Welcome

For over four hundred and fifty years, the College Chapel has been a place for the corporate worship of God, for the ministry of Word and Sacrament and where prayers are offered for the needs of the local community and the world. The Chapel has also been a space set apart for quiet and reflection. It continues to be such a place.

All members of the College are invited to attend services and to participate in Chapel activities. All baptised persons or those who have communicant status in their own denomination are welcome to receive Holy Communion. We welcome members of the public to all Chapel services as well. The Chapel is open daily and to all.

The Acting Chaplain

The Very Revd Robert Grimley is responsible for the College Chaplaincy until December 2012. Until his retirement in 2009 he was Dean of Bristol, which involved resonsibility for the cathedral there, and for the presence of the church in the wider life of the city. He now lives in Oxford and he will be in College daily during term time and readily available in the vacations. In addition to his responsibilities for Chapel services he is a member of the College welfare team, and he is available to support all members of the College, regardless of their beliefs.

The Chaplain

The Reverend Canon Dr Judith Maltby is on sabbatical leave for 2012, and will resume her Chaplain's duties in January 2013. She is an Anglican priest, and has been Chaplain at Corpus since 1993. She also teaches history in the College, history and theology in the University, and researches on English Christianity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. As Chaplain, she is here to provide pastoral care for all members of the College. Outside Corpus and the University, Judith is involved in the work of the Church of England's Ministry Division, which oversees the selection and training of Anglican clergy. Christian unity is also a commitment of hers and she served on the recent unity Conversations between the Methodist Church and the Church of England and is now a member of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Committee for England and Wales.