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February 2017 DAILY SERVICES AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL SUNDAY NEWS 7.40am Morning Prayer (said) 8.00am Holy Communion 10.15am Sung Eucharist with Children’s Church 3.00pm Choral Evensong FEBRUARY 2017 MONDAY - SATURDAY 8.00am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer (said) 12.30pm Holy Communion 5.30pm Choral Evensong (4.30pm on Saturdays) See our website for details of services and any changes or closures. A Gift Aid scheme operates at the Cathedral, which allows the Chapter to claim back 25p per £1 for donations. Many of you do so already, and we are grateful, but if you are a visitor who pays Income Tax in the UK, you could make your donation go further by doing this. There is a Donorpoint at the West end of the Cathedral where you can use your credit card to give a donation, and this can be gift- aided as well ‘Many, many welcomes February Fair Maid….’ Alfred Lord Tennyson - ‘The Snowdrop’ Printed by Perpetua Press, 20 Culver Street, Newent, Glos. GL18 1DA Tel: 01531 820816 32 Wed 15 6.00pm Junior Voices Project Concert. Gloucester Cathedral News Sat 18 7.00pm Rachmaninov - All Night Vigil (Vespers). Mission Statement: ‘We aim to produce a Christian magazine which is widely accessible Fri 24 7.30pm Couperin’s Lecons De Tenebres - Corelli Ensemble. and which informs, involves and inspires its readers.’ Sat 25 3.00pm Gloucester Music Society Concert - Nick Pritchard (Tenor), Louise Williams (Viola) and Benjamin Frith Cathedral Chapter (Piano). Dean: The Very Reverend Stephen Lake Sun 26 MOTHERING SUNDAY 10.15am Eucharist for Mothering Sunday with presentation of Canons: Lay Canons: flowers followed by an informal concert by the Cathedral Junior Choir in the Chapter House. Nikki Arthy John Coates Dr Andrew Braddock Paul Mason Richard Mitchell Dame Janet Trotter The Editorial Team consists of: Jackie Searle Richard Cann, Sandie Conway, Pat Foster, Barrie Glover, Celia Thomson Stephen Lake, Christopher and Maureen Smith. Editor: Maureen Smith Chief Operations Officer: Emily Shepherd The next Editorial meeting is on 13 February 2017. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "We are happy to receive articles, handwritten or typed. We regret that, due to the limited space available, and to enable us to continue to The Cathedral Office, 12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX produce a lively, varied and informative magazine, we can normally only Telephone: 01452 528095 accept articles of 400 words or less. Articles over 400 words will only be accepted at the Editor’s discretion. Email: [email protected] The Editor reserves the right to alter articles as necessary, without losing The Clergy may be contacted through the Cathedral Office at the the general sense. above address and telephone number. Contributions can be emailed to: [email protected] Gloucester Cathedral News Subscriptions or you can leave them at the Cathedral Office at the address given at the A year’s postal subscription for 10 copies of Gloucester Cathedral front of this booklet. News may be obtained by cash or cheque for £12 made payable to You may also email Maureen Smith direct: ‘The Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral’ and sent to the Cathedral [email protected] Office at the above address. www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Disclaimer: We try very hard to make sure details are correct before going to print, but things can change! Please check with the Cathedral Office and the notice board. Please note that articles do not represent the opinions of the Chapter, the Church of England or the editor - only the writer! Cover picture: Snowdrops - Harbingers of Spring! The Editor for March is Maureen Smith. Photograph by: Chris Smith. The deadline is the 5th February 2 31 February special services and events: CONTENTS Page Fri 6 Jan - Sun 16 Feb - FAITH - Exhibition by Russell Haines. (See page 7). The Three Wise Men don’t make it Stephen Lake. 4 Sat 4 2.00pm Friends of Gloucester Cathedral - William Laud, Dean of Gloucester 1616 -1624 - Talk by David Jesus: The Man Who Belongs Hoyle - Dean of Bristol. to the Whole World Mahatma Ghandi. 6 Mon 6 1.05pm Meditation for all - in the Thomas Chapel. From Bethlehem With Love Maureen Smith. 8 Sat 11 - Sun 19 - Glorious Gargoyles - Free children’s trail. (See page 29). Notes from a Theological College: 3. Space. Rachel Murray. 9 Sat 11 9.30am Brunch and Bounce. 1.00pm Informal lunch time concert - Community Choir. Music Department News 10 Mon 13 1.05pm Meditation for all - in the Thomas Chapel. New Series: Churches in Gloucestershire: Wed 15 - Sat 18 - Beads and Bones - Children’s Crypt tours and craft activities 1. St Nicholas Church, Westgate Street. Clive Andrews. 12 (See page 29). 