February 2018 Friends Coffee Morning: Friday 2 nd February at 4, Canon Lane. 10am - 12 noon. Coffee and a biscuit. 2 entry. Open to all - bring a friend! Be Still: The Chichester Contemplative Prayer Group, that explores silent prayer in the Christian tradition, is now meeting twice a month with its next meetings on Tuesdays 6 th and 20 th February (7.15pm for 7.30pm start, finishing 8.45pm) in 4, Canon Lane. Each evening stands alone, so come when you can for guidance on how to pray silently; ways to help anchor your mind; relaxation, through music and gentle breathing; two twenty minute periods of silence; a move from head to heart. www.bestillchichester.com Friends Book at Breakfast with the Chancellor: The Forgiveness Project by Marina Cantacuzino (available in the Cathedral shop.) Thursday 8 th February at 9am, at 4, Canon Lane. Tickets cost 7 and include a continental breakfast. All welcome. The Sixteen in Concert: Thursday 8 th February at 7.30pm. The programme includes Vivaldi s Gloria in D major RV 589 - one of sacred music s most uplifting choral works and a joyful hymn of praise with moments ranging from festive brilliance to profound sadness. Composed in Venice, probably in 1715, for the choir of the Ospedale della Pietà, its wonderfully sunny nature and distinctive melodies and rhythms gives it an immediate and universal appeal. Tickets ( 15-30) available from https://thesixteen.com/events/vivaldi-gloria-chichester/ You may be interested to learn that singing as a member of the choir is Joshua Cooter, former Head Chorister at Chichester under Alan Thurlow! Friends Visit to West Sussex Record Office. Meet at the County Record Office at 2.15pm, Monday 12 th February. Tickets 4. Numbers are limited. Book early!
St Paul s and City of Chichester Mothers Union will meet on Thursday 15 th February at St Paul s Church, Churchside (opposite the Festival Theatre car park). Following the 10am Eucharist in which most members share, our meeting will start at 11am when Revd Martha Weatherill will lead a Quiet Hour. Anyone is welcome to our meetings. More information from Janet Watson :01243788525 or Heather Hyde: 01243 785633. Information about the work of the Mothers Union can be found on www.mothersunion.org.and and in Families First Magazine www.familiesfirstmagazine.com (Margaret Hughes) Family Activities@Chichester Cathedral: Famous Folk Friday 16 th February 10am - 3pm (last entry 2.30pm). A fun filled day with people to meet, activities to do, games to play and things to make - all taking place in the Cathedral. No need to book just drop in. Suitable for children aged 3-12 years, who must be accompanied by an adult. 1 per child, starting from the West Door or Eastern Arm. Please note the Bishop s Chapel will be open for private and hourly prayers during Family Activities. Why not take advantage of the Cloisters Café offer of a Kids Meal for 1.50 when an accompanying adult buys a lunch item, with a valid voucher? For further information contact Sue on 01243 812497 or sue.poil@chichestercathedral.org.uk Cathedral Fellowship: The next meeting of the Fellowship will be held in the Dresden Room, 4 Canon Lane, on Monday 19 th February, at 2.30pm, where we will be joined by Mike Beaman, FRPharmS, who will talk on The Pharmacist in Society. This will be an interactive session! A donation of 1 is requested. For further information please contact Michael Cox (1michaelcox@gmail.com) All welcome! The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary will meet at the Bishop s Palace, Chichester on Saturday 17 th February at 2pm when author and lecturer in religious studies, Professor Roger Homan, will give an illustrated talk entitled Beholding the Madonna, the BVM in Art. The meeting will be followed by the ESBVM Evening Office and refreshments. As space is limited please contact Bradley Smith on 07931 527724 or email bradley.smith4@gmail.com if you wish to attend.
