Churches

Churches

Gaia: giant Earth artwork returns to Southwark Cathedral

Luke Jerram’s Gaia – a seven-metre artistic representation of the planet Earth – has returned to Southwark Cathedral as part of a programme designed to inspire visitors of all ages into positive action to protect the planet.

Education

St George's Cathedral Primary School plans to join academy trust

The primary school attached to Southwark's Roman Catholic cathedral is planning to become an academy.

Education

600 sign petition against school merger

More than 600 people have signed a petition criticising proposals for the amalgamation of two primary schools near the Elephant & Castle.

Lambeth

Half-finished '£15m' Lambeth mansion back on market for just £6m

A former rectory near Lambeth Palace - now part-converted to a luxury mansion - is back on the market with a £6 million price tag, two years after it was touted with a £15 million asking price.

Churches

Mark Oakley installed as Southwark Cathedral dean

The Very Revd Dr Mark Oakley has been installed as Dean of Southwark at a service at Southwark Cathedral on Sunday afternoon.

Charities & voluntary sector

London Bridge day centre for homeless appeals for help to meet £75k deficit

A London Bridge day centre for homeless people has launched a Christmas appeal as it faces a £75,000 deficit.

Churches

St George’s Cathedral: plans to add height to unfinished tower

The tower of Southwark's Roman Catholic cathedral - famously unfinished for the last 175 years - could gain a few extra feet in height under plans to make it safer for maintenance workers to carry out roof repairs.

Churches

Turin Shroud replica on display in Southwark

A full-size replica of the Turin Shroud - the 4.5-metre linen cloth believed by some to have been used to wrap the body of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion - is on display in Southwark.

Churches

From Lourdes to Lambeth Road: relics of St Bernadette come to SE1

Thousands of people are expected to visit St George's Cathedral this week to venerate the relics of St Bernadette Soubirous, whose visions of the Virgin Mary led to the establishment of the famous shrine at Lourdes in France.

Churches

Waterloo boy returns to SE1 as Dean of St George's Cathedral

Fr Michael Branch has been inducted as the new Dean of Southwark's Roman Catholic Cathedral, marking a return to SE1 for a priest who can trace several generations of his family history in Waterloo.

Churches

St John’s Waterloo: Archbishop of Canterbury rededicates church

The completion of a £5.5 million programme to renew St John's Waterloo was marked on Sunday by a rededication service at which the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby presided and preached.

Churches

St George's Cathedral dean Richard Hearn has died

The death was announced on Friday of Canon Richard Hearn, dean of Southwark's Roman Catholic cathedral.

Churches

St John’s Waterloo: work starts on major restoration

The congregation of St John's Waterloo met this week for their last Sunday service in the building till spring 2022 as work on a £5 million restoration of the church begins.

Health

COVID-19 testing centres open at London Bridge and Waterloo

Essential workers and others who can't work from home can now have free COVID-19 lateral flow tests at Waterloo and London Bridge.

History

Justin Welby’s Southwark visit 850 years after Thomas Becket

Friday's special service of Choral Evensong commemorated the anniversary of Thomas Becket preaching at the Priory of St Mary Overie, now Southwark Cathedral, on 11 December 1170 before heading out of London for Canterbury and his subsequent martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170. "Back in

Churches

Southwark Cathedral introduces Hodge the cat

Southwark Cathedral's new resident cat was introduced to the congregation at the end of the Sunday morning Choral Eucharist.