Author: Eva Walters
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First Communions
For the last six weeks, five of our children from across the benefice have been preparing to take their first communion with Claire and Eva. We’ve had a lots of fun and opportunity for some great discussions. Then, last Sunday, both parishes were able to celebrate along with their families and friends as they took…
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Children, Families and Young People’s News: Autumn 2023
Welcome to our seasonal children, families and young people’s update. If you would like to be notified by email each week about what’s happening in the parish, please sign up here: If you have any questions about an activity in this update, please send them to eva@stmargaretsoxford.org I love forward to seeing you over the…
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Winchester Pilgrimage Day Five – Our last day!
After saying goodbye to Dan who was off on another adventure, we got ready to go. Our last day was to be a shorter walk along the beautiful River Itchen. It took us just over an hour to get into the city (including traditional pilgrimage cookie stop) which was just in time for the midday…
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Winchester Pilgrimage Day Four
No youth’s update today – as I write the young people are all enjoying a playing spoons in the games room. We’ve had a mildly challenging walk in the rain this afternoon, but their bellies are now filled with pizza and sweet treats (thanks, Sam!) and they have a little while before compline this evening.…
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Winchester Pilgrimage Day Three
New Pilgrims, disused railways and some very beautiful churches, Tom-Tom (Thomas) spills the beans on today’s Wednesday pilgrimage: After a slightly later get-up and breakfast, the team packed our bags, tied up our shoes and got into our respective cars and drove off. After a twenty minute walk we arrived at the car park. One…
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Winchester Pilgrimage Day Two
Max has kindly agreed to write about our second day on the pilgrimage: We started our journey today by driving to the south coast, with good views towards the Isle of Wight which looked very close. We found pebbles on the beach, which were used to pray for each other. and sang a hymn. Then…