Forgiving your Torturers: Can it and Should it be Done? Wednesday 21 st February, Dresden Room, 4 Canon Lane. 10am - 12pm. Join us for the first talk in this year s Hot Topic series, through which contemporary issues are explored and discussed. During 2018 this series will consist of four talks all connected by the theme of Peace and Reconciliation. For this first talk we will be exploring the concept of forgiveness and are honoured to be welcoming Kemal Pervanic, a survivor of the notorious Omarska concentration camp, set up by Bosnian Serb forces in the early days of the Bosnian War. Kemal now lives in England and is the founder of the transformative Most Mira charity. Booking in advance is essential - book tickets via Cathedral s What s On web page and go to Talks or book in person or by phone from The Novium Museum, Tower Street, Chichester: 01243 775888. (Refreshments included.). Kemal s story is shared as part of The Forgiveness Project. To find out more about The Forgiveness Project, join Book at Breakfast with the Chancellor on 8 th February - book your tickets via the Friends. William Blake: Radical Prophet : Thursday 22 nd February 6.30pm in the Nave. A Chichester Theological Society Lecture by Professor Christopher Rowland, Emeritus Dean Ireland s Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. Free entry, all welcome. This illustrated lecture relates to a new book by Professor Christopher Rowland called: Radical Prophet: The Mystics, Subversives and Visionaries who Strove for Heaven on Earth. In this book Rowland explores the fact that Christianity began with the conviction that the old order was finished. The mysterious, elusive and charismatic figure of Jesus proclaimed that a new era, the Kingdom of God, was dawning. Yet despite its success, and the conversion of the empire which had executed its founder, the religion he inspired was soon domesticated, its countercultural radicalism tamed, as the Church attempted to control both its doctrines and its followers. Christopher Rowland shows that this was never the whole story, and in this lecture he will focus on the extraordinary figure of William Blake. Blake may be best known for the words to the hymn Jerusalem, but he was hardly an establishment figure - as indicated by his trial for sedition in the Assizes court at Chichester in 1803. Join us to find out more.
Illuminating Chichester Cathedral Tours Series 2018: They All Have a Story Lesser Known Characters of Chichester Cathedral s Past. Friday 23 rd February or Saturday 10 th March 10.30am 12 noon. Uncover what the Cathedral building itself teaches us as well as learning more about a key character in the Cathedral s history. Part of a series of four specialist tours on Friday or Saturday mornings, led by Chichester Cathedral Guides. 7 per tour to include coffee and biscuits. Booking in advance is essential. Tickets available online via www.chichestercathedral.org.uk or by telephone on 0333 666 3366. Organised by the Learning and Engagement Department. Listening Skills Training Day: Saturday 24 th February, at the Sherborne Room of the Bishop s Palace from 10am - 3pm. Led by Revd Wes Sutton, Director of Acorn Christian Healing Foundation. Cost 5, payable on the day, but please book your place in advance by emailing lmassistant@chichestercathedral.org.uk Drinks are provided, but attendees should bring their own packed lunch. For further information or queries about the day: irene.smale@chichester.anglican.org Healing It s for everyone: A day of prayer, practice and teaching at St. Paul s Church, Chichester on Saturday 24 th February from 10am 3pm. The keynote speaker is the Venerable Philip Jones, former Archdeacon of Lewes and Hastings. Please bring a packed lunch, coffee and tea will be provided. For enquiries and to book a place please email: brendacouzens51@gmail.com (Revd Brenda Couzens) Looking ahead to future months... Do you know a boy who loves to sing? The 2018 Chorister Open Day will be held on Saturday 3 rd March, 1-4pm. To find out more, contact Charles Harrison on tel. 01243 812486 or organist@chichestercathedral.org.uk Illuminating Chichester Cathedral Tours Series 2018: Chichester Bishops in Testing Times Friday 23 rd March or Saturday 7 th April 10.30am 12noon. Uncover what the Cathedral building itself teaches us as well as learning more about a key character in the Cathedral s history. Part of a series of four specialist tours on Friday or Saturday mornings, led by Chichester Cathedral Guides. 7 per tour to include coffee and biscuits. Booking in advance is essential. Tickets available online via www.chichestercathedral.org.uk or by telephone on 0333 666 3366. Organised by the Learning and Engagement Department.
