Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers

The Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers is responsible for nominating Select Preachers for University Sermons in each Michaelmas Term.

The Committee also nominates the preachers of the Court Sermon, the Sermon on the Sin of Pride, the Macbride Sermon, the Sermon on the Grace of Humility, and the Ramsden Sermon.

 

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Membership as at HT 2025 will be as follows

  Name Office or Appointing Body Until
[1] The Revd Canon Professor Jane Shaw, Principal of Harris Manchester     A person appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be chair of the committee MT 2025
[2]

The Assessor (Professor Benjamin Bollig, St Catherine's)

 One of the Proctors or the Assessor, as may be agreed between them ex officio
 [3] Professor Carol Harrison, Christ Church A Professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religion, elected by the professors in that faculty MT 2027
 [4] Professor Mark Harris, Harris Manchester As above MT 2028
 [5] The Revd Dr Elizabeth Macfarlane, St John's A member of Congregation, elected by Congregation MT 2028
 [6]

The Revd Dr Andrew Bowyer, Magdalen

 As above MT 2028
 [7] The Revd Canon Dr William Lamb The Vicar of St Mary's Church ex officio

Co-opted (the Committee may co-opt up to three additional members, who may be internal or external, who shall hold office for one year and shall be re-eligible)
[8]         The Revd Dr Stephanie Burette, LMH and Corpus Christi                                                                                                       MT 2025
     
Secretary: Planning and Council Secretariat (Aristea Gkontra)

The Committee usually meets once per academic year in Michaelmas term.

Date Time  
31 October 2024 10.30  

 

Hilary Term 2025:

  • Thursday, 16 January, 8.00 a.m.: The Reverend Professor William Whyte, Professor of Social and Architectural History, Tutorial Fellow in History, Editor of TW and Benefactors, and Keeper of Historic Buildings, St John’s. Holy Communion (Latin). At St Mary's.

    Sunday, 19 January, 3.30 p.m.: The Reverend Dr Melanie Marshall, quondam Balliol. Latin Litany and Sermon. At St Mary’s.

    Sunday, 26 January, 5.45pm.: The Reverend Canon Dr William Lamb, Vicar, University Church of St Mary the Virgin. Macbride Sermon. At Hertford College.

    Sunday, 9 February, 6.00 p.m.: The Reverend Canon Leanne Roberts, Dean of Clergy Well-being, Diocese of Southwark.  University Sermon on the Grace of Humility. At Brasenose.

    Sunday, 16 February, 10.30 a.m.: Dr Mary McAleese, President of Ireland 1997-2011; Professor of Children, Law & Religion at University of Glasgow 2018-2022; Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin. University Sermon. At St Mary’s.

    Sunday, 23 February, 10.30 a.m.: The Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow. University Sermon. At St Mary’s. 

    *Sunday, 9 March, 6.00 p.m.: The Reverend Dr Nicholas Moore, Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham. Sermon for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. At Oriel College.

    * On this day Doctors will wear their robes
     

 

 

 

Regulations

For the regulations of the Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers please click here:

Regulations

Contact us

Aristea Gkontra

Senior Administrative Officer(Governance)

Planning and Council Secretariat

aristea.gkontra@admin.ox.ac.uk 

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