Saint Wite - Saint Candida

Saint Candida and Holy Cross welcomes you to this website.

Having served the local community of Whitchurch Canonicorum in the Marshwood Vale for over a millennium Saint Candida and the Holy Cross (known locally as The Cathedral of the Vale) is a wealth of religous and historical significance.

With regular weekly services St Candida and Holy Cross, along with the churches of Stanton St Gabriel's and St John the Baptist Fishponds, they make up the parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum. All three churches hold regular events and activities and serve their local communities.

Stanton St GabrielsMessage from the Church Warden:

"We welcome visitors of all varieties, be they visiting for the local summer season or just moving to the area, Whitchurch is a small community with an extensive historical past, untouched by the reformation, St Wite's relics are said to be the only suviving intact relics in Britain, apart from those of Saint Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey.

Our church is centred firmly in the Anglican religion, and has been a destination for pilgrims for hundreds of years.

All are welcome."

Services & Events

July-Aug 2010

4 July

8:00am Eucharist - St Candida
9:30am Eucharist - Fishpond
3:00 pm URC Communion- St Gabriel

11 July

9:30am Eucharist - St Gabriel
11:00am Eucharist - St Candida
6:30pm Cong. Evensong - Fishpond

18 July

9:30am Eucharist - Fishpond
11:00am Matins - St Candida
3:00pm URC Worship - St Gabriel

22 July

7:00pm Healing Service - St Candida

25 July

9:30am Eucharist - St Gabriel
11:00am Eucharist - St Candida

1 Aug

9:30am Eucharist - Fishpond
2:30pm Church Fete - St Candida
3:00 pm URC Communion- St Gabriel

Hymn List

Purcellians Concerts

Held at St Candida in Whitchurch
Sat - 17 Jul - 7:30pm - Abigail Burrows (flute) Daniel Swain (piano)
Sat - 7 Aug - 7:30pm - Brothers Noel Charles (piano) Leon Charles (organ)
Sat - 21 Aug - 7:30pm - Emmanuel Ensemble: Anna Stokes (flute) Simon Callaghan (piano) Andrew Joyce (cello)
Full Details

Contact Info:

St Candida and Holy Cross
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Bridport
Dorset DT6 6RJ
cw@cathedralofthevale.co.uk