Subject: News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
July 1st, 2022 at 5:45 pm BSTView online Choral Evensong by the Revd Dr William Lamb During the month of July, Choral Evensong will take place each Sunday (from 10th - 31st July inclusive) at 3.30pm. Choral Evensong is one of the precious gems of the Church of England - an ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
June 24th, 2022 at 7:01 pm BSTView online The Overview Effect by the Revd Hannah Cartwright When was the last time you experienced awe?Or ‘took a step back’ to ‘view the bigger picture’ and were overcome by something beyond yourself? ‘The overview effect’ is a p ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
June 17th, 2022 at 3:00 pm BSTView online For the beauty of the Earth by the Revd Canon Dr Charlotte Bannister - Parker Ever since I was a child, For the Beauty of the Earth has been my favourite hymn. The older I get, and the more of the Earth I have been lucky to see, the ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
June 10th, 2022 at 3:11 pm BSTView online An update from the Faith in Action Committee by Al Dutton While the eyes of the world are, understandably, focused on the brutal war in Ukraine, an even bigger catastrophe is brewing in Africa, the Middle East and beyond – famine ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
June 3rd, 2022 at 4:07 pm BSTView online Psalm 139:7 by Patricia O'Neill Where can I go then from your spiritOr where can I flee from your presence I once got into a lot of trouble with the good nuns. I hid in a chest in the chapel and made ghastly moaning noises. When dis ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
May 27th, 2022 at 3:30 pm BSTView online We’re stronger together by the Revd Hannah Cartwright At the Sunday Forum last week we were delighted to welcome Revd Dr Keith Hebden from Citizens UK to speak to us about Community Organising and how it can help St Mary’s to w ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
May 21st, 2022 at 10:43 am BSTView online An Update regarding Holy Communion by the Revd Dr William Lamb For some time at St Mary’s we have distributed communion in one kind in order to protect the most vulnerable among us from the coronavirus. In recent months, coronavi ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
May 13th, 2022 at 3:00 pm BSTView online The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Genesis 3) by Dallas Callaway Though it is worth attending to the complications that beset the Augustinian Fall, I think it is also worth exploring its most tragic aspect. There is a tend ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
May 6th, 2022 at 3:09 pm BSTView online In new light by Dr Sarah Mortimer A few weeks ago, the last of the scaffolding came down. Since then the spring sunshine has streamed into the nave, illuminating the stone carvings and – in late morning – lending the pulpit a b ...
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April 29th, 2022 at 8:15 pm BSTView online The Bampton Lectures 2002 by the Revd Dr William Lamb On 10th and 17th May, we will welcome Professor Alec Ryrie FBA, University of Durham, as our Bampton Lecturer. The Bampton Lectures are prestigious lectures which have taken pla ...