Stonemasons ‘…and Railings’ (and hard hats)
By Barry Richardson
Metalwork plays an important part in this week's blog, for its help in beautifying St. Mary’s, and the damage caused to stonework…
Oh What a Lovely Tour!
By Diana McNee and Linda Bennett
Diana and Linda here, sharing some reflections while exploring the developments of our Parish Church renovations during last Friday’s hard hat tour.
The Heart of the Church: A Brief Orientation
By Barry Richardson
The Re-Awakening Project at St. Mary's includes an extension to the Crossing – the central area of the nave where the church extends in all four directions…
St. Mary's Architectural Gems - the Chantries
By Barry Richardson
Following last week’s internal building progress update, we return to look at why St Mary’s is considered such an outstanding piece of mediaeval architecture by highlighting the Chantries, which indirectly circle back to the Re-Awakening Project…
Back Through the West Door: A Re-Awakening Project Update
By Barry Richardson
This week's Blog delivers a "Re-Awakening" internal building progress update…
Thinking about Historic England’s 'At Risk' Register…
By Barry Richardson
I've been thinking about the factors that led to St. Mary's inclusion on Historic England's 'At Risk Register'…
St. Mary's Church: A History of Transformation and Renewal
By Barry Richardson
During a recent site visit, I wondered whether we’ve been here before….
Community, Craft and Connection: Reawakening Heritage Craft Skills
By Chrissie Van Mierlo
While most people are now aware of extensive refurbishment works happening at St Mary’s…
St Mary's Re-Awakening Project: Progress Update
By Barry Richardson
I recently had the opportunity to join a group of volunteers for another internal viewing of ongoing building works within St Mary's…
Change: challenge or opportunity?
By Kay Bellhouse
St Mary Magdalene’s church spire can be seen for miles around Newark, a beacon welcoming us to the market town of Newark.
Taking Up the Pen for St. Mary's
By Barry Richardson
Earlier this year, I read this St. Mary's Re-Awakening blog and saw the call for a new blogger…
On Place and Space
By Revd Danny Marshall, Curate
“It’s an exciting time to join us.” I remember these words from the Autumn of 2022 when I was first asked to consider the possibility of a curacy at St Mary Magdalene with St Leonard.
A Blossoming of Ideas
By Clare Taylor
Whilst St Mary Magdalene undergoes extensive revitalisation works inside and out, various craftspeople, artists and storytellers are taking their time to add to this beautiful church’s ‘Reawakening’.
The Ultimate Reawakening
By Rev. Peter Hill, Honorary Assistant Bishop
As I write in 2025, St Mary Magdalene’s historic church building is literally in bits…
A Pit-Stop Tour of St Mary Magdalene’s Artwork
By Natalie Thomas
St Marys has been closed to the public for over 8 months and has 6 months of restoration works to go before we can officially open our doors again.
A Journey towards Reawakening
By Andrew Fearn
I started to mentally prepare this blog yesterday whilst I was out walking, as practice for a pilgrimage. Later this month, Peter Hill and I are undertaking one of the Camino walks to Santiago de Compostela…
The Bells of St Mary’s: Ancient crafts and new opportunities
By Chrissie Van Mierlo
The work of craftspeople from centuries past is etched across every inch of our ancient church, from stained glass to stonemasonry and from metalwork to mosaics.
Mosaics and More: Inspiring School Children
By Anna Herbert
This year we have been visiting Hope House School, a SEND school, and Wellow House School to deliver heritage inspired activities to their lovely pupils.
Supporting Newark’s Communities
by Anna Herbert
The Reawakening of St Mary Magdalene is officially subtitled “Supporting Newark’s Communities”, and that is one of our key aims…
What is “Reawakening”?
By Dr Stephen Bullamore
I hope that by now, the readership of this blog have some idea of what is meant by “Reawakening” in relation to the works at St Mary’s…