newscathedral february 2017

Prayer Worship Music Arts Education Heritage Welcoming

Doing the Truth Page 3

Lent Exhibition: Sentence — A Work in Progress Pages 8 and 9

The Stoller Organ Page 11

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Front Cover Image Credit Wesley Harding Doing the Truth

David Holgate, Canon for Theology and Mission

The OED recently declared term ‘post- just a matter of perception. To love others truth’ to be the ‘word of the year’ for we need to take an interest in the details 2016, because of its widespread use in of their lives - and listen when they tell us discussions of the European Referendum we have misunderstood them. Such ‘doing and US Presidential Election campaigns. the truth in love’ enables us to grow into ‘Post-truth’ describes the kind of public talk maturity together. Just as a healthy body that appeals to emotion rather than reason, requires healthy relationships between all is unconcerned with detail and which the cells and organs, so every public body Dean’s Corner dismisses any inconvenient facts. is kept healthy when our relationships are marked by loving attention to truthfulness. However, the Bible describes such an approach to truth as childish (e.g. Ephesians 4.14-15) and contrasts it with the need for mature adults to speak the truth Christians do not see love to one another in love (literally ‘truthing’ in love). We are to ‘do the truth’ in a way that as an emotion, but as a builds healthy relationships with others. way of behaving that builds This is exactly the opposite of ‘post-truth’ strong relationships with politics. Christians do not see love as an others. Details matter for Ordinary People Doing emotion, but as a way of behaving that builds strong relationships with others. this because they are the very Details matter for this because they are texture of reality. Extra-ordinary Things the very texture of reality. While we do see things from our own viewpoint, reality is not

My 2016 Christmas sermon was about You and I are ordinary people through whom ‘Ordinary People doing Extra-ordinary God wants to continue his work of bringing Things’. I described Mary and Joseph as the love of Jesus, his compassion, justice and ordinary people doing the things ordinary peace, and his salvation to our needy world. people do: preparing to marry, set up home, God wants to do this in acts of kindness and have a family, continue to engage in carpentry in the deeper, inner, spiritual transformation as a way of supporting the family, etc. of the lives of other ordinary people. And yet they became aware of a call to do something extra-ordinary. They were open My prayer for each of us this year is that to the voice of God through angels, their we will be open to the voice of God in the relatives, and the temple community. particular places where God has placed us, Their openness and obedience enabled including home and work. My hope is that we the most extra-ordinary event to happen: will take time to listen to this still small voice the birth of Jesus Christ and the advent of of the Lord and that we will move forward in God’s invitation to salvation and life in obedience and action. Let God bless others all its abundance that spans over two through the small and simple acts of love and thousand years. kindness on our part! For a video discussion of the concept of post-truth, Rogers Govender and other important words for 2016, see: https://youtu.be/3xcW7Tg5E34

Page 3 Cathedral News Celebrating Our Radical Heritage What Are You Up To?

By Andy Hardman, Heritage Research Officer We have a long and distinguished history of championing diversity in the city and Partnership is one of our core values at to this story. Please could you also send us a further afield. In recent times, the Cathedral’s Manchester Cathedral. It enables us to do picture relating to yourself and/or the story that clergy have been at the vanguard of national much more than we could do alone and it also we could use with it? What we are looking for campaigns to promote equality. We’re proud helps us to live out the teaching ‘love your is just a single story, rather than an outline of of this heritage and want to share it with our neighbour as yourself’. your work. It does not have to be related to the visitors. Cathedral – the focus is on what is of interest to As part of our redesigned Cathedral News, we the people of Greater Manchester, that we seek want to publish stories about the partnerships In the 1960s, our former Dean, the Very to serve with you. and networks we work with, so that we can Reverend Alfred Jowett (1914-2004) was vice learn more about one another. So, if you get a And, if we haven’t written to you yet, but you’d president of the Campaign for Homosexual message from us about this, it is because we like us to tell one of your stories soon, please do Equality (CHE), one of the oldest gay rights want to tell people a little about the good things get in touch. Please email Jo Hooper organisations in the UK. It was one of the many you are doing. ([email protected]) humanitarian campaigns that Dean Jowett took or David Holgate (canon.holgate@ an active interest in, and he was later awarded a Would you be willing to send us a story about manchestercathedral.org). CBE for his anti-racist work. your work? Ideally we would like to share some news which is encouraging to our readers, but We will be celebrating our radical heritage without hiding any real difficulties relating during LGBT History Month in February.

