June 2018

Cathedral News

2 FROM THE DEAN I am writing this just after the Royal ring these wonderful bells because Wedding. It was an extraordinary they have a ministry all of their own, national occasion. The sermon by not just announcing the Christian Archbishop Michael Curry was high presence but bringing a depth to impact and provoked an incredibly significant moments. Do join us for positive social media reaction. The this celebratory moment. gospel was placed well and truly in the Then our Patronal Festival is moving public space and many found it from a weekday to the nearest Sunday inspirational and articulated in a way to 29 June. So this year it will be on that they found incredibly attractive. Sunday 1 July at 10.15am. This Why are we surprised? It is after all - year the preacher will be the Dean of good news! It does underline though Ripon and I am hoping that this the importance of the spoken word Sunday develops in the years to come and the challenge that preachers have into a real celebration. of grabbing people’s imaginations. The Dean Jerry other aspect of the wedding that was truly wonderful was the way in which On Friday 18 May the new Dean of the service drew together such Wakefield was announced as being the diversity in the people present and Revd Simon Cowling, currently Rector of the different styles of worship offered. Bolton Abbey. Image shows him centre I have quoted Bishop Rowan with myself and Dean John (Ripon). Williams’s phrase ’the gathering Christ’ and this was a superb example of that, even if it was a very well dressed version! I would like to underline two events in the next few weeks. First, on Tuesday 12 June at 4.30pm, we have the launch of The Cathedral’s Heritage Lottery Fund Bells Project, including the Blessing of the Bells. We are hoping to attract more people to

Chief Operations Officer Dean Jerry Paul Canon Mandy Sarah

3 MISSION Worship at the Cathedral Monthly Bring and Share The Cathedral provides a variety of Lunch on Sunday opportunities for people to gather For the last couple of months a mix of together for worship each week. people have enjoyed a simple lunch at These times of worship are always No 3 Cathedral Close after the evolving and, over time, changing to morning service. best meet the needs of those attending. Everyone brings something to share, Please speak to me if you have any savoury or sweet, and there is plenty of comments or suggestions as it is food to share around. You are welcome. precisely your comments and No need to book, just come along. suggestions which inform the choices We hope to usually be able to do this that are made in developing our on the third Sunday of each month. shared worshipping life together. Dates for your diary are 17 June, and Please speak to me or telephone or then15 July and 19 August. email me. Thank you. Canon Paul Canon Paul

Deanery Fellowship In June we will be studying a York course entitled ‘Expecting Christ’ written by Bishop David Wilbourne. We will be looking at moments in our faith and lives; where a door opens and lets Christ in - in family and in ourselves. There will be opportunities for prayer. We will meet in the Deanery on Tuesday evenings on 5, 12, 19 and 26 June from 7.30pm to 9.00pm. There will be a sign-up sheet shortly, beside the sound desk. Please speak to Sarah Maybury if you would like more details about the theatre trip and the York course.

Our Purpose To serve Jesus Christ as a vibrant community of worship and mission enriching the City, the Diocese and further afield.

