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  • Sermon preached at the Festival of St Margaret of Antioch 2023

    Thursday, 20th July 2023

    Sermon preached at the Festival of St Margaret of Antioch 2023: God is with us in our trials and tribulations and will ultimately uphold the righteous. A few weeks ago the Chaldean.

  • The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey

    Continuing its series exploring the rich repertoire of music for the church’s great feasts, here the Abbey Choir presents a selection of music for Michaelmas.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on St Peter's Day 2025

    Sunday, 29th June 2025

    'Do you love me?' Share my mission.

  • Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023

    Friday, 13th October 2023

    Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023: This is an astonishing place, and today we honour the Saint whose gift it is. On this day,.

  • Our Lady of Pew

    The Society of Our Lady of Pew venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and regularly holds Mass and retreats in the Abbey.

  • 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 2025

    Monday, 13th October 2025

    Good kings confess. And good kings serve.

  • Charles Gore Lecture 2021

    Thursday, 25th March 2021

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

    Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

  • Sermon preached in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft on 5 February 2025

    Wednesday, 5th February 2025

    Go away from me, Lord, for I am sinful.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of St Peter the Apostle 2015

    Monday, 29th June 2015

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • 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.

  • Abbey Choir sings for Pope in St Peter's

    Friday, 29th June 2012

    Westminster Abbey’s Choir sang for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Friday 29th June, a historic occasion of great significance for Anglican-Catholic relations.

    Choir of Westminster Abbey Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica

  • Requiem Mass Marks Start of Lady Chapel Festival

    Friday, 22nd April 2016

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, celebrated Requiem Mass in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 21st April 2016, the Anniversary of the Death of King Henry VII.

    Lady Chapel The Choir of Westminster Abbey Requiem Mass Henry VII 500 Years of Wonder

  • Westminster Abbey Choir to sing at St Peter's in Rome

    Monday, 25th June 2012

    Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir arrives in Italy this week (Tuesday 26th June) for a tour of Rome and Montecassino which will include singing for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul (Friday 29th June) in St Peter’s Basilica.

  • New Mass for Abbey’s 450th celebrations

    Wednesday, 16th June 2010

    Bell Mass by one of Britain’s pre-eminent composers, Julian Anderson, which was commissioned by the Dean & Chapter of Westminster as part of the celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of the Abbey's Collegiate Charter receives its first performance at the Abbey on Tuesday 29th June at 5.00pm.

    Westminster Abbey 450th anniversary

  • Agnes Hardine

    Agnes Hardine was buried in the nave on 13th August 1720. Her original gravestone was taken up when the nave floor was re-laid.

  • 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.

    St Margaret's Church

  • 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.

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  • St Margaret's organist wins Queen's Award

    Monday, 23rd November 2020

    Thomas Trotter, the organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, has been awarded this year’s Queen’s Medal for Music.

    Music

  • Elizabeth Gibbons, Countess of Home

    Elizabeth Gibbons, Countess Dowager of Home, was buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel on 23rd January 1784 aged 80.

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