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  • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass

    James O’Donnell brings composer John Taverner to the fore, presenting two of the undisputed choral masterpieces from sixteenth-century England.

  • 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 at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2019

    Friday, 28th June 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2019: Should we think of St Peter as a good role model? Jesus called Peter a rock. But should we think.

    St Peter's Day

  • Sermon given at Midnight Mass at Christmas 2018

    Monday, 24th December 2018

    ‘When the angels had left them, the shepherds said one to another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”’

  • Sermon at a Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving at St Margaret's Church

    Saturday, 31st October 2020

    Sermon at a Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving at St Margaret's Church: There is a file full of letters on my desk. Some of them, probably, written by people now sitting here.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2024

    Sunday, 13th October 2024

    We seek St Edward’s prayerful solidarity in Christ.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021

    Tuesday, 29th June 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.

  • St Margaret's Church

    St. Margaret’s is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey. It’s sometimes called ‘the parish Church of the House of Commons’. Everyone’s welcome to visit.

  • Sermon at the Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero

    Saturday, 17th November 2018

    We celebrate today the canonisation of St Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, that took place in Rome on 14th October 2018.

  • St Margaret's people

    Clergy, musicians, bell-ringers, vergers and support staff – these are just some of the people who run St Margaret’s Church, Westminster.

  • St Margaret of Antioch Patronal Festival

    Sunday, 21st July 2019

    May St Margaret pray for us that we may not fail in the face of opposition but remain firm in our faith and confident as witnesses to God’s truth.

  • St Margaret's Church launches £2 million appeal

    Tuesday, 19th May 2009

    St Margaret’s Church, affectionately known as the ‘parish church of the House of Commons’, and the church where Winston Churchill married his beloved Clemmie in September 1908 has launched a £2 million appeal to fund essential works to repair its roof, external walls and bell tower.

    St Margaret's Church

  • Historical Day for St Margaret's Church and The Abbey

    Wednesday, 9th April 2003

    On Wednesday 9th April, St Peter's flag will be flown from St Margaret's tower to mark the 480th anniversary of its consecration of 9 April 1523.

  • The Reverend Jane Sinclair installed as Rector of St Margaret’s Church

    Monday, 5th September 2016

    The Reverend Jane Sinclair was installed as Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, during Sung Eucharist at 11.00am on Sunday 4th September 2016.

    Canon Jane Sinclair

  • The Reverend Jane Sinclair appointed Rector of St Margaret's Church

    Thursday, 21st January 2016

    It is announced that the Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster, is to take on the responsibility of the Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, in succession to the Venerable Andrew Tremlett, with effect from 1st September 2016, following his installation as Dean of Durham in the summer.

  • St Margaret's Church marks end of an era

    Monday, 2nd November 2020

    A Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving was held in St Margaret’s Church at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 31st October 2020.

  • A new girls' choir for St Margaret's Church

    Friday, 17th March 2023

    St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, is to launch a new choir for girls aged eleven to seventeen.

    Music

  • Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church

    Tuesday, 9th June 2015

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 9th June 2015.

    Service for the New Parliament

  • St Margaret's Church hosts Invisible People exhibition

    Wednesday, 14th March 2018

    Home Office minister, Victoria Atkins MP toured Invisible People a modern slavery photography exhibition outside St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 13th March.

    modern slavery

  • New Mass setting to premiere on St Peter’s Day

    Thursday, 23rd June 2022

    A new Mass setting by acclaimed Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan will receive its premiere at Westminster Abbey during Sung Eucharist at 5.00pm on St Peter’s Day, Wednesday 29th June 2022.

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