DAILY SERVICES AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL SUNDAY NEWS 7.40am Morning Prayer (said) 8.00am Holy Communion 10.15am Sung Eucharist with Children’s Church 3.00pm Choral Evensong FEBRUARY 2016 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 Editor: Maureen Smith. and which informs, involves and inspires its readers.’ The next Editorial meeting is on Wednesday 9th March 2016. Cathedral Chapter "We are happy to receive articles, handwritten or typed. We regret that, Dean: The Very Reverend Stephen Lake due to the limited space available, and to enable us to continue to produce a lively, varied and informative magazine, we can normally only accept articles of 400 words or less. Articles over 400 words will only be Canons: Lay Canons: accepted at the Editor’s discretion. 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The Editor for March is Maureen Smith. The deadline is the 5th February Gloucester Cathedral News Subscriptions A year’s postal subscription for 10 copies of Gloucester Cathedral News may be obtained by cash or cheque for £12 made payable to ‘The Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral’ and sent to the Cathedral Office at the above address. www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Cover picture: Shield showing the Instruments of the Passion, from the Great East Window, Gloucester Cathedral. (See article on page 16). Photograph by: Richard Cann. 2 31 Sat 5 10.00am Come and Sing - Verdi Requiem. (See page 28). CONTENTS Sun 6 5.00pm Compline sung by the Cathedral Lay Clerks. Page Mon 7 1.05pm Meditation for Beginners. (See page 14). The Way the Truth and the Life Maureen Smith 4 Tue 8 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (See page 14). Walking on the Sea Nathaniel Hawthorne 6 Wed 9 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). Candlemas Maureen Smith 7 Fri 11 12 noon Lent Lunch, Lysons Hall, Hempsted.(See page 15). Saint Gilbert of Sempringham Maureen Smith 8 Sat 12 9.30am FEIG Brunch and Bounce. 10.00am Lent prayers: St Mary de Lode. (See page 15). And What about Saint Valentine Wed 16 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). and his Feast Day? Maureen Smith 9 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). Sat 19 11.00am Coffee Concert. Leap Year Trivia BBC News Magazine 10 7.00pm GCS Concert. Around the Community 12 Sun 20 5.00pm Compline sung by the Cathedral Lay Clerks. Mon 21 11.00am Meditation for Beginners. (See page 14). Journey Through Lent 14-15 Tue 22 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (See page 14). Instruments of the Passion Richard Cann 16 Wed 23 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). Thu 24 MAUNDY THURSDAY Centenary of First World War Series: 11.00am Diocesan Eucharist with the Blessing of Oils. Vera Mary Brittain v.a.d. Barry Glover 18 7.30pm Last Supper Eucharist and vigil. Charles Horace Glover and the Fri 25 GOOD FRIDAY Battle of the Somme Barrie Glover 19 10.00am The Way of the Cross. 1.30pm The Liturgy of Good Friday Cotton Motorcycles George Marchant 21 7.00pm Bach St John Passion. Sat 26 8.30pm The Liturgy of Easter Eve. The Story of a Silver Horse Richard Cann 23 EASTER DAY Jottings from the West End Humph ’n Harry 24 Sun 27 10.15am The Eucharist for Easter Day. 3.00pm Evensong with procession to the Garth. Diary of special services and events 28 Please consider a voluntary donation of £1 to help cover the cost of this magazine 30 3 February special services and events: Sat 6 11.00am Coffee Concert by Students from Birmingham Jesus said, ‘I am the Conservatoire. 7.00pm London Welsh Male Voice Choir Concert. Way the Truth and the Life. No-one Wed 10 ASH WEDNESDAY 7.30pm Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes. comes to the Father Sat 13 1.00pm Caring Chorus Concert in aid of flood victims. except through me’ Mon 15 1.05pm Lent: Meditation for Beginners. (See page 14). John 14:6 Tue 16 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (See page 14). Wed 17 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). Thu 18 - Fri 19th Pottering Around the Cathedral. (See page 27). Fri 19 12 noon Lent Lunch. Lysons Hall, Hempsted. (See page 15). ‘The Way the Truth and the Life’ Sat 20 10.00am Lent prayers: St Mary de Lode. (See page 15). I must say at the outset that I do not have a problem with satellite 2.00pm ‘The Angel Choir’. Talk by Simon Pickard. (See page 19). navigation systems, in fact Chris and I have got one ourselves and it’s very useful, not just for finding our way to new places, but also Mon 22 1.05pm Lent: Meditation for Beginners. (See page 14). warning of sneaky speed traps! Not that we’re in the habit of Tue 23 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (See page 14). speeding of course. Wed 24 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (See page 14). However, we’ve found, from personal experience, and that of Thu 25 12,30pm Organ Recital by Tim Ravalde - Assistant Organist, others, that the sat nav is certainly not infallible. It does Chichester Cathedral. occasionally send its owners off onto the wrong road. It’s all too easy then to lose ones sense of direction altogether, especially when Fri 26 12 noon Lent Lunch. Lysons Hall, Hempsted. (See page 15). driving in the dark. Sat 27 10.00am Lent prayers: St Mary de Lode. (See page 15). The best solution in such cases is to resort back to human Sat 28 5.00pm Compline Sung by the Cathedral Lay Clerks. assistance, that is to find someone with local knowledge of the area you are lost in to guide you back onto the right road. March looking ahead….. Tue 1 2.30pm Lent: Sip and Study. (Details on page 14). It strikes me that this applies to our Christian journey. Here we have no electronic or non electronic navigation systems to guide us. The Wed 2 11.00am Lent: Dust and Glory. (Details on page 14). 7.30pm Lent: Christianity Explored. (See page 15). route is often fraught with difficulties and doubts and it’s all too easy to be led astray. Also, we live in an uncertain and unstable Fri 4 12 noon Lent Lunch. Lysons Hall, Hempsted. (See page 15). world where it’s almost impossible to see further than tomorrow or Sat 5 10.00am Lent prayers: St Mary de Lode. (See page 15). at any rate the day after that. 4 29 Come & Sing It’s all too obvious that we need someone who will guide us safely through whatever trials or tribulations we encounter upon our VERDI REQUIEM journey. Someone who doesn’t just have an intimate knowledge of the road we travel, but also about us and our needs. That person is Gloucester Cathedral of course our Lord, Jesus Christ. Saturday 5th March 2016 10.00am culminating in a performance at 3.30pm. Soon we’ll be taking the difficult journey through Lent. Along with most, if not all, Christians, I imagine, I find it a particularly hard Musical Director road to follow, one in which we are forced to encounter and Adrian Partington meditate upon the horrors of the Cross. Who better to guide us with young professional soloists and Jonathan Hope accompanying. through this than the one who trod the road himself? Everyone welcome – no audition required! Jesus said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No-one comes to Tickets £25 the Father except through me’.