Pillars of Hope: Safeguarding Week 2025
All day •The Galilee Chapel
We are hosting our fourth Safeguarding Week to show support for victims and survivors of abuse, and encourage our community to reflect on the words of those whose lives have been affected by abuse.
Holy Communion
8:00am to 8:30am
A service of prayers and Bible readings, in which we offer bread and wine to God in thanksgiving for his goodness to us, which we receive back as the body and blood of Christ. The service lasts around 30 minutes.
Sung Eucharist
10:00am to 11:00am
President: Canon Charlie Allen
Preacher: The Reverend Daniel Parkinson
Hymns 332, 296, 352
Missa Ecce ego Joannes Palestrina
O sacrum convivium Daniel Cook
A service of prayers, Bible readings, hymns, and Choral music, in which we offer bread and wine to God in thanksgiving for his goodness to us, which we receive back as the body and blood of Christ. The service lasts around 1 hour.
Refreshments in the Galilee Chapel
11:00am to 11:30am
Join us for tea and coffee in the Galilee Chapel in between Sung Eucharist and Matins service.
Matins
11:30am to 12:15pm
Hymns 134, 128
Psalms 29, 110
Britten Festival Te Deum
Walton Jubilate
O rex gloriae Palestrina
Preacher: Canon Charlie Allen
Courts and Coroners: The Law in Medieval Durham - Museum Exhibition
12:00pm to 4:00pm
The exhibition explores the rites of Sanctuary, the position of the Bishop of Durham which was unique in England for holding both spiritual and secular power within their diocese. Alongside, a deep dive into recorded cases, prison cells and courts within the cathedral walls.
Evensong
3:30pm to 4:30pm •The Nave
Hymns 345, 443
Psalm 72
Tippett Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense
Let all the world in every corner sing
Vaughan Williams
Fantasie sur le Te Deum et Guirlandes
Alleluiatiques Tournemire
Evensong is a service of bible readings, psalms and prayers. The Choir sing for us accompanied, usually, by organ music. We follow the service using the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 giving thanks for the day that has past. The service lasts around 45 minutes.