A very warm welcome to Bishop Humphrey Southern and his wife Emma who move into Cuddesdon this month in order for Humphrey to take up his new appointment as Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. We hope he soon settles into…
Experience Easter at Garsington
For this week only, 13th to the 17th April, there are a number of displays set out around the church in Garsington which walk the path through the Easter Story. Do drop in at any time between daylight hours and…
Call to Silence
Preached at All Saint’s Cuddesdon on 22nd March by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington. Last week I went to hear Jonathan sing Christus in the first part of Arvo Pärt’s St John Passion cycle. It took place in Queen’s college and…
New hymn books at St Giles
The College has kindly donated some Complete Anglican hymn books and we have purchassed a few more, meaning a larger range of hymns and that we now have the same book across the benafice. For those who would like to…
Holy Week
Wednesday 5.15pm: Evening Prayer with introductory Address (chapel) Maundy Thursday 9.15am: Morning Prayer and Address (chapel) 20.00 Eucharist of the Last Supper with Footwashing; Preacher: Tom Butler; stripping of the altars and watch before the altar of repose (in…
Learning to breathe underwater
Preached at the Benefice service by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington on 1st March 2015. In her book Sharing the Darkness, the palliative care doctor, Shelia Cassidy, includes a poem which she always kept in her white doctor’s coat in the…
Works of Mercy: Burying the Dead
Preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at Worcester College Chapel on 8th February 2015. Thank you very much to the Chaplain for his warm welcome. It is always a pleasure to return to this, probably the most visually stunning Chapel…
Wedding at Cana
I wonder, have you ever been to a disastrous wedding? Luckily I haven’t been to one which was totally disastrous, but between the two of us, Jonathan and I have seen some come close to it. Like the one where…