The Chapel and Chapel Services
Christmas 2021
Midnight Mass this year will be strictly by ticket only for current students, staff and fellows. We wish everyone a blessed and peaceful Christmas and look forward to welcoming you in the new year.
Hilary Term 2022
Weekly services (Friday 14 January - Saturday 12 March):
Please note that this schedule is subject to change according to government and university guidance.
Sunday 17.45 Choral Evensong
Monday 18.15 Choral Evensong (Clerks' Voices)
Tuesday 18.15 Choral Evensong
Tuesday 21.00 Choral Compline (Clerks' Voices; odd weeks only - 18 January, 1 and 15 February, 1 March)
Thursday 18.15 Choral Vespers (Boys' Voices)
Friday 18.15 Choral Evensong
Saturday 17.45 Choral Evensong or Choral Eucharist
Sunday evensong and special services will also be livestreamed on the New College Choir YouTube channel.
Special Services
Epiphany Carols on Sunday 16 January 2022 at 5.45pm
Candlemas Evensong with Candlelit Procession on Sunday 30 January 2022 at 5.45pm
Cantata Vespers on Sunday 13 February 2022 at 5.45pm
Readings and Music for the Season of Lent on Sunday 13 March 2022 at 5.45pm
J. S. Bach's St John Passion on Sunday 27 March time tbd (paid, ticketed event)
Service Sheets
History
When William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, founded New College at the end of the fourteenth century, he placed the service of God at the heart of College life. The Chapel was made the most inspiring of the College buildings and was provided with a permanent choir to support and enliven its worship.
The Chapel community today seeks to carry forward this same tradition of praise and thanksgiving, petition and intercession, as part of its local witness to the universal presence and power of God's love. We are an inclusive community, and hope that all who come here will find themselves welcome.
Together, the Chapel and Ante-Chapel form the first T-shaped plan, a form which has since become familiar in a number of Oxford and Cambridge college chapels.
There are many items of interest housed within, including:
William of Wykeham's crozier
18th century stained glass
A spectacular reredos
A large ornamental screen behind the altar
A statue of Lazarus by Jacob Epstein
The world-famous New College Choir still sing Evensong, which everyone is free to attend.
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