St Paul's Cathedral

What is Growth, and how do we measure it? The journey from poverty to prosperity is widely measured by and credited to the growth in a country’s GDP. But what if there is more to consider? What about the needs which this doesn’t address – a healthy family life, civic participation, and freedom from discrimination or exploitation? Using Christian Aid’s An Unquenchable Thirst report, St Paul’s Insti...

Session 1 - 1 December 2018. (Following sessions are 8, 15 & 22 December). Handout referred to is the session can be found at https://www.stpauls.co.uk/SM4/Mutable/Uploads/medialibrary/Handout-week-1.pdf Advent is traditionally the season when we reflect on humanity’s relationship with God through the lives of the Old and New Testament Fathers and Mothers of the faith. It is also a season which ca...

Sermon by The Reverend Canon Jonathan Brewster, Treasurer, at A Service for Remembrance on Sunday 11 November 2018.

We all have crossing places in our lives - moments on which our life turns. A new baby, leaving home, a bereavement, a new job or country, a medical diagnosis. These ‘liminal’ times – thresholds between one life and another – are often times of uncertainty, waiting and not knowing, but are also precious because they can open us up to a new closeness to God. Richard Rohr has called them ‘a unique s...

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Jonathan Brewster, Treasurer, at Sung Eucharist on all Saints' Day, 1 November 2018.

The traditional story of the birth of Christianity is dominated by men. It is often thought that Jesus only chose men to be his disciples and apostles, but evidence suggests that this is really only half the story. Were female disciples in fact crucial to the Jesus movement? Profoundly scandalous at the time, the idea remains highly controversial 2,000 years later. Two distinguished early church h...

Sermon by the Reverend James Milne, Minor Canon and Sacrist, as part of the sermon series: For Whom the Bell Tolls, remembering the great and the good in the Crypt of St Paul's - Maria Mary Fussell (1834-81), philanthropist. Recorded Sunday 28 October 2018.

Sermon by The Dean, The Very Reverend Dr David Ison, as part of the sermon series: For Whom the Bell Tolls, remembering the great and the good in the Crypt of St Paul's - Admiral the Viscount Nelson (1758 - 1805), naval officer. Recorded Sunday 21 October 2018.

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Dr Angus Ritchie, Director, The Centre for Theology & Community, Priest-in-Charge, St-George-in-the-East, at Evensong attended by the Lord Mayor of London and London Borough Mayors on the Eve of St Luke the Evangelist on Wednesday 17 October 2018.

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor, as part of the sermon series: For Whom the Bell Tolls, remembering the great and the good in the Crypt of St Paul's - Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), physician. Recorded Sunday 14 October 2018.

Sermon by The Reverend Hilary Ison at Mattins on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 14 October 2018.

After the Resurrection, Jesus says to the disciples Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. We tend to think of peace as the end or absence of war but Nadim Nassar says that Jesus is talking about something far more radical than that: a whole culture of peace. It is about how we bring up our children, how we flourish in our homes, workplaces and churches, and ultimately about a call to a s...

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Michael Hampel, Precentor, as part of the sermon series: For Whom the Bell Tolls, remembering the great and the good in the Crypt of St Paul's - Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918), composer. Recorded Sunday 7 October 2018.

The Reverend Prebendary Marjorie Brown, Vicar, St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, preaches at Sung Eucharist on Holy Cross Day, Friday 14 September 2018.

Many people are deeply concerned about global capitalism and rampant consumerism, but many of us also lack the tools to be able to engage confidently in the debate about its future. Eve Poole is a theologian who has worked in the financial services industry, and she argues that the Church has crucial things to say about the economy and a vital role to play in redeeming the marketplace both at home...

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor, at Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 5 August 2018.

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Jonathan Brewster, Treasurer, St Paul's Cathedral, at Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 15th July 2018.

Sermon - the Reverend Helen O'Sullivan, Priest Vicar and Chaplain, at Evensong attended by staff and pupils of St Paul's Cathedral School to mark the end of the school year, Thursday 12 July 2018.

The Revd Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, interviews the artist Hughie O'Donoghue about his new painting of St Martin of Tours, installed in the chapel of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral in July 2018. Interview recorded 10 July 2018.

Sermon by the Very Reverend Dr Andreas Loewe, Dean of Melbourne, Australia, at Evensong on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 8 July 2018.

Sermon by the Reverend Lucy Winkett, Rector, St James Piccadilly, at Evensong attended by the Friends of St Paul's Cathedral - A Celebration of Friends and Benefactors on Wednesday 4 July 2018.

Sermon by Dr Paula Gooder, Director of Mission, Learning and Development, Diocese of Birmingham, at the Consecration of the Venerable Dr John Perumbalath as Bishop of Bradwell, the Very Reverend Vivienne Faull as Bishop of Bristol and the Venerable Simon Burton-Jones as Bishop of Tonbridge on Tuesday 3 July 2018.

We live in extraordinary times. How can we think and act as Christians in response to the urgent, sometimes overwhelming politics that we experience every day? Where do politics, theology and faith meet? And how is it that different Christians can hold completely opposing views, all claiming the gospel as their inspiration? One way to think afresh about this is to look at Jesus’ own actions and te...

A conversation between Canon Mark Oakley and the artist Gerry Judah, in which they discuss the twin sculptures created to commemorate the Great War.

Sermon by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally, The Bishop of London, at the Ordination of Deacons on Saturday 30 June 2018.