DAILY SERVICES AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL SUNDAY NEWS 7.40am Morning Prayer (said) 8.00am Holy Communion 10.15am Sung Eucharist with Children’s Church MARCH 2016 3.00pm Choral Evensong MONDAY - SATURDAY 8.00am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer (said) 12.30pm Holy Communion 5.30pm Choral Evensong (said Evening Prayer on Mondays) (4.30pm on Saturdays) See our website for details of services and any changes or closures. A Gift Aid scheme operates at the Cathedral, which allows the Chapter to claim back 25p per £1 for donations. Many of you do so already, and we are grateful, but if you are a visitor who pays Income Tax in the UK, you could make your donation go further by doing this. There is a Donorpoint at the West end of the Cathedral where you can use your credit card to give a donation, and this can be gift- aided as well Printed by Perpetua Press, 20 Culver Street, Newent, Glos. GL18 1DA Tel: 01531 820816 32 Gloucester Cathedral News The Editorial Team consists of: Richard Cann, Sandie Conway, Pat Foster, Barrie Glover, Mission Statement: Stephen Lake, Paul Ross, Christopher and Maureen Smith. ‘We aim to produce a Christian magazine which is widely accessible and which informs, involves and inspires its readers.’ Editor: Maureen Smith Cathedral Chapter The next Editorial meeting is on Dean: The Very Reverend Stephen Lake Canons: Lay Canons: "We are happy to receive articles, handwritten or typed. We regret Nikki Arthy John Coates that, due to the limited space available, and to enable us to Dr Andrew Braddock Paul Mason continue to produce a lively, varied and informative magazine, we Jackie Searle Dame Janet Trotter can normally only accept articles of 400 words or less. Articles over Celia Thomson 400 words will only be accepted at the Editor’s discretion. The Editor reserves the right to alter articles as necessary, without losing the general sense. 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Please note that articles do A year’s postal subscription for 10 copies of Gloucester Cathedral not represent the opinions of the Chapter, the Church of England or News may be obtained by cash or cheque for £12 made payable to the editor - only the writer! ‘The Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral’ and sent to the Cathedral The Editor for April is Maureen Smith. Office at the above address. www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk The deadline is the 5th March 2 31 Sat 26 8.30pm The Liturgy of Easter Eve. CONTENTS EASTER DAY Page Sun 27 10.15am The Eucharist for Easter Day. 3.00pm Evensong with procession to the Garth. Lead Article Bishop Rachel 4 Mon 28 1.00pm Bank Holiday Lunchtime Organ Recital by Peter The Way of the Cross Rachel Murray 6 Stevens, Assistant Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral. ‘God’s Friday’ Maureen Smith 7 April looking ahead….. History of the Easter Egg Maureen Smith 8 Sat 2 1.00am Informal Lunchtime Concert by Wide Valley Singers Ladies Choir. Gool Peran Lowen! Maureen Smith 10 Sat 9 Cathedral Library Tours - 11am 12 noon, 2pm 3pm Walking with Cancer Annabel Hayter 12 Sat 16 10.00am Come and Sing - Mozart’s Requiem. Journey Through Lent 14-15 11.00am Coffee Concert. The Four Seasons String Quartet. Wed 20 7.30pm Organ Recital - David Briggs. Celebrating the Holy Week and Easter at Gloucester Cathedral 16-17 350th anniversary of the building of the Cathedral organ case. Around the Community 18 Thu 21 7.30pm Henry III The Boy King. Talk by Tom Porter. (see page Gloucester Cathedral Ramblers Peter Barrett 19 Wed 27 7.30pm Shakespeare’s Henry V. Presented by Antic Disposition. Centenary of the World War I series: Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley Barrie Glover 22 Gloucester Industries series: Roberts Brothers Games George Marchant 24 Jottings from the West End Humph ’n Harry 27 Diary of special services and events 29 Please consider a voluntary donation of £1 to help cover the cost of this magazine 30 3 March special services and events: Tue 1 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. Wed 2 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). Fri 4 12 noon Lent Lunch. Lysons Hall, Hempsted. (See page 15). Sat 5 10.00am Lent prayers: St Mary de Lode. (See page 15). 