St Mary and St Benedict Church, Coventry

During the Heritage Days, our guests will see features around Theme of the festival, namely, 'Daily Histories'. They will see Fr. Aloysius Bukenya, displaying aspects of his daily history, he was once a stage actor and teacher. His personal programme of life, as guitar Bassist, his personal history in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and now England where is a parish priest, and his life as a member of the Religious Missionary Institute of the Apostles of Jesus There will be opportunities to tour the semi gothic Church of St Mary and St Benedict that was built in 1893 and interact with aspects of its past and present.
There is an opportunity for the guests to participate in activities such as the Monday Club of the Elderly and participate in the Fun of Bingo on 14th September starting at 1pm. For this the guests will punctual, they are expected to contribute £3. They will interact with a centenarian who in the Italian wilds escaped a bullet from the German Nazis. They will witness her answering questions of primary school children aged 8 - 10 years old.
There will be opportunities to watch African fauna and fora from a screen, African dances of women who attractively move their bodies whole carrying more than 6 pots on their heads.
There will be opportunities to pray and interact with a multilingual musical style in worship at 11.30am on Sunday 13th and 20th September. These events harmonise with the theme of the season: Daily Histories.

Timings

Friday 11 September:

1300-1800

Saturday 12 September:

1300-1930

Sunday 13 September:

0900 to 1300 Hours (Sunday Worship Times)

Monday 14 September:

1130 to 1500 Hours, Monday Club and Bingo

Saturday 19 September:

1215 to 1700 Hours Cultural Diversity Show

Sunday 20 September:

1130 to 1500 Hours Sunday Worship and Bible Study

Location & directions

St Mary and St Benedict Church, 52A Raglan Street, Hillfields, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5QF

Directions:

Easy to access by drivers, for those in foot get to the Pool Meadow Bus Station, and keep walking towards the Western part of the City, by foot we are 10 minutes from the City Centre.

Contact on day:

Fr. Aloysius Lwanga BUKENYA

Telephone number:

+447960391071

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

[email protected] 07960391071

Booking telephone number:

+447960391071

Booking email:

[email protected]

Additional information

Although ours is a Faith based facility, we welcome anyone from any faith background. We do not intend to proselytize! I just want to demonstrate that I am human and that I have a personal history, and do connect to the universal humanity

Max number of people:

120

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