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Rochester Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary 604 – Justus sent from Rome to help St. Augustine bring Christianity to Britain. A Saxon Cathedral was founded at Rochester dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle. Nothing remains above ground of the Saxon Cathedral. 700 – 1000 A series of Viking raids during these centuries left the Saxon Cathedral in a sad and ruined state. 1077 – following the Norman Conquest in 1066 William the Conqueror sent for Gundulf, a French Monk from Bec. Gundulf became Bishop of Rochester and began building a new, Norman, Cathedral building. He also established a Benedictine Monastery at Rochester, with between 20 and 60 monks residing at any one time during almost five centuries of its existence. 1201 – William of Perth, a pilgrim on his way to Canterbury, was murdered near Rochester. His remains were brought to the Cathedral for burial, and miracles were said to be worked at his shrine. Thus Rochester became a popular place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. 1500 –1600 The structure of the present Cathedral was completed by early Tudor times. In 1540 the monastery was dissolved by Henry Vlllth and the Cathedral became the Protestant Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1800 – 1900 The Cathedral was extensively renovated by the Victorians. Charles Dickens was a close neighbour of the Cathedral and worshipped here. Into the new Millennium Prayers are still said and services held daily in this Cathedral Church – it is not a museum but a living church. In 2004 the Cathedral and Diocese celebrated 1400 years of worship in the Rochester area, and looked forward to another century of prayer and the 1500th anniversary..

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Rochester Cathedral in 1634 Torr
http://kentarchaeology.org.uk/research/archaeologia-cantiana/ Kent Archaeological Society is a registered charity number 223382 © 2017 Kent Archaeological Society ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL IN 1634 By V. J. TORR MANY years ago I published in Volume LVII of Archceologia Cantiana an account of a journey through Kent in 1723, which was copied from the version printed by the Historical MSS. Commission, and wherein are contained various interesting references to bygone Rochester. The long series of these closely-printed volumes comprises all sorts of items of local significance, but it is feared that they are lost to most people, by reason of the few public libraries which possess them. I now revert to the same source to set down in these pages the Kentish portions of documents of great historic importance, the metropolitical visitation of his province undertaken by Archbishop Laud, soon after his translation from London to Canterbury in 1633. I shall take Rochester first and Canterbury second, with warning to the reader that both reports affect only the cathedral establishments and not the respective dioceses. This valuable series is not complete for the province of Canterbury. There is nothing for the following sees, although it is known that their cathedrals were actually visited, the records not however included by Hit. MSS. Corn.: Chichester, Ely, Lincoln, Oxford, and Winchester (undated); and Hereford and the four in Wales, probably in 1635 or 1636. St. Paul's was left until 1636, and duly appears in H.M.C. In 1634 were taken Canterbury, Rochester, Sarum, Bristol, Wells, and Exeter, each with both injunctions and reports.
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Bishop’s Guidelines 2017 Diocesan Office Bishopscourt St Nicholas Church 24 St Margaret's Street Boley Hill Rochester Rochester ME1 1TS ME1 1SL Tel: 01634 560000 Tel: 01634 842721 Email: Diocesan Office Email: Bishopscourt Rochester Diocese Bishop’s Guidelines 2017 Foreword, by Bishop James “The Church of England is part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church worshipping the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It professes the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds, which faith the Church is called upon to proclaim afresh in each generation. Led by the Holy Spirit, it has borne witness to Christian truth in its historic formularies, the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, The Book of Common Prayer and the Ordering of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. In the declaration you are about to make will you affirm your loyalty to this inheritance of faith as your inspiration and guidance under God in bringing the grace and truth of Christ to this generation and making him known to those in your care?” Preface to the Declaration of Assent (Canon C15) These words introduce the Declaration of Assent which is made by those being commissioned for ordained and lay ministries in our church. They indicate the particular place which the Church of England inhabits in the life of this country. Our heritage is that of the Gospel handed down through the generations, but also the heritage of our ministry and our buildings, together with a substantial role in the nation’s public life. Our ministry has a significant impact on the stories people tell each other of what it means to be a Christian in this country.
