WORCESTER

NEWS Spring/Summer 2020

Inside this issue From Support Newly the the discovered Cathedral archaeology Pages 2-5 Pages 6 & 7 Pages 12 & 13

Plus, details of online Cathedral services www.worcestercathedral.co.uk From the Dean

Spring/Summer 2020 From the Dean Contents JDA Media JDA Photo: 2-5 From the Dean I wish to begin by sending every reader of this newsletter 6 - 7 Support the Cathedral my greeting and the assurance 8 - 9 Community News of my prayers for you and 10-11 Eco-Cathedral your loved ones. The sight of the Cathedral closed and 12-13 Archaeology empty brings home to me how 14-15 Arts & Events important is the community of 16 Time for Reflection staff, worshippers, volunteers, 17 Fundraising Friends of the Cathedral, and visitors who bring the place to 18 Cathedral Information life each day. We are finding 19 Prayer new ways to keep in touch, but at the same time praying for the day when the Editorial Team Cathedral will re-open. Susan Macleod and Emily Green Elsewhere in these pages you Photography can read about some of the Chris Guy, James Atkinson, ways in which you can keep Peter Smith and Chris Dobbs in touch with the life of the Cover Photograph Cathedral. Included in these Colin Nash, highly commended is the new website, and I Photographic Competition congratulate Susan Macleod entry 2019 and her team on bringing this into existence. I also draw Worcester Cathedral News your attention to the important The Chapter Office, letter from Cathy Sloan, our The Dean live streaming from his home 8 College Yard, Fundraising Manager, on the Worcester, WR1 2LA Do join me finances of the Cathedral. Telephone: Our Chief Operating Officer, thinking that Holy Week and Easter have been lockdown and isolation, we look forward to 01905 732900 and my our Accounts Office, and our cancelled. the day when society begins to function again, we can meet our friends and relatives, we can Finance Committee are Do join me and my colleagues in the eucharist Email: colleagues in worship together, and we can enjoy the sense [email protected] working very hard with the and morning prayer we are live-streaming from the Eucharist Chapter to ensure that the of life coming back to our stricken world. Website: our homes. Do reflect on the story of the final worcestercathedral.co.uk and morning Cathedral remains financially days of Jesus’s earthly life and take heart from With all that in mind, I have no hesitation in sustainable, but I hope that no the story of Easter. wishing you a very happy Easter. one will under-estimate the Twitter: prayer we are It was just a year ago in Holy Week that Notre challenge that we all face. @WorcCathedral live streaming Dame Cathedral in Paris was almost destroyed Facebook: I am writing this letter to you by fire. It seemed to many that the loss of that @WorcesterCathedral from our just before Holy Week begins. precious building and the promise of its Instagram: homes Grievous as it is that there are reconstruction was a metaphor for the story worcestercathedral no churches open for worship, of Holy Week and Easter. For us too this year, , Tripadvisor let us not make the mistake of living through this long Lenten experience of Certificate of Excellence

