All Saints, Hereford
Parish Mass takes place every Sunday at 9:30am. You can also join us for a Low Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 12:10 in the Lady Chapel. The Rosary is also prayed each Monday at 12:10 in the Lady Chapel – beginners very welcome.
If you would like to have a look around our beautiful and historic church, it is open most days, 8am-4pm. You can stop for a cup of coffee, a treat or a spot of lunch in the excellent cafe run from the building, Bill’s Kitchen.
All Saints Church has been a focus of Hereford life for over 800 years. Its dramatic twisted spire dominates the skyline, and the medieval interior is an inspired meeting of the sacred and the secular: we aim to serve the human need for physical and social as well as spiritual nourishment.
The original All Saints, probably dating from 1200AD, did not last long and it may well have been damaged by an earthquake. Rebuilding was soon started, but took a long time and it was not until about 1330AD that the new church was completed, very much as we see it today.
It seems that the tower and spire had always leant over (until the straightening of the 1990s), because the builders did not realise until it was too late that they were laying the foundations of one side very close to one and possibly more rubbish pits. In later years the spire was given a further twist at the top, as metal fixing for the stones rusted badly and pushed the stones out of place. There is a ring of eight bells, which regularly peal out over the city.
A massive project of repairs and restoration took place in the 1990s. All Saints re-opened in July 1997 and since then has gone from strength to strength with an average of over three thousand visitors a week. The building is a church, a community centre and a cafe. It is a place where people of all faiths and beliefs are welcome to pray, worship, talk, eat a delicious meal or use the space for all kinds of performances and meetings.
The Nave has been used for many different events from Shakespeare to Flamenco. The South Chapel has been used for dinners, displays, sales, meetings and office lunches.
All Saints is a Parish church within the Church of England with regular services of worship.
If you are interested in using the church for a community or arts event, please contact Jackie Mumford on 01432 370414 or email jm.mumford@btinternet.com
Sunday Services in the West Hereford Team for the coming week.
| St. Michael's | Holy Trinity | St. Nicholas' | All Saints | |
| 9:30am | BCP Communion | Mass@AllSaints with launch and blessing of the Stations of the Nativity | ||
| 11:00am | Parish Eucharist | Morning Prayer | ||
| 6:30pm | Advent Carol Service |
Holy Trinity Monday - Thursday at 8.15am - Morning Prayer & Communion
Zoom every weekday at 8.30am - Morning Prayer
All Saints Mondays at 12:10pm - Rosary Group.
All Saints Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 12:10pm - Said Mass.
Holy Trinity Thursday at 10:00am - Holy Communion.
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