Sermons and speeches

This section of the website contains selected speeches, sermons and papers, delivered or written by Dr Rowan Williams while Archbishop of Canterbury. Speeches and sermons delivered in earlier years can be found in the archives of this website.

2006

Sunday 6th August

'The voices of the innocent must be heard above the din of war' - an edited version of this article appeared in the Observer newspaper'

 

Sunday 6th August

Sermon at Eisteddfod

 

Monday 17th July

Speech on Penal Policy given at Worcester Cathedral

 

Archbishop's speeches and contributions at the Meeting of the Church of England General Synod in York 7th - 11th July 2006

Link to Church of England General Synod page for this group of sessions

Monday 10th July 2006

Closing speech on Item 14 (as amended) on Women in the Episcopate

(audio link)

Opening Speech on Item 14 on Women in the Episcopate

(audio link)

 

Sunday 9th July 2006

Sermon at York Minster given during the General Synod meeting in York

(audio link)

 

Saturday 8th July 2006

Speech during debate on Women in the Episcopate

(audio link)

Friday 7th July 2006

Archbishop's address to Synod on the Anglican Communion

(audio link)

Tuesday 27th June 2006

The Challenge and Hope of Being and Anglican Today - a Reflection for the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Communion

Click here for an audio version of this reflection

Saturday 24th June 2006

Archbishop’s Sermon at the festival of St Alban

Friday 16th June 2006

Archbishop’s interview on Father's Day with BBC 1's Heaven and Earth show

Thursday 15th June 2006

Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon on the occasion of the Service of Thanksgiving for the Eightieth Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen

Friday 19th May 2006

House of Lords debate on contribution of churches to civic life

Extracts from Archbishop's opening remarks

Archbishop's closing remarks

Link to Hansard reporting of the debate

Tuesday 16th May 2006

Archbishop's remarks at Lambeth Palace Diploma presentation

Friday 12th May 2006

Extracts from the Archbishop's speech to the House of Lords debaye on Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill

Wednesday 10th May 2006

Archbishop's sermon at Westminster Abbey for the annual Commemoration of Florence Nightingale

Thursday 4th May 2006

Archbishop's remarks at the launch of Tyndall centre project

Archbishop's environment interview with Justin Rowlatt for BBC 2's Newsnight

Archbishop's address to Chelmsford clergy synod

Sunday 23rd April 2006

Archbishop's Shakespeare sermon at Stratford-upon-Avon

Sunday 16th April 2006

Canterbury Cathedral - Archbishop's sermon for Easter Day

'Doubtful gospels blind us to faith' - article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper

Good Friday, 14th April 2006

Archbishop's Thought for the Day, Today programme, BBC Radio 4

Tuesday 11 April 2006

Archbishop on 'Pause for Thought' - Terry Wogan BBC Radio 2

Tuesday 28 March 2006

Archbishop's remarks at a dinner to mark the Fifth Building Bridges seminar

Tuesday 28th March

Transcript of the Archbishop's interview with the Today programme, BBC Radio 4

Tuesday 21 March 2006

Transcript of the Archbishop's interview with The Guardian

Tuesday 21 March 2006

Sermon to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer

Tuesday 14 March 2006

Church Schools: a National Vision

Friday 05 March 2006

Transcript of the Archbishop's interview with David Frost - BBC

Monday 27 February 2006

Contribution given at the Sudan Inter-Religious Council

Sunday 26 February 2006

Address given at gathering in the compound of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, Khartoum.

Sunday 26 February 2006

Sermon preached at Al Gariya, an Internally Displaced Persons’ camp on the outskirts of Khartoum

Friday 17 February 2006

Archbishop's address to the 9th meeting of the World Council of Churches, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Thursday 9 February 2006

Archbishop's speech summing up the debate on the House of Bishops' Women Bishops Group: Report to the General Synod

Archbishop's contribution to the debate on the House of Bishops' Women Bishops Group: Report to the General Synod

Wednesday 8 February 2006

Archbishop's contribution to the debate on the Bicentenary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Tuesday 7 February 2006

An extract from remarks at a dinner given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayor of London for the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England at the Mansion House, London

Archbishop's contribution to the debate on the House of Bishops' Women Bishops Group Report to the General Synod from a working group chaired by the Bishop of Guilford

Archbishop's sermon at Eucharist service, General Synod London

Sunday 5 February 2006

English translation of a sermon delivered in German at St Matthäus Church, Berlin at a service to mark the centenary of the birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Saturday 4 February 2006

Archbishop's speech at the Bonhoeffer Memorial

Friday 3 February 2006

Archbishop's speech at the opening of the International Bonhoeffer Congress, University of Wroclaw, Poland

Tuesday 24 January 2006

Archbishop's remarks at a reception to mark the inaugural meeting of the Christian-Muslim Forum

ARCHIVES

2005 Sermons and Speeches

2004 Sermons and Speeches

2003 Sermons and Speeches

2002 Sermons and Speeches

Some earlier material can be found on the Church in Wales website.

The 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury

An archive of speeches, sermons, and statements by Archbishop George Carey can be found here.

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