Choral Solemn Eucharist (‘The University Service’)
Ginny Wilmhoff preaching • Music by Orlando di Lasso, John Tavener, and J. Jongen
Regular services (see our schedule here) are not posted as separate events in the list below.
Ginny Wilmhoff preaching • Music by Orlando di Lasso, John Tavener, and J. Jongen
In the last week before Advent • Music by G. P. da Palestrina, T. L. de Victoria, and C. Franck
Commemorating Crispin & Crispinian • Music by Goudimel, Elgar, and Bach
Sung by the Chapel Choir • In commemoration of St Luke • Music by H. Darke, W. Byrd, and S. Preston
Fr Mellanie Cohoon preaching • Music by T. L. de Victoria, J de Aliseda, and J. S. Bach
The University Service is a Choral Eucharist service for the whole College – an ancient theurgic ritual taken up in a poetic 16th-century liturgy that here embraces the rediscovery of the transcendent and sacred in the radically secular contemporary world. It is sung by the renowned Chapel Choir, directed by Paul Halley. Our hope for the year is that this Thursday evening University service will be a gathering-place (among many) for the whole college – students, faculty, and staff from all corners of the campus. All are welcome, of all faiths and none.
This week, the service will be followed by a reception in the President’s Lodge.
Light the candles wherever you can, you who have them. They are a real symbol of what must happen … if we want to live.
—Fr. Alfred Delp