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2 31 Sun 9 PALM SUNDAY CONTENTS 10.15am The Eucharist with the Blessing of the Palms and the Page Singing of The Passion - starting at St Mary de Lode Church. We begin Holy Week and enter the Mapping the future Richard Mitchell 4 Cathedral just as Jesus entered Jerusalem Maureen Smith 6 3.00pm Choral Evensong.

5.00pm Compline - sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral The Annunciation Theodosia Garrison 7 Scholars. Quiet, reflective, beautiful worship to

end the day. Churches series: Mon 10 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 16). St. Mary de Lode Richard Lane 8 7.30pm Compline and Address with Bishop Robert Evens. St Mary de Lode Church. (See page 16). Gloucestershire Churches: A request Editorial Team 10 Tue 11 7.30pm Compline and Address with Bishop Robert Evens. St Mary de Lode Church. (See page 16). - Maureen Smith 11 Wed 12 7.30pm Compline and Address with Bishop Robert Evens. St Mary de Lode Church. (See page 16). Mon 10 1.05pm Meditation For Everyone. shatters Window George Marchant 12

MAUNDY THURSDAY Cathedral Book Club - March - September 2017 14 Thu 13 11.00am Diocesan Eucharist with Blessing of the Oils. Clergy and Readers from across the diocese come Gloucester Cathedral - Journey through Lent 16-17 to be with our Bishop and to reaffirm our commitment to serve Centenary of World War I series: 5.30pm Evensong – Adult voices The Gloucestershire Regiment 7.30pm The Eucharist of the Last Supper with Vigil until midnight. ‘Do this in remembrance of me’. We 2/5th Battalion 1917/18 Barrie Glover 18 wait with Jesus and follow his command of love. Around the Community 20 Fri 14 GOOD FRIDAY 12 - 3.00pm A service mirroring Jesus’ three hours on the Cross including: Mental Health Education in the

12.00noon The Preaching of The Passion - Bishop Robert Evens. Middle East Susanna Morris 22 1.30pm The Liturgy of Good Friday sung by the Cathedral . 7.00pm The St John Passion, J. S. Bach. Gloucester Cathedral Choir What is Healing? House of Peace 24 and the Corelli Ensemble. (Details on page 11). Jottings from the West End Humph ’n Harry 26 Sat 15 April HOLY SATURDAY 8.30pm The Liturgy of Easter Eve Diary of special services and events 28 On this night, life stirs in the tomb, and light.

Please consider a voluntary donation of £1 to help cover the cost of this magazine 30 3 Mapping the Future! Sat 11 9.30am Brunch and Bounce. 4.30pm Evensong and Welcome to the new of Cheltenham, The Revd. Canon Phil Andrew. When I was quite young my parents would quite often take my brothers and I on visits Mon 13 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 16).

to relatives and friends, sometimes I was Wed 15 6.00pm Junior Voices Project Concert. able to take a favourite atlas with me. I would sit and look at the maps while the Thu 16 7.30pm From Galilee to Jerusalem: Travelling the Journey of Jesus in Lent. Hospitality. (See page 17). grown-ups were engaged in, what seemed like, fairly tedious conversations. Sat 18 7.00pm Rachmaninov - All Night Vigil (Vespers). (See details on page 21). I think the attempt to see how features relate to each other on a Mon 20 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 16). map has come into its own more than once, and certainly in arriving at the Cathedral as Director of Congregational Development and Thu 23 7.30pm From Galilee to Jerusalem: Travelling the Journey Canon . of Jesus in Lent. Hospitality. (See page 17).

Fri 24 7.30pm Couperin’s Lecons De Tenebres - Corelli Ensemble. In the past few months I’ve had the task of trying to see how it all (See page 24). fits together, in governance, in operations, in music and liturgy, in Project Pilgrim, in events and among the congregational life. I’m Sat 25 3.00pm Gloucester Music Society Concert - Nick Pritchard not there yet, and may never be – are any of us? Some areas of the (Tenor), Louise Williams (Viola) and Benjamin Frith (Piano). Cathedral map are now clear and familiar, others are still a bit of a venture into the mountains. Sun 26 MOTHERING SUNDAY 10.15am Eucharist for Mothering Sunday with presentation of My role specifically involves ministry amongst the congregations and flowers followed by an informal concert by the in oversight of the provision of worship, music and special services. Cathedral Junior Choir in the Chapter House. 3.00pm Evensong with Installation of Honorary Canons. What has helped hugely in all this has been the welcome and 5.00pm Compline - sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars. friendliness of so many people who are part of the life of the Cathedral. Thank-you! Mon 27 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 16).

