Events at Guildford Cathedral

See also Art Exhibitions

Please note that events are subject to change, especially those advertised more than a month in advance.

Friday 1st September 2017

Giles, hermit, c.710

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
1.45pm: Memorial Service
The Nave
The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors unless they are attending the Service; the Lady Chapel will be open for quiet prayer (access via the North Door at the far end of the car park).
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Saturday 2nd September 2017

Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901, 1942

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Healing Eucharist
Lady Chapel
11.00am: Guided Tour
Tickets £4.00
2.45pm: Wedding Blessing
The Nave
The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors unless they are attending the Service; the Lady Chapel will be open for quiet prayer (access via the North Door at the far end of the car park).
5.00pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Sunday 3rd September 2017

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

Proper 17

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
President: Canon Julie Gittoes
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist (BCP) (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
High Altar
Hymns: 9 (tune 475), 460, 582, 581(ii)
Communion Service in F - Harold Darke
Psalm 26.1-8
O sacrum convivium - Marc Antoine Charpentier
Preacher: Canon Julie Gittoes
President: Canon Andrew Bishop
Organ: Offertoire from Messe pour les Couvents - François Couperin
11.30am: Mattins (sung by Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar
Responses: Smith
Hymns: 401, 211
Jubilate in C - Henry Purcell
Psalm 107: 1-32
The gift of life - Jonathan Willcocks
Organ: Fanfare - Percy Whitlock
6.00pm: Evensong
Nave Altar
Hymns: 520, 448, 377
Psalm 105: 1-15
Preacher: Canon Julie Gittoes
Organ: Præludium in E BuxWV 141 - Dietrich Buxtehude

Monday 4th September 2017

Birinus, bishop, 650

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Tuesday 5th September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Wednesday 6th September 2017

Allen Gardiner, missionary, founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Thursday 7th September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
11.00am: Guided Tour
Tickets £4.00
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Friday 8th September 2017

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Saturday 9th September 2017

Charles Fuge Lowder, priest, 1880

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
2.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
3.15pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
5.00pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Sunday 10th September 2017

Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

Proper 18

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
President: The Dean
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Hymns: 555, 368, 437 (tune 362)
Missa Brevis - Grayston Ives
Psalm 119: 33-40
O sacrum convivium - Thomas Tallis
Preacher: The Dean
President: The Venerable Stuart Beake
Organ: Toccata in F BWV 540 - Johann Sebastian Bach
2.15pm: Heritage Weekend Tower Tours
Tickets - Free of charge however donations are welcome from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
6.00pm: Evensong
Nave Altar
Responses: Leighton
Hymns: 222, 608, 482
Evening Service in D - George Dyson
Psalm 108
The Holy Spirit - Philip Moore
Preacher: The Venerable Stuart Beake
Organ: Le Saint-Esprit - Jean Langlais

Monday 11th September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Harris
Evening Service in D - Clement McWilliam
Let my complaint - Thomas Morley

Tuesday 12th September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Radcliffe
Short Service - Thomas Weelkes
Almighty and everlasting God - Orlando Gibbons

Wednesday 13th September 2017

John Chrysostom, bishop, teacher of the faith, 407

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Psalm 66

Thursday 14th September 2017

Holy Cross Day

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Eucharist
High Altar
Missa Sexti toni - Giovanni Croce
Psalm 22.23-28
O Saviour of the world - Frederick Ouseley
Organ: Ecce lignum crucis - Anton Heiller

Friday 15th September 2017

Cyprian, bishop, martyr, 258

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Leighton
Third Service - Philip Moore
Christe qui lux est et dies - Robert Whyte

Saturday 16th September 2017

Ninian, bishop, apostle of the Picts, c.432

Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, 1882

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
11.00am: Guided Tour
Tickets £4.00
2.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
3.15pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
5.00pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
7.15pm: Royal Marines Association Concert Band & Portsmouth Military Wives Choir in concert
Tickets priced between £15.00 and £25.00 from available from 6.30pm on the day of the concert; on the door or Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office

Sunday 17th September 2017

Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

Proper 19

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist (Laying on of hands with anointing during the distribution of Holy Communion)
Nave Altar
Missa brevis in D - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 103: 1-13
A child's prayer - James Macmillan
11.30am: Mattins (attended by the Worshipful Company of Woolmen)
Nave Altar
Responses: Radcliffe
Te Deum in G - Herbert Sumsion
Psalm 119: 65-88
Behold the Lamb of God - George Frederic Handel
6.00pm: Eucharist (Farewell for the Archdeacon of Surrey)
Nave Altar
Missa simplex - Katherine Dienes-Williams
Psalm 119: 41-48
William Harris - Bring us, O Lord God
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave verum corpus

Monday 18th September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Tallis
Evening Service in E - Charles Wood
Great Lord of Lords - Charles Wood

Tuesday 19th September 2017

Theodore, archbishop, 690

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Byrd
Evening Service in D - Herbert Brewer
Though I speak with the tongues of men - Edward Bairstow

Wednesday 20th September 2017

John Coleridge Patteson, bishop, and companions, martyrs, 1871

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Psalm 34

Thursday 21st September 2017

Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
11.00am: Guided Tour
Tickets £4:00
5.30pm: Eucharist
High Altar
Missa brevis Sancti Ioannis de Deo - Joseph Haydn
Psalm 119: 65-72
O Quam Gloriosum - Tomas Luis de Vittoria
6.30pm: The Gin Festival - SOLD OUT

Friday 22nd September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Ebdon
Evening Service in A - Herbert Sumsion
Te lucis ante terminum - Francis Jackson
6.30pm: The Gin Festival - SOLD OUT

Saturday 23rd September 2017

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
12.30pm: The Gin Festival - SOLD OUT
2.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
3.15pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
5.00pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
6.30pm: The Gin Festival - SOLD OUT

Sunday 24th September 2017

Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

Proper 20

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Messe Solennelle - Louis Vierne
Psalm 145: 1-8
Ubi caritas - Ola Gjeilo
11.30am: Mattins
Nave Altar
Responses: Ebdon
Jubilate in Bb - Charles Villiers Stanford
Psalm 119: 153-176
And the glory of the Lord (Messiah) - George Frederic Handel
12.30pm: The Gin Festival - SOLD OUT
6.00pm: Evensong
Nave Altar
Responses: Byrd
Evening Service in D - Edward Bairstow
Psalm 119: 113-136
He trusted in God (Messiah) - George Frederic Handel

Monday 25th September 2017

Lancelot Andrewes, bishop, spiritual writer, 1626

Sergei of Radonezh, monastic reformer, teacher of the faith, 1392

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Moore (Set 1)
Secundi toni - Philippe de Monte
Miserere nostri - Thomas Tallis

Tuesday 26th September 2017

Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, 1942

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Ayleward
Evening Service in Eb - Michael Wise
O for a closer walk with God - Charles Villiers Stanford

Wednesday 27th September 2017

Vincent de Paul, founder of the Lazarists, 1660; Ember Day

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Thursday 28th September 2017

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
11.00am: Guided Tour
Tickets £4.00
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Ayleward
Evening Service in G - Herbert Sumsion
Psalm 91
And I saw a new heaven - Edgar Bainton

Friday 29th September 2017

Michael and All Angels

Ember Day

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
10.30am: Macmillan Coffee Morning with organ music
Tickets Admission free, donations invited
5.30pm: Eucharist
High Altar
Missa 'Rorate coeli' - Joseph Haydn
Psalm 103.9-end
Factum est silentium - Hawes

Saturday 30th September 2017