Westminster Abbey-logo

Westminster Abbey

Christian Talk

Sermons, services and reflections from Westminster Abbey and lectures on issues of faith, ethics, politics and public policy-making from the Westminster Abbey Institute.

Location:

United Kingdom

Description:

Sermons, services and reflections from Westminster Abbey and lectures on issues of faith, ethics, politics and public policy-making from the Westminster Abbey Institute.

Twitter:

@wabbey

Language:

English

Contact:

+442076544960


Episodes

Institute Symposium: Harnessing technology

1/11/2023
A discussion regarding the potential use of technology to heal divisions in public life. Featuring Rory Cellan-Jones, former BBC technology correspondent; Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle and Dr Michael Burdett, philosophical theologian and Assistant Professor, Nottingham University.

Duration:00:59:44

The Bishop of Kensington Tribute

6/14/2022
Read from the Nave Pulpit

Duration:00:08:16

Imran Khan - Grenfell Memorial Tribute

6/14/2022
Read from the Nave Pulpit

Duration:00:10:57

Jon Snow Grenfell Tribute

6/14/2022
Read from the Nave pulpit

Duration:00:08:53

Desmond Tutu Choral Evensong - Address by The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu

6/10/2022
The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, gives the Address at a Choral Evensong with Thanksgiving for the life and work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Duration:00:09:56

Benefact Group service - Testimonial by Jay Blades

6/9/2022
Television presenter Jay Blades MBE gives a the testimonial at the Benefact Group Service of Thanksgiving. The service celebrated that over £100 million has been raised for good causes by the Benefact Group.

Duration:00:02:47

The Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture 2022: Securing a Europe of peace, freedom and justice

5/24/2022
Lord Adonis gives the 36th annual Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture at Westminster Abbey. Money has long been associated with moral danger and the deliberate parting with it is generally seen as something to be honoured and encouraged. But globalisation of markets, environmental degradation and the rise of technology have created new geographies of ethical risk which national governments find it hard to tackle. Knowing how money talks and that much change is needed, how do we work out where...

Duration:00:58:44

Florence Nightingale Service 2022 - Address given by Lord Sentamu

5/12/2022
The Rt Reverend and Rt Hon the Lord Sentamu of Lindisfarne and Masooli gave the Address during the service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale.

Duration:00:11:27

ANZAC Day Service 2022 - Dean's Address

4/25/2022
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, gives the Address during the the Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day 2022.

Duration:00:10:18

Service of Thanksgiving for The Duke of Edinburgh - Address by The Dean of Windsor

3/29/2022
The Right Reverend David Conner, Dean of Windsor, talks about The Duke of Edinburgh in his Address.

Duration:00:08:43

Service of Thanksgiving for The Duke of Edinburgh - Tribute by Doyin Sonibare

3/29/2022
Doyin Sonibare, a Gold Award holder from The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, gives a Tribute, talking about how the Duke of Edinburgh's Award has benefited her.

Duration:00:04:34

Audio: Serving as a Leader? lecture

12/31/2021
Audio of the conversation with the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick as she draws on her long experience in the police force and now as its most senior leader to discuss the meaning of serving as a leader.

Duration:01:08:21

In conversation: Serving as a Leader? discussion

11/25/2021
A conversation featuring Director of Westminister Abbey Institute, Claire Foster-Gilbert about the Serving as a Leader? talk.

Duration:00:19:33

The Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture: Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

11/17/2021
Loretta Minghella gives the 35th annual Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture at Westminster Abbey. Money has long been associated with moral danger and the deliberate parting with it is generally seen as something to be honoured and encouraged. But globalisation of markets, environmental degradation and the rise of technology have created new geographies of ethical risk which national governments find it hard to tackle. Knowing how money talks and that much change is needed, how do we...

Duration:00:44:17

Sung Eucharist for The Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey - Sermon

10/19/2021
The Reverend Canon Carl F. Turner, Rector of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, gave the sermon for the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey

Duration:00:15:26

Sermon at Sung Eucharist for the Feast of The Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021

10/19/2021
The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, gave the sermon at Sung Eucharist for the Feast of The Translation of St Edward the Confessor on 13th October 2021.

Duration:00:09:09

Judges Service - Sermon

10/1/2021
The Venerable Sheila Watson, Preacher of Lincoln's Inn, gave the sermon.

Duration:00:11:06

Abbeycast - Sermon at the Florence Nightingale Service 2021

5/13/2021
Listen to the Sermon delivered by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Sarah Mullally DBE, Bishop of London during the Florence Nightingale Service 2021. The Reverend pays thanks to nurses and healthcare workers on the front line during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sermon was delivered on what would have been Florence Nightingale's 101st birthday.

Duration:00:13:15

Abbeycast - ANZAC Day service: Sermon by the Dean of Westminster

4/26/2021
Listen to the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle's sermon given during the ANZAC Day service on Sunday 25th April 2021.

Duration:00:11:13

Abbeycast - Sung Requiem Eucharist in memoriam of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

4/26/2021
This 32-minute service includes prayers, readings, music and a blessing, recorded in the Abbey’s magnificent Chapter House. President: The Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Precentor Address by the Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon Theologian Reader: Unknown Mass for three voices - William Byrd Readings: Romans 8: 18–25 and Matthew 25: 31– end Motet: In manus tuas – John Sheppard Motet: Ave verum Corpus – Gerald Hendrie Cortège et Litanie, Op 19 no 2 – Marcel Dupré The choir is...

Duration:00:42:15