Category: Chapter Letter

If I asked you to sum up the life in the cathedral during the month of December in one word, I wonder which word you would choose? Busy, perhaps? .…

This Chapter Letter will be available at church on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2018, as we remember those fallen in war on the centenary of the Armistice. In the words…

November is a month when we do a great deal of remembering. First the Church’s calendar brings us All Saints, when we remember and celebrate the heroes of the Christian…

In our fast moving 21st century world, for many of us life seems to be endlessly busy, even frantic at times. There seems to be so many competing demands on…

Sunday 30 September to Saturday 13 October 2018 On the 27th September, the church remembers Vincent de Paul. He had been educated by a Franciscan order and was ordained in…

Sunday 16 September to Saturday 29 September 2018 Christine Wilson, Dean   Sal McDougall, Precentor   Paul Overend, Chancellor    John Patrick, Subdean      Rachel Revely, Assistant Curate The issue of unity (or to…

Sunday 2 September to Saturday 15 September 2018 Christine Wilson, Dean Sal McDougall, Precentor Paul Overend, Chancellor John Patrick, Subdean Rachel Revely, Curate There is a short story by EM…

Sunday 19 August to Saturday 1 September 2018 Christine Wilson, Dean   Sal McDougall, Precentor   Paul Overend, Chancellor    John Patrick, Subdean Rachel Revely, Curate   2018 marks the 200th anniversary of…

Sunday 05 August to Saturday 18 August 2018 A hundred years ago, on 8th August, the Battle of Amiens began. The offensive by British, Australian, Canadian and French forces, advanced 7…

Holidays and ‘holy days’ We are well and truly into ‘the holiday season’. In the life of the cathedral, this is probably most obviously signified by our own cathedral choir…

Sunday 8 to Saturday 21 July 2018 Christine Wilson, Dean   Sal McDougall, Precentor   Paul Overend, Chancellor    John Patrick, Subdean    Philippa White, Succentor    Rachel Revely, Curate ‘It’s coming home.’ England’s…

Sunday 24 June to Saturday 7 July 2018 Christine Wilson, Dean Sal McDougall, Precentor Paul Overend, Chancellor John Patrick, Subdean Philippa White, Succentor We were shown the harrowing faces of children…