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By Pam Elliott, Education Officer By Rachel Mann

Terrific Tuesdays were devised as a fun way to welcome and engage young families with the life and story of the Cathedral. Pam Elliott and her dedicated team of Education Volunteers deliver interactive learning experiences during school holidays to interest and inspire children and carers. We’ve had fantastic feedback from families. The Flight To Egypt

Our next Terrific Tuesday, on 21 February They departed into their own country another way – Matt. 2.12 2017 at 10.30am - 12.30pm and 2.00-3.30pm, will be on Time Travelling. Join us to hear about some Cathedral stories written in stone, wood and after we’d held the kid glass. See an Anglo Saxon angel, medieval beasts, passed eight pounds dragons and a phoenix come to life through drama of wriggling judgment and craft activities. Participation is FREE, although donations are welcomed. from hand to hand

And look out for our Experience Easter after we’d placed our gifts sessions 3-5 April 2017! beneath the crib had dreams of the other king knifing us to save his land

we chartered a jet split town avoided the stars scattered like grains of sand.

A note from Rachel Mann:

I’m delighted to announce the publication and launch of my new book, ‘Fierce Coffee Concerts Imaginings: The Great War, Ritual, Memory & God’. Published by Darton, Longman & Todd in mid-February, the launch takes place at the Cathedral on Thursday, 9 March at 7.00pm. St Denys Bookshop will run a stall (the book is available for pre-order from them). The book combines family story, cultural history, and theological analysis to examine the meaning of the Great War in the British consciousness. The Foreword is written by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Rowan writes, “This is the most searching and original book I have read about the impact of the First World War on the faith and myths of this country.”

All are welcome to join me for an evening of readings, conversation and music.

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Page 7 Cathedral News Unlike US citizens who have pleaded guilty Lent Exhibition: to similar crimes, he is forbidden from serving time in an open prison. Instead, ‘Sentence’ is inspired by my he shares a cell with a multiple-murderer. ‘Sentence: A Work in All day, every day, he inhabits a harrowing correspondence with a British and threatening world alien to everything man in his sixties serving a Progress’ by Alan O’Cain he has ever previously known. He has lost wealth, the support and friendship of former sixteen year prison sentence colleagues and his personal freedom. for securities fraud. Up until his Shortly after he began the sentence, I began incarceration he was a successful writing to him about his fascination with and highly-respected professional the meaning of art and also the devastating emotional impact of his sentence. The power and family man, working in the of his written words overwhelmed me. US financial sector; a lover and I wanted to explore this artistically with him and suggested the present project. He and collector of modern art. his very supportive wife immediately agreed, seeing this as a creative and positive chink in his wall of psychological darkness.

I have been working with a single photograph of the pair taken just before their private disaster. It shows them arm-in-arm The installation of these artworks will reflect in a sumptuous garden, a snapshot of their the uncertain future faced by the couple. previously sunlit world. In the photograph, With an eventual parole date in the balance, his wife stands by him literally: she clings to and health always a concern in such an his waist and to shared hope. My artworks environment, the number of artworks that will look at this picture through the lens of the complete this series is unknown, but the man years that have followed, exploring themes of and his wife take comfort from knowing that suffering, contrition and the enduring power their ordeal is now more than half over and of love. that these images may give others pause for thought.

