On both occasions that I've visited Oxford, St. Mary Magdalene's church has caught my eye:
Amidst the hustle and bustle of a modern city, the church just seems to point back in time, to a more God-fearing era, before secularism took hold of Western society.
In the picture below, the church seems to stand tall and proud (in a positive sense of meaning):
Being of the Anglo-Catholic (High Church) tradition inside Anglicanism, St. Mary Magdalene's church has Mass said throughout the week:
Have just read that the church dates back to at least the 11th century.
Churches like St. Mary Magdalene's deserve massive credit for having stood the test of time, they offer something aesthetic (and beyond, of course) to a frenetic, modern city environment, with this being the impression I was left with, anyway.
In the picture below, St. Mary Magdalene's looks almost hidden by the leafy boughs in front of it:
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