The Feast of Pentecost falls on 23 May 2010. Members of the congregation are encouraged to wear national dress if they have it and come prepared to pray the Lord’s prayer in their own language.
Repairs
From 6 April for about 10 days, there is repair work being carried out in St Mary’s. Weekday services will continue but may be relocated within the building. During this period the west doors will remain closed, and access to the services on Sunday 11th April will be via the South doors. Update: Access will again be via the South doors on Sunday 18th April.
Lent Devotions
Special Lent Devotions take place on Friday evenings in St Mary’s at 6.30 pm. Most weeks the format is Eucharist, Meditation and Compline. On 19 March there will be Choral Evensong for St Joseph.
Candlemas
The Feast of Candlemas will be celebrated with a Eucharist at 0930 on 2 February. The readings and music at Evensong at 6.30 pm on 31 March will also reflect Candlemastide.
Our Revolting Past
The early history of this congregation has been kept pretty vague for more than two centuries. Roger Edwards has been trawling through early records, and will explain his unexpected findings at a social evening in the Synod Hall on Saturday 30th January at 7.30 pm.
New Year Service
There will be a special service on New Year’s Day 2010 – the Feast of the Holy Name at 11 am.
St Cecilia’s Day Celebrations – 22 November
St Cecilia
3pm – Organ Recital by Peter Yardley-Jones — Assistant Organist
Music to include:
Partiata Sopra il Corale: Sei Gegrüßet Jesu Gütig – J.S.Bach
Hymn – Fredrik Sixten
Master Tallis’s Testament – Howells
Moto Ostinato – Eben
6.30pm – Choral Evensong for St Cecilia’s Day
Music to include:
Hymn to St Cecilia – Howells
Magnificat (Collegium Regale) – Howells
Nunc Dimittis – Holst
Five Mystical Songs – Vaughan Williams
Petertide Evensong
There will be a special Festival Choral Evensong to mark the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on 28 June 2009. The service begins at 6.30 pm and includes the Gloucester Service canticles by Howells.
Guided Tour
There was a guided tour of the cathedral church after the 1030 service on 15 February 2009. Members of serveral Flickr groups were also invited and some of their work can now be seen on the St Mary’s Flickr Pool
Knowing Me, Knowing You
An evening of conversation with the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth.
This event takes place in the Synod Hall on Monday 26 January 2009 at 8 pm. Limited to 20 places to ensure that the conversation flows. To book a place, contact Alistair Fulton via the Cathedral Office.