welcome
this week
Sunday 29th January - Candlemas
10.30am Sung Eucharist
Preacher:The Revd Rachel Greene
Forthcoming Events
Sunday 12th February
5.30pm Choral Evensong and University Service
Evensong will be sung by the combined choirs of eleven colleges. Preacher: Canon Brian Mountford
Saturday 25th February
7.30pm St John Passion
Sung by the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. For more information visit our concerts page.
Sunday 26th February
10.30am Choral Eucharist and University Service
Preacher: The Revd Canon Professor Martyn Percy, Principle of Ripon College, Cuddesdon
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    Welcome to St. Mary’s online

  • St Mary's is a very busy church in the centre of Oxford, attended by people of many different backgrounds and opinions.
  • We are an inclusive church that will give a warm welcome to everyone.
  • We aim to help people grow in their faith through challenging sermons and a variety of education courses.
  • Our ‘Vaults and Gardens’ cafe is famous for its delicious, organic, and locally sourced food.
  • This is Oxford’s University Church and hosts three official services each term
  • The Old Library is a popular conference facility
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Throughout the development project, our Education Officer Lucinda Williams, will be posting updates on our new blog. When you visit the page, you will be able to subscibe to receive updates directly into your inbox. Education Heritage and Renewal for the 21st Century
The notice sheets, which carry full details of all events coming up at St Mary's, can be downloaded from the News page.
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Education, Heritage and Renewal for the 21st Century

As all can see, work has begun on the refurbishment of St Mary’s. The tower and spire are scaffolded for external stonework repairs; the chancel will be scaffolded inside for cleaning, relighting and other works. During this term and part of next, all parts of the building will be closed, except for the nave. By June 2012 we hope to have a beautifully restored Old Library, chancel and Adam de Brome Chapel. If all goes to schedule, our businesses will re-open in May. Obviously this work will be disruptive to normal church life and therefore we propose to offer no extra-curricular events this term. Sunday morning worship will be business as usual, but there will be no Sunday evening service or midday service (apart from Ash Wednesday). On Sunday evenings in term the congregation is warmly invited to join Brasenose, Oriel, or Wadham Chapel’s community. Given the hyperactive nature of Oxford life in full term, we have decided not to struggle against the odds to keep up, but to treat this period as a ‘Parish Sabbatical’: a time to take stock and to plan for life after the re-opening. Although the casual visitor might be disappointed to find the church in a ‘mess’, we intend to keep up the community spirit within our regular congregation. The German Lutheran Congregation will meet in St Nicholas, Marston on the first Sunday of the month. The Parish Office will remain open as usual and members of the clergy and lay staff can be contacted there. The last time work was done on this scale in St Mary’s was TG Jackson’s restoration in the 1890s.


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