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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of the Feast of the Epiphany 2024

    Saturday, 6th January 2024

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of the Feast of the Epiphany 2024: The challenge for the Church is to acknowledge, to welcome, the insight of outsiders. In former generations this mystery.

  • One People Oration 2002

    Monday, 17th June 2002

    Speaker: Lord Carey of Clifton (then Archbishop of Canterbury)

  • A royal church

    A royal church in the centre of London offering services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.

  • Library collection

    Today’s library was established after the Abbey was founded as a collegiate church in 1560. It has been in the former monastic dormitory since 1591.

  • Our history

    History of St Margaret's: It may seem surprising to find another large church standing so close to the might and magnificence of Westminster Abbey. Why was an additional church needed in such.

  • Sermon at a Meditation for Holy Week 2021

    Monday, 29th March 2021

    Sermon at a Meditation for Holy Week 2021: The beginning of the Church is often ascribed to Pentecost and the sending of the Holy Spirit.

  • 21st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 11th May 2006

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th May 2006 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Celebrating the re-building of Westminster Abbey 1269 in the presence of HM The Queen

    Tuesday, 15th October 2019

    Our celebration today marks a particular moment in the long history of this Abbey Church.

    750th anniversary Special Service

  • Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster

    Saturday, 16th November 2019

    A month ago, the Abbey celebrated – 750 years. Which makes the Abbey older than Amsterdam.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 2

    Wednesday, 28th September 2005

    Charles Gore died in 1932, leaving a daunting legacy for anyone who would presume to lecture in his name.

  • Abbots & Deans

    List of Abbots of the monastery and Deans of the Collegiate Church.

    Notable people Christianity

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023

    Thursday, 18th May 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023: Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church universal, its true vocation. Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018

    Sunday, 2nd December 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018: Today we start the new Church Year with the beginning of a new season of Advent. Today we start the.

  • Overview tour

    In this virtual tour, you can take your pupils on a 360 degree journey around the nation’s coronation church.

  • Abbey Marks St Andrews Milestone

    Wednesday, 11th December 2013

    A Service of Thanksgiving for the 600th Anniversary of the University of St Andrews was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 10th December 2013.

  • Sermon given at the Dedication Festival Sung Eucharist

    Sunday, 20th October 2019

    Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the dedication of this third Abbey Church, which took place 750 years ago last Sunday.

    Edwardtide

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023

    Sunday, 8th January 2023

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023: We, the Church, have been entrusted with a message to rebalance our brains, and save our souls. Sermon at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019

    Sunday, 15th September 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Dr Edward Bouverie Pusey, who fought for the soul of our beloved Church of England. This morning a service of thanksgiving to.

  • Our mission and values

    We see ourselves as a living symbol of faith at the heart of the nation. Our main purpose is to be a working inclusive church.

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

    Sunday, 11th April 2021

    Eight years ago in a parish in Winchester, after the Easter Vigil, I was greeting folk at the Church door.

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