Community
Community Events (2026)
Welcome to our community page! If you are a long-term resident, a seasonal employee, or a frequent visitor to the lake, this is your place for connecting with the vibrant life of Cadenabbia in Griante.
There is a Working Party, focussing on jobs to reopen the church such as gardening and polishing, 10.30am 30th March.
Church Open Afternoon April 22nd 3pm to 5pm. afternoon from 3pm to 5pm. It is hoped that with a concerted effort to advertise it, we can encourage people interested in learning more about our church and its community to come along and spend time with us in an informal manner. There will be an opportunity for prayer and reflection, led by Father Patrick, music, English style tea with cakes and scones.
Working Parties throughout the season on Wednesdays at 10.30am, with coffee afterwards in Bar Impero.
Choir Practice Thursday evenings from 8pm
Please contact us for further details
Our Sunday services are typically attended by about 40 people, many of whom are visiting Lake Como on holiday, although there is a growing number who have holiday homes in the area, together with a handful of local residents. Most, but by no means all, are British and many return during subsequent visits. In recent years we have been welcoming more and more worshippers from Germany and Holland, who are looking for family-friendly worship in English.
Stop Press There will be a community lunch on Easter Sunday at 12.30pm in the newly reopened Bar Impero. Please contact us if you would like to book,
The gathering after the service over a drink always seems to pass too quickly, with never enough time to catch up with old friends, deepen new acquaintances, exchange views on good restaurants, how to sort out things like internet access and share the delight of this beautiful place. We also have ad hoc lunches, walks and have played the local game of bocciofila.
On Tuesday mornings, during the season, we often have working party sessions from 10.30 to 12 pm, topped and tailed with coffee at the local bar.
The Art Project was a significant achievement for the church bringing artists to showcase the beautiful lake in their produced work auctioned several years ago.
We hold local retreats and will offer a quiet space to sit and spend moments in silence during opening hours.
If you would like to become more involved, or help out in any way, our small local team would appreciate it enormously. Opportunities include handing out and collecting books, reading, taking collections, helping with the refreshments, helping with social media, joining in our working parties etc but we are very open to suggestions and offers of talents.
If you would like to find out more or offer to help, please email priest.cadenabbiachurch@gmail.com or warden.cadenabbiachurch@gmail.com