Tickets for this year’s Festival of Prayer have now sold out, two months before the date. Even before tickets went on sale or publicity had been sent out, tickets began to sell. This very popular day put on by the…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
Sermon preached by Canon Professor Mark Chapman at the Benefice Service in St Mary’s, Garsington on Sunday 6th May. Readings: Isaiah 55: 1-5, Matthew 6: 25-34. On Tuesday evening this week I was giving a lecture to our non-residential students…
St Mary’s Book Group: Forthcoming dates and titles
The next books and dates for discussion for the St Mary’s Book Group are now ready for your diaries! Wednesday 30th May at 7.30pm An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor The prize winning writer Barbara Brown Taylor opens…
A Pastoral Update from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written a letter following the end of the hearing which has recently taken place as part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the Diocese of Chichester. They affirm the Church’s…
Experience the Story of Easter in St Giles’
In St Giles’ Church, Horspth there is an opportunity for you to walk the Easter story in a series of interactive prayer stations. Please drop by anytime and enjoy this prayerful and quiet way to discover the joy of Easter…
The Footsteps of Christ in Garsington
During the whole of Holy Week there is a display of a series of paintings by the Benedictine Sisters of Turvey Abbey that mark the journey of Jesus to the Cross in St Mary’s Church. These modern Stations enable you…
Lent Series: At the Foot of the Cross
Thursdays during the Season of Lent in the restored Chancel of All Saints’, Cuddesdon at 8 pm with 45 minute talk followed by discussion and concluding with Compline by candlelight. 8th March At the Foot of the Cross with…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are the Meek
Sermon preached by Canon Edmund Newey, Sub Dean of Christ Church, Oxford on Sunday 4th March at the Benefice Service in St Giles’, Horspath. Readings: Zephaniah 3:8-13, Matthew 11:25-30 ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.’ In…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are those who mourn
Sermon preached by Canon Andrew Meynell at the Benefice Service at All Saints’, Cuddesdon on Sunday 4th February 2018. Readings: Isaiah 57 14-21, Luke 7 1-10 Mary Oliver connects with this beatitude in the little poem: The Uses of Sorrow Someone…
Lent Across the Benefice
Ash Wednesday To mark the beginning of Lent, a time of inner renewal and reflection, we will be holding a Communion Service with ashing at St Mary’s Garsington at 10.30 am on 14th February and 5.15pm in All Saints’, Cuddesdon.…