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H-Albion Tittler on Keene and Burns and Saint, 'St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004' Review published on Thursday, September 1, 2005 Derek Keene, Arthur Burns, Andrew Saint, eds. St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004. Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2004. xvi + 538 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-09276-9. Reviewed by Robert Tittler (Department of History, Concordia University, Montreal) Published on H-Albion (September, 2005) Essay collections on the history of English cathedrals have recently become something of a fashion, with significant volumes being published over the last few years on Norwich Cathedral by Ian Atherton et al. (1996), Rochester Cathedral by Philip McAleer (1999), and Hereford Cathedral by Gerald Aylmer et al. (2000). Yet given its far greater prominence and centrality in the history of the nation, not to mention the affluence and influence of its patronal community, no such work has, or is likely to measure up to the length, weight, and virtual grandeur of this volume celebrating the fourteen-hundredth anniversary of St. Paul's Cathedral. At 538 pages, 42 chapters from 46 contributors, and 389 images, many in color, this volume requires additional digits for any standard scale by which its production might be measured. Somewhat more open to speculation are questions about what it actually offers, how it will be used, and by whom. In order to orient the reader to its layout and guide him or her through the whole, the editors have sensibly divided the work into three parts.
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MC Rochester Cathedral Speech 17.4
Rochester Cathedral Business Guild Dinner 17/4/13 Rochester’s pivotal role in the XII Century, and why it matters today Sir Robert Worcester1 The Dean of Rochester, Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope you will forgive me for diverting from the title of my talk at its very start, but given where we are, in the very crypt of this cathedral, in light of the news the Dean gave us last October about the HLF grant for the restoration and development of this wonderful crypt where we are meeting this evening, I thought some relevant earlier history would be appropriate. My talk starts in the VIIth Century around the time this Cathedral was built. As Chancellor of the University of Kent, with a campus in Medway, I have the honour to hold graduation ceremonies in the nave of this church – and we robe in this crypt, so I know it well. When the then Dean, Adrian Newman, told me about the Textus Roffensus, the XIIth Century book (written in the early 1120s), the ‘First Code of English Law’, the laws of King Aethelbert in around 600 AD, I promised him that I would do my best to make it famous. As I stand in my robes at the top of the nave above us to welcome the University of Kent graduands, as I will again in July, I say to those students whose hard work and diligence have earned them their degrees, and their parents and friends, in my welcome: “It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this historic Cathedral, Britain’s second oldest, consecrated in 603 AD, some 14 Centuries ago.
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CV Deborah Kahn
Deborah Kahn Boston University, Art History Department, Room 302 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 - (617) 353-1457 [email protected] Curriculum Vitae Degrees: Ph.D. Courtauld Institute of Art 1982 M.A. Courtauld Institute of Art 1977 B.A. Sarah Lawrence College 1975 Positions: Associate Professor, Department of 1999 – ongoing Art History, Boston University with tenure Associate Professor, Department of 1996 - 1999 Art History, Boston University Assistant Professor, Department of Art 1989 - 1996 History and Archaeology, Princeton University Editor of the Corpus of Romanesque 1988 - 1991 Sculpture in the British Isles (position funded by the British Academy, London) Mellon Fellow, Metropolitan Museum 1987 - 1988 of Art, New York City Visiting Assistant Professor, Department 1986 - 1987 of Art History, Columbia University Consultant on Medieval Sculpture for 1982 - 1988 the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral Consultant on Medieval Sculpture for 1986 - 1988 1 the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral Chief Research Officer and Administrator, 1980 - 1985 for the Arts Council of Great Britain Hayward Gallery Exhibition, “English Romanesque Art 1066-1200” (exhibition held in London, 1984). Selected Undergraduate Courses Taught: Survey of Medieval Art Art and Architecture in the Early Middle Ages Art and Architecture in the Later Middle Ages The Art of the Carolingian Period Romanesque Art and Architecture The Art of the British Isles Romanesque Sculpture in Europe Chartres Cathedral Great Churches of Medieval Europe Romanesque Manuscript
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St M Newsletter No 9
