What's On

THIS PAGE IS UPDATED REGULARLY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK.        ​LAST ​​UPDATED 06/02/2026
Our church is OPEN between 9.00 & 4.00pm daily 
​​Sunday Mass: 9.30am  - is also livestreamed each week - See Worship page
​Recordings remain available afterwards for 3 weeks. 
Daily Masses: Click here for this week's Mass times
Monthly Newsletter: Click here for the February edition

 Want to explore the Christian faith?
Join our new course on Sundays, 11:00–12:00 (approx.), from 8 February to 29 March (Palm Sunday).

 Thinking about Baptism or Confirmation? 
Wanting to explore the Christian faith more deeply? 
The “Bread of Life” course. includes videos and audio recordings, and Chris and Taylor will be joining me, so it won’t be just one presenter.
​Course books are available to follow up at home: we have some copies for £10 each. If you’d like one, please sign the list in church or get in touch via the Contact page. We can order more if needed (they may cost a little more), so it’s first come, first served. - Fr Philip
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THANK YOU

Thank you to all who donate towards the upkeep of services and the maintenance of ministry at St Mary's church, which are much appreciated. 
You can now give online via 'Give a Little' - click here   ​See the Donations page for other ways of giving, including regular giving through the Parish Giving Scheme, set up by and for the Church of England, or by Standing Order

Healing Ministry 

Monday 9th Feb
Monthly Healing Service

2.30pm Mass, laying on of hands and anointing
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Silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament from 1.30pm

All welcome...
​Jesus offers his healing and peace freely!

​The healing ministry is an integral part of the Gospel and an important aspect of the life of St Mary's. All are welcome and of course there is no charge. Healing services are quiet and meditative and you will not be asked any intrusive questions.
Please contact Fr Philip if you would like to discuss any aspect of this.

Tuesday Coffee & Cake
10.00-10.30 after the 9.30 Mass. Come and meet friends old and new.

Armoury Project

For the latest updates, click here

Exciting news ....
New discoveries about the Armoury! ​  Launch of 2 publications....

Mendlesham possesses a unique 16th & 17th Century Armoury complete with original arms and armour. It also has a wealth of contemporaneous parish records. Thanks to funding by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, a group of volunteers was able painstakingly to photograph, transcribe, record and research entries from over 130 documents stored at Suffolk Archives, Ipswich, to provide more valuable insight into its history. These are the results of that research.
'Mendlesham Armoury Revisited - Revelations from the Parish Archives.' ​-
​a booklet by the Mendlesham Armoury Research Group.
Describing the project and discoveries made in Parish manuscripts about the  arms & armour and the soldiers who used it, viewed from a local perspective and posing some interesting questions.
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64 pages: £11.50 incl p&p
£7.50 for Mendlesham residents and those able to collect
​'Transcriptions of the Mendlesham Armoury Archives' ​- 
​a book by Shona Rutherford-Edge, with contributions by the Mendlesham Armoury Research Group. 
Transcriptions from the  manuscripts about the Armoury, its artefacts and local families of those relating to the arms & armour within the wider historical context.
240 oages: £20 inc p&p
£15 for Mendlesham residents and those able to collect
Also still available - the booklet which describes and explains the 'why, what and where' of the Mendlesham Armoury. This booklet was published thanks to generous localities grant by Suffolk County Council in 2024 ​
The Mendlesham Armoury
​by historian Shona Rutherford Edge.
32 pages: £7.50 inc. p&p.
£5 for Mendlesham residents and those able to collect
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Click here to go to order forms. *If you live locally and are able to arrange to collect copies, they are, of course, cheaper without p&p. Please send a message via the order form.

Book:
​Mistress Kathleen's Kitchen


Research and Recipes by Kathleen Hallaways in her Tudor Food Demonstration at the Mendlesham Heritage Fair in May 2024.
Kathleen is selling this 68 page book on Tudor Food Price: £10
Copies available at:
M&M Butchers, Stowupland
Diss Museum
or contact Kathleen directly, either by email here:
 or phone: 07857​ 234268Thank you, Kathleen, for the huge amount of time and effort you have put into this!
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