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of the Cross’, the journey of Jesus to his Booking Although the Cathedral is Closed… crucifixion. The Diocese of Worcester website and the Church of website will also We are still able to consider applications for give you access to other acts of worship and services and events. One day the Cathedral Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester opportunities for prayer and reflection. will be open again! Clearly, there is some uncertainty about all this, but we would still Although we are not publishing a sick list, do encourage individuals or groups who might let Stephen Edwards know if you wish want a special service or event, a concert or to add the name of a sick or departed person an exhibition, to get in touch with us at to a prayer list privately held by the Cathedral [email protected] clergy (stephenedwards@worcestercathedral. Chris Dobbs Photo: org.uk). This should be with the permission of Funding the person concerned, or their family. It will be obvious that many of our sources of regular income have now stopped: collections Daily Music at services, donations from visitors, hire The Cathedral’s musicians and others are charges for events, revenue from the café and voluntarily offering a short musical recital the shop. In addition to that our investments from one or other of their homes each day at have taken a hit, and the rental market is 6.30pm. This is accessible on a new Facebook fragile. page ‘Daily Music from Worcester’. This is where the support of our community Cathedral Website of regular worshippers and volunteers is so important. We are so grateful to those of you After many months of preparation, the new who contribute regularly through our planned Cathedral website (www.worcestercathedral. giving or ‘stewardship’ scheme, known as co.uk) went live recently. Of course, much of TRIO (The Responsibility Is Ours). If you do the content relates to the normal life of the this at the moment by means of envelopes, Cathedral. It is a new tool by which news of you may wish to consider changing this to a the Cathedral can be published. Although the Cathedral is now closed for Daily Prayer and Worship standing order instead. If you don’t contribute worship and for visiting, its work and witness through the scheme, please consider doing so. continue. The Cathedral’s first and foremost purpose, of offering worship day by day, goes on. We And finally... The famous view of the Cathedral remains an are providing a celebration of the Holy inspiration. The Chapter continues to have Communion from the Deanery on Sundays, My colleagues of the and responsibility for the building and for all that Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and on I are deeply aware of the importance of the goes on in the name of the Cathedral.Here are the other days Morning Prayer from one of the Cathedral Community, by which we mean our some of the things still going on while the canons’ houses. These services are live- staff, our volunteers, and our regular present lockdown lasts. streamed to the Worcester Cathedral Facebook worshippers. The Cathedral clergy, staff and page every morning at 8.30am. They are then heads of volunteer groups will do what they accessible on the Diocese of Worcester website can to keep in touch with the different parts of (www.cofe-worcester.org.uk) and on the Cathedral Community, but we would encourage you also to keep in touch with each Facebook. (You don’t need a personal Cathedral Office and Staff Facebook account to access this. You can click other and with us. Though for the time being on the Facebook link on the bottom left of the Apart from a small core needed for the we are dispersed to our homes, let us remain ...services are live-streamed Cathedral website. Click ‘not now’ if you don’t continuing organisational tasks, the members in each other’s thoughts and prayers. Let us want to subscribe to Facebook.) of the Cathedral staff have now been placed hope that we and our loved ones stay well. to the Worcester Cathedral on ‘furlough’. We are sad not to see them at And let us look forward to the joyful day Facebook page every morning Each day up to Easter, a new poem written by work around the Cathedral, but the good when the doors of Worcester Cathedral will Amanda Bonnick, our poet-in-residence, was news is that the Government will pay 80% of again be flung open, the bells will ring out, the at 8.30am added to the Cathedral Facebook page. The their salaries. The Chapter Office is closed for flag willHope fly, Pughand andthe Alexis thrilling Hutchinson sounds of choirs theme of the poems is the traditional ‘Stations the duration of the lock-down. and organs once again be heard.

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Cathy Sloan, Fundraising Manager

When we shut our doors last of regular contact with others voluntarily offering recitals month, we knew that it would hard to bear. The thousands from their homes which can come as a real and tangible of people who visit us every be enjoyed over Facebook. blow to the Cathedral month, whether that be for And we are minimising Community and beyond. quiet reflection amidst their expenditure wherever we can. It was of course something busy lives or to marvel at our The Cathedral will open again that needed to happen; but wonderful architecture, are but the future is looking the consequences will be far rightly staying at home. Our uncertain and we feel it is reaching for the Cathedral stonemasons have downed right to share our position and all who love it. tools and we can no longer with you. Our immediate welcome schoolchildren or It is a difficult time for those concerns are that we are host events and exhibitions. whom worship and prayer are forecasting a 50% reduction It is all very new, very strange a source of comfort and in income over the next 3 Ways to Donate and unsettling for everyone. support. Alongside this, our months with reserves that can world class choral music which Like other we are only just cover this loss. Online Gift Aid your donation brings musicians and audience finding ways to maintain Revenue from our shop and together in friendship and contact with you through our café has gone, there are no Please visit our website www. If you are a UK taxpayer please complete the shared pleasure has come to live-streamed services and donations from visitors or worcestercathedral.co.uk and click on Gift Aid form which can be found on the the ‘Support Us’ page for our JustGiving ‘Support Us’ page of our website www. an abrupt end. Many of our daily prayer. Clergy are ticket income from events. link. It is quick and safe to donate via worcestercathedral.co.uk We can reclaim 25p dedicated volunteers are continuing pastoral care Should the lockdown JustGiving. in every £1 of your donation. self-isolating and feel the loss through telephone calls and continue further we will be of purpose as well as the loss emails. Our musicians are severely compromised and in Cheque American Donors danger of losing some of the If you would prefer to send us a cheque, If you are a US taxpayer, you can donate tax things that people value the please make it payable to ‘Worcester efficiently to Worcester Cathedral by making most about Cathedral life. Cathedral’ and return it to FREEPOST your gift through the British Schools & The priority is to secure the WORCESTER CATHEDRAL (no stamp Universities Foundation (Federal Tax ID future of the Cathedral and required). 13-616-1189), a charitable organization approved support those whose lives are by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under code bound with ours. If you are BACS Section 501(c)(3). Please email: development@ able to make a donation to You can make a payment directly using worcestercathedral.org.uk for a form. our brighter, stronger future it our bank details below. Please include a will mean a great deal to us. brief reference with your donation or Every donation is important to us at this Your generosity will benefit email details to: difficult time. the many people who draw [email protected] comfort, pastoral and spiritual If you would like to discuss supporting the support, hope, education, Name: Worcester Cathedral Cathedral please do get in touch with inspiration and enjoyment Account No. 50182885 Cathy Sloan (Fundraising Manager) at: from our great Cathedral. Sort Code: 20-98-61 [email protected] Thank you.

