CORONAVIRUS: St Mary’s is now open for private prayer

On 24th March 2020 the Archbishops of Canterbury and York wrote to Anglican churches regarding the Coronavirus:

The archbishops and bishops of the Church of England have written collectively to clergy, through their dioceses, urging them now to close all church buildings – other than where they are needed to keep a foodbank running, but even then under strict limits.

“ Public worship will have to stop for a season. Our usual pattern of Sunday services and other mid-week gatherings must be put on hold. But this does not mean that the Church of England has shut up shop.”

This means that until further notice there will be no Sunday services in the West Wycombe benefice – at St Paul’s, West Wycombe, St Paul’s, Bledlow Ridge, St Botolph’s, Bradenham and St Mary the Virgin, Radnage.

However, following the recent Government announcement regarding the opening of places of worship for private prayer, St Mary’s Church, Radnage, will be open for private prayer daily during daylight hours from 15th June onwards.
Please follow guidance notes and instructions in or around the church regarding use of hand sanitisers and maintaining social distancing.

Please follow guidance notes and instructions in or around the church regarding use of hand sanitisers and maintaining social distancing.

There will be no church weddings until further notice; funerals will not take place inside church buildings and the only baptisms will be emergency baptisms in a hospital or home.

“These are unprecedented times,” the bishops write.

You can read more on A Church Near You website:

If you have a wedding or baptism planned our clergy will contact you.