The Woodroffe Society Dinner
The society was founded in 1947 as a forum for the discussion of moral, ethical and religious issues. Ironically, it is named after a notorious rogue, Benjamin Woodroffe, who was Principal of Gloucester Hall from 1692 to 1711. He secured the benefaction from Sir Thomas Cookes, a Worcestershire gentleman, which allowed Gloucester Hall to be refounded as Worcester College in 1714. The Society Dinner is held on the Tuesday of Fifth Week every term in the Linbury Building, with a guest speaker.
Michaelmas Term 2010
Next term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 9th November (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£16 charge to battels). The speaker is Prof. Keith Ward of Oxford University. If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Michaelmas Term 2009
This term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 10th November (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£8 charge to battels). The speaker is Prof. Nigel Biggar of Oxford University, who will be speaking on “Why the invasion of Iraq might have been right”. If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Trinity Term 2009
This term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 26th May (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£7 charge to battels). The speaker is Immam Monawar Hussain, who will be speaking on Islam in the modern world. If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Trinity term 2008
The Society is open to all members of College and provides a forum to discuss moral, ethical and religious issues. This term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 20th May (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£5 charge to battles). The speaker is Professor Marilyn MacCord Adams, Regius Professor of Divinity, who will be speaking on ‘What did God think by making us in a world like this?’ If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Hilary term 2008
The Society is open to all members of College and provides a forum to discuss moral, ethical and religious issues. This term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 12th February (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£5 charge to battles). The speaker is Alistair Dutton, Head of the Humanitarian Support and Response Unit for Christian Aid, who will be speaking on ‘Can we make poverty history or will the poor always be with us’. If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Michaelmas Term 2007
The Society is open to all members of College and provides a forum to discuss moral, ethical and religious issues. This term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 6th November (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£5 charge to battles). The speaker is Sister Frances Dominica, nun and founder of Helen and Douglas House Hospice for Children, who will be speaking on ‘Is there such a thing as a good death’. If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Trinity term 2007
This term the society meets at 7 pm on Monday 21st May (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner (£5 charge to battles). The speaker is Rev’d Hugh Rayment Pickhard, vicar of St. Clement and St James, west London, who will be speaking on ‘The Devil’s Account: Philip Pulman and Christianity’. If you would like to come to this event then please contact the Chaplain.
Michaelmas Term 2006
The programme for this coming term is:
2nd Week (16th October):
The Iconography of the Chapel with The Chaplain in the Chapel.
4th Week (1st November):
Corporate Communion for All Saints at 6.15 p.m. in the Chapel.
6th Week (13th November):
Psalm 8 through the Centuries with Dr. Susan Gillingham in Lecture Room B.
Hilary term 2007
The programme for the coming term is:
2nd Week (22nd January):
'Who do we think we are?'
Anglicanism: history and identity with Hannah Cleugh.
4th Week (5th February):
Reflecting on the Mission: “Jesus Christ – Suffering and Glory”.
6th Week (20th February):
The Angers Tapestry: a 14th Century walking tour of the Apocalypse with Natasha O’Hear in Lecture Room B.
Trinity Term 2006
The programme for this coming term is:
2nd Week
(1st May): Dean John Colet of St Paul’s: Humanism and Reform in Early Tudor England with Dr. Jonathan Arnold.
4th Week
(15th May): Discussion: Is relativism the new religion?
6th Week
(29th May): Film night: ‘Spring, summer, autumn, winter…. spring' – a Korean film about a Bhuddist monk and his boy apprentice in Lecture room B at 8pm.
Hilary Term 2006
2nd Week
(23rd January): Christian Unity: will the church ever be one? with Fr. Jeremy Fairhead, Roman Catholic Chaplain to the University.
4th Week
(6th February): Discussion: Are the Chronicles of Narnia a Christian Allegory?
6th Week
(20th February): Icons from Byzantium with Ben Drury
Hilary Term 2009
This term the society meets at 7 pm on Tuesday 17th February (fifth week) in the Linbury Building for a formal dinner. The speaker is Fr. John Moffatt, sj, Roman Catholic Chaplain to the University, who will be speaking on 'Can there be absolute morality in a relativist society?'. All Welcome