6 Worcester Cathedral News Worcester Cathedral News 7 Community News Community News & Shop Staff Changes Shop manager All change at the Caroline Mitchell-Wise James to JDA Media JDA Photo: Caroline, one of our Operational Cathedral Shop Assistants, left us in February to retire travel across College Green to the King’s School. We are really pleased James Pertwee, Cathedral Shop Manager for Caroline and we wish her well in her new role as maternity cover for When the Cathedral shop re-opens, there are a number of Head of Alumni Relations. Caroline eye-catching new lines this summer to come in for, including has been with us for nearly 3 years a stunning new range of greeting cards, depicting images and has been part of integrating the from our rich collection of mainly Victorian stained glass. highly successful Christmas Tree Festival into the Cathedral, as well as helping organise Of particular interest in this 400th anniversary year is the the Snowman and building our presence on social media. image, taken from the West , of the Mayflower, but We are very grateful for all she has given to the Cathedral. there are many other designs to choose from. We also have several new postcard designs relating to the Mayflower and Siân Mitchell finally, a selection of books, e.g. The Mayflower Generation by Rebecca Fraser, The Journey to the Mayflower by Stephen Our former Project Support Officer Siân Tomkins and, for children, Who Journeyed on the Mayflower? Mitchell left us in February after she by Nicola Barber. relocated to Oxford. Sian was with us In this year of pilgrimage, the shop will also be stocking a for 2 years and has been a crucial part selection of books, such as The Cockleshell Pilgrim by of our Education and wider staff team, Katherine Lack, Pilgrimage – A very Short Introduction by Ian supporting the development of the Reader and a sumptuous coffee table book, Pilgrimage – The Undercroft Learning Centre. We will Great Pilgrim Routes of Britain and Europe by Derry Brabbs. really miss Sian and her enthusiasm, professionalism and expertise but wish 2020 is an eventful year, affecting the fortunes of the her well in her future career path. shop. Exceptional flooding during February kept customers away and obviously the Coronavirus will Harriet Hathaway James Pertwee (above) has given us notice of his intention to retire affect trading for a large part of the year. A number Introducing Harriet Hathaway who early in the summer. of the shop’s loyal volunteers have stepped down will be joining the Cathedral’s We are extremely grateful to and we are on the lookout for new recruits, who Education department. James for his long and successful would be most welcome. time as the Manager of our Harriet has a background in Ancient Finally, after nine years at the helm, I will be retiring Cathedral Shop. He has led a as manager in the early summer. It has been a huge History and Archaeology and has committed team of staff and privilege to be part of the unique community that is always been interested in how people volunteers to run our popular Worcester Cathedral and I shall miss my many engage with history. For the last shop, that also provides an friends enormously. three years, she has been working on important and valuable the redevelopment of Nottingham contribution to the finances of I hope my successor (yet to be chosen at the time of Castle, designing new interpretation the Cathedral. writing) will enjoy the job as much as I have done and gallery displays ahead of the castle’s re-opening next As you know, at time of writing and I have every confidence that the shop will year. Harriet has previously worked at Birmingham we don’t know when the shop continue to go from strength to strength! Museum and Art Gallery and Coventry Transport will be able to re-open, but we Museum, developing exhibitions and events. She is hope to be able to say thank you excited to start working at the Cathedral and looks to James properly in the future. Some of the books available forward to meeting you all in her new role. from the Cathedral Shop

