All Souls’ (Hook Memorial) church will be open to visitors on Thursday: 18:30 – 20:00; Friday: 10:00 – Noon & 14:00 – 16:00; Saturday: 10:00 – 13:00; Sunday: 10:00 – Noon & 14:00 – 16:00. On the Sunday, an Anglican Mass will take place from 11:00 – Noon; an Ethiopian Orthodox service of the Word [...]

Leeds Guild of Singers sing “By the waters of Babylon” today at 5pm. Tickets £8/£3, to include refreshements after the concert. From the LGS website: Soulful songs of lament and resurgence: Super Flumina – Philippe de Monte Quomodo cantabimus – William Byrd I Am The True Vine – Arvo Pärt O suavitas et dulcedo – [...]

Treasures Revealed at All Souls’ (April 30th – May 8th) begins with a “Come and Play” the Isaac Abbott Organ from 10:00 – 12:00 and from 14:00 – 16:00.  All visitors warmly welcomed, not just organists! At 12:30, Philip Tordoff will play a recital. Donations invited for the recital, admission and guide leaflets free. Please [...]

As part of Treasures Revealed 2011 (30th April-8th May) we plan to show a display of parish community wedding photos. You don’t have to have been married in All Souls’ or even in Leeds – we want to show the sheer range of the wedding experience of the Woodhouse/Blenheim/Little London/All Souls’ parish community. To avoid [...]

Mass will be said in the Lady Chapel at 10:00. All welcome. The “Treasures Revealed” display is still up in church – come and visit Gilbert Scott’s last church masterpiece, and the Feminist Font!

On Saturday May 8th, the Leeds Guild of Singers perform “In a strange Land”, featuring songs by musical director Graham Coatman about arrivals and departures, strangeness and familiarity. The concert begins at 5pm and will be followed by multi-cultural food ~ at least West Indian, Ethiopian and Scottish guaranteed! Prices (tickets or at the door): [...]

All Souls’ opens its doors today on Day #1 of Treasures Revealed in Leeds. From 10 – 12 and 2-4, organists are welcome to come and play the organ, described by Ouseley as the finest he’d played. The church is open to non-organists too: walk around and look at some of the best work of [...]

The ornate font-cover in the baptistry was painted by Emily Ford, a member of the congregation in the 1890s. Ms Ford (had the term ‘Ms’ been around in her day) was a member of a Quaker family, who were involved both in the Abolition of the Slave Trade and in Women’s Suffrage (votes for women). [...]

A small group from All Souls’ has been working hard towards our involvement in Treasures Revealed in Leeds – 1st – 9th May 2010. www.treasuresrevealed.co.uk/discover-explore/leeds At All Souls’ we will be Open on Saturday 1st 10:00 – Noon and 14:00 – 16:00 with an invitiation to Come and Play the Organ (one of Isaac Abbot’s [...]

All Souls is taking part in Leeds Treasures Revealed (www.treasuresrevealed.co.uk/Events/leeds-events) from May 1st to 8th 2010. As part of that participation, our photographer, Luke Walwyn, is putting together a display of All Souls’ past, present and future. He has invited members of the congregation – And the wider public – to say what You would [...]