Some of you may have seen me around before my appointment as Thu 30 7.30pm From Galilee to Jerusalem: Travelling the Journey of Jesus in Lent. Hospitality. (See page 17). I’ve been in Gloucester Diocese since the end of 2003. I was Vicar of the Greenway Benefice, of which the posh hotel, with the same April looking ahead…. name, at Shurdington, was only one small part. The parishes Sun 2 5.00pm Compline in the Quire. Quiet, sung by the Lay featured everyone from the struggling families in the flats in Clerks and Choral Scholars. Shurdington, to the millionaires on the Cotswold escarpment. Reflective, beautiful worship to end the day.

I was also Area of the Severn Vale Deanery which stretched Mon 3 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 16). from Witcombe to Bromesberrow, from The Leigh to Mitcheldean. Thu 6 7.30pm From Galilee to Jerusalem: Travelling the Journey Unbeknown to me at the time, a good number of you involved at the of Jesus in Lent. Hospitality. (See page 17). Cathedral live in it! 4 29 Since 2011, I’ve also been Chair of the Diocesan House of Clergy

Gloucester Music Society which is a synodical role, but, also is involved with the oversight of issues affecting clergy wellbeing and in the appointment of new PIVA members of Bishop’s Staff, of which we’ve had several, as you’re well aware. I’m also on everyone’s favourite Anglican decision- Saturday 15 April 2017, 3.00pm making body, the General Synod. Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral

The popular group Piva present “Measure for Measure” in a programme To fill you in on the family situation, my wife Lucie is Senior which runs the gamut from village green to stately court, bringing Teacher at Bisley and Oakridge Primary Schools, near Stroud, and is alive music from Elizabethan theatre. Introducing many fascinating also involved in staff development work at Miserden School. Peter, instruments and especially suitable for young people! our eldest, lives in Tewkesbury and works for the police force in Admission £17, concessions £16, students £5, children free, administration while he completes his OU Law degree. Rob is now accompanying adults £8 including free glass of wine/soft drink. near Cambridge working in the gas industry and will be married later www.gloucestermusicsociety.org.uk this year. Ellie is still at home and in the second year of an Tel: 01242 620736 or on the door Accountancy apprenticeship with a firm in Cheltenham. So, they’re all gainfully employed!

The map is filling up with details and connections across the Cathedral as experience and further work engrosses and enriches me See full details of the Lent services and events on pages 16 and 17. in the work of ministry amongst you here.

March special services and events: The terrific and enthusiastic members of the Congregational

Wed 1 March - Tues 18 April - ‘Sins of the World’ - Exhibition by Ted Harrison. Development Group are working with me on a number of key pieces (See page 20). of work. Amongst them is a new representation of the Benedictine

Wed 1 ASH WEDNESDAY rule of life that underpins the spiritual foundations of the Cathedral. 7.30pm Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes. (See page 16). It can be described in a number of ways, but, a map is one of them.

Sat 4 7.30pm Silent Film Screening - Phantom of the Opera. The map of the rule is based around Prayer, Study, Hospitality, Work Jonathan Hope Organ Improvisation. (See details on and Recreation. It’s about making sure we have a good balance and page 13). rhythm in life between these areas in attending to our spirituality. Sun 5 6.00pm Bach Violin Recital by Michael Bochman. The group is working on resources to help us all engage with it. Of course, we will have to work out the specifics for ourselves to Mon 6 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 16). create our own map that enables us to make sense of the Thu 9 12.30pm Lunchtime Organ Recital - Andrew Kirk. interaction between our faith and daily life.

7.30pm From Galilee to Jerusalem: Travelling the Journey of Jesus in Lent. Hospitality. (See page 17). It’s always work in progress and any map will need to be revised from time to time, but, we hope you’ll make it your own too in due Fri 10 7.30pm Derek Paravicini Quartet. (See details on page 15). course. 7.30pm Lets Talk Rachmaninov Vespers in the Parliament Room. (See details on page 21). Canon Richard Mitchell.

