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 June 2018

Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion (Visitation of Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth)
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel

Saturday 2nd June 2018

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Healing Eucharist
Lady Chapel
9.30am: Guildford Preloved Vintage Kilo
Tickets coming soon from Preloved Vintage Kilo (details to follow)
The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors unless attending the Vintage Fair (entry charge applies). 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 June 2018

First Sunday after Trinity

Proper 4

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist (BCP)
High Altar
Hymns: 398, 416 (i), 406 (omit v 5), 496
Missa sexti toni - Giovanni Croce
Psalm 81. 1-10
O hearken thou - Edward Elgar
Preacher: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams
President: The Revd Canon Paul Smith
Organ: Fugue in Eb (BWV 552.ii) - Johann Sebastian Bach
11.30am: Mattins
Quire & Nave
Responses: Rose
Hymns: 434 (ii), 604
Te Deum in G - Herbert Sumsion
Psalms 28, 32
Expectans, expectavi - Charles Wood
Organ: Offertoire sur les grans jeux (Messe pour les Couvents) - Francois Couperin
3.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00; on the door (cash preferred); no longer available from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
6.00pm: Evensong (sung by the Cathedral Choir, together with Holy Trinity Church choir)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Rose
Hymns: 379, 424 (omit *), 626
Evening service in D - George Dyson
Psalm 35. 1-10
O thou the central orb - Charles Wood
Preacher: The Revd Neil Vigers
Organ: Marche Heroique - Herbert Brewer

Monday 4th June 2018

Petroc, Abbot, 6th century

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Lady Chapel
Responses: Jackson
Magnificat (Quinti toni) - Cristóbal de Morales
Nunc dimittis (Quinti toni) - Plainsong
O how amiable are thy dwellings - Thomas Tomkins
Antiphon: Salve regina (tonus simplex) - plainsong

Tuesday 5th June 2018

Boniface (Wynfrith), Bishop, Martyr, 754

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Byrd
Truro service - Gabriel Jackson
Teach me O Lord - William Byrd

Wednesday 6th June 2018

Ini Kopuria, founder of the Meanesian Brotherhood, 1945

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

Thursday 7th June 2018

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: Byrd
Evening service in A minor - Thomas Tertius Noble
Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (Judith) - Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Friday 8th June 2018

Thomas Ken, Bishop, Nonjuror, Hymn writer, 1711

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Rose
Evening service in D - Herbert Brewer
Ave maris stella - Edward Greig

Saturday 9th June 2018

Columba, Abbot, Missionary, 597

Ephrem, Deacon, Hymn writer, Teacher of the faith, 373

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
9.30am: Fundraising Abseil - CSSEF

No access to Tower except for abseilers
5.00pm: Evensong (sung by the Onslow Singers)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Sumsion
Hymns: 466
Evening service in G - Charles Villiers Stanford
I was glad - Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Sunday 10th June 2018

Second Sunday after Trinity

Proper 5

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Hymns: 368, 253 (i), 543 (i)
Missa brevis in D (KV 194) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 130
Love bade me welcome (Five mystical songs) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Preacher: The Venerable Stuart Beake
President: The Revd Canon Julie Gittoes
Organ: Hymne d'actions de graces: Te Deum (Op. 5, No 3) - Jean Langlais
3.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 - on the door (cash appreciated, correct change please); no longer available from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
6.00pm: Evensong
Nave Altar
Responses: Byrd
Hymns: 421, 498, 430
Evening service Sancti Ioannis Cantabrigiense - Michael Tippett
Psalms 1, 15
Laetabitur iustus - Nikolaj Zielenski
Preacher: The Revd Canon Andrew Bishop
Organ: Nun danket all Gott (BWV 657) - Johann Sebastian Bach

Monday 11th June 2018

Barnabas the Apostle

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.00pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Eucharist
High Altar
Hymns: 230, NEH 167 (585)
Messe Cum iubilo - Maurice Duruflé
Psalm 112
President: The Revd Canon Julie Gittoes
Organ: Placare Christe servulis (Le Tombeau de Titelouze, Op. 38) - Marcel Dupré

