Journey into Science is exploring with great success how an ancient historic church which has been at the heart of the City of Bristol for nearly a millennium can be a special place where all people whatever their convictions are enabled to appreciate and reflect on the new worlds which science and technology are opening up for us all.
Begun in 1996, Journey into Science is unique in opening up new possibilities for partnership between science and the community. Journey into Science is a place for sharing and does not address any particular belief group. Journey into science is attracting strong support not only from the church community, but from many other groups in the city. The programme is in association with the West of England Branch of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
THE THREE STRANDS OF THE PROJECT
- Royal Society and British Association Millennium Award
- The Chaotic Water Driven Pendulum, sponsored by Bristol Water plc
- Talks, Presentations, Discussions
Journey into Science is led by Dr Eric Albone, Director of Clifton Scientific Trust, who is also a member of St Mary Redcliffe Church. It has the strong support of the Rev Tony Whatmough, Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe, of the church PCC and of the church community, as well as of the scientific community in Bristol. It is organised in association with the West of England Branch of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
ST MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH ITSELF
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol is a medieval church of outstanding beauty whose history has been entwined with the City of Bristol over the past millennium, through centuries during which our understanding of the world has changed beyond recognition. Our understanding will continue to change...
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
- is a living church with a diverse city-wide congregation;
- has an inner city parish and two schools, one primary and one secondary within the state system;
- possesses outstanding mediaeval architecture, is an important tourist attraction and is famed for its music.
St Mary Redcliffe Church attracted 30,000 visitors in 1996, a figure which will grow by virtue of its central position on the Millennium Mile linking Brunel's Temple Meads Station with the harbourside, Brunel's SS Great Britain and the site for Bristol 2000. It is the church from which John Cabot's ship The Matthew sailed on her voyage of discovery to Newfoundland in 1497 (a model of his ship was deposited in the church on the voyage of the replica Matthew in 1997). It is also the resting place of Admiral Sir John Penn, whose wayward son founded Pennsylvania.
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