Chapel and Choir
The chapel welcomes all members of college and staff wishing to explore ideas, and all are encouraged to enjoy the possibility that the chapel and its services offer for reflection.
The chapel exists to promote thoughtful responses to faith. It has a strong musical tradition, with a wide repertoire, and guest preachers and speakers emphasize the diversity of the Christian tradition, and the possibilities of inter-faith dialogue.
The principal term time services are:
- Sunday 6pm: sung evensong with an address by the chaplain or a guest preacher, an anthem sung by the choir and three hymns. This service lasts an hour in total, and sherry is served afterwards before formal hall.
- Wednesday 6.30pm: choral evensong: a formal service sung by the choir with readings and prayers. There is no address, and the service lasts around forty minutes.
- There is a Eucharist on Sunday morning at 8.45 lasting half an hour, before breakfast and newspapers at the chaplain’s house, and morning prayer is said every week day in full term at 8.30, lasting a quarter of an hour.
- There is a termly Roman Catholic Mass, and members of every Christian denomination as well as those with no Christian faith are valued participants in all aspects of chapel life.
Download the Chapel Termcard for Trinity 2012
Download the Music List for Trinity 2012
Competition to compose a new College Grace
The competition to compose a new College Grace is now closed. We are pleased to announce that the winners are:
- 1st prize: Alexander Proctor (Mathematics, matriculated 2009) – current student
- 2nd prize: John Wadsworth (Music, matriculated 2011) – current student
- 3rd prize: Michael Girkin (Ancient and Modern History, matriculated 2007) - alumnus
All three will be invited to dine at high table at Sunday Formal Hall for the first performance of the new Grace on Sunday of 6th week (27 May). From then on, this new setting will be used alongside the current version of the Grace.
