HEREFORD CATHEDRAL PERPETUAL TRUST
Patron: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
Chairman: Rhoderick Swire DL Registered Office Chief Executive: Glyn Morgan 5 College Cloisters [email protected] Cathedral Close www.herefordcathedral.org Hereford HR1 2NG Tel +44 (0)1432 374261
PARISH NEWSLETTER DATES November 2015 – January 2016
NOVEMBER Sunday 1 November Booking for Festival of Lessons and Carols (22 & 23 December 7 pm)opens Admission by (free) ticket only: applications forms can be downloaded from the cathedral website (www.herefordcathedral.org) or collected from the cathedral. If you are not able to access the website, please contact the Perpetual Trust office (01432 374261) in the first instance.
Tuesday 3 November All Souls Day Eucharist with music from Fauré’s Requiem If you would like to include names of departed relatives or friends in the list of those to be remembered during the Eucharist please leave their name with the Vestry (01432 374234) or email [email protected]. 5.30 pm
Sunday 8 November Remembrance Sunday with music from Duruflé’s Requiem 10 am The Cathedral Eucharist will mark Remembrance Day.
Monday 9 November The Best that may be Gotten: an introduction to the Chained Library The library is a remarkable survival from an age when the books in schorlarly libraries were routinely chained. £5 per person. To book call 01432 374226. 10.30 am
Thursday 12 November Friends’ Autumn lecture 7 pm Further information and tickets available from 01432 274783.
Saturday 14 November Hereford Choral Society concert Vaughan William’s Five Mystical Songs and Brahms’s A German Requiem / Ein deutsches Requiem. Ticket information 0845 46 33 124. [email protected]. 7.30 pm
Monday 16 November Play reading; Crisis in Corinth Canon Dr Maureen Palmer leads the reading of a play written by an American New Testament scholar. £5 per person. Cathedral Barn. 3.30 pm
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November Art in Advent: Paintings by Chris Gollon, A weekend exhibition featuring 20 paintings, to launch the display of his largest canvas Virgin and Child for Advent. 9.30 am – 5 pm
Saturday 21 November – January 2016 Art in Advent: Virgin & Child by Chris Gollon On display on the Tower Crossing throughout Advent, supported by a display of drawings and studies in the North Choir Aisle showcase.
Sunday 22 December The Evening Hour A service of prayer for healing and wholeness with words and music; all are welcome. The service is held on the second Sunday of each month. 5.30 pm
Saturday 28 November Christmas Sparkle, Lunchtime organ recital of Advent and Christmas favourites given by Peter Dyke, with large screen projection. Free with a retiring collection in support of Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust. 1.15pm
Sunday 29 November Advent Carol Service Sung by the Cathedral Choir. All welcome: no tickets required followed by a Friends of Cathedral Music reception. The service will be followed by a reception, to which all are invited, during which the Friends of Cathedral Music will make a presentation to the Perpetual Trust in support of the Cathedral Choir. 3.30 pm
DECEMBER Tuesday 1 December A Service for Advent in London, 6.30 pm Hereford Cathedral Choir in London at The Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks in support of Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust. Sponsored by Old Market Hereford and British Land. Tickets by invitation available from The Trust Office on 01432 374261.
Wednesday 2 December Carols in the Cloister In aid of Save the Children Fund in College Hall. Tickets from Mrs June Chase MBE 01568 720416. 8 pm
Saturday 5 December Prayers at the Christmas Crib With music provided by Hereford Junior Singing Club. Coffee and mince pies for all. All welcome. 10.30 am
Saturday 5 December Handel’s Messiah A special candlelit performance by Hereford Choral Society with Marches Baroque. Tickets from 0845 4633124 www.herefordchoralsociety.org. 7.30 pm
Sunday 6 December Boy Bishop Ceremony Choral Evensong featuring the traditional enthronement of a former chorister as Boy Bishop of Hereford. 3.30 pm
Wednesday 9 December Schools Donkey Nativity A nativity carol service for schools, telling the story of Christmas with the help of KS2 children, donkeys and other animals. Booking is essential from the Education Department on 01432 374256 or email [email protected]. 11 am
Wednesday 16 December Ex Cathedra Consort: Gaudete! The leading Early Music choir return with Padilla’s glorious Missa ego flos campi, plus seasonal music from Renaissance Spain and Latin America, in a programme of Christmas music and readings from the 13th to 18th-centuries. Tickets £30 / £20 / £10 from The Cathedral Shop 01432 374210. 7.30 pm
Friday 11 December Christmas Craft and Food Fair Join us for the launch of over 30 stalls of local crafts, food and drink, seasonal produce and gifts, with mince pies, hot coffee, mulled wine and entertainment. All welcome: free entry. 3.30-8 pm
Saturday 12 December Christmas Craft and Food Fair with Carols for Shoppers, The fair continues with morning entertainments and Carols for Shoppers from 12 noon. All welcome: free entry. 9.30 am – 4 pm
Sunday 13 December St Michael’s Hospice ‘Light up a Life’ Service 5.30pm
Thursday 17 December Army Benevolent Fund Carol Service 7pm
Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 December Festival of Lessons and Carols Admission by ticket only: application forms can be collected from the cathedral from 1 November, or downloaded from www.herefordcathedral.org. 7 pm
Wednesday 23 December Christingle Nativity Workshop Enjoy a family workshop to make Christingles and listen to a Christmas story, in preparation for the service on Christmas Eve. College Hall. Information from [email protected] or 01432 374256. 10.30 am – 12 noon
Christmas Eve Christingle Nativity Service A celebration of Christmas light for children and families, with the telling of the Christmas story and the distribution of Christingles 3 pm.
Choral Evensong with Blessing of the Crib. 5.30 pm
Christmas Day Holy Communion with hymns 8 am The Cathedral Eucharist 10 am Choral Matins 11.30 am Choral Evensong 3.30 pm
Monday 28 December Holy Innocents Day: A Quiet Service of Remembrance for parents and families who have suffered the loss of a child, whether recently or long ago. 3.30 pm
JANUARY 2016
Sunday 3 January Epiphany Carol Service Sung by Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir, celebrating the veneration of the Christ- Child by the Magi. All welcome; no tickets required. 3.30 pm
Saturday 30 December J S Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Bach’s choral masterwork performed by Hereford Cathedral Choir with international soloists and Marches Baroque, conducted by Geraint Bowen. Supported by the Alan Cadbury Charitable Trust. Tickets from Hereford Cathedral Shop or by telephone from 01432 374261. 7 pm
Please check www.herefordcathedral.org for our weekly music scheme and full details of all other service times.