the church on Parliament Square by kind permission of Clare Weatherill NEWS No 9 Summer 2018 news and features from St Margaret’s ORDINARY TIME PILGRIMAGE PREVIEW We have had much to celebrate recently: a Congregational group to visit Rochester in August royal wedding, the opening of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, the St Margaret’s Founded in AD 604 by Bishop Justus, Rochester Cathedral is England’s second oldest cathedral Deanery school leavers’ service. And in the and the seat of the Bishop of Rochester. The present building is the work of the French Church’s year we have partied: Christmas, Benedictine monk, Gundulf, and dates to AD 1080. The glorious Norman architecture of the Easter and Pentecost have marked turning nave, the crypt and the fine Romanesque facade, make this an inspirational destination for the St th points in the life of Jesus, and of the Church. Margaret’s pilgrimage to Rochester on Saturday 18 August, led by Priest Vicar the Reverend But isn’t it good, after any party, to clear up, Ralph Godsall, former Canon Residenciary and Precentor there. and to sit down with a cup of Rochester tea and relax for a while? Cathedral Ordinary time – marked by became a major the Sundays after Trinity place of Sunday – is the Church’s time pilgrimage in the to return to normality, and to 13th century, walk with Christ in the when miracles everyday. There is a calm were reported at healing rhythm to our worship the shrine of in Ordinary Time. All are William of Perth, welcome to rest in the simple, a Scottish baker unfussy grace of God in our who had been midst.
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WELLS CATHEDRAL VOLUNTARY CHOIR President Lady Gass DCVO Chair Charly Dando Newsletter September 2021 Issue No 66 This will be the last newsletter for WCVC because from Sept 1st the Choir has been reformed as the Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir. The last 18 months has been difficult for all singers and musicians and we are now gradually emerging from the many lockdowns. During this period, under the direction of David Stevens and Alex Hamilton the Voly Choir where possible has been singing services in the Cathedral all be it with a much reduced number of singers. We would like to thank those Members who kept the Voly Choir going in this difficult time to provide music when required for Cathedral Services. Membership Andrew and Jane James have decided to move to pastures new in Shropshire. We wish them well in their new home. Party Simon and Joanna kindly hosted a party at their house in August when we were able to thank Michael, Matthew and Dilys for their contribution to the Choir over many years. It was also a chance for us to meet former members. A presentation was made to all three from the Choir. Michael has let us know that he has purchased a grandmother clock which features coloured glass panels reminding him of ecclesiastical stained glass. The clock itself is Danish with possibly a Swiss movement, including Westminster chimes and a strike which pleasingly sounds an A major added 6th chord. The balance of the gift to Michael went to Cancer Relief UK and Macmillian Cancer Support.
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SCOTT FARRELL (Rochester Cathedral)
Christchurch Priory Lunchtime Organ Recitals Thursday 8th October at 12.30 SCOTT FARRELL (Rochester Cathedral) Free Admission • Retiring Collection Programme Con Moto Maestoso (Sonata 3) Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 731) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Allegro (Symphonie VI) Charles-Marie Widor 1844-1937 Berceuse Louis Vierne 1870-1937 Mars the bringer of war (The Planets) Gustav Holst 1874-1934 Light lunches, and refreshments are available in Priory House before and after the recitals. NEXT RECITAL: 15th October 12.30 p.m. Alexander Binns (Southwark Cathedral) For future organ recital details please go to: www.organrecitals.com/christchurch Today’s performer Scott Farrell was born in Dover in 1971 and was educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys. At the age of fourteen Scott took up his first church appointment and whilst still at school was awarded the Associateship of the Royal College of Organists. In 1989 Scott went up to Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of London) as Organ Scholar to read music. Upon graduation, Scott pursued postgraduate studies at the Institute of Education (University of London) combining this with the position of Assistant Organist at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge. In August 1993 Scott took up the full time post of Assistant Director of Music at St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk moving in January 1999 to Ely Cathedral to work alongside Paul Trepte. Whilst at Ely, he recorded and toured widely with the Cathedral Choir and outside the Cathedral was also Musical Director of Ely Choral Society and the Ely Consort as well as appearing regularly with the Britten Sinfonia.
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Anglican Cathedrals in the British Isles
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