Subject: News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
May 30th, 2020 at 1:06 pm BSTView onlineConsistency and Reassurance Next week, I will enter a laboratory for the first time in 11 weeks. Having spent most of the last 10 years in one, I am very excited to be going back. I long for the feeling of a pipette in my hand, the sounds ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
May 23rd, 2020 at 7:14 pm BSTView onlineWonder and Withdrawal While working from home, I have taken to spending long hours sitting in my large windowsill with a book or my laptop, basking in the sunlight with the windows open and a cup of tea in my hand. And during this season o ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
May 16th, 2020 at 12:09 pm BSTView onlineVirtual Beating of the Bounds Each year, on Ascension Day, we walk around the medieval parish of St Mary the Virgin, marking the old boundaries, through colleges and libraries, crossing alleyways and the High Street, from Brasenose, to the ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
May 9th, 2020 at 3:37 pm BSTView onlineQuiet streets and full hearts Returning from a pilgrimage to Rome in around 750 St Himelin fell ill in Vissenaeken. He asked for water from a maid carrying a pitcher to the nearby rectory. She at first refused out of fear of a plague that ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
May 2nd, 2020 at 3:19 pm BSTView onlineMay Day May begins in Oxford, usually with huge crowds on the High Street early in May morning, as people listen to the muffled sounds of Magdalen College Choir singing from their bell tower. The bells of the city ring out, including the h ...