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Welcome to St Lawrence
Welcome to St Lawrence Parish Church, York. We are a Prayer Book-Catholic Church near the University of York, outside Walmgate Bar on Lawrence Street. Our principal Sunday service is our 10:15am Parish Mass. Every Sunday evening, we have Evensong at 18:30, which is sung by our choir in university term time.
Upcoming Special Services and Events
Details about our regular Sunday services are here: Sundays at St. Lawrence. Feast Days and Christmas services can be found below, or in more detail, here: Special Services and Events.
Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong returns on the 12th of January 2025, again with an exciting line-up of guest preachers. Every Sunday evening at 6:30pm, come along for cathedral level music and excellent preaching, all within our parish church.
Fr Anonty Pritchett – Sunday 2nd March 2025
On Sunday the 2nd of March we welcome Fr Antony Pritchett to preach at Evensong.
Shrove Tuesday – Tuesday 4th March 2025
On the 4th of March there will be a short service of Evensong at 5:30pm followed by a pancake party in the church at 6pm. All welcome! The Sacrament of Confession is also available from 4:30pm onwards, please speak to Evan on Sunday or email for more details.
Ash Wednesday – Wednesday 5th March 2025
Bishop of Blackburn – Sunday 9th March 2025
On the 9th of March, the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev’d Philip North, will be preaching at Evensong and Celebrating at Benediction. Appropriate refreshments will be served afterwards.
Sunday services
Morning Prayer (BCP)
8:30am
Sung Parish Mass
10.15am
Choral Evensong (BCP)
6.30pm
For information about how to make a donation to sustain the work and ministry of St Lawrence Parish Church, please see here.
We’re delighted to have done the Church of England’s weekly online service, a Candlemas procession, which can be seen here:
Junior choir
