SPECIAL SERVICES

FEBRUARY  APRIL 2012

Sunday 5 February

3.00 pm

Evensong on the eve of HM The Queen’s Accession and Presentation of “Choir Book for the Queen” celebrating the Diamond Jubilee

Wednesday 15 February

7.30 pm

Healing Service

Wednesday 22 February ASH WEDNESDAY

7.30 pm

Sung Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes

Wednesday 21 March

7.30 pm

Healing Service

Sunday 1 April PALM SUNDAY

10.30 am

Procession of Palms and Sung Eucharist

Monday 2 April HOLY WEEK

7.30 pm

Sung Eucharist.  Preacher: The Dean

Tuesday 3 April HOLY WEEK

7.30 pm

Sung Eucharist. Preacher: The Dean

Wednesday 4 April HOLY WEEK

7.30 pm

Sung Eucharist. Preacher: The Dean

Thursday 5 April MAUNDY THURSDAY

11.00 am

Eucharist and Blessing of Oils Preacher: The Bishop

 

7.30 pm

Sung Eucharist and Maundy Ceremonies with Watch of the Passion.  Preacher: The Dean

Friday 6 April GOOD FRIDAY

12 Noon

Good Friday Meditation

 

1.30 pm

Liturgy of Good Friday.  Preacher: The Dean

 

9.00 pm

Taizé Cross of Lights Service

Saturday 7 April EASTER EVE

7.30 pm

Easter Vigil, Confirmation and First Eucharist of Easter.  Preacher: The Bishop of Penrith

Sunday 8 April EASTER DAY

10.30 am

Easter Sung Eucharist. Preacher: The Bishop of Carlisle

 

3.00 pm

Festival Evensong. Preacher: The Dean

Wednesday 18 April

7.30 pm

Healing Service

Sunday 29 April

3.00 pm

15th Anniversary Service for Hospice at Home

 

LENT 2012

SUNDAY SERMONS FOR LENT AT 10.30 AM

“Love Unknown” – a series of sermons based on the book by Ruth Burrows, a Carmelite Nun.

19 February

Holiness from heaven

Preacher: The Dean

26 February

The only Saviour

Preacher: Canon Brian McConnell

4 March

If you knew the Gift of God

Preacher: The Dean

11 March

The world knew him not

Preacher:  Canon Brian McConnell

18 March

My word as fire

Preacher: The Dean

25 March

The word became flesh and lived among us

Preacher: Canon Brian McConnell

LENT GROUPS

LENT CATHEDRAL COURSE “Handing on the Torch – Sacred words for a Secular World” – a course compiled by ‘York Courses’.  Two groups meeting:

Tuesdays 28 February, 6, 13, 20 and 27 March

2.00 pm in the Education Centre, Prior’s Tower

7.30 pm at No. 3 The Abbey

LENT ECUMENICAL COURSE “The Way to Freedom” – a course based on a poem written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thursdays 23 February, 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 March

7.30 pm in the Lodge

EUCHARIST WITH ORGAN MUSIC DURING LENT

Fridays 24 February, 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 March at 12.30 pm

 

MUSICAL CONCERTS

FEBRUARY 2012

No concerts to date

 

 

MARCH 2012

Tuesday 20 March

6.15 pm

Singing Out “Nobody does it Better”.  An Evening of Songs perfored by children from Fir Ends Primary School, Caldew Lea School and the Carlisle Cathedral Choristers.  Admission Free by ticket only.  Available from the schools and the Cathedral Office

Wednesday 21 March

1.30 pm

Austin Friar’s St Monica’s School Lunchtime Recital

APRIL 2012

Sunday 1 April

6.30 pm

Concert of Sacred Music for Passiontide performed by the Cathedral Choir.  Tickets £10 (£5 children and students) available from the Tourist Information Centre (Tel: 01228 625600) or on the door

Tuesday 24 April

12.45 pm

musiclive@lunchtime Brampton Chamber Choir

 

OTHER EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2012

No events to date

 

 

MARCH 2012

Friday 2 to Thursday 15 March

 

Poverty over Initiative Photographic Exhibtion by Christian Aid in the Cathedral South Aisle

Friday 16 to Saturday 31 March

 

“Children of Hope” Exhibition in the Cathedral South Aisle

APRIL 2012

No events to date