10.00am Come and Sing - Verdi Requiem. (See page 28). Sun 6 5.00pm Compline sung by the Cathedral Lay Clerks. Title pending Mon 7 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 14). One of the privileges of being the Bishop of Gloucester is to live in Tue 8 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (See page 14). the shadow of our extraordinary and beautiful Cathedral. Every Wed 9 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). morning I pull back the curtains and look out at the Cathedral 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). tower, and each time I am moved to give thanks to God. For just as this Cathedral has stood here for centuries, so our unchanging God Fri 11 12 noon Lent Lunch, Lysons Hall, Hempsted.(See page 15). 8.15pm St Matthew Passion. has been constant in faithfulness to each of us amidst all the changes and chances of this fleeting world. Sat 12 9.30am FEIG Brunch and Bounce. 10.00am Lent prayers: St Mary de Lode. (See page 15). During these first few months, I have set aside time to visit each of Wed 16 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). the Diocese’s nine deaneries. As well as meeting clergy in their day- 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). to-day context, I have also been speaking at large gatherings, meeting civic leaders, visiting schools, and having conversations in Sat 19 11.00am Coffee Concert. Sam Mitchell on piano and an numerous places such as pubs and coffee shops. In all of this I have Instrumental Soloist to be confirmed. 7.00pm GCS Concert. seen the breadth of this diverse diocese and continue to give thanks for the gift of being here. Of course, there have been numerous Sun 20 5.00pm Compline sung by the Cathedral Lay Clerks. challenges, as well as wonderful moments of celebration, and the Mon 21 11.00am Meditation for Beginners. (See page 14). most poignant of personal encounters. And in all the ups and downs of this, coupled with an unending schedule of meetings, events and Tue 22 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (See page 14). services, I have felt in an ever deeper and richer way the constancy Wed 23 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). of God's love and faithfulness. So when I come to the end of the day I look at the tower once more, lit up against the night sky, and again Thu 24 MAUNDY THURSDAY give thanks to God. 11.00am Diocesan Eucharist with the Blessing of Oils. 7.30pm Last Supper Eucharist and vigil. As I reflect on the Cathedral, and the metaphor it offers, I give Fri 25 GOOD FRIDAY thanks for our wonderful team of stonemasons – for their great skill 10.00am The Way of the Cross. and creativity which they use to mend and renew so that this church 1.30pm The Liturgy of Good Friday continues to reflect the glory of God as it has for hundreds of years. 7.00pm Bach St John Passion. 4 29 been in lockdown in his study for days, while his brother has found a And yet God’s changelessness is different from that of a static stone little light relief in tuning the harmonium and playing the building. God is alive and continually makes all things new. “Marseillaise” - LOUDLY. “Aux armes, citoyens” is a rousing call to Spring Cleaning and he always signs off with a spirited rendering of And so it is that during Lent, we walk with Jesus Christ to the pain “Cwm Rhondda” - “Bread of Heaven” and pikelets! of the cross. We encounter places of anguish, suffering and death; but we dare to keep walking, knowing that we will reach the garden Red Nose Day, the Gold Cup and EGGS lie ahead. Mr. H is planning a where the tomb will stand empty. And then once again, we will delicious simnel cake and will keep it under close supervision until proclaim on Easter morning that Jesus Christ is risen! Easter Day. Last year, he didn’t and by the time that he got to it there was very little left. This year, the egg hunt will be for Throughout our Lent journey may our magnificent stone Cathedral chocolate rabbits just to fool the gulls, who have a very unhealthy continue to give us a glimpse of the God of glory whose love and interest in other people’s Easter eggs. faithfulness are unchanging no matter what we experience in this life, and whose love for each one of us, as revealed in Jesus Christ, We are delighted to welcome Canon Stephen Bowen and Margaret, is both intimate and permanent to the end.