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November 28, 2015 Sermon preached at the Synod Service 2015
Father Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. CAP, Preacher to the Papal Household gives the Sermon at a Service of Holy Communion at the Inauguration of the Tenth General Synod of the Church of England at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 24th November 2015
11 min
November 19, 2015 In Power? The Power of MPs
Speaker: Baroness Jowell
Interlocutor and Chair: Baroness D'Souza, Lord Speaker
It is neither superheroes nor automata but human beings who pace the corridors of Westminster and Whitehall, often feeling anything but powerful. Bound by party politics, the executive, the minister, public opinion, the media: sometimes these constraints are real, sometimes not. Who, or what, is running the country? How is power balanced around Parliament Square between the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive? What of the soft power of religion and the monarchy? In its autumn programme
In Power? Westminster Abbey Institute will offer a series of lectures, dialogues and seminars to explore these pressing questions.
1 hr
November 06, 2015 Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2015
The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, delivers the sermon on All Souls Day, 2nd November 2015
12 min
October 29, 2015 Sermon given at a special service to commemorate the 600th anniversary of The Battle of Agincourt
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Richard Chartres KCVO,
Bishop of London, gives the sermon at a special service to commemorate the 600th anniversary of The Battle of Agincourt
14 min
October 28, 2015 Sermon given at a special service celebrating the lives of Armenian martyrs
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Richard Chartres KCVO gives the address at a special service celebrating the lives of Armenian martyrs
14 min
October 27, 2015 In Power? The Power of Whitehall
Speaker: Sir David Normington
Interlocutor and Chair: Professor Lord Hennessy

It is neither superheroes nor automata but human beings who pace the corridors of Westminster and Whitehall, often feeling anything but powerful. Bound by party politics, the executive, the minister, public opinion, the media: sometimes these constraints are real, sometimes not. Who, or what, is running the country? How is power balanced around Parliament Square between the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive? What of the soft power of religion and the monarchy? In its autumn programme "In Power?" Westminster Abbey Institute offers a series of lectures, dialogues and seminars to explore these pressing questions.
33 min
October 26, 2015 Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist for the Dedication of Westminster Abbey - 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster at the Sung Eucharist for the Dedication of Westminster Abbey on Sunday 18th October 2015
11 min
October 26, 2015 Sermon Given on the Festival Eucharist during the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor
Sermon given by The Right Reverend Stephen Platten, Honorary Assistant Bishop, Diocese of London, at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor - 17th October 2015
12 min
October 26, 2015 Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist for the Translation of St Edward the Confessor - 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster at Sung Eucharist on 13th October 2015, The Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 1163, 1269
15 min
October 13, 2015 In Power? The Power of the Judiciary
It is neither superheroes nor automata but human beings who pace the corridors of Westminster and Whitehall, often feeling anything but powerful.
Bound by party politics, the executive, the minister, public opinion, the media: sometimes these constraints are real, sometimes not. Who, or what, is running the country? How is power balanced around Parliament Square between the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Executive? What of the soft power of religion and the monarchy? In its autumn programme In Power? Westminster Abbey Institute will offer a series of lectures, dialogues and seminars to explore these pressing questions.
39 min

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