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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Sunday 22 December until Sunday 5 January, in the side chapel
The side chapel at will feature an exhibition by Florence Okoye focusing on Mary the Mother of God and women saints.
Florence Okoye
Florence Okoye is a Qualitative researcher, User Experience and Service designer who has worked across multiple sectors designing inclusive digital experiences. Her practice is focussed on applying community centred methodologies to design accessible, resilient services that empower and inspire. She has also worked in various capacities both as a curator, collaborating with organisations such as Birmingham Open Media and Firstsite as well as a producer for interdisciplinary collectives like AfroFutures_UK. Much of her current work is split between digital design and strategy consultancy for cultural organisations and design education at institutions that have included the University of Birmingham, University of the Arts, London.
‘Inspired by Patristic and late Medieval narratives regarding Jesus’ wider family, the installation explores the ‘Passion’ of Mary as she prepares herself to carry and give birth to the Son of God. Throughout the stages of her Advent journey, she is joined not only by the young women who will be her companions throughout the life of her son, but also by a company of black women saints – past and present, those amongst the cloud of witnesses and those working out their salvation ‘on Earth below’ – each reflecting the priestly, maternal, mystic and earthly aspects of Mary as the first believer, both mother and our eldest sister in the faith.’
