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News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
August 27th, 2021 at 6:01 pm BSTView onlineQuietly Present by the Revd Susannah Reide On weekdays at 9am, we gather in the Chancel to say morning prayer for about 15 minutes. Do come and join us – it is a very good way to begin the day, reading psalms together and listening to ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
August 20th, 2021 at 5:37 pm BSTView onlineInstead of Death In Writing in the Dust, Rowan Williams reflected on his experience of standing at the foot of the World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001. The reflection of an eyewitness who had found himself trapped in a building ami ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
August 13th, 2021 at 3:53 pm BSTView onlineThe weight of a name in a prayer by Ana-Maria Niculcea This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of St Mary the Virgin. It is also my name day. As some of you may know, name days and patronal saints are quite a big thing in the Orthodox Church. ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
August 6th, 2021 at 3:18 pm BSTView onlineThe Transfiguration Who, Lord can gaze on Your hiddenness Which has come to revelation? Yes, your obscurity Has come to manifestation and notification; your concealed being Has come out into the open, without limitation. Your awesome sel ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
July 30th, 2021 at 3:00 pm BSTView onlineQualitative Catholicity by James Roberts In one of his most recent books entitled ‘Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition’, Rowan Williams reflects on the rich heritage of Eastern Orthodox ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
July 30th, 2021 at 1:30 pm BSTView onlineSobornost’ In one of his most recent books entitled ‘Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition’, Rowan Williams reflects on the rich heritage of Eastern Orthodox theology and highlights a rang ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
July 23rd, 2021 at 1:43 pm BSTView onlineArrangements for Public Worship by the Revd Dr William Lamb In the light of recent government announcements, we will be making a number of changes to the arrangements for public worship over the next few weeks. Given that the infection r ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
July 16th, 2021 at 1:09 pm BSTView onlineLiving Room by Paul Thompson When the pandemic struck Oxford Winter Night Shelter (OWNS) struggled to continue providing accommodation for rough sleepers referred by the Street Population Outreach Team (OxSPOT) run by St. Mungo’s for t ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
July 10th, 2021 at 9:00 am BSTView onlinePilgrimage by the Revd Susannah Reide Why do we go on pilgrimage? To be expanded. I have just come back from a pilgrimage to Holy Island and Durham Cathedral. It was so lovely to go into the massive scale of the Cathedral, and to find ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
July 2nd, 2021 at 3:53 pm BSTView onlineA Window on Petertide Lord, how can man preach thy eternal word? He is a brittle crazy glass; Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford This glorious and transcendent place, To be a window, through thy grace. But whe ...