Subject: News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
June 6th, 2020 at 1:37 pm BSTView onlineThe Struggle against Racism The recent death of George Floyd, who suffocated on the streets of Minneapolis, is a tragedy which has rightly provoked anger and dismay. Many people in the US and the UK have chosen to demonstrate, even amidst ...
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 ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
April 25th, 2020 at 2:15 pm BSTView onlineTake our stand with God ‘Baptism is to accept that to be a Christian is to be affected - you might even say contaminated - by the mess of humanity....The baptized person is not only in the middle of human suffering and muddle but in the ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
April 18th, 2020 at 12:48 pm BSTView onlineAn update from the Treasurer When I took over as treasurer under a year ago, little did I know what a year it would be! We are incredibly fortunate at SMV to have a usually stable source of income from our tower and shop. This enables us ...
Easter Podcast from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
April 11th, 2020 at 10:04 pm BSTView onlineThe Harrowing of Hell Today is Holy Saturday. It’s a day often associated in our minds with busy preparations for Easter Day. The church is cleaned. The flower arrangers are out in force. The air drenched with the sweet smell of lilies. ...
Good Friday Podcast from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
April 10th, 2020 at 10:17 am BSTView onlineGood Friday Good Friday is a sombre occasion in the life of the Christian Church, when we recall and relive the events of the day when Christ was tried, tortured, executed on a cross, and buried in a tomb. It is important to remember tha ...