All Saints Margaret Street.

Dear friends,

I am very pleased to announce the news that our next Assistant Director of Music will be Tom Winpenny. I hope you will join me in congratulating and welcoming him. He is a first-rate musician with an impressive career, and will be a wonderful addition to our Music Department. I am so pleased that we are able to offer this post to a musician of such extensive experience, skill, and talent.

You will be aware that Jeremiah Stephenson left All Saints’ at Easter to take up a post at St Thomas’, Fifth Avenue. Over the past few months an exacting process of search, advertisement, musical trial, and interview has resulted in Tom being offered the role. I would like to thank Stevie Farr, our Director of Music, for the considerable amount of time and effort he has put into this process.

Tom Winpenny, who will join us in October, worked for over 15 years as Assistant Master of the Music and Director of the Girls Choir at St Albans Cathedral. Before that he was Sub-Organist at St Paul’s Cathedral. He has been organ scholar at Worcester Cathedral, St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and King’s College, Cambridge. You can find out more about his biography along with his substantial repertoire, performance, and conducting history on his website here.

In response to his appointment, Tom has commented, “I’m honoured to have the opportunity to be part of the rich musical and liturgical tradition at All Saints’ and to be part of the church community. I’m very much looking forward to playing the wonderful Harrison & Harrison organ, as well as to working with Fr Peter and with Stephen Farr and the renowned choir in the weekly choral services.”

Dr Stevie Farr, our Director of Music, has welcomed Tom in these words: “I know I speak for my colleagues in the choir as well as for myself when I say we’re delighted that Tom has accepted the post of Assistant Director of Music at All Saints’. Tom comes to us with a distinguished record of achievement as a player and conductor, and we look forward to welcoming him to the music team in October.”

I am so pleased that a musician of such substance has agreed to be our next Assistant Director of Music. During the interview process Tom exhibited, in addition to outstanding musical prowess, a deep understanding of the role of music in the worshipping life of a Christian community, and clearly had an appreciation for our distinct Anglo-Catholic tradition.

I am confident Tom will be a great blessing to our parish’s life and I am grateful to him for accepting this post.

Fr Peter

Walsingham Pilgrimages

Two more pilgrimages to Walsingham will take place this year. Places are free on both trips:

Annual parish weekend pilgrimage
Friday 18th – 21st September 2026
Our weekend pilgrimage to Walsingham involves staying in Shrine accommodation and spending the weekend there. This pilgrimage involves: a Pilgrimage Mass on the Saturday at the Shrine Church; evening processions; sacraments of healing; sprinkling at the holy well and finishing with procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction.

The cost is £240 Friday pm to Sunday evening – including full board plus mini-coach from Kings Lynn. Please note that we travel up to Kings Lynn by train and pilgrims need to book their own train ticket.

Please book your place and pay via Eventbrite here.

Walsingham Advent Retreat
Friday 4th – Sunday 6th December 2026
This pilgrimage is more reflective in character and takes the form of a silent retreat. All those who take part go into silence on Friday evening after supper. Silence is then kept in the Shrine grounds through the whole of Saturday until after the Solemn Mass on Sunday morning which takes place at St Mary’s parish church. This year’s retreat leader will be Bishop Peter Eagles.

The cost is £240 – including full board plus mini-coach from Kings Lynn. Please note that we travel up to Kings Lynn by train and pilgrims need to book their own train ticket. We will set off around midday on Friday 4th December and return to Kings Cross on Sunday evening around 7.00 pm.

Please book your place and pay via Eventbrite here.

Volunteer Stewards for Assumption Procession

Our annual Assumption procession is coming up on Sunday, 16th August at 6pm. We need help stewarding the procession. New volunteers are especially welcome. Please speak to Fr Alan if you are interested.

Parish Walk

Our next parish walk will take place on Saturday 22nd August 2026 on the Kent Downs. Our rambling group will take the 10.34 Ramsgate train to Wye from Charing Cross Station. The walk will be around nine miles with some ascents. All are welcome. Please be in touch with Fr Alan to sign up or for more information.

Young adults dinner

There will be a dinner in our parish courtyard for our young adults group on Thursday 20th August 2026. If you would like to attend, please be in touch with Fr Alan.

Filming this Sunday

Please note that some filming will take place this Sunday as well as on 16th August during our liturgies as part of a documentary being made about Gen Z interest in, and return to, Christian faith. The film makers are interested in examining the perspectives of young parishioners at All Saints’. It has been agreed their filming will be carefully regulated and discrete in character.

Flowers

Attendance last Sunday

The Friends of All Saints’ Margaret Street

10th – Fr Michael Maine, Fr David Mason, Robert Mason, Graham Mather, Thomas McBryer, Fr Stephen McClatchie, John McWhinney, Peter Medine, Colin Menzies OBE

11th – Stephen Miller, Clark Mitchell, Thomas Moller, Barry Moore, Grace Morgan, Dr John Morrell, Fr Stephen Morris, Michael Mortensen, Inger Mosbery

12th – Carol Mundell, Brian Newman, Sasha Nixon, Elaine Norman, Fr Paul Ockford, Anna and Fr Peter Oesterby-Joergensen, Amanda Oldman

13th – Fr Barry Orford, Nicholas Page, Malcolm Parr, David Parrott, Bhaven Patel, Alma Pearson, Gladys Pearson, Pat Philips, Dr Colin Podmore

14th – Cecilia and Nicholas Powell, Susan Prain, Huw Pryce, Vasileios Psomas, Michael Readman, Carlos Rendon, Hekki Repo, Fr Steve Rice, Fr Peter Roberts

15th – Hilary Rodger, Charlotte Roueche, Greg Round, Jamie Rundle, Gianluca Ryan Smith, Mary Sherred, James Shrimpton, The All Saints’ Sisters of the Poor, Ingrid Slaughter, Paul Sorensen

The sick

Jean Castledine, David Craig, Paul Faithful, Winifred Haws, Fr Harry Hodgetts, Danny Mather, Ingrid Slaughter, Juliet Windham, Martin Woods, Winfried Haws, Fr Luke Demetri, Jim Carson, Chantale Choley

The recently departed

Edith Ann Fletcher, Ivor John Croft, Nicholas Clark

Anniversaries of death

Services this week