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S Giles is once again open for public worship.  Seats must be booked in advance.  Book here for the Sunday Mass, and here for the Wednesday Mass.

Both of these services will also be broadcast on our BlueJeans Channel.  Click here for an invite.

The latest issue of our Parish Magazine is available below.

Daily Mass will return on Friday, 25 September.

As we have opened the Lady Chapel for private prayer, Mass is now said daily at the High Altar and then posted online.  Wednesday the Mass is live at 1030 and not recorded.

Readings for the day

The Divine Offices

The Online Chancel opens 5-10 minutes before each service.  Services start promptly on the hour but there may be a 30 second delay.

The Offices will not be broadcast again until Friday, 25 September.  You can still join our Discord Chancel, contact Lucy.

Live everyday:
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Mattins is at 9am
Evensong at 6pm
​Compline at 9pm

  Link to our Discord Chancel     Texts for the Offices:   The Psalter       Mattins (9am)     Evensong (6pm).    Compline (9pm)

RENEWING  MINDS          |         IGNITING HEARTS         |         INSPIRING LIVES

S GILES' TEACHING INITIATIVE FOR 2020/21

Wednesday, 23 September, 7.30pm

Homer: The Odyssey

Dr Daveth Frost, former Head of Holy Cross College, Manchester, will lead us through one of the great epics of literary history, Homer's Odyssey. The Odyssey of Homer is a Greek epic poem that tells of the return journey of Odysseus to the island of Ithaca from the war at Troy, which Homer addressed in The Iliad. 

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Enjoy our Parish Magazine.​ You can flip through it below, or download a copy for later.  Give each page time to load!

 Weekly ZOOM Bible Study
​Fridays at 11.30am (closed for the summer)

Fr Tomas leads a weekly group to study the Scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday.  If you would like to know the readings you can find them at universalis.com.  Please contact Fr Tomas if you would like to know the details.

Worship with us

Whether it's our regular Sunday Mass, or weekday services, or our regular study groups, this is where you'll find out what's going on at S Giles-in-Reading.  This Sunday is here, and weekly services are here.

Feasts & Fasts

The fulness of the Christian life means celebrating all the important moments in our Lord's life, and the life of his Mother and all the Saints.  Fasting & Abstinence is our way of preparing for these feasts.  

Old Wine Club

A university student or young adult?  Interested in good companionship, a nice meal and seriously deep discussion about important stuff?  This is definitely for you.  Visit the website.

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Serving the poor

Prayer leads us to serve.  Whether it's sheltering the homeless, or feeding the hungry, we continue to struggle with what it means to reach out to those in need with the practical love of Christ.

Who's who at S Giles

Whether it's the Vicar, the Curate, the assistant priests, the Churchwardens, the Choir Director, the Sunday School leader, or anyone else in leadership at S Giles, you'll find out about them here.

​An Experiment in Unity?

​Our community comes from just about every corner of the globe, and every strand of the Christian tradition.  We are a living experiment in the Unity which Christ promised his Church.

S Giles-in-Reading is a parish of the Society under the pastoral and sacramental care of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.
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​Safeguarding: This parish is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children and people of all ages in our church community.
Further information and contact details are on our Safeguarding page.

Our General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) policy can be downloaded here (PDF).  Or here for DocX.

Southampton Street, Reading
Post: S Giles Vicarage, Church St, Reading, Berks, RG1 2SB
(0118)9572831  sgiles.vicar (at) gmail.com