A wonderful selection of images of what’s been going on

The Annual Pilgrimage to Harvington Hall, Shrine of The English Martyrs The parish church of St Mary’s Harvington lays across the car park from Harvington Hall, Diocesan Shrine of the English Martyrs. Each year we have been privileged to host a pilgrimage to the site...

Thanks to our Gardening Team we now have a daffodil lined path leading us to the reopened doors of St Mary’s.  

In the 1911 census GEORGE GRIFFIN is listed as 14 years of age and working with his father on their farm in Purshall Green. His younger brother, Thomas aged 11, was at school. His grandmother Sarah had died and was buried here at St Mary’s in 1906. George joined the...

Professional photographer and parishioner, Mike Jones, has captured the beauty of St Mary’s in the golden season.    

With this year’s Summer Fete necessarily cancelled, professional photographer and parishioner Mike Jones has sent a selection of pictures taken at last year’s event to brighten these worrying times. Mike has used a ‘water colour’ effect to transform everyone pictured...

Some members of our Children’s Liturgy Group have been creatively drawing. Colouring and painting. The pictures remind us to look upwards, be optimistic and to show our gratitude to the NHS and all the essential workers who are helping us through these unusual days....

St Mary’s Church rainbow tribute to the NHS and keyworkers, keeping us all going during these unprecedented times.

The roses in the Priest’s House Garden are now bursting with colour. During these days when only Fr John permitted to enter the church, he regularly places a bloom by the statue of Our Lady in St Mary’s on behalf of us all. 

Parishioner and professional photographer Mike Jones has captured the beauty of the Priest’s House garden at St Mary’s with these four stunning pictures. By using a filter, he re-imagined the tranquillity of the garden as if it had been painted in watercolours. 

Parishioners Terry and Barrie shared this cheerful, optimistic picture their thoughtful grandchildren made for them: Henry and Stanley fixed their rainbow of hope onto Nana and Pop's shed at the allotment as a surprise. We may not be allowed to hug or get close to our...

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Photographer Mike Jones has captured the beauty of St Mary’s Church in the winter evening light.  

The feast of the Epiphany, which was kept in the East and in certain Western Churches before being observed in Rome, seems to have been originally a feast of the nativity; January 6, for those churches where it was kept, was the equivalent of Christmas (December 25)...

The Annual Pilgrimage Mass Once a year, on the first Sunday of September, Harvington receives several hundred pilgrims and priests from parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The 2019 Pilgrimage was on Sunday 1st September The four martyrs especially...