St Michael and All Angels' Church, Park Road, Abingdon
Prayer and Worship Resources
This page collects links to resources that you might find helpful whilst our regular services in church are put on hold. Many of the pages are updated frequently, so please check for the latest information.
Service booklets
The Order of Mass This is the "normal" order of Mass for Thursdays in the All Saints' to Advent season.
- Short text suitable for printing or downloading to a mobile device.
Resources accessible by telephone
- For those unable to access a church service online, please use the Church of England's Daily Hope freephone number, dial 0800 804 8044, for daily hymns, reflections and prayers
On-line resources
- A Candle in the Window, news and views from the parish of Abingdon-on-Thames. The seventh issue (2021) is now available. The eighth issue will be published in October.
- Silent Reflections at Home materials from:
- Diocese of Oxford Church at Home Although the live-streamed diocesan Church at Home service as such has now ceased, Church at Home is continuing to offer invitations to attend live-streamed services from churches around the diocese. The pattern seems to be to offer invitations from two churches each week, likely to be from different traditions within the Church of England.
- Oxford Cathedral on-line services Livestream events will appear on the cathedral's YouTube channel. Recordings of sermons and transcripts are available from the sermons page.
- Church of England Daily Prayer
- Daily prayer for the current day that page also has links to the CoE Daily Prayer app.
- A simple form of Daily Prayer St Peter's Church, Earley, Reading
- Community of the Resurrection: live streaming and recordings of the community's daily round of prayer and praise See Worship and Live Streaming on the Community's web site for details of their services. There is a pattern and rhythm to their worship that some readers might find helpful.
For variety
- Advent
- Advent in 2 minutes (YouTube video)
- Advent and Christmas at Christ Church Cathedral Some services require tickets. It is not clear from the web page which services will be live-streamed.
- Church of England - Advent Seasonal material for Advent in Common Worship - Times and Seasons
- COP 26
- United Nations Climate Change the UN web site containing links to the conference documents
- Resources from some scientific societies:
- COP26, climate change and the Royal Society
- Royal Meterological Society Resources include daily video briefings, briefing papers and podcasts
- The Royal Society of Chemistry Chemistry and COP26
- Salisbury Cathedral
- Bishop Olivia at COP26 Bishop Olivia, Bishop of Reading, is attending the conference and joining a range of events. Recordings of interviews she has given to local radio stations can be found on the Diocese of Oxford Soundcloud site.
- From the Anglican Communion - Anglican Consultative Council:
- Facing up to the spiritual challenge of the environmental crisis, 23 November. The Kellogg College annual Vincent Strudwick lecture on Religion in Public Life will be given by the Rt Revd Olivia Graham, Bishop of Reading, at 5.30pm. This lecture will be online. To receive the link to the event, please book thorough Eventbrite.
- Diocese of Oxford COP26 Engagement Opportunities these include writing to or emailing your MP (for Abingdon this is layla.moran.mp@parliament.uk), or the COP co-president alok.sharma.mp@parliament.uk or the Prime Minister boris.johnson.mp@parliament.uk. The COP26 Engagement Opportunities web site has a link to a document produced by the Quakers which is a general guide for contacting MPs. It is important to include your name and address in your email or letter so that your MP knows you live in their constituency.
- A moment of opportunity and truth The powerful and historic joint statement on the environment issued by Archbishop Justin, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as part of the preparations for COP 26 was followed on 4 October by a gathering of faith leaders from across the world in the Vatican and the release of a new joint statement by all the world's religions: Faith and Science: an appeal for COP 26. The appeal was presented to COP26 President-Designate, the Rt Hon Alok Sharma, and the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Luigi Di Maio.
- Before and during COP26 there will be a series of events, both face-to-face and virtual, open to the public.
- The Office for National Statistics Carbon dioxide emissions and woodland coverage where you live (21 October). The levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and woodland coverage vary across the UK.The ONS interactive maps let you see how your area looks, and how it compares with other areas.
- The text of a letter from the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury, A Joint Message for the Protection of Creation that was published on 7 September 2021
- Responding to the Climate Crisis includes links to recent publications by members of the Anglican Society of St Francis
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland offer a range of resources to support Climate Sunday.
- Olivia, Bishop of Reading, gave a talk on Climate Sunday in St Mary's Church Greenham. A video of her talk is available on
YouTube.
Links are provided below to some of the resources Bishop Olivia mentions in her talk.
- A Christian Guide to Environmental Issues by Martin Hodson and Margot Hodson, published by BRF
- The Eco Church scheme
- The Diocese of Oxford's EcoHub which is organised as a collection of zones: the Knowledge Zone for facts on climate change, the Action Zone for advice on making practical change and the Reflection Zone offering theological resources. The specialist Net Zero Zone offers information on the path to net zero.
- Readers might like to read the transcript of Canon Ward's sermon, Service and Sacrifice, preached in Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday 25 July.
- General Synod met in London on 16/17 November. Papers and recordings of the sessions are available from the General Synod web site and Watch General Synod.