Alan O’Cain (b. Sunderland 1961) is an artist During Lent, Manchester Cathedral will be exhibiting and writer who specialises in collaborative projects bringing together images and words. ‘Sentence: A Work in Progress’, by Alan O’Cain. This He also creates experimental portraiture and is a series of eight large artworks, each marking a year poetry and delivers workshops and lectures of one man’s sixteen year sentence in a US prison. We internationally. asked Alan to explain how this project had come about. ‘Sentence’ will be exhibited in Manchester Cathedral between 1 March and 23 April 2017. There will be a launch event attended by the ‘Sentence’ is inspired by my company’s business accounting were artist and other guests on 7 March at 6.30pm. correspondence with a British man in uncovered, he was advised by a legal All are welcome. his sixties serving a sixteen year prison team to plead guilty, never expecting to sentence for securities fraud. Up until be given a sixteen-year prison sentence, his incarceration he was a successful with a minimum of fourteen years and highly-respected professional and before possible parole and immediate family man, working in the US financial deportation to the UK. sector; a lover and collector of modern art. When the irregularities of his

Page 9 Cathedral News Volition & the Cenotaph

Tony Maunder, Volunteer Programme Manager

During the past few weeks Volition has continued to support a Development number of jobseekers who have already completed the course. Update

One of our incredible volunteers has also gained Claire and her teams at the Cenotaph, as well as a position with NCP Car Parks and started his Peter and the vergers. employment just in time for the festive flurry. The Cenotaph Project was restarted for the festive The Stoller Volition is taking in a large cohort of season in December 2016 with the intention approximately 20-25 jobseekers for January 2017. of running year-round. The project has been Organ The group started on the 12th of January and the running successfully and has attracted volunteers course will last 10 weeks. from a diverse range of backgrounds. The role of volunteers was initially focused on signposting Anthony O’Connor, We now have Volition ambassadors, one being and welcoming visitors but it has been expanded Director of Fundraising and Development The old organ before it was damaged Charlene who has recently been promoted to to encompass a historical element. duty manager at Propertea. These ambassadors by a bomb in 1940. will help give advice and guidance to new If you ever find yourself wandering past the volunteers and help with open days by telling Cenotaph monument during lunch time you potential participants what experiences they should come and say hello. You won’t be able The end of 2016 was an especially exciting The new Stoller Organ, built by Tickells, is had throughout the course. You will likely come to miss the volunteers in their smart black coats time in the Cathedral. As the Christmas tree both musically superior to its predecessor across them in a variety of voluntary roles; with and bright red sashes. They’re always keen went up, the scaffolding around the Quire and restores the pipes to the quire screen, some of them working alongside Dympna and for a chat and – who knows – you might learn came down, revealing the beautiful new framed by the archway. When ‘voicing’ is the cathedral volunteers, volunteering alongside something new! Stoller Organ in its entirety. completed this year, the organ will be in use virtually every day. The story of the fundraising campaign for the new organ will be familiar to many, but the There is much more to say about the new installation of the Stoller Organ is a special organ. Next month, we will focus on the moment in the much longer history of organ ‘pipe-shades’ which have been designed by music at Manchester Cathedral. textual artist Stephen Raw.

There has been an organ here since at least the 1680s with different instruments being rebuilt, modified and replaced over time. The new Stoller Organ, built During this process, parts of the organs by Tickells, is both musically removed from Manchester Cathedral were ‘transplanted’ to other churches, sometimes superior to its predecessor and more than once. Recipients included Holy restores the pipes to the quire Trinity in Bolton, St Chad’s in Rochdale, St John the Evangelist in Durham, and Jesmond screen, framed by the archway. Parish Church in Newcastle. The Cathedral’s When ‘voicing’ is completed this organ was destroyed on 22 December 1940 when a bomb exploded on the north east side year, the organ will be in use of the building. virtually every day.

