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    Some Magdalen Sermons

    18 October 2020
    The Reverend Canon Dr Jeffrey John – St Luke
    Chaplain, London School of Economics, Founding Director, LSE Faith Centre

    9 February 2020
    The Reverend Canon Dr James Walters – Sermon
    Chaplain, London School of Economics, Founding Director, LSE Faith Centre

    25 January 2020
    Professor Toby Garfitt – Sermon
    Emeritus Fellow in French, Magdalen College

    16 June 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Trinity Sunday
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    2 June 2019
    Dr Ralph Walker – On Paul, Silas and St John
    Founder’s Chaplain, Magdalen College

    30 May 2019
    Professor Toby Garfitt – Ascension
    Emeritus Fellow in French, Magdalen College

    19 May 2019
    The Reverend Jonathan Sedgwick – Sermon
    Priest-in-Charge, St George-the-Martyr, Southwark and former Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    12 May 2019
    Professor Toby Garfitt – Sermon
    Emeritus Fellow in French, Magdalen College

    9 May 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Sermon given in Beverely
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    5 May 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Conversion
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    1 May 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Homeless
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    21 April 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Easter 2019
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    3 March 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – On the Transfiguration
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    17 February 2019
    Dr Ralph Walker – On Jeremiah and Luke
    Founder’s Chaplain, Magdalen College

    10 February 2019
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Leaving everything to follow Him
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    3 February 2019
    The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert – Sermon
    Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College

    2 February 2019
    The Reverend James Crockford – Candlemas
    Honorary Chaplain, Magdalen College

    27 January 2019
    The Reverend Professor Sabina Alkire – Inequality
    Honorary Chaplain, Magdalen College

    20 January 2019
    Spencer Klavan – On Impossibly Good Wine
    Lecturer in Greek Language and Literature, Magdalen College

    18 November 2018
    Professor Toby Garfitt – Sermon
    Emeritus Professor of French and Fellow of Magdalen College

    4 November 2018
    The Reverend Canon Angela Tilby – Sermon
    Canon Emeritus, Christ Church Cathedral

    4 November 2018
    The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert – Sermon
    Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College

    28 October 2018
    The Reverend Canon Bruce Kinsey – Sermon
    Chaplain and Fellow of Balliol College

    21 October 2018
    Professor Peter McCullough – Sermon
    Professor of English & Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford

    14 October 2018
    The Reverend Elaine Bardwell – Sermon
    Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College

    7 October 2018
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Freshers 2018
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    7 October 2018
    The Reverend Duncan Dormer – Against the howling of the wolves
    CEO, United Society Partners in the Gospel

    17 June 2018
    The Reverend Canon Jeremy Haselock – St John the Baptist Day
    Chaplain to Her Majesty The Queen

    10 June 2018
    Lord Patten of Barnes – Sermon
    Chancellor, University of Oxford

    3 June 2018
    The Reverend Sue Booys – Trinity 1
    Rector, Dorchester Abbey

    20 May 2018
    Dr Ralph Walker – Pentecost
    Founder’s Chaplain, Magdalen College

    13 May 2018
    The Reverend Professor Sarah Foot – Ascension
    Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Oxford University

    29 April 2018
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – I am the true vine
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    14 February 2018
    The Reverend Professor Sabina Alkire – Homily for Ash Wednesday
    Honorary Chaplain, Magdalen College

    11 February 2018
    The Reverend Nicholas King SJ – Magdalen Sermon
    Tutor and Fellow in New Testament Studies, Campion Hall, Oxford

    4 February 2018
    Dr Ralph Walker – John 1 and Proverbs 8
    Founder’s Chaplain, Magdalen College

    2 February 2018
    The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert – Candlemas
    Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College

    28 January 2018
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Unclean Spirit
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    21 January 2018
    Professor Nicola Slee – For Epiphany 3
    Director of Research, Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham

    21 January 2018
    The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert – For Epiphany 3
    Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College

    14 January 2018
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Learning to Listen
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College

    26 November 2017
    Rhidian Brook – Matthew 28 v.16
    Writer and broadcaster

    19 November 2017
    The Reverend Professor Sabina Alkire – Eucharist with Baptism
    Honorary Chaplain

    19 November 2017
    The Reverend Canon Andrew Piper – St Cecilia
    Precentor, Hereford Cathedral

    12 November 2017
    The Right Reverend Dr Steven Croft – The Great Identity Crisis
    Bishop of Oxford

    5 November 2017
    The Reverend Canon Lucy Winkett – Sermon
    Rector, St James’s Church, Piccadilly

    5 November 2017
    The Reverend Professor Robert Gilbert – 4th Sunday before Advent
    Fellows’ Chaplain, Magdalen College

    29 October 2017
    The Reverend Dr Emma Pennington – Angels Embodied
    Vicar of Cuddesdon, Garsington & Horspath

    22 October 2017
    Terry Waite – Oxford Sermon
    Hostages negotiator, humanitarian and author

    15 October 2017
    The Reverend Elaine Bardwell – Trinity 18
    Fellows’ Chaplain and Vicar of S. Michael’s, New Marston, Oxford

    4 October 2017
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Freshers’ Sermon
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College, Oxford

    18 June 2017
    The Reverend Canon Emma Percy – University Sermon for St John Baptist Day
    Chaplain and Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford

    11 June 2017
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Leavers’ Sermon
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College, Oxford