28 5 Thomas Cranmer We are all united in grief on hearing of the death of Gentle, the best of all donkeys. She was such an old friend and we loved her dearly. Truly Thomas Cranmer was born in 1489 and, as a gentle, patient and with an eye for a biscuit, she was all that a donkey younger son of minor gentry, he was destined should be. It will be difficult not to shed a tear on Palm Sunday - to go into the church. In 1510 he received a Kleenex all round? It won’t be the same without her. prestigious fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge but lost it for marrying an So, onwards and upwards! We have much to be thankful for and it’s innkeeper’s daughter. She died soon after been warmer with the solar panels. May your March be a good one their marriage, however, and his fellowship with, hopefully, no more bugs. was restored. He took Holy Orders in 1523. God for Harry, England and St. George! In 1529 plague forced Thomas to move from Cambridge to his father’s home in Essex. Whilst there, he met Henry VIII who, was Humph ’n Harry. lodging nearby. When Henry subsequently found that Thomas was a willing advocate for his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, he sent (Kleenex supplied courtesy of Sylvia Coppen-Gardner). him to argue the case in Rome. Thomas was received with immense courtesy by the Pope who appointed him grand penitentiary of England. However, there is no record of any discussion taking place ********************************************************************* about the divorce. Smile please! Thomas was one of the most outstanding theologians for his time and he often met with other scholars to discuss Martin Luther’s In Swansea, there is a well known firm of solicitors, W. G. Christian and revolt. Coincidentally, In 1532, in his role as ambassador to Holy Sons. A letter was sent to them from overseas addressed simply, W. G. Roman Emperor, Charles V, he was sent to Germany to learn more Christian, South . It eventually arrived at their office with a note about Lutheranism. Whilst he was there he met Margaret Osiander, from the Post Office attached which read: No Christians in Cardiff, try the niece of a Reformer and, despite his priest's orders, he married Swansea. her. He briefly had to hide his marriage when, in 1533, he was appointed . **********

After the pope had officially approved his appointment, Thomas An exasperated mother whose son was always getting into mischief declared that Henry's marriage to Catherine was void, and four asked him, “how do you expect to get into heaven?” months later married him to Anne Boleyn. The boy thought it over and said, “Well, I’ll run in and out and in and Thomas helped to translate the Bible into English and to complete out and keep slamming the door until St Peter says, ‘For heaven’s sake the Book of Common Prayer. In 1545, he wrote a litany that is still Dylan come in or stay out’, and then I’ll go in.” used in the church. Taken from “Christian Crackers” compiled by: Phil Mason.

6 27 During Edward VI’s reign, Thomas made the doctrinal changes he Jottings from the West considered necessary to the church. Edward’s death, and Lady Jane End Grey’s nine day reign, which Thomas had supported, Queen Mary Greetings from us came to the throne. She subsequently had Thomas tried for treason. After a lengthy trial and imprisonment, he was forced to publically Corbels denounce . An act designed to discourage other Humph ’n Harry believers. He was nevertheless burnt at the stake in Oxford on 21 March 1556, but not before dramatically thrusting his right hand, used to sign his recantation, into the fire first.

February was difficult. There were bugs galore AND Thomas Cranmer is remembered in the Anglican Church Calendar on 21st March, the day of his martyrdom. Master Humphrey had the squeezles, Maureen Smith. Which are far, far worse than measles! The spots are a vibrant green, not red, Sources: www.bbc.co.uk/history Poor old Humph was confined to bed. Encyclopedia Britannica He was bored to tears, the allotment calls, But, until last week, he was within four walls, ************************************************************************************ With Spring Cleaning adding to his woes, He has dust from the up his nose! The Annunciation Corbel Heights is upside down And he’s mourning his ancient dressing gown, God whispered, and a silence fell; the world For Mr. H went completely barmy Poised one expectant moment, like a soul And sent it to join the Salvation Army! Who sees at heaven’s threshold the unfurled The Heights are filled with constant clatter, White wings of cherubim, the sea unfurled, But does Spring Cleaning really matter? And pauses, dazed, to comprehend the whole; Only across all space God’s whisper came Mr. H says YES! He has made a substantial payment to Lakeland and And burned about her heart like some white flame. has his Marigolds at the ready. (He also has a small restorative hamper from Fortnum and Mason marked “PERSONAL” for “afters”). Then suddenly a bird’s note thrilled the peace, And earth again jarred noisily to life It’s all happening. Spring is on its way (?). Lent, the Gold Cup, Red With a great murmur as of many seas. Nose Day are in sight and we have two pieces of NEWS. Mr. H But Mary sat with hands clasped on her knees, appeared in the Christmas Double Issue of “Country Life” (December And lifted eyes with all amazement rife, 14/21, page 97) in a beautifully illustrated article on Gloucester And in her heart the rapture of the spring Cathedral. Ulf was awarded the Conqueror’s Medal for General Upon its first sweet day of blossoming. Improvement (?) and is wearing it 24/7, usually tangled up in his string vest! He is planning a celebratory still in his back room and Humph is Theodosia Garrison (1874-1944). decidedly unamused.

