What’s OnEvents at Guildford Cathedral
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Please note that events are subject to change, especially those advertised more than a month in advance.
Wednesday 1st May 2019
Philip and James, Apostles
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 10.00am
- Cathedral Tots
Cathedral Nave - 5.30pm
- Choral Eucharist for Philip and James (Stag Montem Chorem Choir)
Quire and Nave
Communion in C - John Ireland
Organ: Hymne d'actions de graces "Te deum" - Jean Langlais
Thursday 2nd May 2019
Athanasius, bishop, teacher of the faith, 373
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Friday 3rd May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Joint with Charterhouse Chamber Choir)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Rose
Evening service in D - George Dyson
Organ: My beloved spake - Henry Purcell
Saturday 4th May 2019
English saints and martyrs of the Reformation Era
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Healing Eucharist
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 5th May 2019
3rd Sunday of Easter
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Queen’s Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (BCP)
High Altar
Preacher: The Revd Canon Paul Smith - 11.30am
- Mattins
Nave Altar - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Preacher: The Dean
Monday 6th May 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Tuesday 7th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 8th May 2019
Julian of Norwich, spiritual writer, c. 1417
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 9th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Smith
Evening Service in B minor - Herbert Howells
Organ: Surgens Jesus - Peter Philips
Friday 10th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Cathedral Nave closed all day event preparation
The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors all day. The Lady Chapel will be open for quiet prayer (access via the North Door at the far end of the car park). - 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Clucas
Evening service in G minor - Edward Bairstow
Organ: Dum transisset Sabbatum - John Tavener
Saturday 11th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Cathedral Nave closed all day - event preparation The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors all day. The Lady Chapel will be open for quiet prayer (access via the North Door at the far end of the car park).
- 8.00am
- Seasons closed all day - event preparation Seasons is closed all day.
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 12th May 2019
4th Sunday of Easter
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Hymns: 466, 278, 538
Messe Solonelle - Jean Langlais
Psalm 23
O sacrum convivium - Oliver Messiaen
Preacher: Canon Julie Gittoes
Organ: Final (Symphony no. 1) - Louis Vierne - 11.30am
- Informal Boy Chorister concert
Tickets - Free of charge however donations are welcome - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Responses: Leighton
Introit: All wisdom cometh from the Lord - Philip Moore
Hymns: 64, 516, 160
Gloucester Evening Service - Herbert Howells
Psalms 113, 114
Lo, the full final sacrifice - Gerald Finzi
Preacher: Canon Julie Gittoes
Organ: Te Deum - Jeanne Demessieux
Monday 13th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (First Evensong of Mattias Apostle | Men's voices)
Quire & Nave
Evening service in D - Clement McWilliam
Organ: Ego sum panis vivus - Grayston Ives
Tuesday 14th May 2019
Matthias the Apostle
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Eucharist for Mathias Apostle
Quire & Nave
Hymns: 217, 386
Missa Brevis in C (K Spatzenmesse) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Now the green blade riseth - traditional arr. by Andrew Lumsden
Organ: Toccata Tertia - Georg Muffat
Wednesday 15th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 16th May 2019
Caroline Chisholm, social reformer, 1877
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Smith
Evening Service in B flat minor - Charles Villiers Stanford
Psalm 24
Organ: O for a closer walk with God - Charles Villiers Stanford
Friday 17th May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Anniversary Eucharist (Consecration of Guildford Cathedral)
Quire & Nave
Introit: Locus iste - Anton Bruckner
Missa brevis - William Walton
How lovely are thy dwellings fair - Johannes Brahms
Organ: Allegro assai vivace (Sonata No 1) - Felix Mendelssohn
Saturday 18th May 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 7.30pm
- CANCELLED - Raise Your Voices (a Church Urban Fund concert) - it is with regret that Church Urban Fund has made the decision to cancel this concert
Tickets no longer available from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
Sunday 19th May 2019
5th Sunday of Easter
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Hymns: 157, 166, 612
Mass in G minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Psalm 148
Surrexit pastor bonus - Tomas Luis de Vittoria
Preacher: The Revd Canon Dr Paul Simith
Organ: Prelude in C major (BWV 547) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 11.30am
- Cathedral Community Summer Meeting
- 6.00pm
- Evensong (visiting choir)
Nave Altar
Responses: Peter Smith
Hymns: 140,600,200
Evening Service Collegium regale - Herbert Howells
Psalm 98
Dum tranisset Sabbatum - John Tavener
Preacher: The Revd Canon Mavis Wilson
Organ: Adagio Symphony no. 3 - Louis Vierne
Monday 20th May 2019
Alcuin, deacon,abbot, 804
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Tuesday 21st May 2019
Helena, protector of the Holy Places, 330
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 22nd May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 23rd May 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Friday 24th May 2019
John and Charles Wesley, evangelists, hymn writers, 1791 and 1788
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Saturday 25th May 2019
The Venerable Bede, monk, scholar,historian, 735
Aldheim, bishop, 709
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 26th May 2019
6th Sunday of Easter
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar - 11.30am
- Agricultural Service
Nave Altar - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Monday 27th May 2019
Rogation Day
- 8.00am
- Seasons closed all day - Bank Holiday
Both the Cathedral Shop and Seasons will be closed today. - 8.00am
- Cathedral Shop Closed - Bank Holiday
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Tuesday 28th May 2019
Rogation Day
Lanfranc, monk, archbishop, scholar, 1089
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 29th May 2019
Rogation Day
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 30th May 2019
Ascension Day
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 2.00pm
- Ascension Day Tower Tour - a one-off tour for this special day in the Church's year
Tickets (limited availability) - £5.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 7.00pm
- Ascension Day Eucharist (eucharist)
Quire & Nave
Friday 31st May 2019
Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Eucharist for Visit of Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (visiting choir)
Quire & Nave