Morning! I’m Molly Boot (Molly Boot), a first year curate in rural Gloucestershire — it’s lovely to be back here. I think the last time was the week lockdown was announced… no life-shattering national events this week, I hope!

You know you're in Oxford when the sermon breaks into Koine Greek AND references Roland Barthes. Lovely to be back at St Mary Magdalen Oxford

Happy Easter to you from All Saints, Croft's Hill, Jamaica. (Btw, these wonderful people have been without a priest for a long time now - your next post? 🙂) Dio Jamaica&Cayman Diocese of Oxford

A very happy Easter to all our members past and present, benefactors, and friends.

Agnus redemit oves – A Lamb has redeemed the sheep. A Joyful Easter to all my followers!

Easter joy St Mary Magdalen Oxford today! Many thanks to our outstanding clergy, serving team, and musicians- a tweet is too short to say how wonderful an experience this Holy Week has been. Christ is risen! Alleluia! Mary Mags Choir Will Dawes Ian Tindale

Such a joy to be in Snape maltings today! With such strong childhood memories of the place, it's magic to be singing here for the first time, especially as it's with The Sixteen. Back to St Mary Magdalen Oxford tomorrow.

📢We are proud to announce that Professor Jenn Strawbridge and Dr Erin Heim have been shortlisted for this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards. They were nominated for their work on Diversifying the Curriculum in Biblical Studies at Oxford. Congrats to both!

theology.web.ox.ac.uk/article/jenn-s…

Christian persecution overseas was debated in the Lords this week. The Bishop of Oxford described as 'extremely sobering & moving...that according to Open Doors UK 365 million Christians face some sort of persecution worldwide—about 1 in 7 of the global Christian population'.

Absolutely splendid worship Great St Bartholomew, West Smithfield for Palm Sunday. Uplifting & excellent music & liturgy. Good après mass too. Good to chat with Marcus Walker over coffee. He’s doing some really excellent things & there must have been almost 300 at mass this morning

A statement from our Rector Crispin Pailing

Our Palm Sunday service this morning begins at the earlier time of 10.15am, with a procession from Trinity College Chapel to Mary Mags, arriving in church at about 10.30am. Entrance to Trinity College is via Broad Street; all are welcome.

...as was the Gabrieli Missa Brevis. The choir's well established expertise in Byrd was demonstrated in the motet Quomodo cantabimus; and Ian Tindale gave us superbly appropriate Bach on the organ (BWV 727 and 538ii) Many thanks to all! Will Dawes St Mary Magdalen Oxford 🎶

Hearing Stainer's 'God so Loved the world' sung by Mary Mags Choir today was like seeing a stained glass window for the first time after cleaning: the accretions of exaggerated emphases and other choirmasterly affectations so often heard were washed away; it was radiant, glorious...

The Byzantine Empire, the eastern evolution of the Roman empire that outlasted the west by a millennium, offers up an array of fascinating, and under-studied, material. Today Averil Cameron @19averil shares her thoughts on a long, rich career in the field: antigonejournal.com/2024/03/averil…

In 1557, the Roman Catholic Church published an index of prohibited books, says Bodleian curator Andrew Dunning.

Guess what happened next!

Discover more #BannedBooks for #WorldBookDay today on the Bodleian and @UniOfOxford social channels
#WorldBookDay 2024

Introducing Rev'd Dr Mel Marshall, chaplain of Balliol College and Associate Priest St Mary Magdalen Oxford Mthr Mel is one of the most engaging speakers in the catholic tradition in the The Church of England today! She will be speaking on 'the Catholic life' on Saturday 27th April at 2pm 1/3

final hymn. In fact the whole service (for Lent 1) seemed especially well integrated (Lenten prose, 40 days and 40 nights, lovely JSB on the organ) and I can only say how grateful we are to the musicans and clergy for providing such a profound experience Will Dawes Ian Tindale