Page 11 Cathedral News Cathedral Community News Looking ahead Marcia Wall, Canon Pastor February

In its new format, Cathedral News now has a All you need to do is complete a Gift Aid page dedicated to our Cathedral Community. declaration form or envelope, available in the Wednesday 1 February Tuesday 14 February Sunday 19 February Our aim is to use this space to share information Cathedral. This states that you want to donate 12.45 pm Turning 12.30 pm Julian 10.30 am Eucharist sung by and good news. John Atherden, Cathedral using Gift Aid. of the Leaves Prayer Group the Rawstorne Singers Accountant, starts us off by writing an update on 2.00 pm Talk: The Church the recent changes made to the Gift Aid scheme. For the Cathedral to benefit from your Gift Aid Saturday 4 February Wednesday 15 February and the Challenge of declaration, you must have paid UK Income Tax 10.00 am Manchester 12.45 pm Turning of the Citizenship in an Age of Why Gift Aid donations help the Cathedral or Capital Gains Tax in the year. From 6 April Equality 2016 the personal allowance is £11,000 for those Children’s Choir Leaves 5.30 pm Evensong sung Gift Aid gives charities, like the Cathedral, born after 5 April 1948. If your income is below 10.30 am Christian 9.30 am SelfHelp an extra 25p for every £1 a person donates to £11,000 you will no longer be able to Gift Aid Meditation session drop-in session by the Rawstorne Singers them. If you are a UK taxpayer and give to the your donation. Higher rate taxpayers can claim Cathedral, this will increase the value of your additional relief on their tax return. Sunday 5 February Friday 17 February Tuesday 21 February donations by 25% because we can reclaim 2.00 pm Talk: Hidden in 9.30 am SelfHelp 10.00 am & 2.00 pm the basic rate of tax on your gift at no extra Your donation won’t qualify for Gift Aid if your plain sight: Revealing a drop-in session Terrific Tuesday cost to you. donations are more than four times the amount Medieval Ceiling by of tax you pay in that tax year. If you stop Grace Timperley Saturday 18 February Friday 24 February paying tax you should notify us of this. 10.00 am Manchester 9.30 am SelfHelp Monday 6 February Children’s Choir drop-in session 12.00 noon Challenging 5.30 pm Evensong sung Hate Forum public event in by the Rawstorne Singers Saturday 25 February support of Hate Crime 10.00 am Manchester Awareness Week Children’s Choir 5.30 pm Evensong sung by Thursday 9 February RCSM Northern Cathedral Welcome to the new look 9.30 am SelfHelp drop-in Singers session Cathedral News 12.00 noon Mothers’ Union cathedral Thursday Prayer Service Times news 1.10 pm Chetham’s School of Music Midweek Services Over the last few months we have been february 2017 Prayer Worship Music Arts Education Heritage Welcoming Lunchtime Concert reviewing the content and appearance of Morning Prayer 9.00am Mon-Fri

Cathedral News with a view to making it more Holy Communion 1.10pm Mon-Fri interesting and attractive to all our readers. Friday 10 February Evensong 5.30pm Tues-Thurs* 9.30 am SelfHelp Evening Prayer 4.30pm Mon & Fri This issue is the first edition with a new look drop-in session Saturday Services and new content. We hope you like it, and will be inviting your feedback after the publication Saturday 11 February Morning Prayer & Holy Communion 9.00am Evensong 5.30pm* of a few new issues. 10.00 am Manchester Doing the Truth Page 3 Children’s Choir Sunday Services Thank you to Bolland and Lowe for their help in Lent Exhibition: 10.30 am Cathedral creating the new look. Sentence — Matins 8.45am A Work in Progress Fellowship of Widowed Pages 8 and 9 Holy Communion (1662) 9.00am People Sung Eucharist 10.30am The Stoller Organ Page 11 11.00 am Coffee Concert; Evensong 5.30pm*

Charlotte Rowan (Violin) *Please note: During the Chorister Half Terms and holidays evening services are said. All said services are at 4.30 pm (unless stated as being sung by a visiting choir on these pages) www.manchestercathedral.org 3.00 pm Be A Chorister Saturday 18-Monday 27 February 2017. Chorister Half-Term. Front Cover Image Credit Wesley Harding For A Day (BACFAD)

Page 13 Cathedral News Clergy Congregation Looking ahead Exhibitions Dean of Manchester Cathedral Reader Emeritus The Very Revd Rogers Govender Raylia Chadwick Admission to all our [email protected] [email protected] March exhibitions is free. Canon Precentor & Sub-Dean Churchwardens & Stewards

