Earlier in the month Winchester Cathedral launched Winchester: Chronicles of Light, a sound and light extravaganza that tells the story of the events and characters that make the Cathedral a place to treasure – running from 12 to 28 October 2012. So now it is your chance to get involved! They will be holding a [...]
Preached by Canon Judith Maltby, Canon Theologian, on Sunday 27th February 2012, the First Sunday of Lent. From the first chapter of Mark’s gospel: ‘And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him’ (Mark 1.12-13). No [...]
Winchester: Chronicles of Light – 12 to 28 October 2012 Last night (Thursday 16 February) saw the launch of a once-in-a generation event, as Winchester Cathedral launched its sound and light extravaganza – Winchester: Chronicles of Light. A star-studded cast (Dame Judi Dench, David Suchet, Bernard Cribbins, Tamsin Greig, Alistair Stewart, Wendy Craig, Hugh Dennis, [...]
Preached by the Dean, theVery Revd James Atwell, using scripture Revelation 19: 6-10 and John 2: 1-11, at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 22nd January 2012, the thirdSunday of Epiphany. My initial visit to the Holy Land was when I was a curate in my first parish in South London. In that visit we included Cana in Galilee in the [...]
Preached by the Dean, theVery Revd James Atwell, using scripture Colossians 1.15-20, John 1.1-14 and Psalm 104 v 26-32, at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 12th February 2012, the second Sunday before Lent, Sexagesima. We are often told that the presence of the Church should be a source of leaven to the world. The presence of the Church should be a [...]
Preached by The Rt Rev Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 5th February 2012, the third Sunday before Lent. “In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.” (Mark 1.35) In the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ ministry the story is punctuated [...]