This was so good, on ‘the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England’. Featuring excellent contributions from Malcolm Guite & Suzannah Lipscomb

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0…

Thought this review of Marilynne Robinson's new book on Genesis, by Professor John Barton, was very good...
'if there is a problem of evil, there is also a mystery of goodness, and it is just as salient in the Bible as its dark opposite'

churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/…

If you missed Evensong streamed live from the Abbey on Easter Day, you can catch up on demand on our website until Sunday at: westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/…

Easter Sunday, 31st March, 11.00am Magdalen College Chapel Oxford

Choral Eucharist sung by Magdalen College Choir
Stravinsky - Mass
Martin Baker - O filii et filiae
Dupré - Laudate Dominum
Bassano - Dic nobis Maria

All are warmly welcome!

This Good Friday, we share a depiction of Christ's crucifixion, with Mary and John from MS Lat 252. It's taken from 'Hours of the Virgin' a tiny medieval manuscript made in France and Italy in the 15th Century. The book measures 85mm by 65mm.

Good Friday Magdalen College Chapel Oxford
Morning Prayer can be heard here: player.captivate.fm/episode/590704…

At 11am a service of readings, music, & prayers will take place Magdalen College Chapel Oxford Magdalen College Choir. All are welcome to attend.

What is Maundy Thursday?

Here Rev Dr Sam Wells, from St Martin-in-the-Fields explains the events of Maundy Thursday and why it is such a significant day in the church year.

All are welcome to Holy Week and Easter services Magdalen College Chapel Oxford Magdalen College Choir:
MAUNDY THURSDAY (tonight): 6pm Sung Eucharist
GOOD FRIDAY: 11am Liturgy
EASTER SUNDAY: 11am Sung Eucharist

TONIGHT Magdalen College Chapel Oxford
Wednesday 27th March, 9pm
Holy Week Meditation: Couperin Leçons de ténèbres
Jenni Attia & Margaret Lingas (Sopranos)
Chris Terepin (Viola da gamba)
Alexander Pott (Organ)
All are welcome!

After the great success of our Buxtehude concerts over the past two days, what better way to enhance your experience of music in Holy Week yet again with the Magdalen Choir in our upcoming Easter services! We look forward to seeing many of you here as always.

Lothlorien

Meet Monty, resident of Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary, who led our Palm Sunday procession through Oxford with his characteristic cool charisma. #MuChChLove

The annual Magdalen College Chapel Oxford Community retreat took place in Cambridge over the past weekend. We enjoyed the 'William Blake' Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, pub trips, riverside walks, and Palm Sunday services Ely Cathedral...

Tomorrow is #PalmSunday when we celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. He was welcomed by crowds who laid palm leaves in his path and proclaimed him the Messiah.

Palm Sunday also marks the start of #HolyWeek when we look ahead to Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday.…

I invite people to join me in praying for a speedy recovery for HRH The Princess of Wales. Cancer affects so many families. Today it affects The Royal Family. We send them our love and good wishes and the assurance of the prayers of the church.

More than a smattering of fritillaries now

As our concerts of Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri nears on Sunday and Monday, do take a look at our Easter schedule as the choir and chapel prepares for Holy Week. We're particularly looking forward to singing Stravinsky's Mass and Dupre's Laudate Dominum on Easter Day!

Holy Week and Easter Services Magdalen College Chapel Oxford Magdalen College Choir:

The streets of Oxford change over time, but the steeples of Magdalen College look out over the high street unchanged

Hey look it's us and one of our most famous former Fellows C.S. Lewis!