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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
From Sun 6 to 27 April
Breastplate will be displayed behind the altar of the Side Chapel and lit from below so that it glows from within, thereby revealing its feather-filled fragility and the talismanic contents of its pockets.
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.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Mariama is the Safeguarding and Welfare Lead for the England Women’s Teams at the Football Association, and combines this role with being a part-time priest. Mariama attended theological college at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford. She is Associate Priest at St James’s Piccadilly and a Priest Vicar at Westminster Abbey, with responsibility for deputising for the Chaplain to the Speaker and saying prayers in Parliament. Prior to this, Mariama was Head of the Salters’ Institute and Head of Outreach Solutions at the University of Oxford. Mariama has over 20 years’ experience specialising in organisational and strategic leadership, and has worked in the education and charity sectors. She is a modern linguist, with a degree in French and Spanish from the University of St Andrews. Her love of languages propelled her to embark on an MPhil in European Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge, which was followed by a PhD in Spanish, also at Cambridge. In 2009, Mariama was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to New York University. She later completed an MA in Careers Education and Coaching at the University of Derby. Mariama is a qualified careers and guidance leader and practitioner. Committed to equity and inclusivity, Mariama thoroughly enjoys working to empower and enable all, especially children, young people and women to fully flourish and thrive. Born in SW London, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria and North-West London, Mariama has been trying to see and meet the world ever since.
Qualifications PhD, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Cambridge (2013) MPhil in European Literature and Culture, University of Cambridge (2005) MA Hons (Bachelor’s Degree), University of St Andrews, French-Spanish with a Distinction in Spoken Spanish (2004) Additional Qualifications MA in Careers Education and Coaching, University of Derby (2018) Ministry Graduate Diploma in Theology, Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire (2020) Ordained Deacon, Diocese of London (2020) Ordained Priest, Diocese of London (2021)