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Canon Stephen Edwards

seriously at the Cathedral. A short leaflet outlining some of our current actions and progress is available online and among the many projects in place are a water cooler in the Ringing Chamber, saving many plastic bottles, and new recycling bins in the Cathedral. The Cathedral What goes around comes around? Flower Guild has pledged to move towards oasis-free arrangements as quickly as Mel Weston, is practically possible – Secretary, Worcester Cathedral Flower Guild a return to the use of wire netting and other Many years ago, my Grandmother arranged beautiful flowers sustainable, traditional in her local village church and in . methods of flower arranging. I remember gladly assisting her as a child, handing her the A water cooler in the As the year progresses, we homegrown flowers that had been nurtured by my Grandfather Ringing Chamber hope to begin work on an in their garden that was heaving with colour in the summer eco-audit to assess what months. Perhaps that’s why I take great delight in helping to Christians are called to needs to be done to reduce create beautiful floral designs in Worcester Cathedral now. deepen their right carbon emissions, manage I also remember all the wire netting used to stabilise the flower relationship with God, one waste, and actively promote stems in buckets and how excited my Grandmother and her another and with the planet. awareness of the justice friends were when floral foam became popular. However, humanity’s issues raised by the current Roll on nearly 50 years and the conversations include words relationship with creation climate crisis. As global like sustainability, compostable, carbon footprint etc. Floral has brought us to a serious citizens, and particularly as foam has been knocked from its hitherto superior status as we moment of discernment the people of God, we have a are all aiming to reduce our landfill piles and we are having to regarding environmental and responsibility and a look back to look forward with more responsible eco behaviour ecological issues. As the Christian duty to do all that in our ecclesiastical buildings. General Synod voted earlier we can to pray, speak and With that in mind, in this year of 2020, Worcester Cathedral this year for the Church of act prophetically on the Flower Guild will be making a pledge to move towards England to reach net zero environmental issues which oasis-free arrangements as quickly as is practically possible. One of the new recycling bins carbon emissions by 2030, threaten the flourishing of It will certainly be a different way of arranging but the Guild around the Cathedral we are taking this call the whole of creation. are looking forward to rising to the challenge... and stepping back in time!

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Christopher Guy, Cathedral Archaeologist

This Archaeologist’s report Although photographs of this area of excavation. This for the Fabric Advisory foundation have been sent to structure probably dates from Committee in February 2020 several colleagues, as yet no the Anglo-Saxon period, Foundation [C] is a preliminary summary of clear parallels for this type of although there is a possibility the very complex archaeology foundation have been that it is late Roman in date. found in the excavation for discovered. The north wall of this building the new drain to be inserted To the south of this had been largely removed by as part of the conversion of foundation there are the a massive foundation [C] the undercroft of College Hall remains of a mortared stone aligned east-west and 1.60m to an Education Centre. structure [B], again of lias. wide. It is mainly of sandstone At the north end there is a Some of the stones in the with some limestone, and foundation [A] aligned walls are pitched, rather than some of the stones appear to north-south made of horizontal. The west wall is be recycled medieval interleaved layers of lias and c.600mm wide and the north architectural fragments. This gravel. The width of this is return appears to have been of foundation is at a slight angle not yet known but it appears similar width. A fragment of to College Hall and was to be cut to the north by the the south wall survives but encountered immediately Clay within possible Wattle lining on west bell-casting pit side of Building [D] foundation of College Hall. the east wall is outside the below the tarmac.

To the south of structure [B] numerous fragments of copper the removal of a section of there was a possible sunken- slag, but no fragments of bell the outer footing of the floored building [D], which mould. From the roof tiles south wall of College Hall to may have had a wattle lining. found in the fills above this pit enable a core to be drilled Only the west side and it seems to date from the 15th through the bottom of the southern return of this century. undercroft foundation, the building lay within the trench, To the south of building [D] the remains of the structures the remainder lying outside excavation has been mainly have been left in situ. the area of excavation. The through dumped material Although there are lots of date of this possible building containing much ceramic questions still to be has yet to be determined but building material, animal bone, answered, the work has is likely to be Anglo-Saxon or iron slag and occasional oyster shown that, unlike today, early Medieval. and mussel shells. there were more buildings Cut through structure [B] was The dumps appear to represent on the west side of what is what appears to have been a post-medieval levelling of the now College Green and that bell-casting pit. Large area. Apart from a slot through there has been activity in the Foundation [A] Part of west wall of Structure [B] amounts of un-fired clay were foundation [C] to allow for the area from the Roman period found, together with insertion of the new drain, and onwards.

