Why do we have Chapel?
First because everyone needs to consider even if they cannot yet answer, the great questions of life; who we are, why we are here, to whom are we responsible, and so on. What is done in the Chapel may help us to think about these questions, and to point us at least in the directions of answers.
Secondly because the very existence of such a place reminds us, whether or not we believe in God, that there is more to life than work, and more to work than making a living; there is in fact a spiritual (or at least a non-material) dimension to our existence.
Thirdly because we are a community and the Chapel is a worthy place for the prayer and praise of the community to be offered to Almighty God.
While the Chapel is particularly for members of the School it is also open to their families and friends and we are always glad to welcome anyone of whatever faith or none. It is a privilege to have a School Chapel and we do hope that you will use it.
Father Richard Bolton
The School's Chaplain |
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The cartoon is of the Rev. James Hessey,
who became Head of Merchant Taylors'School aged 33.
A Protestant academic, this drawing is
from the 1874 Vanity Fair and
has him wearing his clerical robes and
glass in the pulpit.
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