Our Values Hospitality Faithfulness Wholeness

4 HLF WW1 Bells Project Update Ringing the Changes ... The work undertaken by our team of away. After 1945, however, his efforts volunteer researchers is now to attract new ringers paid dividends complete and has provided an and young people, male and female interesting insight into the life of the begin to join the band of bell ringers. people of Bradford before, during and By the time Joe retired due to an after World War One, right up to the accident, aged 81 in 1951, the future present day, demonstrating the of the Memorial Bells and bell ringing important role that the Cathedral has at the Cathedral seemed assured. Joe played in the life of the City. The died in 1958 aged 88. Today, to keep heritage team have been working with Joe’s legacy alive we need to increase children from Lapage Primary school the band of bell ringers at the to create a soundscape, to research Cathedral. In short we need YOU! If key aspects of the story of the bells you are interested please get in touch. and to prepare some children to be Bell Factoids Community Heritage Guides for the Did you know? forthcoming exhibition. The WWI Memorial Bells are now re-furbished The first woman to ring the Cathedral and back in the belfry. Bells was Mrs James Cotterell (Emily). She joined the band in 1916. Joe’s Legacy At the centre of the story of the The smallest WW1 Memorial Bell WWI Memorial Bells (as mentioned in weighs 254 kilograms and the largest our previous update) is Joe Hardcastle. 1,300 kilograms His personal prowess as a bell ringer The seventh bell was cast as a result resulted in him being invited to ring of a community collection among the on Armistice Day 1934, in Melbourne, women of Bradford, it is known as the Australia. He was a guest in London at Mothers’ Bell. the Ancient Society of College Youths The tenth bell now has only part of its 300th Anniversary Dinner in 1938; on dedication inscription remaining: after Christmas Day 1947, Joe and the casting in 1921 a hand painted Cathedral bell ringers were broadcast inscription to John Alfred Emsley was on the ‘wireless’ radio; the WWI added. There is a plaque in memory of Memorial Bells ringing out ’live’ across Captain Emsley near the west door of the country. Joe worked hard to keep the Cathedral. The hand painted the bells ringing during and after the inscription has vanished over time and Second World War, this became more is now no longer visible. difficult as one by one his band of bell ringers had to retire, or sadly passed The Bells were dedicated by the first

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Bishop of Bradford on 1 October 4.30pm until 6.30 pm and you are all 1921 and the Cathedral was packed invited to join us! to capacity. The Yorkshire Observer The event will include the re- Newspaper reported that the new dedication of the WWI Memorial bells would ring out: Bells by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, " …. over the valley, to those at a chance to meet our young football matches, at work, at their Community Heritage Guides and see business, in mills and at home." the new exhibition - whilst listening to the bells ringing out and enjoying Exhibition Launch and summer refreshments. Dedication of the Bells The exhibition launch and will take The WWI Memorial Bells exhibition will be on display around the place on Tuesday 12 June from Cathedral until September 2018. Diane Hadwen (Heritage Officer)

6 SERVICES Cathedral Services Daily 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Choral Evensong term time only 5.30pm Evening Prayer Wednesdays Eco tip of the month 7.30am Holy Communion 10.15am Holy Communion Don’t forget you can recycle here at the Cathedral items which are later Sundays repurposed or used to raise funds 8.00am Holy Communion for charities. Sunday 3 - Trinity 1 The gallery has a box for plastic 10.15am Choral Eucharist pens of all kinds. These are recycled 4.00pm Choral Evensong by TerraCycle and proceeds go to the Sunday 10 - Trinity 2 Gambian Schools Trust. 10.15am Choral Eucharist There are boxes for stamps, which 4.00pm Choral Evensong with are sent to the Leprosy Mission, and Prayers & Commitment* spectacles, for VisionAid, near the Sunday 17 - Trinity 3 sound desk. If you have any jewellery 10.15am Choral Eucharist with to rehome, the Alzheimer’s Society Healing Prayer take even broken items– please see 4.00pm Choral Evensong Emma Towers or Jane Tarver for details. Sunday 24 - Trinity 4 10.15am Choral Eucharist Children’s Sunday Space 4.00pm Choral Evensong There are no sessions on 27 May or Sunday 1 - Patronal Festival 3 June due to school holidays. Do 10.15am Choral Eucharist join us again on 10 June when we will 4.00pm Choral Evensong continue with the Book of Acts, looking at what he disciples did after Silence Space Pentecost. 1.30pm Mondays 11 & 25 June in St Aidan’s Chapel Children’s Space is open to children of all ages and involves stories, drama, games, craft and snacks. Please don’t * This evening we welcome the Bishop of hesitate to come and join us. If you Ripon, the Rt Revd Helen-Ann Hartley to are new to Children's Space, please our College of Canons; and pray for all complete a registration form, just ask our Sidesmen and Volunteers. The service one of the team. will be followed by refreshments.

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8 MUSIC NEWS In the third week of May I had the privilege of going to Leipzig in eastern Germany to attend a Cathedral Organists’ Association Conference. The purpose of the conference was three-fold: to find out about the working practices of church musicians in Germany; to see the work of the famous boys’ choir at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig; and to play some of the historic organs that JS Bach would have known during the early 1700s.

