At 11:00 (Central European Summer Time) on Sunday, 31 May, the Eucharist for the day of Pentecost will be celebrated at Santa Margarita. While the church remains closed as the result of precautionary measures relating to the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), only two people will be present, the priest (Paul) and the assistant (Kate). You […]
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Worship for Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Worship is being offered online while the church is closed (part of the measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19). Morning Prayer using the Book of Common Prayer is being read in the church at 11:00 CEST. The following video contains the worship, including readings and a homily, for 27 May. Congregational parts are in […]
Worship for Sunday 24 May
At 11:00 (Central European Summer Time) on Sunday, 24 May, the Eucharist for the seventh Sunday of Easter will be celebrated at Santa Margarita. While the church remains closed as the result of precautionary measures relating to the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), only two people will be present, the priest (Paul) and the assistant (Kate). […]
Worship for Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Worship is being offered online while the church is closed (part of the measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19). Morning Prayer using the Book of Common Prayer is being read in the church at 11:00 CEST. The following video contains the worship, including readings and a homily, for 20 May (commemorating Alcuin of York). […]
Making Sense of It All – Or Not
The following article was published in the digital edition for May 2020 of Roqueta, Menorca’s English-language magazine. At the end of March, as the Coronavirus epidemic was just beginning to expose many previously unseen sides of human nature and our communal life together, Time Magazine carried an article with the headline: “Christianity Offers No Answers […]
Theme for Sunday, 10 May 2020
Scripture for the fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 7.55-60; Psalm 31.1-5*; 1 Peter 2.2-10*; John 14.1-14 * not used for online worship Saint Saviour’s is a former church, built in 1838, a Grade 2 listed building, that has nevertheless been converted into a luxurious home with 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, and much else besides – […]
Theme for Sunday, 3 May 2020
Scripture for this Sunday: Acts 2.42–47; Psalm 23 (sung); 1 Peter 2.19–25*; John 10.1–10 * not used for online worship Earlier this week, the church remembered the 19th century poet, Christina Rossetti. One of her poems seems apposite for today: The Lambs of Grasmere, which describes shepherds feeding starving lambs using teapots, and which concludes […]
Worship for Sunday 17 May
At 11:00 (Central European Summer Time) on Sunday, 17 May, the Eucharist for the sixth Sunday of Easter will be celebrated at Santa Margarita. While the church remains closed as the result of precautionary measures relating to the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), only two people will be present, the priest (Paul) and the assistant (Kate). […]
Not Just Food – Meeting A Need
Santa Margarita has for several years prepared food parcels, or vouchers, or both, to assist families in need at Easter, as well as at Christmas and Harvest Thanksgiving. This year, we were challenged by the restrictions relating to COVID-19. For one thing, the Social Services department, with whom we normally organise our donations, was working […]
Worship for Wednesday, 13 May 2020
While worship in person is suspended at Santa Margarita, worship is being offered online. On Wednesdays, Morning Prayer using the Book of Common Prayer is being read in the church at 11:00 CEST. The following video contains the worship, including prayers, readings and a homily for 13 May. Parts in bold are for congregational participation. […]