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Gloucestershire churches series: Couperin’s Leçons De

2. St Mary de Lode Ténèbres

St. Mary de Lode has long been Corelli Ensemble considered to be of Saxon origin. Friday 24 March, 7.30pm - Quire It’s old English name refers to the

ford or lode that crossed the An intimate performance of Couperin’s which ran near the exquisite working of the Lamentations of west door. Jeremiah, composed for Holy Week

Excavations in the late 1970’s revealed that the church was built Tickets £15.00 available from 01452 768928 over two Roman buildings of the 2nd-4th and 5th-6th centuries. A or www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk large mosiaic with white diagonal trellis decoration against a black background was also discovered. A portion of this can be viewed at the rear of the north nave. Above the Roman buildings, was a timber building containing Christian style burials so may have been either a Christian mausoleum or a church. Above this lay the floors of the 9th or 10th century Saxon nave. In 911, Ethelred, who ruled Gloucester S. Bach's St John Passion under Alfred the Great, was buried in the parish. Friday 14 April, 7.00pm

The Doomsday Book records that, apart from the Abbeys of St Peter and St Oswald, there was only one parish, (presumed to be St Mary Gloucester Cathedral Choir de Lode) and one priest in Gloucester at the time of the conquest. Corelli Ensemble

Adrian Partington - conductor With the rise in power and influence of St Peter’s , it followed that such a large parish as St Mary de Lode would be appropriated Rob Waters - Evangelist by the monastery. Interestingly, the Vicar and his successors were Nicholas Perfect - Jesus subsequently granted “a corrody pension of 5 marks a year, hay for one horse and entertainment for himself, a chaplain, a , and On Good Friday, come and hear Bach's emotional retelling of the two clerks, at the Abbey’s table on certain festivals”. passion of Christ according to St John performed by Gloucester Cathedral Choir and the Corelli Ensemble, in the stunning setting Architectural elements dating from the 12th century are still visible of Gloucester Cathedral in the tower and chancel. The Saxon nave was, however, demolished in 1824-26 and replaced in the early Gothic Revival style. Tickets £10 available from 01452 768928 (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm), In the Cathedral Gift Shop (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm) or online at Richard Lane. www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk

8 25 What is Healing?

HEALING IS seeing Christ in all things, and all things in Christ.

HEALING IS filling your mind with God's love and releasing all guilt.

HEALING IS turning towards God and away from disease and depression.

HEALING IS joining your mind and will to Christ's mind and will.

HEALING IS entering more deeply into the Kingdom of God within you.

HEALING IS replacing fear with love, anger and peace, guilt with forgiveness.

HEALING IS seeing yourself as forgiven and taking delight in it.

HEALING IS freedom from past guilt and anxiety over the future.

HEALING IS inner peace which overflows into the body.

HEALING IS remembering who you really are in God's sight and not in your own.

HEALING IS the same as forgiveness.

HEALING IS thanking God for what HE has already given you.

HEALING IS a process of accepting the truth and rejecting lies.

HEALING IS correcting our vision of self, others and God. Altar and Sanctuary - St Mary de Lode

HEALING IS choosing resurrection in place of crucifixion.

HEALING IS accepting our rightful inheritance as children of God. Portion of Roman Pavement found HEALING IS repairing the damage done by thinking you were during excavations in the 1970’s separated from God.

HEALING IS reconciliation between mind and spirit.

HEALING IS being humble before God, but being powerful in Him.

HEALING IS giving GOD your little willingness to accept HIS love.

(from House of Peace, Bronx, N. Y.)