Coming up in June we have a number of important events, including an Ordination, and the Choir’s Summer Concert on 16 June, which I’d strongly encourage you to attend. Alex Berry, Director of Music

If you are new to the Cathedral … Welcome Please make yourself known to one of This work trip was combined with a the Churchwardens, Alex or recce for the Cathedral Choir Tour to Geoff. If you would like to join a Cologne in May 2019. I spent a fun day Fellowship Group, find out more about walking around the city in order to the congregational life of the Cathedral, attend meetings with various church including social events, or if we can help musicians. The meetings were in any way, please ask one of the accompanied with rather a lot of cake stewards at the door, who will find us and the ubiquitous Kölsch beer for you. produced in the region. We look forward to meeting you.

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10 WHAT’S ON Monday Fellowship Monday Fellowship meet at 2pm in the Parish Room on the second Monday of each month. The afternoon begins with a bidding prayer, ends with a cup of tea, and all are warmly invited to attend. This month our Director of Music, Alex Berry, will be the guest speaker and next month it will be the Dean. All welcome - please do join us!

Extended Membership Please remember in your prayers the following members of the Cathedral fellowship who, through illness or incapacity, cannot attend in person: Pat Baly Hazel Naylor Bill Pirie Joan Simpson Dorothy Walsh Heather Wright If anyone you know would appreciate being added to this list, please speak to one of the clergy or churchwardens, Alex McLelland or Geoff Lealman.

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12 WHAT’S ON Cathedral Book Group We always like to welcome new readers to the Cathedral Book Group, where we read a novel, poetry and theology alternately. The next meeting will be in the Cathedral on Monday 9 July at 7.00pm, with refreshments from Seeds of Silence exists to encourage 6.30pm, when Diane Pacitti will lead a and support people in developing their session on her poems, linked to the use and understanding of the ancient concurrent Artspace exhibition Pots & Christian tradition of prayerful silence Poetry. Some of you will remember as a spiritual practice. Diane reading her poems during Lent Silence Space at the Cathedral three years ago. Silence Space comprises a short, For more information please speak to opening reading - usually a poem, Maggie Peel or to Sandra Howard. psalm or reflection to draw people towards God's presence - followed by silence for the remainder of the time, until a concluding prayer. The dates are 11 & 25 June, 9 & 23 July and 13 August - all Mondays from 1.00pm to 1.30pm in St Aidan’s Chapel. Silence Clinic Are you curious about using silence and meditation in prayer? Does an Gather Bradford intentional practice of silence in your Gather Bradford is a an initiative to prayer life leave you with more pray for the city. Over 24 hours questions than answers? Or perhaps prayers will be said around different you'd like an opportunity for more themes that are a part of the daily life extended periods of silence-based of our city. prayer with others? If so, then do Starting at 9pm on Friday 15 June and come to one or more of the Silence ending at 9pm on Saturday 16 June Clinic events at the Cathedral this year. people are invited to the Jubilee These will be on Wednesdays from Centre on Jermyn Street (opposite the 7.30pm to 9.00pm on: 1August and Cathedral) and invited to come when 31 October. they can and stay for as long or little For more details please go to as they can. Please pick up a flyer for seedsofsilence.org.uk or contact me. full details of the 24hr programme. Alison Woolley

