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

31st May 2008 Father John's thoughts ...
ON THE NINTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR OF MATTHEW,
1st June 2008

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31st May 2008

NEW CONCERT TOUR PLANS FOLLOW LAST CONCERT IN THE 2007-8 IN CONCERT TOUR THAT WENT TO THE SEASIDE.

The last concert in the curent series took place in Clacton on 17th May. John and Aquila record their new album at Brentwood Cathedral in August after which we will produce a new concert tour for 2008-2010. If your church or venue would like to be included in that tour, please e-mail clive.thomas@johnglynn.org as soon as you can with up to 3 dates you'd like us to come. We will then send you arrangement details to help you decide if you want to go ahead. Please feel free to approach any previous venues you've seen us perform at for references.

3rd May 2008

Packed house at Walsingham

John Glynn and Aquila attracted nearly 100 into the audience at the Church of the Annunciation (pictured left) at Little Walsingham, Norfolk, (UK) last Sunday evening. This was the latest step in their In Concert Tour. Both parishioners and pilgrims flocked into the church for the evening's entertainment.

Father Noel Winn, the Director of the Roman Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham, praised father John for his musical mission and the candid way he laced his introductions with episodes form his spiritual and life journey.

An interval collection raised over £400 for the Walsingham New Church Fund. That church was built in 2006 on the site if its predecessor in Friday Market Place. The audience called for an encore after the last song, I Watch the Sunrise, and many walked away with copies of John Glynn and Aquila CDs and Songbooks.

Click here and visit the Walsingham website.

7th February 2008

Website passes 1000 visits mark

Over 1000 visits have been made to the johnglynn.org website from all over the world. CDs have been despatched to all corners of the World, including the USA, Canada and Australia.

28th January 2008

Singer-songwriter, John Glynn & Aquila scored notable success at St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Springfield on Sunday 27th January 2008. Extra seats had to be brought in to accommodate the enthuisatic audience. An interval collection raised £316 for Springfield's twin parishes in South Africa and Uganda and £46, representing 10% of Aquila Concert Shop sales at the venue, was raised for CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency.

The next concerts are in Walsingham on 27th April and Clacton on 18th May. Any parish or venue can request a concert: e-mail clive.thomas@johnglynn.org.

John Glynn & Aquila photographs © Clive Thomas 2006. Top left - Fran and Jim McEvoy; top right -Father John; bottom left -Charlotte Canale; bottom right-Mandy Harman.

Exactly one year after their first successful concert at Wickford, John Glynn and Aquila appeared live atthe Parish Centre in Wanstead, east of London, on Sunday 9th December.

Father John and 9 parishioners from Wickford were in South Africa for 16 days in late October. The main purpose of their visit was to share the Feast Day of St Teresa of Avila at their twin parish in Mpumalanga Provice: Volksrust. Wickford parishioners raised £16,000 GBP to assit their mainly Zulu twin parish based in the town and surrounding townships and villages of Volksrust. the Mission also travelled to the cathedral at Dundee in KwaZulu Natal, the Spiritan House at Bethlehem in the Free State, as well as Durban and St Lucia. The Mission was self financed and all monies collected went directly to South Africa. Even bank transfer charges were avoided.

The Aquila Music Trust met on 27th July and have revealed ambitious plans for the coming year.

A series of concerts at parishes in London, Essex and Norfolk are in the planning stages for performances between Advent 2007 and Easter 2008. The concerts are free to parishes and their audiences. The concerts feature music form Open The Door and May the Lord Bless You albums. 10% of all sales of CD's and songbooks goes to CAFOD and each parish can hold an interval collection for their parish projects of a charity of their choice. The Fareham and Portchester Parish in Hampshire, UK, held a collection for their parish's Musical Mission, raising over £60 GBP ($120 USD). The Wickford Parish in Essex, UK, raised £200 GBP ($400 USD) for the Catholic Children's Society (Brentwood Diocese). Any other parish wishing to hold a concert should e-mail john@johnglynn.org to set the ball rolling.

Plans are in place for a new album for John Glynn & Aquila for recording in the summer of 2008. Father John has a host of material he has written over the years that has yet to be recorded.