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Our "Pews News" Blog

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Meet Parishioner Robert Whittles

Robert & his sweet dog Pipa. After my mother, whom I’d looked after during her illness for three years, died in 2007, I let our house out...

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Meet Father Colin

An interview with our Father Colin Jones, Chaplain How did you come to Portugal, and to Porto, Father Colin? Porto has been my home...

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Meet Canon Colin Travers

Canon Colin at one of our wine tasting events Canon Colin Travers, Associate Chaplain, introduces himself I settled here in Portugal in...

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Interview with Dr Jonathan Ayerst, Director of Music

Dr. Jonathan Ayerst, ably assisted by his son. Jonathan, please tell us about your musical journey to this key role at St James … My...

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Interview with Environmental Officer Claire Simpson

How did you come to Porto, Claire, and to the Environmental Officer role in St James? To Portugal after Brexit – it was, as far as my...

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Meet Pianist and Parishioner Enóe Ferrão

“It was my mother who first said I had a pianist’s hands … when I turned two years old, she made me a cake in the shape of a piano! I...

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Welcoming the Children to St James …

...are Susana Field (Teacher) and Srishti Singh (Assistant Teacher). Susana and Srishti are two members of the Children’s Church Team of...

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Meet Parishioner David Evans

My Portuguese partner of 26 years Jose and I found St James when we came to live in Porto three years ago. We’d left London on the last...

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The Organ at St James

An interview with Tjakko de Jonge Tjakko, you are understandably delighted with the organ at St James – which was new just two years...

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In the Graveyard: Memorial to Joseph James Forrester (1809-1861)

Joseph James Forrester Joseph James Forrester’s life was short by our twenty-first century standards. He drowned – the boat carrying him...

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Meet Parishioners Matt & Anne Dodds (Digital Ministry Leads)

Anne & Matt Dodds Meet Digital Ministry Leaders and Parishioners, Matt and Anne Dodds … Behind this new website – and beyond it, in the...

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