St Alban’s Church was fortunate to enjoy an excellent Festival Concert that showcased the talents of all age groups. Lynne Derry organised the evening for us, and gave us a mixture of music from Chopin and Bach to … Continue reading →
On Saturday 24th September, 32 people from the Parish of St Alban visited the shrine of our patron saint at St Alban’s Cathedral in Hertfordshire. The Cathedral is truly magnificent, and contains outstanding examples of medieval woodwork, decorations and sculptures. … Continue reading →
Statement in response to the killing of Fr Jacques Hamel in Rouen
Continue reading →On Saturday 13th August The Church On Oakwood will be hosting a children’s Christian activity day for 4 to 11 year olds from 10am to 2pm. There will be Bible stories, games, crafts and music. The cost is £2 per … Continue reading →
On Monday 20th June, the feast day of our parish patron, St Alban, ten of our younger parishioners received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Patrick McKinney. The Mass setting was beautiful and we sang uplifting hymns including ‘Bread … Continue reading →
On Tuesday of Holy Week members of both our Oakwood congregations and St Alban’s came together at the Parish Centre to celebrate a symbolic Feast of the Passover. Led by Fr Paul Newman and Rev Peter Bates we took the … Continue reading →
St Alban’s annual Epiphany Quiz was once again a great success, with the largest number of teams yet. Our regular quiz masters, Geoff and Jo Rowlands, led us in a light hearted and entertaining evening, where we got to show … Continue reading →
Christian Churches throughout Britain celebrated the 20th anniversary of Racial Justice Sunday this weekend. Since 1995, Christians have set the second Sunday in September aside as an opportunity to consider issues of racial justice and pray for peace and acceptance … Continue reading →
Eileen Rees shares her experiences of a very special day as Monsignor Patrick Joseph McKinney is ordained as our next bishop: “I was honoured to be asked to attend the ordination of our new Bishop Patrick at the cathedral on … Continue reading →
Today at St Alban’s and The Church on Oakwood the Mass was led by Fr Philip Holland. Fr Philip celebrated the 20th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on June 6th and both congregations wanted to mark this special … Continue reading →