St Endellion Church

St Endellion

Welcome to St Endellion!

“St. Endellion! St. Endellion! The name is like a ring of bells. I travelled late one summer evening to Cornwall in a motor car. The road was growing familiar, Delabole, with its slate quarry past, then Pendoggett. Gateways in the high fern-stuffed hedges showed sudden glimpses of the sea. Port Isaac Bay with its sweep of shadowy cliffs stretched all along to Tintagel. The wrinkled Atlantic Ocean had the evening light upon it. The stone and granite manor house of Tresungers with its tower and battlements was tucked away out of the wind on the slope of a valley and there, on the top of the hill was the old church of Saint Endellion.”

So wrote Sir John Betjeman (see here for the full text of his article). about his approach to this magical church. St Endellion is one of England’s holy places, an ancient collegiate church with four prebends, a mile from the sea and surrounded by fields. Betjeman observed that the church goes on praying even when there is no one in it, and it has a sense of spiritual community which affects so many who come here. For many of the members of the two annual St Endellion Music Festivals, who provide music at an international level, St Endellion is their spiritual home.

Today St Endellion and St Minver are home to the two largest among our six churches. In St Endellion the Sung Eucharist on Sundays is in the High Church tradition, with incense. We love to welcome people into this sense of holy community, in a place where heaven and earth seem very close.

At St Endellion we have a great project beginning, in partnership with the Music Festivals Trust and the Diocese of Truro, to make a small centre for the Arts & Spirituality with residential capability. The Golden Jubilee Appeal was launched in 2008 and it is hoped that later this year we will have enough funds to begin the first stage of the project: the restoration of a ruined barn to accommodate up to 21 young people. Further details of this exciting project will follow and information is also to be found on the St Endellion Music Festivals website.

News & Events

Concert by the Royal Holloway Choir

11th September, 7.30pm at St Endellion Church - The Choir of Royal Holloway presents a Musical Journey through Europe.

Described by the Times newspaper as ‘truly fabulous’ and‘ breathtakingly expressive’, the Choir of Royal Holloway will be ending their tour of Devon and Cornwall at the Collegiate Church of St Endellion.

Audiences will be able to sample music from a wide range of European countries and the choir will also perform works from their new recordings with Hyperion Records which have been broadcast on Classic FM.

Tickets: £10 on the door or in advance by calling 01784 414970 and leaving your details

Quiet Day at St Endellion Church

The next Quiet Day will focuss on 'Dance' will be held on Friday 17th September 10.00am -3.30pm and will feature the Shallal Dance Company from Falmouth and Elizabeth Bartlett on Liturgical Dance. Please contact Judith Pollinger if you are interested.

Cost: £10, drinks provided, bring a picnic lunch.

Contact: rev.judith@btinternet.com

Endelienta & the Golden Jubilee Appeal

Progress continues to be made on exciting plans to develop St Endellion as a centre for artistic and spiritual expression throughout the year. The Golden Jubilee Appeal, launched in 2008 to raise funds to upgrade, expand and develop the buildings close to the Church, has to date, raised the magnificent sum of just over £360,000, some from charities, but mainly from private donations.

But the target figure for the enterprise is £1.5 million, and before formal approaches could be made to other charitable foundations and trusts, it was realised it would be necessary to have in place a legal entity representing the interests of the three groups with a direct interest in the project: the Parish of St Endellion, The Diocese of Truro and the St Endellion Festivals Trust.

This legal entity, Endelienta Ltd, a company limited by guarantee with charitable status, is now well on the way to being established. It will oversee the receiving and spending of the appeal funds and then the setting up and running of Endelienta, as the complex is to be known. Once Endelienta Ltd is fully established, the Golden Jubilee Appeal will be renamed the Endelienta Appeal.

Some of the money raised so far has already been spent on repairs to the Rectory and the repayment of loans for the purchase of the Old Dairy, as well as on architects, consultants and planning fees preparatory to the planned building improvements.

Planning Permission for the re-development of the Church Hall, the Old Dairy, Glebe Farmhouse and its Stone Barn was granted in 2009. The need for the diocese to have a place for retreats and continuing ministerial education, and the need for simple accommodation for the two music festivals, is such that the Stone Barn will be converted first. Work on it is expected to begin this autumn after the Summer Music Festival.

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