We seem to have had a good observance of Christmas at Saint Peter's this year. Numbers of people in church seemed to be back to pre-COVID levels and in some cases up on those. With the temporary closure for most events of Salford Cathedral we were as last year asked to be the hosts for a couple of extra carol services. During Advent we reckon we had about 2860 people in church for one or other of the carol and nativity services and concerts. And the Christmas festival itself was well kept with, we think, 561 people at one or other of the four Christmas masses. Both of these statistics show an increase on 2024.