400th Anniversary of a Clerical Sat 18 10.00am Archaeology Roadshow & Object Handling Drop-in. Controversy. George Marchant. 14 (See page 29). 3.00pm Gloucester Music Society Concert - Rupert Saints of the Month: Marshall-Luck - Violin. Cyril and Methodius. Richard Cann. 16 Sun 19 6.00pm Bach Violin Recital - Michael Bochman Around the Community 17 Mon 20 1.05pm Meditation for all - in the Thomas Chapel. Mental Health and the Christian Life. Susanna Morris. 18 Thu 23 12.30pm Lunchtime Organ Recital - Shean Bowers. Amnesty International - Write for Rights Campaign - Update 19 Sat 25 10.00am Introduction to Latin with George Sharpley. Come Over to Macedonia Cedric Pickin. 20 Mon 27 1.05 Meditation for all - in the Thomas Chapel. Centenary of First World War series: March looking ahead…. The Gloucestershire Regiments and the Battle of the Somme. Barrie Glover. 22 Wed 1 ASH WEDNESDAY 7.30pm Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes. The Rev Albert Edward Addenbrooke MA Angela Newcombe. 23 Sat 4 7.30pm Silent Film Screening - Phantom of the Opera. A Surprise Visit. Jean Sheraton. 25 Jonathan Hope Organ Improvisation. Have You Ever Seen an Angel Smile? Sun 5 6.00pm Bach Violin Recital by Michael Bochman. (or a Saint for that matter?) Richard Cann. 26 Thu 9 12.30pm Lunchtime Organ Recital - Andrew Kirk. Jottings from the West End: Humph n Harry. 28 Fri 10 7.30pm Derek Paravicini Quartet. Diary of Special Services and Events 30 7.30pm Lets Talk Rachmaninov Vespers. Sat 11 9.30pm Brunch and Bounce. Please consider a voluntary donation of £1 to help cover the cost of this magazine 30 3 The Three Wise Men The Christmas season is now over, nevertheless we don’t make it (unfortunately!) still have space for two more Cracker jokes to make you groan! It may be February but I need to Q. Why is it difficult to keep a secret at the North Pole? recount a true event in the A. Because your teeth chatter. Cathedral at Christmas. With all of the current upheaval due to the ******* Two snowmen in a field are looking around them. delivery of Project Pilgrim, it is worth remembering why we are One says to the other: “Do you smell carrots?” doing this. Sent in by Humph ’n Harry. On the second of the Carols on the Hour days, amidst all the thousands of people that came, Three Wise Men in their wheelchairs came from the Star College (appropriately named). They came with February Half-Term Activities their carers and they wanted to see the Tea Angel in the Lady 'Glorious Gargoyles' Chapel. I was in the North Transept when they arrived. Saturday 11 - Sunday 19 February, 10.30am - 3.45pm Pick up a free trail to discover the stories of our most popular Being in wheelchairs, the Three Wise Men needed to access the lift Gargoyles! which will soon be replaced. There was doubt in our minds whether Suitable for all ages. their chairs would be too large for the ancient lift, which keeps breaking down, with parts needing to come from Germany. It Archaeology Roadshow & Object Handling Drop-In needed an expert, so we went in search of a verger. We called on Saturday 18 February, 10.00am - 2.30pm the radio but no verger was able to attend in the time frame. I Kurt Adams, Gloucestershire and Avon’s Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be here with handling items and explained that they must be dealing with something important information about local archaeology. Kurt will also be able to identify elsewhere. As it turned out, the busy verger was hoovering the your own finds so bring them along! carpet in the Chapter House and had not heard the radio. Somewhat Suitable for all ages, Free, just drop in embarrassed, we had to turn the Three Wise Men from the Star College away. ‘Beads & Bones’ Children’s Crypt tours and craft activity sessions In encouraging them to stay for the next short carol service, it Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February occurred to me that, even if we had found a member of staff, our 10.00am, 11.00am, and 2.00pm Wise Men might not have been able to use the lift because of their Learn about the history of the Crypt beneath the Cathedral then find sizable wheelchairs. More than that, if they had been able to access out more about the intricate Rosary bead and other finds uncovered during a recent archaeological dig. Finish each 40-45 minute session the lift (with staff help), then they would have had another lift to with a craft activity to create a beaded bracelet to take home! negotiate to get to the same level as the Lady Chapel. And even if that had been possible it would have taken a very long, undignified Spaces limited & must be booked in advance. Suitable for age 4 plus. time. And even then, if the Three Wise Men had made it eventually Under 16’s must be accompanied by parent or guardian at all times.
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