12 Worcester Cathedral News Worcester Cathedral News 13 NewArts -Events Poet in Residence Arts & Events A tour of the Journeymen Undercroft Exhibition Daniel Parnell Work by artists Claire Some Cathedral staff were able to have Burgoyne a tour and see the ongoing work in the and Darren Undercroft, from which Amanda wrote Williams was the poem below. to be on Worcester Cathedral Community members will be able to have display in the sneaky peeks before the official opening. Dean’s Chapel Chamber Choir We’ll have more details near the time. during April Spring is here and, until recently, the and May. Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir had The exhibition been enjoying rehearsals and looking has been forward to a very busy schedule of Undercroft postponed. services, concerts and a recording. The low roof vaults over our heads, But hear from However, on St Patrick’s Day we decided February 5th 2020 branching from rooted trunks of pillars; the artists to suspend all our activities with an unknown arch rays outwards, about their immediate effect. This was a logical and a sunburst of slate, inspiration... by Amanda Bonnick, Poet in Residence inevitable response to the Government’s cheeky stone head peeking round its edge. As creatives, it is essential that we respond to My gaze follows a shaft of sunlight up to strategy on how best to deal with the what is around us. That is why the opportunity COVID-19 pandemic and the Church’s a tiny window where one man, hard hat, to explore, investigate, and understand decision to suspend public worship until hi-vis, laddered, works. Worcester Cathedral has opened up a rich further notice. Chip, chip, chip of chisel and mallet. stream of creativity. We will really miss participating in ‘We are more than builders; we conserve. Over the past year, we have had a unique services and performing Stainer’s Crucifixion in the Cathedral over the Easter It’s in our blood – my father, grandfather, opportunity to understand and appreciate the beauty of this building by talking to its period. We have also had to cancel our great-grandfather, all worked like this.’ curators and custodians. This has led us to work with the Elgar Festival and the he gestures to the tools, Journeymen. English Symphony Orchestra – hopefully the stone, the buckets of mortar. Journeymen were the stonemasons who we will be invited to participate again next year. Chip, chip, chip of chisel and mallet. moved from building to building and country to country to work and make a living through Other events have been postponed Ten centuries ago and the stonemason, until we are more certain of the situation. in woollen cap and leather belt their craft. It is these fathers, sons, and more recently daughters, that we wish to celebrate Please visit our website at takes his place, works the stone, dust rising, worcestercathedralchamberchoir.co.uk trowels the hot lime mortar. as an integral part of Worcester Cathedral past and present. which gives information about us and our He matches and patches each new stone activities. The events section will be to the old beneath, stitching Watching and listening to the Cathedral’s team updated regularly. his present to his past, talking of stonemasons has led us to appreciate not All our members regret this situation. in hope to us, his imagined future. only their role within the building but also the Our music and fellowship play an materials they work with. We have been And we, here, excited about our future, extremely important part in our lives and introduced to their world and they have tip our hats to him and share this; we hope that things will return to normal helped us understand the beauty and integrity as soon as possible. Meanwhile, we hope a heritage that shapes the stones of the stone; sourcing, matching, and working that hold this sacred space. all our members, the Cathedral Community it to become part of the continuum we see in and friends will stay safe and well. the current fabric of the building.

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Chapter & Verse A piece of history adopted Canon Michael Brierley to remember a late father