- Oxford Diocese:
- New Spring Courses from the Diocese A range of courses (online and in-person) for Licensed Lay Ministers and others to help you grow in your faith, discipleship and understanding and to become further equipped to serve God in everyday life at work, at home and through church.
- New podcast series Episode 1: Exiles We will only navigate the challenges of the coming years if we learn to be a deeper church again. This new series of podcasts explores what God is saying to us as a Church through the first letter of Peter. Join the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, and some of his fellow bishops from around the world as they rediscover that the medicine Peter offers is good for today's church. Links to the podcasts can be found in Bishop Steven's blog.
- Diocesan Synod met on Saturday 13 November. The agenda and papers for the meeting are available here.
- Presentations from the induction event for new Synod Members, 27 September 2021
- Bishop Steven in the House of Lords, our bishop's contributions to debates during the week ending 10 September
- Summary, papers and recording of the Synod meeting held on 19 June
- Annual Review, May 2021
- Come and See is an invitation from our Bishops to local communities to take the first steps in exploring faith. Many people are asking deep questions of faith. Did you know 1 in 5 people watching church online during the pandemic didn't regularly attend before the crisis? Come and See is a free online experience to help you find out more about the Christian faith. It all started on Sunday 24 January and the first series ended on 3 April. There will be opportunity to join another Come and See journey in the future. Some of the resources from the first journey are available on the web site.
- Surfing in Heaven: A week of prayer is the title of an event held at Exeter Cathedral from 26 September to 2 October. The week is led by Father George Guiver CR and Sister Elizabeth Jane CSMV and explores different ways of praying from engaging in the daily office (morning and evening prayer) to contemplative forms of prayer. The week started with a sermon by Fr George in the Sunday morning Eucharist followed by a discussion session in the evening, Sundays@6. Sessions are live-streamed and recordings are available afterwards. See the Cathedral's Facebook page.
- Mirfield Talks - Festival Day 2021 A series of talks given by brethren of the Community of the Resurrection for the Festival Day (11 July 2021), which focus on the environment and our response to it, is now available on YouTube.
- Mirfield Talks. Fr Nicolas CR is giving a series of talks which are available on YouTube. So far he has recorded:
- The first video in the series is on John Bradburne, who is currently on his way to being beatified and onwards to saint hood with the Catholic Church. Please click here to watch the video. From 1969 to being shot in 1979 John was warden at Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement, in Zimbabwe. See also The John Bradburne Memorial Society
- Praying in a technological world
- Pope Francis And The Poor
- CR Growing in Christ
- The Promise of Eternal Life
- Fr Nicolas in conversation with Claire Gilbert, talking about her recent experience of cancer and her work as Director of the Westminster Abbey Institute Her recent publications include Letters from Lockdown: Sustaining public service values during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Sheffield Cathedral, The Leaves of the Trees: A Reflective Coronavirus Memorial
- An on-line labyrinth.
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Walsingham
- Mass will be live-streamed from the Holy House at 7.30 am every Sunday, through Facebook, Vimeo and YouTube.
- There is a daily live stream of Shrine Prayers at 6.00 pm. A guide to Shrine Prayers is available there together with recordings of previous instances.
- See here for details of current services and times.
- The Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield, live-stream their daily services. See Worship and Live-streaming page on their website for further details, times of services, and service booklets.
- Cathedrals are responding to the pandemic in a variety of ways and range of live-streamed worship.
It is likely that arrangements will change around or after the feast of Pentecost, 23 May 2021.
- Norwich Our former Team Vicar, Peter Doll, is Canon Librarian of the Cathedral. Of particular interest is the Coronavirus memorial to those who have died from Corona virus in Norfolk
- Oxford
- Portsmouth Fr Paul was a priest in Portsmouth Diocese before moving to Abingdon
- Winchester
- Sheffield Our former Team Vicar, Peter Bradley, left his position of Dean of the Cathedral at the end of 2020.
- For another cathedral from the Province of York, readers might like to look at the web site of Wakefield Cathedral in the Diocese of Leeds.
- The History of Stations of the Cross A very interesting talk by an American Roman Catholic Franciscan brother. For information about Franciscan brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion see the web site.
- Alone Together Reflections from monks and nuns on isolation and distancing, led by Fr Christopher Jamison, OSB.
- Thriving in Lockdown Br Marc CR speaks about his time in lockdown in this interview with Caleb Ellwood of York Gateway church.
- Some readers may remember The Revd Dr Joe Kennedy, a former curate at St Michael's. He is now vicar of the Parish of Oxton St Saviour, Wirral. The church's web site includes an on-line worship section.
Archives
- The Diocese of Oxford has a SoundCloud archive which includes recordings of services as well as talks given on Local Radio stations by the Bishops and clergy of the diocese.
Service Booklets
Lightly modified versions of the service booklet for the liturgies that would traditionally be used at St Michael's are available to download.
Page last modified 2ndDecember 2021 by David Duce