    14 May 2017
    Jayne Ozanne – A Deeper Truth
    Writer, broadcaster & LGBTI campaigner

    7 May 2017
    Dr Ralph Walker – Sermon on John
    Emeritus Fellow in Philosophy

    30 April 2017
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – Easter Road to Emmaus
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College, Oxford

    23 April 2017
    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall – University Sermon for St Mark’s Day
    Dean of Westminster

    5 March 2017
    The Reverend Dr Jonathan Arnold – ‘Blessed are the persecuted‘
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College, Oxford

    26 February 2017
    The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn – ‘Blessed are the peacemakers‘
    Dean of Southwark

    19 February 2017
    The Reverend Dr Sabine Alkire – ‘Blessed are the pure in heart‘
    Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford University

    29 January 2017
    The Right Reverend Humphrey Southern – ‘Blessed are the meek‘
    Principal, Ripon College, Cuddesdon

    22 January 2017
    The Reverend Professor Mark Williams – ‘Blessed are those who mourn‘
    Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Oxford University

    15 January 2017
    The Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold – ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit‘
    Dean of Divinity, Magdalen College, Oxford

    30 October 2016
    The Revd Canon Brian Mountford – The Jellicoe Sermon 2016
    Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford

    16 October 2016
    The Revd Dr A K M Adam
    Tutor in New Testament and Greek, St Stephen’s House, Oxford

    22 May 2016
    Angela Tilby
    Diocesan Canon at Christ Church, Oxford

    15 May 2016
    Revd Canon Rosie Harper
    Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham

    8 May 2016
    Revd Canon Jeremy Davies
    Former Precentor Salisbury Cathedral

    1 May 2016
    Richard Lloyd Morgan
    Interim Dean of Divinity
    Magdalen College, Oxford

    6 March 2016
    Mothering Sunday
    The Revd Professor Robert Gilbert
    Fellow, Magdalen College and Curate, St Peter’s Wolvercote

    7 February 2016
    The Revd Dr Melanie Marshall
    Chaplain, Lincoln College, Oxford

    29 November 2015
    Advent Sunday
    An exceedingly early Christmas Sermon
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    22 November 2015
    The Revd Professor Sabina Alkire
    Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative;
    Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University

    15 November 2015
    The Rt Revd Lord Harries of Pentregarth
    (Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford 1987-2006)
    Preached after the Paris attacks of 13 November

    1 November 2015
    The Jellicoe Sermon
    The Revd Dr Simon Cuff
    Curate in the Parish of Christ the Saviour
    Ealing Broadway, London

    25 October 2015
    A Sermon on ‘Faith, Belief and Bigotry’
    Dr Ralph Walker
    Emeritus Fellow in Philosophy

    18 Oct 2015
    An Address for S. Luke’s Day
    Professor Peter Sullivan
    Director of Education for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    14 June 2015
    Evensong Address for Leavers
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    7 June 2015
    First Sunday after Trinity
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    24 May 2015
    The Revd Canon Dr Angus Ritchie
    Executive Director
    The Centre for Theology and Community, East London

    10 May 2015
    The Revd Professor Sabina Alkire
    Honorary Chaplain
    Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

    3 May 2015
    Fourth Sunday after Easter
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    22 February 2015
    A Sermon on Friendship
    for the distribution of ‘Claymond’s Dole’
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    15 February 2015
    A Sermon for ‘Evolution Sunday’
    Dr Andrew Gosler TSSF
    University Research Lecturer in Ornithology and Conservation

    25 January 2015
    Feast of the Conversion of St Paul
    The Revd Professor Robert Gilbert
    Fellow and Tutor in Biochemistry
    and Fellows’ Chaplain

    23 November 2014
    The Solemnity of Christ the King
    The Revd Dr Sabina Alkire
    Honorary Chaplain

    16 November 2014
    Professor John Harper
    (Organist and Informator Choristarum 1981-1990)

    26 October 2014
    ‘A Sermon for Agnostics’
    Dr Ralph Walker
    Emeritus Fellow in Philosophy

    12 October 2014
    Freshers’ Welcome Sermon
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    22 July 2014
    The Feast of S. Mary Magdalen
    The Revd Elaine Bardwell
    Fellows’ Chaplain and Vicar of S. Michael’s, New Marston

    8 June 2014
    A Sermon for Pentecost
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    4 May 2014
    A Sermon for Eastertide
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

    23 Feb 2014
    A Sermon on the theme of Spirituality and Retreats
    Professor Philip Sheldrake
    Senior Research Fellow, Cambridge Theological Federation

    9 February 2014
    A Sermon for ‘Evolution Sunday’
    Dr Ralph Walker
    Emeritus Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy

    1 December 2013
    A Christmas Sermon
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

     

    10 November 2013
    Address for Remembrance Sunday
    General Sir Nick Parker KCB, CBE
    Commander-in-Chief / Commander Land Forces 2010-2012

     

    27 October 2013
    The Jellicoe Sermon
    Canon Dr Angus Ritchie
    Director of the Contextual Theology Centre
    Royal Foundation of St Katharine, London

     

    20 October 2013
    Address for the Anniversary of the Dedication of Magdalen Chapel
    Mr Anthony Smith CBE
    President of Magdalen from 1988 to 2005

     

    9 June 2013
    Leavers’ Farewell Sermon
    The Revd Dr Michael Piret
    Dean of Divinity

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