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A reflection for Passiontide
Sunday, 29th March 2020
At first glance, the site of Auschwitz Birkenau and the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria della Concezione appear to have very little in common.
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Abbey Celebrates Dean’s Ordination Anniversary
Tuesday, 5th July 2016
A Sung Eucharist to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Ordination to the Priesthood of the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday 4th July.
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Sermon given at Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes, 2020
Wednesday, 26th February 2020
There are some things that have to be said today, things I have said before, elsewhere, but not said here in the Abbey.
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A reflection for Low Sunday 2020
Sunday, 19th April 2020
For Christians who live in the age of the resurrection – that is, our own age – belief is an activity of the heart and the mind.
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Andrew Nethsingha appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers
Tuesday, 5th July 2022
Andrew Nethsingha, currently Director of Music at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, has been appointed the new Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey.
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Dean installed as Honorary Canon of Chichester
Monday, 22nd January 2018
The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, was installed as an Honorary Canon of Chichester Cathedral at Evensong on Saturday 20th January 2018.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day
Sunday, 4th April 2021
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day: Easter morning. John’s Gospel. Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Mag-dalene came to the tomb.
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Dean of Westminster appointed Chair of the RSCM
Friday, 27th July 2018
The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, will succeed Lord Gill as the next Chair of the Council of the Royal School of Church Music.
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Pope Benedict XVI greets James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey and The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
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.
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Dean of Westminster to celebrate 40 years as a priest
Tuesday, 21st June 2016
On Monday 4th July at 5.00 pm the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, will preside at a Sung Eucharist in Westminster Abbey to mark the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a priest.
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A podcast for Michaelmas
Tuesday, 29th September 2020
Bryony Strickland, Deputy Head Girl at Westminster School reads from St John’s gospel for Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, released today.
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The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival appointed Minor Canon and Chaplain
Sunday, 3rd March 2024
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival, Curate at St Stephen with St John, Westminster, has been appointed Minor Canon and Chaplain of Westminster Abbey.
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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
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Dean highlights significance of Vatican visit
Thursday, 26th January 2017
As the Abbey Choir flies back from Rome after a week-long visit to the Vatican, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall has underlined the ecumenical significance of the trip.
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(Left-right) Rabbi Moshe Perez, Dr Stephen Smith MBE, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Imam Asif Ali Al-Azhari and Dr James Smith CBE
A Service of Thanksgiving and Re-commitment to mark the 20th Anniversary of The National Holocaust Centre and Museum was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Sunday 26th June.
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Rear Admiral John Weale CB OBE, Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines, and Rear Admiral Submarines, reads Jonah 2: 2–7, 9
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, Commodore-in-Chief, the Royal Navy Submarine Service, attended a service to recognise fifty years of Continuous At Sea Deterrent.
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John Hurt
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of The Lord Attenborough CBE was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 17th March 2015.
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Bishop of London reads for Abbey podcast
Sunday, 17th May 2020
The Bishop of London, who is leading the Church of England’s response to the coronavirus, has recorded a reading for the Abbey’s latest podcast.
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Lady Chapel
The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.
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Pilgrims
In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.