Welcome

Welcome to the web pages of St Birinus Mission, Calcot

St. Birinus Church used to be in it's own parish on the western edge of Reading in Berkshire.

From October 1^st 2007 a new Parish was formed - "The Parish of Tilehurst - St.Catherine and Calcot - St.Birinus".  Some parts of the former parish were combined with the adjoining parishes of St.Matthew's and St.Michael's. (Click here for details)

Moving forward in the spirit of St.Birinus there is a "St.Birinus Mission Initiative" in which we are exploring how to be a Christian Community in new ways.

To this end we hold "Meeting Point", on the 2^nd Sunday of the month at Dunelm Mills Cafe.  Click here for details

We are also looking at development of the St.Birinus building to better serve the community.  To this end :-

• St.Birinus Church Building is now administered by Reading Community Church.  For details of their services and activities see www.readingcommunitychurch.com for details.
   
• There is a service in the St.Birinus church building at 4pm on the first Sunday of the month and ‘Young at Heart’ group for over 55's which meets in York House.
   
• Lifespring Church will hold their Friday Youth Services in the St.Birinus church building.  See www.lifespringchurch.co.uk for church details.

The church building for the parish is now St Catherine of Siena.  Click here for details.

In the spirit of unity and support in the parish the three churches St.Catherine's, Cornwell Community Church and St.Birinus Mission join together regularly to worship as one.

Find out about our 'sister' congregations St Catherine of Siena, Tilehurst by clicking here and the Cornwell Community Church by clicking here.

We hope these pages will tell you a little more about the Church - both the people and the buildings.

Our parish purpose is: -

We try and measure everything we do against this statement.

If you do not find in these pages what you want to know, please contact us by clicking here.

Map of the parish

This web site is maintained privately. Though not an official organ of the Church of England, or any church body, it does offer links to official news releases and other documents such as Constitutions and Canons, links to official parish/diocesan pages, and other such documents.

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