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14 FOR YOUR DIARY … until 10 June Sarah Harris: Coast to Dale Sarah’s latest collect of screen prints celebrates the diversity of her home region. Working from her original pen drawings, each print is a limited edition and hand-printed in her Rawdon studio. Wednesday 6 1.00pm Wednesday@One Organ Recital The season continues with Katherine Dienes-Williams from Guildford. Monday 11 2.00pm Monday Fellowship This month Alex Berry talks about the work of the Cathedral’s Music Department. See page 10 for more details. Tuesday 12 11.00am Tuesday@Eleven This month’s performers are our Choral Scholars Sean Brines (Tenor) and Daniel Barratt (Bass). Wednesday 13 1.00pm Wednesday@One Organ Recital The season continues with Philip Rushforth from Chester. Friday 15 Antonio Pacitti and Diane Pacitti: Pots & Poetry Until 16 July Sculptural hand-built pots and earth tones contrast with the vibrant glazes of the wheel work. Diane Pacitti returns to the Cathedral on Monday 9 July at 7.00pm with her poems, exploring the rich biblical theme of wells and vessels. Saturday 16 6.30pm The Choir’s Annual Summer Choral Concert The Cathedral Choir perform a wonderful selection of choral music for summer time in the beautiful setting of the Cathedral. Tickets £8, under 16s free available from the Cathedral Office or www.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com. Wednesday 20 1.00pm Wednesday@One Organ Recital The season continues with the welcome return of former Cathedral Organist Paul Bowen. Wednesday 27 1.00pm Wednesday@One Organ Recital The season’s pen ultimate recital features Simon Lindley from . All welcome. Please pick up an Arts & Music brochure for full details of events. Entrance is free - with donations appreciated - unless otherwise stated.

If you are new to the Cathedral … Welcome Please make yourself known to one of the Churchwardens, Alex McLelland and Maggie Peel, who would love to meet you. If you would like to join a Fellowship Group, find out more about the congregational life of the Cathedral, including social events, or if we can help in any way, please ask one of the stewards at the door, who will find us for you. We look forward to meeting you.

15 CONTACT CATHEDRAL CLERGY Dean The Very Revd Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Paul Maybury Canon for Mission and Pastoral Development The Revd Canon Mandy Coutts OPERATIONS Chief Operations Officer Sarah Field-Blešić Safeguarding Officer The Revd Canon Mandy Coutts MUSIC DEPARTMENT Organist & Director of Music Alex Berry Sub Organist & Assistant Director of Music Jon Payne Music Administrator Ann Foster Choral Scholars Sean Brines Charlie Murray Rosamund Spencer VERGERS Head Verger and Reader Jon Howard Assistant Verger John Paley Assistant Verger David Robinson ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Director of Finance Simon Dennis PA to the Dean & the Cathedral Communications Officer Sandra Howard Cathedral Secretary Julie Bowyer Administrative Clerk Sandra Heaton Volunteer Coordinator (HLF funded) Vacant EDUCATION Director of Education & Visitors from September Maggie Myers Education and Visitor Admin Assistant Sandra Heaton Heritage Education Assistant (HLF funded) Diane Hadwen HONORARY CHAPLAINS The Revd Canon Rod Anderson The Revd Paul Booth The Revd Dr Barbara Glasson The Revd Canon Bruce Grainger The Revd Helen Lealman The Revd Canon Professor Myra Shackley CHURCHWARDENS Dr Geoffrey Lealman Canon Alex McLelland Continued over …

16 CONTACT CATHEDRAL COUNCIL Chair Mr Derek Twine CBE The Bishop The Rt Revd The Dean The Very Revd Jerry Lepine Canon for Mission and Pastoral Development The Revd Canon Mandy Coutts Members Mr Cal Bailey Mrs Marilyn Bannister Mrs Fiona Beevers Dr Sara Caine Canon John Chuter Canon Roland Clark Mrs Ann Cryer Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe Canon Alex McLelland Mr Michael Oversby The Revd Canon Dr Roger Walton CHAPTER The Dean The Very Revd Jerry Lepine The Residentiary Canons The Revd Canon Mandy Coutts The Revd Canon Paul Maybury Members Canon Sharron Arnold Dr Geoffrey Lealman Canon Alex McLelland Ms Maggie Peel Mrs Monica Slocombe COMMUNITY COMMITTEE Chair The Revd Canon Mandy Coutts The Dean The Very Revd Jerry Lepine Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Paul Maybury Members Mr Lindsay Bradshaw Mr Malcolm Carr Mrs Susan Ibnou Zaki Mr Peter Jackson Mrs Elaine de Villiers Dr Geoff Lealman Canon Alex McLelland Mrs Monica Slocombe Mr Joe Tarver Mr John Wright Mrs Nora Whitham MBE ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICER Mr Graham Waddington