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  • 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 Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 9th September 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: The Lord’s Prayer; how we should pray, and with what attitude and with what motives. Our second lesson this afternoon, from St.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 4th September 2016

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016: The Church in Parliament Square ‘Choose life’ says Moses to the Israelites. As they prepare to enter their promised land,.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022

    Sunday, 9th January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: What does the grace of baptism accomplish? Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic.

  • Which objects will you find in a church?

  • Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022

    Sunday, 3rd July 2022

    Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022: What are you supposed to be? That interests me this morning. Let me take you back nearly 500 years. In December 1540, the City of Westminster.

  • Sermon preached at a Service to mark the opening of the Legal Year in England and Wales

    Tuesday, 1st October 2024

    May the wisdom of God 'enter your heart and protect you with understanding'.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 25th June 2017

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017: The vocation of the Church Imagine, if you will, Jerusalem.  Not the sprawl of modern Jerusalem of today; but a.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 9th October 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: What do you want? I would like to begin by asking you a question. My question is this: What.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021

    Sunday, 19th December 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021: What is hope, and what do we hope for? Advent is often described as a season of hope. But what is.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2020

    Sunday, 18th October 2020

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2020: Even the Dean of Westminster could not, should not tell you what the outcome will be. I grew up in.

  • 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.

  • Which signs and symbols will you find in a church?

  • 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 2nd May 2013

    Dame Averil Cameron gives the 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on Constantine's Vision and the Church Today - From the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) to the twenty-first century.

  • One People Oration 2002

    Monday, 17th June 2002

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

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2024

    Sunday, 8th December 2024

    What is the spirit of this Advent season?

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 13th February 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022: “What will you be satisfied with?” Last year was the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine.

  • 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.

  • Westminster Abbey takes part in Cathedrals at Night

    Friday, 28th February 2020

    The Abbey will be open from 4.30pm - 7.00pm (last entry at 6.00pm) as part of Cathedrals at Night, a project that will see all 42 Church of England cathedrals, as well as the cathedrals in Wales and the Isle of Man, open their doors free of charge.

    Cathedrals at Night

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