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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 has ended to allow our choristers to have a Christmas break! Evensong continues every sunday, sung congregationally, and over the Advent season there are carols services on some Sundays, more details below. Choral evensong restarts on the 12th of January 2025.
Advent and Christmas at St Lawrence
Community Carols
On sunday the 22nd of December at 6:30pm we have our Community Carols. This is a more relaxed carol service featuring classic, well known carols and readings that remind us of the prophecies that foretell the birth of Jesus. Following the service there is a mulled wine and mince pies at the back of church.
Midnight Mass
At 11:30pm on Tuesday the 24th of December we have our Midnight Mass service, featuring incense and bells. Our celebrant and preacher is the Right Reverend Paul Ferguson, the retired Bishop of Whitby.
Christmas Day Mass
At 10:15 on Wednesday the 25th of December we have our Christmas Day mass. Celebrant and Preacher: Fr Peter Langford
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