Submitted by Grahame Kingshott

24 9 Gloucestershire Churches Biblical principles are included, and provide opportunities for deeper discussion. To compliment the curriculum, there will be series - A request basic training for peer leaders and language teachers in active listening skills and other relevant topics to support the use of the Readers will have noted that we have materials. This is a wonderful opportunity and my hope is this will started has running a new series of articles help save lives! on local churches and their history. We began with an article on St Nicholas church, and in this issue we have an article on St Mary de Lode. If you would like to find out more about prayer requests or forthcoming fundraising events to support this work, please email Many people will have come across a series of ‘guides’ known as the [email protected] Pevsner Guides – the original author being Sir Nicholas Pevsner. These county guides describe important buildings in the cities, Susanna Morris. towns and villages in the area. The one for Gloucestershire was revised and edited by David Verey and Alan Brooks, and re-published in 1994 in two volumes: 1. The and 2. The Vale and the ****************************************************************** Forest of Dean. These contain an enormous amount of good and academic information and, with permission, could be précised.

However, the majority of churches will surely have an information sheet on their history, interesting memorials and monuments and important factors in the life of the church. It is these that the POSITIVE JUSTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PUBLIC MEETING editorial team would like, if at all possible. Our photographer will Thursday March 23 at 7pm undertake to take photographs of the particular church to accompany the text. If you could obtain such publications, it would Francis Close Hall campus (room TC001) the University of be greatly appreciated. Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ.

In the meantime, a very big thank-you to Clive Andrews for the Preventing Prison Suicides article on St Nicholas Church which appeared in the February Speaker: Lorraine Atkinson senior policy officer for the Howard edition, to Richard Lane for the history of St Mary de Lode in this League for Prison Reform edition and to Grahame Kingshott for sending information on Chair: Dave Turner senior lecturer in criminology, Hardwicke and Elmore churches which will be included in future University of Gloucestershire. editions. Editorial Team. There will be the opportunity for questions from the audience

All welcome. Admission free.

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10 23 Mental Health Education Godfrey Goodman in the Far East Bishop of Gloucester

Having gained experience as a mental health On March 6th 1624, Godfrey Goodman was consecrated nurse and therapist in the NHS, I made the Bishop of Gloucester. risky decision a few years ago to give up the security of permanent employment to use my Since taking Holy Orders in 1604, Godfrey had risen rapidly in his professional skills and experience to support churches, charities and career and one might have thought that he’d do nothing to overseas mission partners on a charitable basis. compromise it. However, he did! It very soon became apparent that, although he was a professed Anglican, he had leanings towards Through this work, I have had the privilege of traveling to the Far Roman Catholicism. This not only upset the church authorities, it East. In making regular but short term trips in association with a upset royalty too! Godfrey was Chaplain to King James’ wife Queen wider charitable organisation, the aim is to help bring God’s light Anne and a Court preacher and the King had occasion to reprimand and hope to the many young people living in the midst of high stress him about his sermons! He later received reprimands for erecting and culture of expectation. My work has centred on teaching in a crucifix at Windsor, for using altar-cloths embellished with a cross schools, universities and non-governmental organisations, providing in his own Cathedral and for suspending a minister who preached, psychological assessment and therapy, and supporting westerners "that all who die papists go inevitably to hell”! who are in demanding and stressful full time roles. With ever increasing concerns about the legitimacy of the separation Although a shocking statistic, it is estimated that suicide accounts from Rome, Godfrey consulted with Catholic priests who were in for 19% of all deaths in one particular country I work in - the hiding all around the country. He was frequently at odds with majority of these deaths being amongst teenagers and young adults. Archbishop Laud who had him arrested in 1640 for refusing to sign Figures also suggest exam stress features as a significant feature in the seventeen Articles drawn up by him. He finally signed after 93% of all suicides amongst high school students in the same country. spending five weeks in prison. Ironically, shortly afterwards, he was However, the shame based culture which is so prevalent means impeached by Parliament, along with Laud and the ten other these things are rarely talked about. signatories of the Articles, and sentenced to four months in prison!

The very mention of these issues in public is often met with gasps, In 1643 his episcopal palace was pillaged by parliamentarian but also a great keenness to hear more and learn. It is sobering to soldiers. A couple of years later, having lost all his stipends, he think that the students I have spent time with, talking through deep withdrew from public life to concentrate on study and research. He issues of loneliness, meaninglessness and shame, represent just a remained closely connected with Catholic royalists until his death in drop in the ocean. 1656. In his will, he professed his Catholic Faith.

