Celebration Eucharist for the Feast of St Aelred

for 1 hour
All Saints' Church, Helmsley
Church St, Helmsley, York, YO62 5AD, United Kingdom
On the Feast of St Aelred of Rievaulx we gather for a quiet and reflective celebration of Holy Communion in St Aelred’s Chapel at All Saints Church, Helmsley.
St Aelred, monk, abbot, and spiritual writer, is remembered especially for his teaching on friendship, community, and the healing grace of love shared in Christ. As one so deeply connected with this landscape and with the Abbey at Rievaulx, his feast day offers a moment to pause, pray, and give thanks for the gift of faithful companionship and the presence of God among us.
This short midday service is open to all. Whether you come regularly or simply wish to mark the feast day in prayer, you are warmly welcome to join us.

Church of St Mary, Scawton

Church of St Mary, Scawton, Upper Ryedale, North Yorkshire

Church of St Mary, Main Street, Scawton, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 2HG

The church was built in 1146 by the cistercian monks who later built Byland Abbey, and is structurally unchanged. It lies in the attractive hamlet of Scawton in idyllic Upper Ryedale. St Mary's is a Grade 1 listed, and has many historical features.

St Mary's church sits in the centre of Scawton (meaning "farm in the hollow"), east of Sutton Bank, in a scenic rural setting. It was built for Hugh de Malebisse, steward for the famous De Mowbray family of Thirsk and his retainers. Its font came from Old Byland in 1146 and has been used for baptisms by 31 generations of villagers. Behind the 16th altar is the stone original - a great rarity, since these were banned in the Reformation. The piscina is of early 13th century workmanship. Below the 12th century north pair of windows is a curious recess within which is a long stone basin/sink with an outlet at the back - a lavatorium! - brought from Byland or Rievaulx. St Aelred of Rievaulx became Abbot at Rievaulx the year after the church was built, and a plaque in the church proclaims "God is Friendship", which first appears in the treatise "Spiritual Friendship" by the great St Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, friend of Roger, the abbot of the Byland community when they were building the Church of St Mary.

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Celebration Eucharist for the Feast of St Aelred

for 1 hour
All Saints' Church, Helmsley
Church St, Helmsley, York, YO62 5AD, United Kingdom

On the Feast of St Aelred of Rievaulx we gather for a quiet and reflective celebration of Holy Communion in St Aelred’s Chapel at All Saints Church, Helmsley.
St Aelred, monk, abbot, and spiritual writer, is remembered especially for his teaching on friendship, community, and the healing grace of love shared in Christ. As one so deeply connected with this landscape and with the Abbey at Rievaulx, his feast day offers a moment to pause, pray, and give thanks for the gift of faithful companionship and the presence of God among us.
This short midday service is open to all. Whether you come regularly or simply wish to mark the feast day in prayer, you are warmly welcome to join us.

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