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In the Graveyard – Henry Sampson
By his great-grandson, Peter A Sampson Little did I know, at the outset of my ancestry search after my parents’ passing, that my quest...
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Forty Fulfilling Years as a Priest
A Conversation with Father Colin... As the St James Church community, we recently celebrated with joy – and cake – the 40th anniversary...
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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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