Dear parishioners and friends of S. Bart’s, This afternoon Bishop Asbil announced that the diocese will enter the first phase of parish reopening on Sunday, 13 September. This is very welcome news to us all. Last week the Diocese releasedRead more
Dear parishioners and friends, I hope and pray that you are all safe and well in this anxious time. This is a very quick note to let you know that we are hoping to upload tomorrow’s service to our YouTubeRead more
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 25 March 2020 Dear parishioners and friends of S. Bartholomew’s, S. Bart’s needs your support! Recent efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have caused tremendous change in our lives, and in the day-to-dayRead more
When I arrived at S. Bart’s just over six years ago, it was clear that we would face many challenges together. It never occurred to me that one of them would be a time of global pandemic, during which publicRead more
Sunday, 15 March, 2020 Dear friends, Thank you for your patience with us as we adjust to the new realities of our time. This morning, a small ‘skeleton crew’ met together to celebrate and record a Low Mass with someRead more
Saturday, 14 March, 2020 Dear parishioners and friends of S. Bart’s, I am writing to update you on the current situation in our diocese with regard to the Covid-19 outbreak. Late last evening Bishop Asbil wrote a letter to theRead more
In my last blog post (‘A Tale of Three Priests, or, the Christian Life Embodied’), I spoke of the three elements of religion – the mystical, the institutional, and the intellectual – and the need for a proper cultivation andRead more
Recently I was reading a little book by Kenneth Leech, Subversive Orthodoxy: Traditional Faith and Radical Commitment. Father Leech, who died last year, was a priest in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, who, although he spent his entire ministry amongst the mostRead more
The following is an adapted excerpt from Father Hannam’s charge to the Advisory Board meeting held on Sunday, February 21, 2016. The form of religion that we inhabit at St Bart’s has several characteristics upon which I would ask youRead more
The following is the text of a sermon preached by Father Hannam at St James Cathedral at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2015. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom ofRead more
