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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 Christmas.


Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong begins once again on Sunday 29th September at 6:30pm with an exciting line up of Guest Preachers.


Sunday 24th November – 6:30pm – Choral Evensong for the Feast of Christ the King with sermon by Fr Michael Brydon, Priest-in-Charge of St Matthew, Douglas, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Sodor & Man.


Advent and Christmas at St Lawrence


Holy Hour has resumed as of Wednesday 25th September.

Throughout Michaelmas Term, we will have Holy Hour in the church hall at 7.00pm. If you would like to come please get in touch with us at – this is for catering purposes. We ask for a donation towards the cost of the meal.

There will be a series of discussions and talks in the subsequent weeks on a Wednesday evening over a meal concluding with an act of worship no later than 9.00pm.


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

The St Lawrence junior choir sing with the adult Evensong choir at Carols by Candlelight on December 11th 2022.