And now to concentrate on more local stuff. Lori Squirrell, who lives just inside the ward, was awarded the Benemerenti medal for decades of service to St. Pancras church.
The Benemerenti medal is awarded by the Pope for long and faithful service to the Catholic church. The word means well deserving person. Well done Lori.
Bridge Ward News
News from Bridge Ward, Ipswich including the Hayes, Old Stoke, Prince of Wales Drive, Maidenhall Estate and Wherstead Road
Browsing the archives for the church events category
17 Feb 10
Good and faithful servant
5 Sep 09
Date for your Diary: Meryamana walk
Probably one of the more off beat dates for your diary, and not really starting in Bridge, the Meryemana pilgrimage walk starts in St Peters church (just accross Stoke Bridge) and ends in St Mary Elms. It’s on on the 6th September (tomorrow) from St. Peter’s church, just across Stoke Bridge.
From the bulletin of St. [...]
23 Jun 09
Happy Saint’s Day
Bridge Ward doesn’t have a patron saint, but if we did it would be Saint Ethelreda or as Æthelthryth, whose feast day is today. A royal princess, protege of the superstar Saxon bishop Saint Wilfrid and founder of the abbey at Ely (which became Ely Cathedral), her link to our side of Ipswich stems from the fact that from [...]
