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OUR NEW WEBSITE - Have a good look around - it's all changed!......                                                                NEW !!! OUT NOW FOR 2010 TREAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE, or YOURSELF !! JOHN GLYNN The Essential Collection (BOX SET) - see CD's & Music Page......                                 SPECIAL OFFER- Free Concert details below......                

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Aquila Music Trust welcomes you to
johnglynn.org.uk

John Glynn is a singer and a songwriter -
this website is dedicated to his soul, his faith and his talent.
A former Roman Catholic Priest in the United Kingdom with a talent that spans the world.

Please note: All e-mail contact is now via email@johnglynn.org.uk

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NEW !!!

OUT NOW FOR 2010

TREAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE, or YOURSELF !!

JOHN GLYNN
The Essential Collection

(BOX SET of three CD's)

More information and track listing on CDs & Songbooks Page

 

John writes:

In January this year, as many of you know, I spent ten weeks at Hawkstone Hall, an international pastoral renewal centre in rural Shropshire run by the Redemptorists. Part of the reason for going there was to take a break after a particularly stressful year; but also I wanted to reflect on my own calling and discern the next stage of the journey. Hawkstone Hall gave me a safe and supportive environment in which to do this; it was a positive experience of Church.

The course confirmed my initial feelings that my life should take a new direction. After a great deal of prayer I have decided to resign from active ministry as a priest, not because I did not want to remain a priest but because the constraints parish life put on my ministry prevented me from developing the gifts God has given me. And further, I wanted to marry the woman I love; and that is not possible for a Catholic priest at this moment in history.

It is possible (and quite usual in some parts of the Church) for a married man to be ordained a priest. But an unmarried man, once ordained, is not permitted to marry. Some will say it’s unfair; others will point out that a vow of celibacy is for life just as marriage is. I understand both arguments but accept the reality of the situation.

At present I am staying with my family. When I have a permanent place to live I will be in a better position to plan for the future. Meanwhile I have a number of new compositions towards the next album. The pilgrimage continues....
 


JUST A THOUGHT FROM JOHN GLYNN

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR OF LUKE
22nd August 2010

Recently I paid my first visit to Lisieux in Normandy, to the shrine of St Therese. The huge basilica on top of a hill seems out of keeping with the “Little Flower” and her teaching on humility. Once inside, however, her heroic life unfolds through a series of side chapels dedicated to the different stages of her story;  more...
 


FREE CONCERT OFFER

2010 CONCERT TOUR

In August 2008, John Glynn & Aquila recorded their latest album, "Let Me be your home" at Cathedral House in Brentwood. Now John's Aquila Music Trust has booked a total of 7 venues for a free concert for their parishioners. The concerts include songs and psalms of hope and trust from John's 3 albums, including the world famous "I Watch the Sunrise". It is arranged into 2 x 45 minutes performances, separated by a 20 minutes interval.

John and the other musicians receive no payment from the Trust other than out of pocket expenses. The Trust charges NO fee to the parish but does hold a collection during the interval to allow the audience to contribute what they can or wish: 70% of the collection goes towards meeting the costs and expenses of the concert and is taken by the Trust; 20% of the collection is donated to the parish or a charity of its choice; and 10% is donated to CAFOD. The Trust sells CDs, tapes and songbooks before and after the concert and during the interval. Again. 10% of all sales go to CAFOD.

Parishes including Wickford, Wanstead, Springfield, Clacton, Fareham, and Walsingham enjoyed the 2008 Tour and a Preview of the 2009 Tour was held as the final ecumenical event of Hope 2008 at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Wickford at the end of last year.

2009 saw concerts at Upminster, Portchester, Wymondham, Springfield, Brentwood and Wanstead.

The tour dates are all on a Sunday evening and normally commence at 7.30 pm, doors open 7pm, interval circa 8.15, recommencing 8.35 and aiming to finish around 9.20

FREE Let Me Be Your Home CONCERT

The next concert will be held on Sunday 19th September 2010 at 7.45pm, St James the Less and St Helen parish hall, Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2QB. Come and join us for an enjoyable Evening Concert with John Glynn and Aquila. Songs from the latest CD Let Me be Your Home and including the world famous I Watch the Sunrise led by John Glynn, Singer & Song Writer. Admission Free.

Further details concerts

DATE VENUE
Sunday 19 September 7.45pm Colchester
Sunday 17 October 7.30pm Rochford
Sunday 21 November 7.30pm Witham (waiting on confirmation)


Anyone who would like to book a concert for 2011, please email the Aquila Music Trust on clive@johnglynn.org.uk or telephone Christine Thomas on 01268 571724 or write to her at 2010 Concerts,
Aquila Music Trust, 4 Sutherland Place, Wickford, Essex SS12 9HD
 



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© David d Birchall SJ courtesy of St Beuno's, St Asaph, LL17 0AS.
Please visit their website www.beunos.com

***NEW ALBUM***

LET ME BE YOUR HOME

More information and track listing on CDs & Songbooks Page

   


Use this website to learn a little about John Glynn and his recordings and to obtain his recordings and his songbook..
10% of every CD and Songbook sold goes to CAFOD. So far, we have donated £2,995 to CAFOD.
CAFOD
is the official overseas aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and is part of the Caritas International Federation. Registered Charity No. 285766

 


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