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  • Trust in public life

    Miroslav Volf gives the annual Gore Lecture on God, Gratitude, and Being at Home in the World.

  • Charles Gore Lecture 2022

    Tuesday, 5th April 2022

    Professor Anna Rowlands gives the annual Charles Gore Lecture on The Roots of Trust: theological and political reflections on trust in troubled times.

  • Make a donation

    A charitable trust has been established to assist in the Abbey's fundraising efforts – The Westminster Abbey Trust. You can make a donation to the Trust.

  • Sermon given at A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Alleyn’s School

    Friday, 18th January 2019

    It is a pleasure to welcome the community of Alleyn’s School to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Edward Alleyn’s educational trust.

  • 2011 Trust launched

    Thursday, 24th January 2008

    A trust to celebrate the impact the King James Bible has had on the cultural life of Britain, and on the wider English speaking world, was launched in Poets' Corner on 24th January.

    King James Bible 2011 Trust

  • Supporters of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

    The Dean & Chapter of Westminster would like to thank the following generous supporters.

  • Memorial dedicated to Octavia Hill co-founder of the National Trust

    Monday, 22nd October 2012

    A Service to dedicate a Memorial to Octavia Hill (1838-1912) and to give thanks for the work of the National Trust was held at Westminster Abbey today at 12 noon in the centenary year of the death of Octavia Hill, the leading social reformer and co-founder of the National Trust.

    Octavia Hill National Trust Memorial dedication

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 21st August 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a.

  • Democracy

    What is the future of Parliamentary Democracy? What are its roots? What keeps it healthy?

  • Abbey Marks 60th Anniversary of National Churches Trust

    Thursday, 28th November 2013

    Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended a Service to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the National Churches Trust at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 28th November 2013.

    Special Service Royal Visit HRH The Duchess of Gloucester HRH The Duke of Gloucester National Churches Trust

  • 35th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 11th November 2021

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • 20th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 12th May 2005

    Delivered by The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th May 2005 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 16th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2001

    Delivered by Professor Stephen Clark, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2001 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures

    Eric Abbott was Dean of Westminster between 1959 and 1974. His friends set up a memorial trust to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 7th August 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022

    Sunday, 24th April 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022: Every eye will see him. No one, not a single Thomas, will be left in any doubt. How do.

  • Reflection: Second Sunday of Advent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or watch the reflection from the Second Sunday in Advent 2023, Making a good beginning

  • Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019

    Tuesday, 24th December 2019

    It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.

    Midnight Mass

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2017

    Sunday, 17th December 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Canon Dr Emma Percy, Chaplain, Trinity College, Oxford.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2018

    Sunday, 14th January 2018

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence

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