My interactions have inspired me to start developing an educational Godfrey’s contemporaries described him as ‘a hospitable, resource which can be used as teaching aids in English Conversation quiet man’, who was ‘lavish in his charity to the poor’. classes across Asia. These lesson plans cover emotional and mental Maureen Smith. wellbeing education as well as broader topics such as peer support and learning the importance of the skills required for taking Sources: Catholic Encylopedia and Wikipedia. responsibility for positive social change.

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Canon Shatters Stained Glass Window Let’s Talk: Rachmaninov Vespers This was a colourful episode in the Cathedral’s history. It began with a somewhat unorthodox Friday 10 March, 7.30pm rd chapter meeting on 23 June 1679. The Dean The Parliament Room Gloucester Cathedral was away from Gloucester and the chapter clerk was ordered to leave as the meeting BBC Radio 3’s Stephen Johnson explores began. One of the canons later recorded in the Rachmaninov’s beautiful Chapter Act book that it was ordered ‘that a All-Night Vigil (Vespers) certain scandalous picture of the Holy Trinity’, in the window high up at the west end of the choir, should be removed. The window looked out over the roof of the nave.

What followed next was even more unorthodox. A distinguished canon clambered onto the nave roof, armed with a long pole and Rachmaninov: proceeded to shatter the offending window. He did this ‘in the sight of many, and some strangers of quality’. Since the fragments of All Night Vigil (Vespers) glass would have fallen inwards, we can only hope that he gave a warning to those in the choir beneath. We can imagine their horror Saturday 18 March 7.00pm at the destruction, followed by their amazement at seeing the face Vassily Sevenko – bass of a leading clergyman framed in the empty window . Beth Moxon – mezzo-soprano The destruction was done by Canon , an extreme Matthew Keighley – tenor Protestant, who argued that the window depicted ‘the old Popish Gloucester Choral Society picture of the Trinity’. It probably depicted God the Father as an old man with a long beard, God the Son as a crucifix, and God the Holy – conductor Ghost as a dove. Fowler had demanded the removal of the glass and the majority at the Chapter Meeting had probably agreed to call in a One of the most atmospheric choral works of all, it is astonishing glazier and replace it. The exception was Fowler’s bitter opponent that Rachmaninov composed the piece in less than two weeks in Canon Abraham Gregory, a high churchman, who wished to keep the the freezing days of January and February 1915. glass. Gregory was Cathedral Treasurer and evidently refused to Notable also as a highly religious work, how ironic that the commission a glazier, so provoking Fowler to direct action. Gregory composer had lost his faith by the time he wrote it. evidently tried to have his opposition recorded in the Chapter Act Book, but words were crossed out. He therefore wrote his version of Sung in Russian and without accompaniment, Gloucester Cathedral’s events in the Register of Leases, a document that he controlled as unique acoustic will bring the piece to life! treasurer. Tickets £10.00 to £25 available from 01452 768928 or visit www.gloucesterchoral.com

12 21 Gregory’s anger increased when James Forbes, a prominent

nonconformist preacher in Gloucester, made capital out of the Around incident. Forbes declared that ‘it was evident that the established the church needed a more thorough reformation, since its own members confessed that the dregs of popery were remaining in it’. This shows Community that the whole dispute was basically about how far the Reformation should go. George Marchant.

WELCOME! We extend a very warm Source: The History, Art and Architecture of Gloucester Cathedral welcome to the new Archdeacon of by Canon David Welander. Cheltenham, The Revd Canon Phil Andrew who will be joining the Cheltenham Deanery in March. He will ************************************************************************************ have responsibility for the four deaneries on the eastern side of the Diocese covering Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, and the Silent Film Screening – Cotswolds. ‘Phantom of the Opera’

Jonathan Hope - There will be a special Service/Evensong at the Cathedral to officially welcome The Revd Canon Phil Andrew on Saturday 11th March at organ improvisation 4.30pm. ALL WELCOME! Saturday 4 March 7.30pm

****************************************************************** Enjoy a night at the opera as Gloucester Cathedral’s Assistant Director of Music, Jonathan Hope, improvises the soundtrack to the original Lon Chaney 1925 black and white silent film.

