Sung Eucharist
11:15 am for approximately 60 minutes
Said Eucharist
1:05 pm for approximately 30 minutes
Said Eucharist
9:30 am for approximately 30 minutes
Said Eucharist
1:05 pm for approximately 30 minutes
Sung Evensong
Every other week. Sung by the Minster Midweek Choir. Alternate Wednesdays
at 6:15 pm for approximately 60 minutes. This event is not every week.
Said Eucharist
11:00 am for approximately 30 minutes
Said Eucharist
1:05 pm for approximately 30 minutes
You can find out current service times by visiting the A Church Near You website.
The Minster has a small congregation who do their best with limited human resources to keep the Minster open.
Service times only
Usually closed
10.30am – 2pm
11.30am – 2pm
11.00am – 2pm
11.30am – 2pm
9.30am – 4pm
There may be a variation of these times. If you are traveling some distance it would be prudent to telephone the office and check we are open!
Reading Minster is the original church in the town. In 979 Queen Elfrida, second wife of King Edgar, founded a royal nunnery on the Minster site as an act of repentence for the murder of her stepson, Edward (St Edward The Martyr) at Corfe Castle.
The Minster was extensively restored in 1551–55, using materials recovered from Reading's Norman abbey.
Read about the history of our organ (PDF file, 12kb).
You can contact us at:
St Mary's House
Chain Street
Reading
RG1 2HX
Telephone: +44(0)118 957 1057
Fax: +44(0)118 958 7041
Email: stmaryshouserdg@waitrose.com
View a map of where we are.
Midweek choir
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
Wikipedia
A Church Near You
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