St Mary’s Magazine – Christmas 2022
Welcome to the Christmas 2022 edition of the St Mary’s Magazine.
This is our Eighth Magazine edition to be published on our website – our second birthday! Please note that there will still be a print version available for those who want one, and you can also see old editions in our website archive.
From the Rectory
When I began writing this, there was no sign of the cold snap slowing down. The street outside the Rectory was just pure ice and the snow lay deep on the pavements. We should be very thankful that gritter trucks had been out and about and I am grateful that this type of service continues…
Jacket Potato, anyone?
The back of the church was full to bursting by 3 December – full of coats, jackets, hats, scarves and gloves, all donated by the people of Aberdeen and sorted and arranged by the people of St. Mary’s. By ten that morning, when the doors were due to open, people had been waiting outside for…
Diocesan Library and Archive
If you’ve been in St. Mary’s recently, you’ll have seen a large pile of boxes near the back of the church, and some half-assembled shelving. This is because for a few months we are playing host to the Diocesan Library, until the contents are transferred elsewhere. After Christmas the shelves will be finished and the…
Thoughts on the Road to Bethlehem
“You will see in the world what you carry in your heart” (Creig Crippon) Christmas and the run up to Christmas can be an emotional time for all of us. We carry in our hearts pockets of memories from the past and from the present moment in time. Have you ever used, or considered using…
Igbo Community Aberdeen
Igbo Community Aberdeen Annual Thanksgiving Service 2022 On Sunday 4th December 2022, we at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Aberdeen played host to the Igbo Community Aberdeen on the occasion of their annual thanksgiving service. Every year on the first Sunday in December, the Igbo Community holds their annual thanksgiving service at any of the churches which…
Roll of Honour
A recently rediscovered Roll of Honour has appeared in the War Memorial Chapel, listing all those men and women connected with St. Mary’s who served in the First World War. Those who gave their lives are marked with a cross, and curiously three of them are not listed on our wall-mounted war memorial. The first…
Chapel Chairs Rescue
In preparation for the arrival of the Diocesan Archive files at the end of November we had to do some tidying up of our storerooms. The Archive file boxes were destined for the Girls’ Vestry (off the Crypt), so space was needed elsewhere to house things like wine and catering items. In the storeroom to…