The Hopkins Society UK are meeting in the Loyola Room at Mount Street Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, London, on Saturday 27 April 2024: 10:00am - 4:00pm. The poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, was a curate and Select Preacher at Farm Street from July to November 1878, and the day will include: an introductory talk on Hopkins and his time at Farm Street; a visit to the British Jesuit Archives; a lecture on ‘Hopkins and the Ignatian Way’ by Fr Brendan Staunton, SJ; a buffet lunch; a guided tour of Farm Street Church by Fr Michael Holman, SJ; and a lecture on Hopkins and his sermons. The cost for the day is £40 and £20 for students. For further details, including how to register, please visit the ‘Events' section on the Hopkins Society website: www.hopkinssocietyuk.co.uk or e-mail Elaine at hopsoc.externalrelations@gmail.com. All are very welcome, and the closing date for registration is now Thursday 25 April

A concert will be given by the renowned pianist Bobby Chen in aid of humanitarian relief for the Holy Land. This will take place at Farm Street Church on Saturday 27th April at 7.30pm.

Concert and reception: £50

Concert only: £25

Admission by tickets. To purchase tickets, please click here. All proceeds will be donated to the Humanitarian Relief Fund of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem through the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

As a very special treat during our Jubilee Year, on Friday, 3 May, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment will ride from Hyde Park to the Farm Street entrance of the church, where they will remain for twenty minutes, before returning to their barracks.  If you would like to greet our soldiers or to feed the horses (apples and carrots will be provided), please be in Farm Street shortly before 8am.

DAY trip to WALSINGHAM Saturday MAY 11th: coach departs 114 Mount St 8:30am & returns there via drop-off at Victoria Station c 8pm. Please join us on our annual pilgrimage to England’s National Shrine of Our Lady in Norfolk.  The day includes prayers and talks en route, visits to the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican shrines, optional walking the Holy Mile and free time.  Cost: £40 inclusive of buffet lunch.  To book email Walsingham@farmstreetchurch.co.uk   or ‘phone Leslie Giltz on 07740 440 949