The main service is held on Sundays during term time in the evening, at 5.30pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Services and preachers for Trinity Term 2025 are as follows:
- 27 April: Choral Evensong, Revd Dr Laura Biron-Scott, Chaplain of Balliol College
- 4 May: Choral Evensong, Professor Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, Sheffield University
- 11 May: Choral Evensong, Revd Dr Laura Biron-Scott, Chaplain of Balliol College
- 18 May: Choral Evensong, The Revd Professor Jane Shaw, Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford
- 25 May: Choral Evensong, The Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex, Assistant Curate, Holy Trinity Headington Quarry
- 1 June: Choral Evensong, Professor Philip McDonagh (Balliol 1970), poet and former Irish Diplomat
- 8 June: Choral Eucharist for Pentecost, The Revd Julie Mintern, Vicar of the Lambourn Valley Benefice, Oxford Diocese
- 15 June: Leavers’ Service, Professor Heather Sharkey, Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow, Balliol College
You can see the music for the term here.
Members and Friends of the Balliol community of all faiths and none, and members of the public, are warmly welcome to attend services in Chapel.
Our weekly service is Choral Evensong: a beautiful service of music, song, and prayer, dating back to the 16th Century. Each service includes a short address from a guest speaker, exploring questions of life, meaning, faith, and spirituality.
The Roman Catholic Mass will be celebrated in Chapel at 6.00pm on Wednesday 4 December.
The Christian Union (CU) meets weekly for prayer and fellowship. Contact: amy.block@balliol.ox.ac.uk
This term Chapel collections will be donated to the Porch Steppin’ Stone Centre, a local charity supporting Oxford’s homeless and poorly housed population.