The Provisional Parish of St. Alban and St. Henry VI meets at the Liberal Catholic Church, Meadow Way, Letchworth, at 9:00 every Sunday.
We are very grateful to the Liberal Catholics for their hospitality.
The normal form of worship is Mass according to the English Missal, with English Hymnal. That means that all congregational parts of the service, and many prayers, are those of the Book of Common Prayer.
There is usually one mid-week mass, and about every month we hold a Solemn High Mass on a convenient Saturday, usually at 11:00. This link will open a page of pictures.
The priest in charge is Michael Silver who can best be contacted for further information on 01462 684540.
Forthcoming Saturday and other Masses:
- 16th August
- 20th September
- October 4th
- St. Michael and all Angels (also St. Francis)
- 1st November
- All Saints
- 6th December
- St. Nicholas (Archbishop Mercer preaching)
- 10th January
- Assumption (Archbishop Mercer preaching)
- Holy Cross
- Epiphany
Other dates to be issued shortly.
Other Content:
You can also access:
- sermons and essays by Fr. Michael Silver and Fr. Michael Gray.
- pictures of the recent baptism of Nicholas Thompson.
- the "Old Believer" archive.
Our Traditional Calling
The Holy One has given us His Church that we might give glory to Him and that He might save us from evil and unite us to Himself. The Eternal Father sent both His Eternal, unique Son to destroy death and sin and His Eternal Spirit into our hearts to reclaim us as His own children (Romans 8:15-6). This remaking of creation is both His love and His glory. His Church is the Eternal Son's continuous presence in a troubled world.
The Church, sadly, is troubled enough for itself (and always has been) and yet recently it has also lost confidence in the very faith and authority that God has entrusted to it. Anglicans have been in the front line of this confusion, but as traditional Anglicans we want to make amends, be useful and rebuild God's Church. We desire that every Christian body should become stronger in that traditional faith which is our common inheritance.
There are, alas, many traditional jurisdictions. In this parish we are part of The Traditional Anglican Church, which is in turn part of the Traditional Anglican Communion, active in many parts of the world where strange practices have driven Anglicans who hold to the Apostolic Faith and Order to seek refuge from error.
We welcome you, as either a serious inquirer or a committed Christian, to join with us in daring to attempt to restore God's honour within His Church.
We believe that this solution might rightly appeal to those who cherish the former ethos of the Church of England, and do not wish to lose it by individually joining the Eastern Orthodox or Roman Catholic communions. Membership of the Traditional Anglican Communion does not require the adoption of new beliefs, nor the denial of blessings received in the past.
The Traditional Anglican Communion believes that it has an obligation actively to seek unity, and has accordingly begun approaches to the Church of Rome. This is not the same thing as seeking to become Roman Catholics.