Tuesday 12th June 2018

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave

Wednesday 13th June 2018

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
12.00pm: Young Enterprise Awards - South East Region Finals

The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors unless attending the Young Enterprise (SE) Regional Finals (invited guests only). The Lady Chapel will be open for quiet prayer (access via the North Door or St Ursula's Porch) - Library open as usual.
5.30pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel

Thursday 14th June 2018

Richard Baxter, Puritan divine, 1691

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave

Friday 15th June 2018

Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual writer, 1941

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave

Saturday 16th June 2018

Richard, Bishop, 1253

Joseph Butler, bishop, Philosopher, 1752

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
11.00am: Guided Tour
Tickets £4.00
5.00pm: Pre-concert dining in Seasons Café & Kitchen
5.00pm: Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
7.30pm: Guildford Choral Society concert - Belshazzar's Feast
Tickets from Guildford Choral Society (details to be released shortly).

Sunday 17th June 2018

Third Sunday after Trinity

Proper 6

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
11.30am: Mattins
Nave Altar
3.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
6.00pm: Evensong
Nave Altar

Monday 18th June 2018

Bernard Mizeki, Martyr, 1896

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Cleobury
Evening service in G - Herbert Sumsion
Let us now laud and magnify - William Mundy

Tuesday 19th June 2018

Sundar Singh, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the faith, 1929

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Rose
Evening service in g - Henry Purcell
Exsultate Deo - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Wednesday 20th June 2018

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

Thursday 21st June 2018

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: Rose
Fauxbourdons Evening service - Thomas Tallis
O salutaris hostia - Thomas Tallis

Friday 22nd June 2018

Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 250

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Ebdon
Evening service in a - William Harris
Iustorum animae - Charles Villiers Stanford

Saturday 23rd June 2018

Etheldreda, Abbess, c. 678

8.40am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
9.00am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
3.00pm: Handbell Festival Service (Handbell Ringers of Great Britain - South East Region)
Cathedral Nave
5.00pm: Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel

Sunday 24th June 2018

Birth of John the Baptist

8.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel
9.45am: The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Mass in G (D. 167) - Franz Schubert
Psalm 85.7-end
O salutaris hostia - Edward Elgar
Preacher: The Revd Canon Dr Julie Gittoes
Organ: Ut queant laxis - Naji Hakim
11.30am: Mattins (for Surrey Joint Services)
Nave Altar
Responses: Rose
Jubilate Deo (Collegium Regale) - Herbert Howells
Psalm 149
My soul there is a country - Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Organ: Allegro moderato (Sonata in G, Op. 28) - Edward Elgar
3.00pm: Tower Tour
Tickets £6.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
6.00pm: Evensong at Worplesdon Parish Church (sung by the Cathedral Choir)
6.00pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: plainsong
Evening service in G - Herbert Sumsion
Psalms 80, 82
Ut queant laxis - Claudio Monteverdi
Preacher: Sarah Tapp
Organ: Adagio (Symphony No 3) - Louis Vierne

Monday 25th June 2018

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Millington
Magnificat (Secundi toni) - Orlando de Lassus
Nunc Dimittis (Tone II) - plainsong
Notre Père - Maurice Duruflé

Tuesday 26th June 2018

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: Smith
Evening service in b - Herbert Howells
Almighty and everlasting God - Orlando Gibbons

Wednesday 27th June 2018

Ember Day

Cyril, Bishop, Teacher of the faith, 444

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

Thursday 28th June 2018

Irenaeus, Bishop, Teacher of the faith, 200

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: First Evensong of Peter and Paul, Apostles
Quire & Nave
Responses: Smith
Fifth Evening service - Thomas Tomkins
Psalms 66, 67
Tu es Petrus - Maurice Duruflé

Friday 29th June 2018

Peter and Paul, Apostles

8.00am: Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
8.30am: Holy Communion
Lady Chapel
5.00pm: Evensong
Lady Chapel
5.30pm: Eucharist
High Altar
Missa Rorate coeli desuper (Hob XII: 3) - Joseph Haydn
Psalm 125
Tu es Petrus - Maurice Duruflé
Organ: Offertoire sur les grands jeux (Messe pour les Paroisses) - Francois Couperin

Saturday 30th June 2018