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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.
Thur 24 Oct 6.30pm
Fact, fiction, faith: AI in an uncertain world – a conversation with Jocelyn Burnham, and Dr Shauna Concannon.
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. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round cultural programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
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.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 26 July 7-8.15pm
A National Gallery talk to accompany its St Francis of Asisi exhibition
How does the example of Saint Francis inspire art and action?
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Detail from Sandro Botticelli, ‘Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels’, about 1475-80
Where
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
Access
St James’s aspires to be a place where all can belong, and where every person’s gifts and identities are welcome and celebrated. We are working to improve the experience at St James’s in the church building and the online community. We have step-free access from the courtyard to the church, and a toilet for disabled people. The courtyard and Redemption Roasters coffee shop are wheelchair accessible. If you have special access requirements (e.g. wheelchair users) please contact concerts@sjp.org.uk
Online Streaming
This event will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 7pm
Centuries on, Saint Francis (1181/82-1226) remains one of history’s most inspirational and revered figures. His life and legacy still resonate with us today. His commitment to the poor and underprivileged, his care for nature and animals, and his dialogue with Islam, have meant that his influence has endured across generations.
In a series of conversations programmed to accompany Saint Francis of Assisi exhibition, invited special guests will explore how Saint Francis and his depictions in art might inspire social and cultural change today.
During the Crusades – the religious wars between Christians and Muslims to secure control of holy sites – Saint Francis made a pilgrimage to Egypt to encounter Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil (ruled 1218-1238). With no common language, the two were still able to share their faiths with each other, expressing a vision of universal kinship rather than religious argument or dispute.
This discussion explores the achievements and future of interfaith dialogue. Speakers include Tharik Hussain the award-winning author, travel writer and journalist specialising in Muslim heritage and culture, Ayla Lepine Associate Rector at St James’s Piccadilly and from 2021-22 Ahmanson Fellow in Religion and Art at the National Gallery, Naima Khan Director of Inclusive Mosque Initiative, an intersectional feminist mosque, and Mark Oakley the Dean of Chapel, St John’s College, University of Cambridge, where he is responsible for the life of the Chapel and its community.
