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.
Tuesday 1st October 2019
Remigius, bishop, 533| Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), social reformer, 1885
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 2nd October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 3rd October 2019
George Bell, bishop, ecumenist, peacemaker, 1958
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (attended by Mission Aviation Fellowship UK)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Lloyd
Hymns: 267
Evening Service in A minor - Thomas Tertius Noble
Give us the wings of faith - Ernest Bullock
Friday 4th October 2019
Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, 1226
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 12.00pm
- Monitoring
The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors from 12pm. The Lady Chapel will be open for quiet prayer (access via the North Door at the far end of the car park). - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Saturday 5th October 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Healing Eucharist
Lady Chapel - 2.00pm
- Tower Tour
Tickets £5.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 5.00pm
- Evensong (Annual Reunion of GCCA)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Ayleward
Hymns: 466
Evening Service in A - Charles Villiers Stanford
Sunday 6th October 2019
Proper 22
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (Harvest)
Cathedral Nave
Hymns: 275, 272 250 (1-4, 7)
Missa Simplex - Katherine Dienes-Williams
All things bright and beautiful - John Rutter
Preacher: The Venerable Stuart Beake
President: The Dean
Organ: Nun danket alle Gott - Sigfrid Karg-Elert - 11.30am
- Choral Eucharist (Trad. Rite)
High Altar
Hymns: 270, 254, 275, 267
Mass a 3 - William Byrd
Ave verum corpus - Gerald Hendrie
Preacher: The Dean
Organ: Allegro (Sonata no.5, BWV 529) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Responses: Clucas
Hymns: 253, (i), 25, 258 (502)
Evening Service in F - Charles Wood
Psalm 65
The heavens are telling (Creation) - Joseph Haydn
Organ: Allegro (Sonata no.5, BWV 529) - J. S. Bach
Monday 7th October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Lady Chapel
Tuesday 8th October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 9th October 2019
Denys bishop and companions, martyrs, c.250 | Robert Grosseteste, bishop, philosopher, scientist, 1253
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 10th October 2019
paulinus, bishop, missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (attended by Carers)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Harry Bramma
Hymns: 393
Evening Service in E - Sydney Watson
Through the day - Philip Moore
Friday 11th October 2019
Ethelburga, abbess, 675, James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th cent
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Saturday 12th October 2019
Wilfrid, bishop, missionary, 709 | Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845
Edith Cavell, nurse, 1915
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 2.00pm
- Tower Tour
Tickets £5.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 6.30pm
- Free Church Festival Service
Nave
Sunday 13th October 2019
Proper 23
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar - 6.00pm
- RSCM Festival Service (sung by the Cathedral Choir with choirs from across the RSCM Area)
Nave & Quire
Responses: Harry Bramma
Introit: A new commandment - Richard Shephard
Hymns: Love divine (tune: Blaenwern) | You’re the word of God the Father | Crown him with many crowns
Salisbury Service - Grayston Ives
Psalm 144
The King of Love - Edward Bairstow
What wondrous love - arr. Philip Moore
The Library will be closed from 14.30pm today
Monday 14th October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Tuesday 15th October 2019
Teresa of Avila, teacher of the faith, 1582
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 16th October 2019
Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer, bishops, martyrs, 1555
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Sung by Farnborough Hill Senior Choir)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Smith
Evening Service in D minor - Thomas Attwood Walmisley
Psalms 82, 84
Benedictus - Edward Elgar
Thursday 17th October 2019
Ignatius, bishop, martyr, c.107
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Friday 18th October 2019
Luke the Evangelist
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Choral Eucharist for St Luke
Quire & Nave
Saturday 19th October 2019
Henry Martin, translator, missionary, 1812
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 9.30am
- Nave closed for event - further details to follow The Cathedral Nave will be closed to visitors unless attending the event (entry charge applies). The east end of the Cathedral will remain open to all (access via the North Door or St Ursula's Porch).
- 2.00pm
- Tower Tour
Tickets £5.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 20th October 2019
Proper 24
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar - 11.30am
- Mattins
Nave Altar - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Monday 21st October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (sung by Dutch choir Anthem)
Quire & Nave
Tuesday 22nd October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 24th October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 11.15am
- Coffee Concert - Primary Robins
Tickets Admission free, donations invited - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Friday 25th October 2019
Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs, c.287
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 3.00pm
- Surrey South Farnham SCITT Awards Ceremony The Cathedral will be closed to visitors from midday. 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 26th October 2019
Alfred, king, scholar, 899
Cedd, abbot, bishop, 664
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 2.00pm
- Tower Tour
Tickets £5.00 from Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office - 3.00pm
- Hand Bell Festival Service
Cathedral Nave - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 27th October 2019
Bible Sunday
Proper 25
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar - 11.30am
- Mattins (sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar - 6.00pm
- Evensong (said, with hymns)
Lady Chapel
Preacher: The Revd Canon Mavis Wilson
Monday 28th October 2019
Simon and Jude, Apostles
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Eucharist for Simon and Jude Apostles (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Tuesday 29th October 2019
James Hannington, bishop, martyr, 1885
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (mens' voices)
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 30th October 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 31st October 2019
Martin Luther, reformer, 1546
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave