |
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Sunday 20th September, 3.00pm |
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If you came along for Michael Lunts' Christmas Cracker during the Christmas Tree Festival, you'll know that he is a very talented performer. This will be a wonderful event. A very different genre this time:
A musical drama about Elgar, focusing on his relationship with his beloved wife Alice. The friends who inspired the famous ‘Enigma Variations’ are also brought to life as, following the death of Alice, Elgar’s senior by a number of years, the composer muses on the origins of that first acknowledged masterpiece, a work that put him on the musical map, and which may never have seen the light of day but for Alice’s encouragement and inspiration. |
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| | Come, Sing & Sup for Harvest |
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Sunday 27th September - 4.00pm rehearsal, 6.00pm service |
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Special music to celebrate Harvest Festival. Join us in the choir (rehearsal at 4pm) or for the service at 6.00pm to see what we've been up to. Optionally, stay for Harvest supper. Please use the link below to book in the choir and/or for supper |
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| | Thursday, 8th October, 6.30pm - St Mary's Church |
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Amy will be in conversation with historian and Gone Medieval podcast host Matt Lewis.
Drawing out the dark and beautiful stories from the original medieval and early-modern texts, Amy guides the reader from citadels through forests, into volcanoes, caves and riverbanks and beyond, even as far as Hell and the Otherworld. Going further than merely the stories, she provides incisive commentary about each tale, emphasising the legends’ crafted nature and their symbiotic relationship with the political cultures of contemporary medieval Europe.
Thirty original linocut illustrations map the inky Arthurian myth-scape, darkened by time, familiar as a dream. |
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| | Concert: A Pocket Opera by Carmen Co |
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Saturday 24th October, 7.30pm - St Mary's Church |
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A comedic concert presented as a play, with costumes, props and a storyline roughly following Bizet’s Carmen, but told from her point of view. "A buffet of musical morsels, served with an infectious mixture of respectful reverence and impish send-up; an evening that will linger long in the memory. In short – unique." CarmenCo will have the audience in turn laughing out loud, and listening with absolute silence to the immersive and evocative music. It's a brilliantly accessible and fun way to present classical music. |
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| | Book Talk - Heather Hurley - Railways |
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Thursday, 29th October, 7.00pm - St Mary's Church |
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Join local historian and author Heather Hurley for a n illustrated talk on railways in Herefordshire and the southern Marches.
A richly detailed and illustrated account of the railways formed between 1845 and 1900 across Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Brecknockshire and Radnorshire.
A joint event for Rossiter Books and The Friends of St Mary’s Ross on Wye.inky Arthurian myth-scape, darkened by time, familiar as a dream. |
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| | AND FINALLY ... Calling all gardeners! |
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The search is on for gardeners who might consider opening their garden in the 2027 Ross Open Gardens. This takes place over the weekend of 29th and 30th May. Your garden doesn't need to be perfect, or large. |
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If you might be able to help, or think you might b persuaded, please drop us an email below.
More details here. |
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| | The Anglican churches in the parishes of Ross, Walford & Brampton Abbotts |
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Supporting and developing the fabric of St Mary's and building partnerships. |
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