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Events and Special Services - May 2008

Listed below are the events taking place in the Cathedral during May 2008. Regular services are not affected unless otherwise indicated. You can also download the full service schedule.

Please note that finishing times are approximate. Sometimes, with a service, it depends on the length of the sermon.

Preparations for all services and events will restrict access to most of the Cathedral from between 30 to 90 minutes before the time of starting. Equally, these restrictions will be in place for some time after the service or event finishes.

Everyone may attend any service held in the Cathedral. However, many of the events, such as concerts, require a ticket for which there may be a charge.

If you are planning to visit the Cathedral on a day when a special service or event is on, you are advised to contact us directly to make sure that you are not disappointed.

Thursday 1st May

11:00 - 11:45: Chorister School Ascension Day Service
17:15 - 18:15: Evensong with Organ recital - Olivier Messiaen's L'Ascension
19:30 - 20:30: Sung Eucharist with Organ recital - Olivier Messiaen's L'Ascension

Saturday 3rd May

11:00 - 12:00: Hild Bede College Day Service

Sunday 4th May

07:00 - 08:00: BCP Holy Communion

Wednesday 7th May

19:00 - 20:30: Community Gathering

Friday 9th May

18:30 - 19:30: Talk by Fenwick Lawson

Saturday 10th May

19:30 - 21:30: Concert Barnard Castle and Yarm Schools

Sunday 11th May

11:15 - 12:45: Sung Eucharist & Baptism (accompanied by the Palatinate Ensemble)
15:30 - 16:30: Evensong with Organ recital - Olivier Messiaen's Messe de la Pentecote
18:00 - 19:00: University Confirmation

Monday 19th May

14:30 - 15:15: Funeral of Andrew Simpson

Thursday 22nd May

19:30 - 20:30: Sung Eucharist (including Olivier Messiaen's Le banquet celeste)

Friday 23rd May

17:15 - 18:15: Evensong accompanied on the Wetheringsett Organ

Saturday 24th May

16:00 - 17:00: Evensong (Cathedral Choir & Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh)

Sunday 25th May

15:30 - 16:30: Evensong (including Olivier Messiaen's Apparition de l'Eglise eternelle)