The Society of Saint John Chrysostom is a group of Catholics of the Latin and Eastern Churches, along with our friends in other traditions, which promotes greater appreciation of the spiritual, theological and liturgical traditions of Eastern Christendom, works and prays for the unity of the Churches of East and West, and encourages support for the Eastern Churches: ✠ the Byzantine and Oriental Catholic Churches in communion with the Apostolic See of Rome (especially in their contemporary calling to promote reconciliation and the recovery of union between Catholics and Orthodox); ✠ the Orthodox Church; ✠ the Oriental Orthodox Churches and; ✠ the Church of the East. We do this through prayer and liturgy, conferences and lectures, pilgrimage and ecumenical encounters. Join us here.
William Godfrey: Remembering a Forgotten Shepherd
The following lecture was given by Father Athanasius McVay in the crypt of Westminster Abbey on 21st January 2023, the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of the death of William Cardinal Godfrey, seventh Archbishop of Westminster and first exarch of Ukrainians in England & Wales. It is not true that William Godfrey has been forgotten,…
Weekly Divine Liturgy in English returns
We are pleased to announce the resumption of our weekly Divine Liturgy in English on Sunday 20 November 2022 at 10am. All are most warmly invited to join us. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family has established the Mission Church of Saint Theodore of Tarsus under our direction, with the Cardinal Archbishop…
Father Gary Gill (1944-2019): Pilgrim, Priest, Ecumenist
When I heard that a friend was suffering, I immediately thought of the late Father Gary Gill. He was a humble man who carried his cross and ministered to those in need. I met Father Gary at a meeting of the Committee of the Society of Saint John Chrysostom (SSJC), in London, in 2006, when…