St Barnabas Jericho
Oxford’s Basilica
Welcome
Our mission at St Barnabas is to be place of timeless beauty, encouragement and compassion.
St Barnabas himself was the ‘Beacon of Encouragement’ and as our patron saint, he is our example to this day. St Barnabas Jericho and this website is a spacious exploration of our tradition, faith and spiritual inheritance. Wherever you are, local or global, we want to invite you to connect, explore and join the journey of faith with us.
St Barnabas Jericho (affectionately known as ‘Jericho Basilica’), will surely strike you by how vast, broad, tall and spacious the building is, with its large arches, its majestic sanctuary and altar and its striking Venetian bell tower or campanile. Basilicas are big places, with deep foundations of faith. The faith that is fostered and nurtured here is equally as vast, broad, tall and spacious. Here is a place of history, prayer, inspiration and encounter.
Discover
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Worship & Prayer
find out about daily Mass and service times
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Music at St Barnabas
would you like to sing with us?
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History
find out a little bit about our history
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The Organ Project
What if, rather than using a local builder for their first pipe organ, the founders of St Barnabas had brought in the finest organ builder of the Victorian age?
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The Clock & Bells
Find out more about the original St Barnabas Clock and its famous tubular bells
Connect
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Pastoral Ministry
Would you like to arrange a Baptism, a Funeral, a Wedding or do you need prayer?
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The 1869 Association
Join our International Friends Network and help support this beautiful Church
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Join our livestream
You can join via YouTube for special services
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News
News and updates from the parish
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Contact us
To contact the clergy or the parish ministry and staff team, please click here to get in touch
Engage
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Sponsor a shrine lamp
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Community Pantry
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Giving & Donating
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Job Vacancies
from the poem by Sir John Betjeman, St Barnabas Oxford
How long was the peril, how breathless the day,
In topaz and beryl, the sun dies away,
His rays lying static at quarter to six
On polychromatical lacing of bricks.
Good Lord, as the angelus floats down the road
Byzantine St Barnabas, be Thine Abode.
image by Fr Christopher Woods