The Friends holiday to Ypres (1 st - 5 th May) still has a few places available. But time is running out! Contact Marianne on 0758 44 939 88. News Flash! The Friends Spring Fair has moved to Friday 4 th May. Please note! Bookings open for the Friends holiday to South Wales (10 th - 14 th September): Many excursions/visits have been booked, including a visit to the Royal Mint. CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL FRIENDS For further information on any of the Friends events mentioned in this leaflet, see the Friends Events Programme, available from the Friends Office or at the Information Desk in the Cathedral. Tickets are available: Online, on the Cathedral website, click on What s on /Friends Events. Pay by debit/credit card. Print your own ticket. By Telephone on 03333 666 4466. By Post. Complete the order form in the Events Programme and send with cheque + SAE to Chichester Cathedral Friends/Events, The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, Chichester PO19 1PX. Other Cathedrals Friends: The Friends regularly receive publications from the Friends of other Cathedrals and Greater Churches. These include updates from Christ Church, Oxford, Coventry Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and Portsmouth Cathedral, as well as a range of past Annual Reports, Journals and the like from Canterbury Cathedral; Durham Cathedral; Exeter Cathedral; Lichfield Cathedral; Peterborough Cathedral; Rochester Cathedral; St George s Chapel, Windsor; Wells Cathedral; Wimborne Minster and more... If you would like to see these, please come to the Friends office in Fred s Shed (a.k.a. the Treasury Meeting Room) beside St Richard s Walk, any Tuesday or Friday morning, 10am to 1pm. (David Nicol, Hon. Membership Secretary, CCF)
Cathedral News & Notices CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL CHAPTER SUMMARY - JANUARY 2018 Chapter discussed the Carlile Review and its implications, ahead of the meeting of the Chichester Cathedral Council later in the week, where the Review would also be considered and advice offered to Chapter. Following a meeting of Chapter s property committee, the Cathedral s property portfolio was discussed further, and investment options were considered. Chapter reviewed the Cathedral s management accounts for the first three quarters of the year, noting that they were running overall at around the budgeted figure. It was agreed to begin preparations for the second phase of the Cathedral s reroofing the South Transept. It was also agreed to progress a trial of contactless payment units to encourage donations from Cathedral visitors. The College of Canons meetings for 2018 and 2019 were planned. The recent report by the Minister for Faiths, Lord Bourne, for the Government s Department for Communities and Local Government was welcomed. CATHEDRALS WORKING GROUP REPORT The draft report by the Cathedral s Working Group was published on Thursday 18 th January. It is available on the Church of England Website. ROOF PROJECT The re-roofing project is under way with access scaffold to quire and side aisle roofs progressing quickly. Once complete it will be fully enclosed with a shrink wrap that will allow works to progress inside a weather protected space, starting the first week of March. The contractors are currently also addressing ground conditions that have seen the site entrance become excessively muddy over recent weeks. They are installing additional material and road plates and road plates, and will reinstate turf later in the project. In the meantime, the area is being monitored daily.
ECO CHURCH Following our application to the A Rocha Eco Church award scheme (arocha.org.uk), we are delighted to announce that Chichester Cathedral has achieved their Bronze award standard and is now an Eco Church. We look forward to receiving the official plaque and certificate which will be placed on display. USPG The Spring 2018 Transmission from USPG has been received and copies of it and the USPG Prayer Diary (11 th February - 9 th June) are now available at the west end of the Cathedral. Please help yourself to a copy. CHICHESTER FOODBANK NEWS For the first time we are beginning to use all the food donated each month and have had to cut back on what we can put into our food parcels. As you all know poverty is becoming the experience of many families, even in Chichester. In the last six months use of the foodbank service has increased due to benefit changes but also people in work cannot manage on low wages and cannot feed their children. Could the Cathedral congregation, who already give tremendous support, increase donations of food and put it into the basket at the West Door or in the Cathedral office? Our immediate needs are: Smash; tinned meat; jam; UHT milk. We would also appreciate toiletries for the many homeless people we see. Thank you very much. (Maggie Saffery) The copy deadline for the March leaflet is 11 th February. Please send entries to Charlotte Rattray by email to lmassistant@chichestercathedral.org.uk Thank you.