WELCOME TO THE PARISH CHURCH
OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, SWANLEY
01322 662201
All Souls Day: Thursday 2nd November 2023
St Mary's places great importance on remembering those we have loved and lost. A central part of this ministry is our Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, All Souls Day, which falls on 2nd November.
We celebrate a said Mass at 10am when we remember all who are on our anniversaries of death list.
At 7.30pm, we shall have a sung Mass at which we shall remember all whose funerals we have done in the last year and anyone for whom we have done memorial services or burials of ashes. We provide some refreshments after the evening Mass.
You are welcome to ask us to remember a relative who has died and you are very welcome to join us at any of our services.
We also make available 7-day candles which are lit for the evening service and remain in church for the following week. If you would like more information about buying a candle, please download the form here, print it out and return it to us with your payment.
Hopes and Dreams
Looking Ahead & Praying Hard!
Outside
The Churchyard
The Churchyard fence needs to be renewed: £25,000
The Church Car Park needs resurfacing: £25,000
A tap within the churchyard itself (rather than on the outside of church): £1,000
New signs: £1,100
Re-landscaping of the church gardens
Re-seating the paths
Implementing the Trees Strategy: £10,000
Inside
Church & Hall
New sound system: £5,000
Relaying wooden flooring: £5,000
New glass doors
New kitchen units: £1,000
Re-lighting the chapel: £3,000
Re-wiring the building: £125,000
Finishing the church, installing west windows: £750,000
Doing What’s Needed
Supporting Ministry
A new photocopier: £10,000
100 battery-powered memorial lights: £600
Set of 15 Stations of the Cross: £8,500
Advent Candle stand: £2,000