Confirmation Service
Come and share the joy of confirmation with our Team Service
Christmas Craft Workshops
Come and get in the mood for the festive season in the Abbey Guest House by creating something new for your Christmas decorations! We will be offering you the opportunity to make a textile Christmas Tree Wall Hanging on Monday morning, 18th November, and a freestanding ‘Book’ Angel and an Angel Garland on Tuesday afternoon [...]
St Birinus Legacy scheme – launch
St Birinus Legacy Scheme You are invited to join us at 4pm on Sunday 22 September in the Abbey for the launch of the new Dorchester Abbey legacy scheme. Over refreshments you will hear • a talk about the Jesse Window • information about the new legacy scheme • advice on leaving a legacy from [...]
HENGE19 Art installation and exhibition
HENGE19 Art installation and Dorchester Primary School Exhibition There can be few areas which present such a wealth of early remains of a variety to suit the tastes of archaeologists no matter what period they may favour.' G. W. G. Allen. - Oxoniensia - 1938 HENGE will be a celebration of Dorchester's ancient landscape during [...]
OSJ Christmas Carols
Christmas Carols O magnum mysterium by Palestrina, Byrd, Poulenc, Laurisden Lullabies Warlock, Leighton, Esenvaldes, Quilter (Jeremy Lubbock arrangements) OSJ Ashmolean Voices John Lubbock conductor Concert in association with ClearSky. To support Clear Sky, buy the ‘Clear Sky’ ticket – all income from this ticket, which includes an extra £2 donation, goes to Clear Sky. Clear Sky [...]
OSJ Handel’s Messiah
Handel’s Messiah in its original scoring OSJ Voices Soloists Louise Wayman soprano, Charlie Tetley alto, Xavier Hetherington tenor, bass tba Orchestra of St John’s John Lubbock conductor
Oxford Historic Churches Trust – seminar – Churches for Mission and the Community Make your church building a resource for the future
This all-day event is jointly sponsored by OHCT, the Abbey, and the Diocese of Oxford. It is planned as a valuable source of help and encouragement to all who are striving to ensure their church is broadly valued, well used, and preserved for the future. Click here for more details. We shall have brief plenary [...]
Make We Joy Now In This Fest by the York Waits
A musical journey through the seasonal celebrations of medieval and renaissance Europe. The programme starts at home with a selection from the rich source of 15th-century English carols, including works from Yorkshire manuscripts. We move to the uplifting chorales of Lutheran Germany, before travelling to the wonderfully simple and atmospheric noels, folk songs and dances [...]
The Dorchester Lecture: The Very Revd Professor Martyn Percy
Millennials: Faith in the Future 7.30pm Thursday 26th September Dorchester Abbey What do faith, religion and spirituality look like for the emerging generation? Specifically, are young people 'spiritual but not religious' or 'believing without belonging'? What cultural issues do we have in society in relation to faith and belief - and what happens to ethics/morality [...]
NARNIA returns to Dorchester Abbey
Back by popular demand, Narnia returns to Dorchester Abbey! An interactive exhibition for families, schools and people of all ages to explore the imaginative world of Narnia. - Saturdays & Half Term 10am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm) - Sundays 1-5pm (last entry 4.30pm) A pop up tea room will be running 1.30-3.30pm on Saturdays and through [...]