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Diamond Jubilee

Posted on May 30th, 2012, written by
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Lincoln Cathedral sends loyal greetings to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee The people of Lincolnshire formally commemorated the event at the Jubilee Service in Lincoln Cathedral on 19 May. You can link here to what the Dean of Lincoln said at the service. Over the bank holiday weekend events will take place in villages and towns and not least in Lincoln Castle. The Cathedral is doing something a little different. The people of Lincolnshire ...Read more →

Sermon for Pentecost

Posted on May 28th, 2012, written by
Cathedral at Dawn

Sermon preached in Lincoln Cathedral by the Dean, the Very Revd Philip Buckler,at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 27th May, 2012 A couple of weeks ago I was in New York Public Library being shown an original copy of a book by William Blake with etchings hand-coloured by the poet himself. The illustrations were well-known, but the colouring was unique and remarkably vivid given its age. Blake himself was, of course, a visionary who looked beneath the ...Read more →

Library catalogue is now on-line

Posted on May 25th, 2012, written by
ThorntonMSS

The Cathedral Library has taken a major step forward this year with the launch of its online catalogue. This makes the details of our large and eclectic collection available to everyone.  The catalogue is accessible on the Library & Education page. You will find yourself wandering along many curious byways, for since the time of Dean Michael Honywood in the seventeenth century, the Library has found room on its shelves for the rare and the strange, sitting alongside the well-known ...Read more →

Vive la difference!

Posted on May 24th, 2012, written by

Congratulations to the Lincoln Theological Society! There was a full house in the Robert Hardy lecture room to hear Dr. Elaine Storkey speak on the subject, “Gender, the debate so far”. 

The Dean of Lincoln Honours the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen

Posted on May 20th, 2012, written by

Sermon preached in Lincoln Cathedral by the Dean, the Very Revd Philip Buckler at the Service for the Diamond Jubilee of H.M.The Queen, 19th May 2012  We gather here this afternoon as a County and Diocese to offer thanks to Almighty God for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as she celebrates sixty years of her reign. We celebrate her Diamond Jubilee in this Cathedral Church wherein lie mortal remains of an earlier Queen, Eleanor of Castile, wife to Edward I. She ...Read more →

CHAPTER LETTER 20 MAY TO 2 JUNE 2012

Posted on May 18th, 2012, written by

Philip Buckler, Dean   Gavin Kirk, Precentor   Mark Hocknull, Chancellor   John Patrick, Subdean ******************************************************** The Cathedral Community Association arranged a speaker this last week to speak about those Christians who are persecuted for their faith; a number of powerful examples were given of those groups and individuals who in serving their Lord had undergone physical, spiritual and emotional abuse and indeed torture.

There is no such thing as a solitary Christian

Posted on May 10th, 2012, written by

Sermon preached by the Subdean, Rev’d Canon John Patrick, in Lincoln Cathedral at the 9.30 Eucharist on the 5th Sunday of Easter 2012 There is considerable difference between enjoying a garden and enjoying gardening. I certainly enjoy being in a beautiful garden on a pleasant spring or summer day, with family and friends and with a glass of ‘ginger beer’ in my hand! However, and if I am completely honest, I would not be enjoying the day as much if ...Read more →

CHAPTER LETTER 6 MAY-19 MAY 2012

Posted on May 4th, 2012, written by

Philip Buckler, Dean       Gavin Kirk, Precentor      Mark Hocknull, Chancellor     John Patrick, Subdean ******************************************************** Since being installed as Subdean, over three months ago, I have spent a significant amount of time walking around the Cathedral and the Close properties, in the process discovering parts of this great building and its environs that I never knew existed. It has been a thoroughly enjoyable journey of discovery. This of course is very much part of my work at the Cathedral as (along ...Read more →

What can St Hugh do for You?

Posted on May 4th, 2012, written by

…putting our question ‘What will you do, to help St Hugh?’ the other way round. This question is the one we are asking of businesses and schools for our for our Fundraising Day on 25 May Putting this question the other way round, What Can St Hugh Do for You?, at least one answer I can see from my window: this truly astonishing building. It is all too easy to take it for granted; we shouldn’t. I shouldn’t. What John ...Read more →

God, please can I ask you a question?

Posted on May 2nd, 2012, written by

Lincoln Cathedral is investigating the feasibility of developing a new style of service based on people’s burning questions.  Please could you answer the following questions?  They will help us to find out what different age groups’ real concerns are. If you would like to keep up to speed with this initiative, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter If you would like to come to the discussion groups which will be arranged (starting on 12th October), please send us ...Read more →

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