St. Marys Church

Welcome to Calne

CALNE is a small town in the north of the Salisbury Diocese. The Parish of Calne and Blackland is part of a caring Christian community in the town and welcomes new members and visitors.
It is surrounded by beautiful countryside to the west of the Marlborough Downs. Calne has a fascinating history; St Edmund was vicar of Calne when he was called to be Archbishop of Canterbury in 1234, Joseph Priestly, who was significant in the discovery of oxygen, lived in Calne, as did Jan Ingenhuz who discovered photosynthesis.

Three Churches one Family

St Mary’s Church dates from 12^th century and was substantially updated in the Victorian era, it has a wonderful organ case designed by CR Ashbee and many other treasures. St Peter’s Church is on the outskirts of town and is also very ancient dating from at least 13^th century and once served a small farming community. It is situated in an idyllic rural setting. Holy Trinity Church is a Victorian building set back from the main A4 and has a large churchyard which is managed to benefit wildlife.

These three churches work together as a family and offer a varied range of opportunities for worship and fellowship.
We look forward to welcoming you , St Mary's is open for private prayer on Wednesday and Friday mornings and services are taking place again. See the Calendar page for more information.
From 1st August the pattern of services at St Mary's will be Holy Communion at 8am and 10am. You will not need to book for these services. There will continue to be a service of Holy Communion at Trinity Church on Wednesday mornings at 10am

There are also All Age services at Holy Trinity and via Zoom. For more information contact Stephen and Jenny Colby. Seach You tube for 'Marden Vale Benefice' for recordings of Sunday worship.
Link to You tube recording of Sunday service on 25th July https://youtu.be/HgfnenumqkM

The Bible Book Club is reading Ephesians in June and July.
Contact Liz Roberts or Stephen and Jenny Colby for more information.

Parish Newsletter - Click here to see the Newsletter for July

Here is a short video about why it is important to give to your church. Click on this image to give to support the churches of the Parish of Calne and Blackland

Christian Aid week takes place in May. Click HERE to give.

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Calne Food Bank has moved to 4A Mill Street (the old Marden Cafe) and is open on a Monday and a Friday 12pm-4pm, also on Wednesday mornings 10am-1pm. go to https://www.calnefoodbank.co.uk/ or go to facebook page for calnefoodbank

Go to https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/ to see the Salisbury Diocese Newsletter - Grapevine.

Help the Parish finances by going to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stmarycalne and registering yourself for donations from companies to go to 'St Mary the Virgin Parish Church'.

See the Noticeboard page or Calendar for more information about current events. St Mary's Church is now on facebook