‘Sins of the World’ Dual screens allow you to watch both the film and the organist an Exhibition by Ted Harrison while enjoying a glass of wine. Wednesday 1 March – Tuesday 18 April

An exhibition of pictures and photographs in Jonathan will be joined by silent film specialist Dr Jon the Cloisters Burrows, from Warwick University, who will give some by Ted Harrison background on this classic of the cinematic canon.

linking contemplation of the Passion with reflections on the horrors and evils of modern day warfare Tickets £15.00 available from 01452 768928 or Admission Free on line: www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk

20 13 CATHEDRAL BOOK CLUB: March - like to be in or defending trenches a century ago Is almost September 2017 impossible, but it is well worth the attempt. Just to walk along the lanes and footpaths of the area on a winter day, to compare it with The Book Club meets on the 3rd Monday of the month parts of Gloucestershire, and to remind oneself of the youth of the (usually) at 3 Miller’s Green. All are welcome. soldiers on both sides, gives more than pause for thought.

It was here at a place named Holnon Wood that a battle began on MARCH 2017 21st March, known later as the Big Push. A terrific bombardment Book: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Laurie R King began at 04.30, trees were knocked down, gas seeped around the Monday 20th March 2 pm 3 Miller’s Green trenches, and shells destroyed huts. It was an attempted German breakthrough which lasted forty-eight hours,, but eventually failed. The action is also an example of the sterling courage of our local APRIL 2017 regiment, and what to them must have seemed an endless and Book: The House of Elrig Gavin Maxwell perhaps pointless action leading nowhere. Perhaps we shall be able

th to look at 1918 in due course and see what changed. Monday 24 April 2 pm 3 Miller’s Green ** NB 4th Monday due to Easter Bank Holiday** Barrie Glover.

Copyright A. F. Barnes, 1930. Crypt House Press. MAY 2017 Book: Fear in the Cotswolds Rebecca Tope

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JUNE 2017 Daily Bible Reflections Book: The Tiger John Valliant ‘Let Me Go There: The Spirit of Monday 19th June 2 pm 3 Miller’s Green Lent’

by Paula Gooder.

JULY 2017 ‘The bestselling writer Paula Gooder takes us Book: The Night of Wenceslas Lionel Davidson on a journey of exploration into the Monday 17th July 2 pm 3 Miller’s Green wilderness for Lent and shows us that while the desert can be a place of fear and desolation, it is also the very setting that God may choose to meet us and call us into a new way SEPTEMBER 2017 of being and living.’ Book: The Card Arnold Bennett

Monday 18th September 2 pm 3 Miller’s Green Price £7.99

Available from the Parish Office: [email protected] All these titles have been suggested by members of the Book Club.

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Derek Paravicini Quartet Friday 10 March. 7.30pm

The Derek Paravicini Quartet is the new must-hear group, currently wowing audiences all over the UK, following their successful debut on the BBC’s ‘In Tune’ programme. Four stunningly talented young musicians combine to create a unique sound, portraying a kaleidoscope of emotions – now achingly sad, now humorous, now infused with warmth – and all shot through with a fiery The Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th virtuosity. This cross-over debut album will appeal to a wide range of audiences who enjoy jazz standards, classical hits and songs from the Battalion 1917/18 shows. From I Got Rhythm and Autumn Leaves to Danny Boy and Derek’s unique take on Air on a G String, there is an immediacy to the recordings Earlier numbers of Cathedral News have mentioned some of the that compels you to listen to the tracks again and again. actions of the County’s own regiment, of which the standard work is Cap of Honour by David Scott Daniell, published in 1951 and A bar will be available during this event. reprinted and revised since. Tickets £15.00 available from 01452 768928 or on line from www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk The briefest of visits to the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in the Docks will discover many more books about our Regiment one of Derek Paravicini (piano) is one of the most extraordinary pianists and which has been quarried for material about the final two years of musical entertainers of his generation. Yet he is blind, autistic and has the War. It is The Story of the 2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire severe learning difficulties. Dubbed ‘The Human iPod’ in the States, Regiment 1914-18, by A. F. Barnes, M.C. (Crypt House Press 1930). Derek has a repertoire of tens of thousands of pieces – all learnt very GCN’s May 2016 edition reminded us that the war was wider than rapidly just by listening. He first shot to fame when he was nine, playing Flanders and blood, owing to the involvement of other countries of jazz with the Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra at the Barbican. the Empire, notably, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Hannah Davey (vocals) is one of those rare artists who is equally at home India, to name but four! The 2016 November edition reminded us performing both jazz and classical music. She has an extraordinarily that there was also conflict in the Balkans. beautiful voice: clear and warm and enchanting.

