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Exhibition - Saving St Paul's: The Watch and the Second World War

This exhibition, celebrating 80 years since the end of the Second World War, commemorates the work of the St Paul's Watch - the group of people who saved St Paul's from destruction during the Blitz.

Free and unticketed

Monument to John Moore

About the project

Find out more about this community engagement project, and how we worked with arts and heritage group SV2G (St Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation) to explore the history of the British Empire in the Caribbean.

Dr Catherine Okoronkwo

New Year reflections with biblical women

Catherine Okoronkwo looks through the lens of four biblical women to reflect on our faith, our purpose and our relationship with God, self and others.

Selina Stone talking in the Wren Suite at St Paul's Cathedral

Was Jesus Political?

Selina Stone introduces political theology, asking what Jesus teaches us about how to be citizens in the 21st century. She explores what it means for churches and individuals, and draws particularly on her experience and practice of community organising.

A white man with short grey hair stands in a wood panelled room by a large photo of St Paul's pulpit with a man preaching

Garth Hewitt recalls Dr Martin Luther King sermon

Singer/songwriter Garth Hewitt recalls Martin Luther King's sermon at St Paul's of 1964. He reflects upon its impact upon his own life and career.

Monument to James Mosse and Edward Riou

James Mosse and Edward Riou

Learn about the monument to James Mosse (1745-1801) and Edward Riou (1762-89).

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Schools visit FAQ

Planning to visit the Cathedral with your school? Here’s what you need to know.

The interior of the Chapel at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine with a labyrinth laid out on the floor

An invitation to pause and reflect - an online retreat

An online retreat for those who are active in serving in their local communities in the name of Christ: those who are championing social action and social justice. Based upon a daytime retreat held in November 2021.

Richard is a black man with glasses wearing a navy suit and tie talking at a microphone in front of a stone wall

Martin Luther King Jr: History Maker

Richard Reddie explores Dr Martin Luther King Jr's profound and subtle theology, philosophy and politics, and the challenge he leaves us to work for justice in our own time.

We Need to Talk About Race

We Need To Talk About Race: Black Experience in White Majority Churches

Ben Lindsay, Guvna B, Rosemarie Mallett and Chine McDonald explore the joys and sorrows, the grace and pain of their individual and collective experience as Black Christians.

A portrait of Dean Walter Matthew

Dean Walter Matthews

Walter Matthews became Dean in 1934; a post he would hold for 33 years, during which time he was instrumental in the establishment of the Friends of St Paul's.

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About the project

Find out more about this community engagement project, and how we worked with Stepney Community Trust and individuals of South Asian heritage to co-research and co-curate Cathedral monuments related to the East India Company.

Map of the Caribbean, 1756-1815

Caribbean history and St Paul's Cathedral

Learn about how the Cathedral's monuments relate to the history of the Caribbean islands.

Power and prophecy

Power and Prophecy: Black and White Women in the Church

Rosemarie Mallett, Chine McDonald, Lucy Winkett and Paula Gooder discuss what it means to say that women are made in the image of God. Raising issues of race and gender, power, prophetic voices, naming injustice, and where hope can be found.

Two black men are standing on a stage in the Cathedral and laughing as they converse

A Master Class on Being Human: bridging divides for a better world

Brad Braxton and Anthony Pinn demonstrate that constructive dialogue among people of opposing views is essential, and how open exchange, respecting not masking differences, fosters the common good.

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Terms and conditions of entry

Understand the terms and conditions of entering our building, whether for sightseeing, services or events.

Raphael Warnock, a black man with bald head and glasses wearing a dark suit and blue striped tie, stands a t a lectern on stage in St Paul's Cathedral, the pulpit and quire in the background

Revd Raphael Warnock speaks at St Paul's Cathedral on Martin Luther King's legacy

On the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's historic visit to St Paul's Cathedral, The Revd Raphael Warnock reflects on what he has to say to us today. The talk was entitled ''Three Dimensions of a Complete Life: Martin Luther King for this moment'.

Rowan Williams stands at a lectern in St Paul's Cathedral

Truth, faith and politics in a post-truth world: exploring Bonhoeffer today

80 years after Dietrich Bonhoeffer's execution in Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1945, Rowan Williams reflects upon how his legacy could help the church remain truthful in a post-truth world. In a time of uncertainty, what does it mean to live with courage, integrity, and radical hospitality?

Bomb damage to the Cathedral during the Blitz

A flying start: How the Friends were founded

The very first meeting of the Friends of St Paul's took place on a pleasant spring evening, on the 29th April 1952.

Monument to John Moore

John Moore

Learn about the monument to John Moore (1761-1809).