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News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
October 22nd, 2021 at 5:22 pm BSTView onlineWriting Christian History? In the opening sentences of his gospel, St Luke presents himself as a historian. He has carefully researched the events of the past, he explains, and he is now offering to his readers a clear and well organised a ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
October 15th, 2021 at 4:36 pm BSTView onlineIntroduction I have been fortunate enough in my life to belong to a number of churches that encouraged my education in the faith. From the congregation of my youth, which prompted me to ask critical questions and experiment with how I made ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
October 8th, 2021 at 3:27 pm BSTView onlineThe Harvest is Plentiful… It is a time of new beginnings for many, myself included, as I began my Ministry among you as Assistant Priest just last Sunday. It has been wonderful to already connect with some of those coming up to the Unive ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
October 1st, 2021 at 4:15 pm BSTView onlineMichaelmas Wednesday marked the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. It is this feast which marks the beginning of a new academic year at the University of Oxford – and gives its name to Michaelmas Term. This Michaelmas Term, after a long ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
September 24th, 2021 at 6:00 pm BSTView onlineThe Irish High Cross In a world that seems to bombard me with words I am grateful that I can refresh myself with images, and in particular those from the many Irish high crosses that I have seen. I shall never forget the first time that I ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
September 17th, 2021 at 2:10 pm BSTView online You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth, and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart . (Psalm 104: 14-16) ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
September 10th, 2021 at 1:47 pm BSTView onlineCity of Doors by Dr Sarah Mortimer Oxford is a city of doors – some often open, many usually closed. Like Alice in Wonderland, all of us will have looked through doors in the city at some time, wondering what lies beyond, curious about w ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin
September 3rd, 2021 at 4:09 pm BSTView onlineSeptember Choir by Robert Howarth From this Sunday I am looking for keen volunteers to join a voluntary choir for the 10.30am Sung Eucharists throughout September. As we return to singing the Congregational Mass and Hymns, I thought it wou ...
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 r ...
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 amids ...