Late last year we launched our Adopt a piece of When you adopt a piece of history you receive When people go on retreat, what do they do? And what will we do at home? Precisely, surely, History campaign, the fantastic opportunity to a presentation gift pack with a certificate of They eat, sleep, pray, read, and perhaps engage the components of retreat, eat, sleep, pray, read champion a unique piece of Worcester Cathedral adoption and a photograph of your chosen with nature through walking or manual labour and garden/exercise. Even those with children by adopting it for a two-year period. We had a item. Your name and dedication will also go outside. Christians for centuries have can partake to some extent in this cycle. While great response from people wanting to adopt into a Donors’ Book as well which will be advocated the need for this ‘sabbath writ large’ medical staff battle with the virus at first hand, their favourite item and their reasons for doing kept in the Cathedral Library in perpetuity. as a vital spiritual practice. It’s part of the and while of course we support the lonely, the so were many and varied. For more information email the development rhythm of the year, if our lives are to be a isolated and the vulnerable, we have, in the One of the very first to adopt a Cloister window team: [email protected] healthy balance of both activity and reflection. shutdown, been given an absolute gift, the gift was Rachel Bayliss and her family. The family of collective retreat. I write this on the morning after the enforced were thrilled to find a piece of history in the ‘shutdown’ of society by the UK government in The world will change in several respects as a Cathedral that shared their late father’s name response to the Coronavirus. The Cathedral is result of this infection. I hope that one of the and felt that by supporting the Cathedral in this locked up and the clergy are not even gathering ways in which it changes is by teaching us to way they were honouring his faith. together for prayer, probably for the first time slow down, to value – and incorporate into our The family chose to adopt a stained-glass since the English Civil War, as we’re all to stay lives more regularly – a time to do nothing but window depicting King Stephen at Fort Royal at home. eat, sleep, read, engage with nature, and pray. Park where he fought Matilda in 1139. Rachel said ‘The window is dedicated to my father, Stephen Charles Jeynes, manager of Ichthus Christian bookshop. His life was devoted to spreading the Christian gospel to the people Rachel and family were presented with their certificate of News from the Friends of Worcester.’ adoption and photo of their item by the Dean Sue Carpenter, Friends Chairman

I finished my last newsletter referring to our referring to current government advice, we annual Christmas lunch and new 2020 social have decided to cancel both our June events. calendar. The lunch was a great success, and I am hoping, however, that the calendar after Thank you from all at we have already booked the Guildhall for next June will remain intact, and we can look Christmas. We also had a lunch in March at forward to our Summer outing, not to St. Andrew’s Church, which we all enjoyed. mention the AGM in October! The Three Every year we are supported by many lighting in the Lady Chapel, support Our guest speaker, former mayor David Clark, Choirs Festival is due to take place at the end individuals, groups, businesses and for our Adopt a Piece of History gave a fascinating talk about the lives of some of July, and the Friends have liaised with grant giving trusts. We would like to campaign as well as donations that Worcester women who were transported to Three Choirs to host an afternoon tea with a say ‘thank you’ to everyone for giving support our core work. Australia in the eighteenth century. talk by internationally acclaimed , so generously. Every donation, both As I am sure you can imagine large and small, makes a real difference We had also planned our annual Church Crawl David Briggs. This will be held the day we have put all works on hold for and we would face an uncertain and and a music event to take place in June. before David’s recital on the first Sunday now, but once full Cathedral life difficult future without this support. However, at the end of 2019, we did not know afternoon of the Festival. We are very much returns we will need to continue that we would shortly be overtaken by the looking forward to this event as an Since the last issue of the News we with these important projects Coronavirus pandemic. This, of course, has opportunity to extend our hospitality to have received support in several areas. and financial support like this disrupted our plans. After much thought, Festival goers, and to raise the profile of These include urgent works to the trees will be ever-more vital to the considering the welfare of our Friends and the Friends. in the Cathedral grounds, replacement our future.

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God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill your Church with faith and hope, for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open Following and Government advice in our Saviour Jesus Christ. the Cathedral will be closed until further notice.

Weekly Online Services For as long as the Cathedral remains closed for worship, an act of worship will be streamed-live on Facebook, normally each morning at 8.30am, from the home of one or another of the Cathedral clergy. Then accessible on the Diocese of Worcester website www.cofe-worcester.org.uk and on Worcester Cathedral Facebook.

Daily Music Accessible on the new daily Music from Worcester Facebook page. 6.30pm – a short musical recital from a Cathedral musician’s home.

How to contact Worcester Cathedral General enquiries Email: [email protected] including information about school and library visits, the shop and Cloister Café.

Enquiries to book a service or event Email: [email protected] For all the regular and latest updates, follow Worcester Cathedral on social media: Enquiries about Guided Tours Email: [email protected] @WorcesterCathedral @WorcCathedral For more information see the Cathedral’s new website worcestercathedral www.worcestercathedral.co.uk

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