The Revd Canon Philip Barratt [email protected] Church Ceilings - Wednesday 1 March - Friday 10 March [email protected] Ash Wednesday 9.30 am SelfHelp Ecclesiastic Geometry Archives: [email protected] 12.45 pm Turning of the drop-in session 20 January - 12 February Canon for Theology & Mission Cathedral High Steward & Chair of Manchester Leaves The Revd Canon Dr David Holgate Cathedral Development Trust 4.30 pm Evening Prayer Saturday 11 March ‘Sentence’ by artist [email protected] Warren Smith JP 5.30 pm Sung Eucharist 10.00 am Manchester Alan O’Cain Canon Pastor [email protected] / 0161 834 0490 with Imposition of Ashes Children’s Choir 1 March - 23 April The Revd Canon Marcia Wall 11.00 am Coffee Concert; Flowers: Helen Bamping

Thursday 2 March Holly Marland (Kora) [email protected] Exhibition to mark Cathedral Friends: Pauline Dimond 12.00 noon Prof David Ford 3.00 pm Be A Chorister Cathedral Curate International Women’s Day introduction to Scriptural For A Day (BACFAD) The Revd Jane Walker Ringing Master: Malcolm Murphy 5-12 March Reasoning, with a light [email protected] Secretary to Bell-Ringers: Catherine Rhodes lunch Wednesday 15 March 6.30 pm The Gin 12.45 pm Turning Chapter Lay Canons Society Festival of the Leaves Barrie Cheshire, Philip Blinkhorn, Addy Lazz-Onyenobi & Jenny Curtis Friday 3 March Friday 17 March Cathedral Chaplains 9.30 am SelfHelp 9.30 am SelfHelp drop-in session drop-in session The Revd Canon Adrian Rhodes 6.30 pm The Gin The Revd Peter Bellamy-Knights Society Festival Saturday 18 March 10.00 am Manchester Saturday 4 March Children’s Choir 10.00 am Manchester Staff Children’s Choir Friday 24 March 10.30 am Christian 9.30 am SelfHelp Cathedral Administrator Education Officer (Pam Elliott) Meditation session drop-in session [email protected] [email protected] 6.30 pm The Gin Dean’s PA Cathedral Communications Society Festival Saturday 25 March [email protected] & Marketing Officer 10.00 am Manchester [email protected] Tuesday 7 March Children’s Choir Staff Member Cathedral Office Assistant 12.30 pm Julian Prayer 10.00 am Mothers for February [email protected] Director of Fundraising & Development Group Day Craft Market anthony.o’[email protected] 6.30 pm Exhibition Kerry Garner, Worship Finance Assistant Launch: ‘Sentence’ by Tuesday 28 March and Music Administrator [email protected] Visitor Services Manager artist Alan O’Cain 12.30 pm Julian [email protected] Prayer Group Logistics Officer Thursday 9 March Do you play an instrument? [email protected] Secretary to the Development Project 12.00 noon Mothers’ Union Wednesday 29 March Not anymore. I used to play [email protected] Head Verger Thursday Prayer 12.45 pm Turning the Keyboard. [email protected] Heritage Researcher 1.10 pm Chetham’s School of the Leaves [email protected] of Music Lunchtime What is your favourite film? Verger Concert Thursday 30 March The Colour Purple [email protected] Volunteer Programme Coordinators (Volition) 7.00 pm Book Launch: 1.10 pm Chetham’s [email protected] ‘Fierce Imaginings: The School of Music Do you have any hobbies? Organist & Master of the Choristers [email protected] Great War, Ritual, Symbol Lunchtime Concert Drawing, and drinking cocktails. [email protected] and God’ by Rachel Mann Sub Organist Friday 31 March Tell us something unusual [email protected] 9.30 am SelfHelp about yourself. I spent a drop-in session month in New Zealand after my Worship & Music Administrator

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