Captain Barnes reminds us that action in the southern part of what Ben Holder (jazz violin) is one of the most gifted and exciting young jazz became called the Somme, was much more widespread than simply violinists in the UK. His performances are simply electrifying. His virtuosity and innate sense of swing rhythm is a natural successor to along the river of that name, which itself, in some places, runs east- Grappelli, and e first call jazz violinist for many of the UK’s top bands west as well as mainly south-north. Our Battalion did more than its and studios. fair share of the action in this amorfous area in the autumn of 1916 and into 1917 where, from that spring, it was commanded by Lieut- Ollie Howell (drums) is a multi-award winning drummer, composer and Col. Collett, followed by Lieut-Col. Lawson. These names and places bandleader. Currently based in , Ollie is dazzling audiences around the globe with his creativity, dynamism and stunning improvisation. may mean little today and to get even a slight sense of what it was

18 15 Gloucester Cathedral - From Galilee to Jerusalem: Travelling the Journey of Jesus Thursdays in Lent 7.30 - 9.00pm Journey through Lent 2017 An opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ last and most important journey from Galilee to Jerusalem. The later parts of Matthew’s Gospel will be used to 1st March ASH WEDNESDAY travel with Jesus through key geographical places that feature in the 7.30pm: The Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes journey that is the climax of his ministry. Each week will focus on part of President and Preacher: The that journey and link it in with key themes of the Benedictine Rule of Life. The meetings and themes have in mind the forthcoming pilgrimage to the Holy Land this autumn by the Cathedral community. Meditation for Beginners. Coffee and tea served on arrival. You are very welcome to all, or just some of these gatherings. Mondays in Lent 1.05pm - 1.25pm 6, 13, 20 & 27 March, 3 & 10 April 9 March - Galilee- Capernaum: (Hospitality)

This is an opportunity to explore and experience the ancient Christian 16 March - Judea- Jericho: (Work) tradition of meditation and its use of stillness and silence. All welcome. 23 March - Judea- Bethany and the Mount of Olives: (Recreation) 30 March - Jerusalem: (Prayer) 6 April - Jerusalem: The Temple: (Study)

Sip & Study Venue - Education Centre, access by St Mary’s gate on St Mary’s Square Tuesdays in Lent - 2.30pm - 4.00pm. (by the Hooper Memorial) 7, 14, 21 & 28 March, 4 April Venue: Robert Raikes House, Southgate St. Lent Lunches Fridays in Lent 12.00noon - 1.30pm Grab a cuppa and join us for some informal Bible Study. We’ll use an 10, 17, 24 & 31 March, 7 April adapted form of Lectio Divina to explore the coming Sunday morning’s Join us for a simple lunch in support of the Diocesan Episcopal Collections Gospel reading. All welcome. for 2017: Girl’s education, Diocese of Western Tanganyika and The Nelson

Trust Women's Centre, Gloucester.

Venue: Lysons Hall, St Swithun’s Road, GL2 5LH LIFE - Wednesdays in Lent An opportunity to pray, discuss and to reflect together on the new diocesan vision LIFE. Lent Prayers Saturdays in Lent 10.00am - 10.30am ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.’ (John 10:10) An opportunity to pray together during Lent What does this mean in our own lives and in the life of our parish? 4, 11, 18 & 25 March, 1 & 8 April - Venue: St Mary de Lode Church

8 March, 7.30pm St Mary de Lode Church: LIFE Taizé Service 15 March, 10.15am St Mary de Lode Church: Leadership Lent Reflection on Facebook 22 March, 10.15am Lysons Hall: Imagination A short reflection for each day of Lent on the 29 March, 10.15am Lysons Hall: Faith Gloucester Cathedral’s Facebook page 5 April, 10.15am St Mary de Lode Church: Engagement

Join us, if you wish, for the Eucharist in either St Mary de Lode For more information please contact: or St Swithun’s, Hempsted at 10.15am on 15, 22, 29 March and 5 April or Canon Richard Mitchell: [email protected] simply come along for coffee at 10.45am Canon Nikki Arthy: [email protected] Information is also available with group discussion 11.00am - 12noon on the Cathedral and Parish websites: www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk www.swithunandmary.org.uk

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