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Lent Term 2024: The Bible in Eight Material Objects

This term our sermon series at Sunday Choral Evensong will explore eight key material objects that feature in scripture, and gain symbolic and theological meaning each time they occur. 

21st January: Stones 
The Dean of Chapel

28th January: Gold 
The Rev’d Catherine Lomas, Iconogrpher
The Rev'd Catherine Lomas is priest in the Church of England whose full time ministry is as an iconographer and sacred artist. 

4th February: Cloth 
Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries, Faculty of English, and St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge.
Dr Lees-Jeffries is an associate professor in the Faculty of English, researching and teaching early modern literature, especially Shakespeare, with particular interests in performance and visual and material culture (costume, textiles, jewellery, gardens, portraits, miniatures). She has been a Fellow of St Catharine's since 2006. 

11th February: Trees 
Rt Rev’d Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich
The Rt Revd Graham Usher is the bishop of Norwich and lead bishop for the environment. His portfolio as a Lord Spiritual includes biodiversity and climate change, and he is leading the Communion Forest initiative within the worldwide Anglican Communion.

18th February:  Bread 
Olivia Davies, Ordinand
Olivia Davies is a ministry student at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and is on placement here at St Catharine's this academic year, as part of her training for priestly ministry in the Church of England. Her background is in education, and she has a particular interest in chaplaincy among young people. 

25th February:  Honey 
Hannah Fytche, Decani Scholar, Clare
Hannah is a PhD student in New Testament Theology, researching the image of ‘the body of Christ’ and how this helps us to understand individual and community identities. Alongside study, Hannah loves the occasional crafternoon (‘craft afternoon’!), exploring the Cambridgeshire countryside, and reading good books.

3rd  March: Dust 
Rev’d Rachel Revely
Rachel Revely is currently the vicar of St Thomas' Iswich, having previously ministered at Lincoln Cathedral. Her academic interests include the intersection of popular culture and the church, the study of mission and liberation theologies, and she has also created and project managed community engagement programmes such as 'Inspiring Angels'. 

10th March: Wine 
Rev’d Robert Stanier
The Reverend Robert Stanier is the vicar of St Andrew's and St Mark's, Surbiton. He also writes occasionally about wine and hosts the website www.cotesdethonguewines.co.uk, about the vineyards of a vanishingly obscure wine region in the south of France.