Subject: News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
February 12th, 2021 at 4:09 pm BSTView onlineA path through the strangeness By the Revd Susannah Reide This week we had a family funeral, at Oxford Crematorium. Relatives came from Manchester for the day, and we had a brief reunion in the Crematorium car park. My family had all dre ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
February 5th, 2021 at 4:09 pm BSTView onlineSeeking the Common Good By Professor Sarah Mortimer The ‘common good’ is a powerful and evocative phrase, drawing us towards those aims and ideals that we share together. We hear politicians and leaders invoke it – and we often pr ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 29th, 2021 at 3:46 pm BSTView onlineIntroduction We welcome Becca McDonnell and Beth and Josh Whitnall, ordinands from Ripon College Cuddesdon, who will be on placement with us until the end of the academic year. A warm hello to everyone at University Church, my name is Be ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 22nd, 2021 at 3:00 pm BSTView onlineWalking back to happiness by the Revd Susannah Reide One of the things I have noticed recently, is the elevated value of the humble walk with a friend.For me, one of the most challenging things about the first lockdown was the social iso ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 15th, 2021 at 3:00 pm BSTView onlineRichard Rolle and solitude by Tim Glover Richard Rolle, who is commemorated by the Church of England in the coming week, was a medieval hermit and religious author. As a hermit, he pursued a life of solitude to dedicate himself to God. ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 8th, 2021 at 3:13 pm BSTView onlineEpiphany in the everyday by Professor Sarah Mortimer Epiphany – the fierce brightness of the word seems to shine in our January gloom, conjuring images of divine revelation, of angels and stars, of the heavens opening with signs from a ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 6th, 2021 at 4:53 pm BSTView onlineLockdown 3.0 by the Revd Dr William Lamb News of the recent lockdown will have come as a source of disappointment and anxiety to many of us. Nevertheless, it will be important in the weeks and months ahead for us to support each other, t ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
January 2nd, 2021 at 8:39 pm BSTView onlineThe Bridge between the Years Between the bell and bell a flower, a brazen calyx of no noise Silence is the bridge between the years, the cusp We have been exploring Quaker style silences in my college chapel, and this took a new twist i ...