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 MT 2025 will be as follows

  Name Office or Appointing Body Until
[1] The Very Revd Professor Sarah Foot FRHistS FSA, Dean of Christ Church A person appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be chair of the committee MT 2028
[2]

The Junior Proctor (Dr Grant Tapsell, LMH)

 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]         Professor Anthony Reddie. Regent's Park                                                                                                     MT 2026
[9]         The Revd Canon Justin White, Merton                      MT 2026
[10]       The Revd Dr Stephanie Burette, LMH & Corpus Christi   MT 2026
Secretary: Planning and Council Secretariat (Aristea Gkontra)

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

Date Time  
2 December 2025 15.30  

 

Hilary Term 2026:

  • Thursday, 15 January, 8.00 a.m.: The Reverend Canon Dr William Lamb, Vicar, Universty Church of St Mary the Virgin. Holy Communion (Latin). At St Mary's.
  • Sunday, 18 January, 3.30 p.m.: Professor Philomen Probert, Fellow, Wolfson College. Latin Litany and Sermon. At St Mary’s.
  • Sunday, 25 January, 5.45pm.: Professor Louise Lawrence, Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology, University of Exeter. Macbride Sermon. At Hertford College.
  • Sunday, 8 February, 10.30 a.m.: Dr Sarah Apetrei, Senior Tutor and Fellow in Early Modern Christian Thought and Spirituality, Campion Hall. University Sermon. At St Mary’s.
  • Sunday, 15 February, 5.45 p.m.: The Very Reverend Dr John D. O’ Connor OP, Regent, Blackfriars.  University Sermon on the Grace of Humility. At Mansfield.
  • Sunday, 1 March, 10.30 a.m.: The Reverend Professor Andrew Davison, Regius Professor of Divinity, Christ Church. University Sermon. At St Mary’s. 
  • *Sunday, 8 March, 5.15 p.m.: The Very Reverend Christopher Jamison OSB, Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation. Sermon for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. At St Mary’s.

* 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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