St Paul's Cathedral

Sermon from the Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of the Ashes by Canon Mark Oakley. Recorded Wednesday 14 February 2018.

Recording of Session 2 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove some inaudible audience questions. Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met with a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person...

Recording of Session 1 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove some inaudible audience questions. Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met with a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person...

Why do pilgrims walk so much? What do they learn? And does it do them any lasting good? Sally Welch has been going on pilgrimage for over 20 years and her new book is a guide to the art and practice of pilgrimage through some of the most beautiful and ancient pilgrim routes in the UK and abroad. She will share her experiences and some of what she has learnt about how to go on pilgrimage well inclu...

Sermon from Sung Eucharist on Friday 2 February 2018, The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas), by the Reverend Canon Mark Oakley.

The Place Mothers Call Home by Tice Cin - the sixth and final in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with m...

The Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, gives us a message on Christmas Eve reflecting on the words 'we love because he first loved us'. Recorded 24 December 2017.

Wings and Tings by Kareem Parker Brown - the fifth in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and...

Unmuted Word by Sarah Lasoye - the fourth in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering...

To Bethlehem the town of David by Jeremiah Brown. The third in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with mea...

The Visitation by Ankita Saxena. The second in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and pepperi...

Doorway by Antosh Wojcik. The first in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it wi...

Advent is the season of waiting and contemplation, when we prepare for the joyful coming of Christ at Christmas. But waiting is not always chosen or joyful, and can bring times of great spiritual testing – through illness, old age, or the struggles and frustrations of everyday life. Margaret Whipp will explore the challenges of life’s waiting times and the skills they demand, drawing on vivid meta...

Short version - this podcast features the Q&A only. Forgiveness is news. When someone forgives terrible harm done to them, from the victims of terrorism to the violently bereaved, the story is always news and often the person is treated as a moral hero. But does it take a special person to forgive and forget, or can we all learn to do it? And why is forgiveness central to Jesus’ teaching? Lucy Win...

Short version - this podcast features Lucy Winkett's talk only. Forgiveness is news. When someone forgives terrible harm done to them, from the victims of terrorism to the violently bereaved, the story is always news and often the person is treated as a moral hero. But does it take a special person to forgive and forget, or can we all learn to do it? And why is forgiveness central to Jesus’ teachi...

Short version - this podcast features Marian Partington's talk only. Forgiveness is news. When someone forgives terrible harm done to them, from the victims of terrorism to the violently bereaved, the story is always news and often the person is treated as a moral hero. But does it take a special person to forgive and forget, or can we all learn to do it? And why is forgiveness central to Jesus’ t...

'Forgiveness is the most imaginative way of becoming free and offering freedom'. Marian Partington Forgiveness is news. When someone forgives terrible harm done to them, from the victims of terrorism to the violently bereaved, the story is always news and often the person is treated as a moral hero. But does it take a special person to forgive and forget, or can we all learn to do it? And why is f...

Do you feel more at home on the edges of faith than at the centre? Christian life has often been associated with conformity and a culture where people don’t feel able to ask questions. But Dave Tomlinson thinks our spiritual communities can be ‘laboratories of the Spirit’ where we explore issues of faith and spirit with openness, imagination and creativity. Can they be places where doubts and ques...

The works of John Donne, one of England's foremost poets and priests, were brought to life in words and music at St Paul's Cathedral on April 26 2012. St Paul's in association with Poet in the City and Winning Words, presented the special event in the cathedral where Donne was Dean from 1621-31. Speakers: Peter McCullough - lay canon of St Paul's and Professor of English at Lincoln College, Oxford...

The Revd Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, interviews London artist Gerry Judah on his new piece recently installed in St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the First World War. This interview was recorded on 15th April 2014.

Highlights from the Sung Eucharist to Commemorate the Hundredth Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War I held at St Paul's Cathedral, London, on Sunday 3rd August 2014. Sermon given by the Revd Canon Michael Hampel - Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral.

The Revd Canon Andrew White, President of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East and 'Vicar of Baghdad', preaches the sermon at the Sung Eucharist service on All Saints' Day, 1st November 2015.

Revd Canon Mark Oakley gives a sermon at the 'Remembering with Hope' Commemoration service to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorists attacks on 11th September 2001. The service was held at St Paul's Cathedral, London.

The Very Revd Dr David Ison gives the sermon at his Installation service as the new Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Recorded on 25th May 2012.

Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry speaks to Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, about the things that matter most.