SUMMER PROGRAMME LAUNCHED AT CATHEDRAL
Anxious to preserve the cultural contribution to the town, the music department of Chelmsford Cathedral launch a series of organ recitals by top young players on the Saturdays in August with Matthew Martin, Assistant Master of the Music at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday (August 1st) in the Cathedral at 6.30pm.
Other well known recitalists are Dan Soper, formerly an organ scholar at Chelmsford, and now Assistant Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral on August 8th; Mark Lee, Director of Music at Bristol Cathedral continues the series on August 15, the organiser of the series, organ scholar this year at Chelmsford, James Norrey plays on August 22nd and the series concludes on August 29 with a recital by Simon Bell, currently Assistant Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral.
Tickets for the series at £20 for five concerts are now available on 01245 294486 or £5 each concert payable at the south porch of the Cathedral on arrival for 6.30pm.
NEW ARCHDEACON IS INSTALLED
Hundreds of people from the eastern part of the diocese of Chelmsford, attended the installation of the Revd Canon Martin Webster as the new Archdeacon of Harlow last night ( July 26) at the Cathedral by the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Revd John Gladwin assisted by the Vice-dean, the Revd Canon Walter King. An address was given by the Area Bishop of Barking, the Right Revd David Hawkins. Afterwards a reception was held in the north transept for guests. Photo in NEWS.
USE OF COMMUNION CUP BANNED AT CATHEDRAL
The use of the chalice at service of Holy Communion has been banned for the moment at Chelmsford Cathedral in line with precautions taken against the outbreak of Swine 'Flu. This means communicants will receive the wafer or bread representing the body of Christ, not the wine (the blood of Christ) from the chalice.
In a statement to each member of the congregation, the Dean the Very Revd Peter Judd writes that the Cathedral clergy intend to follow suggested arrangements made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York supported by the diocesan bishop, the Right Revd John Gladwin. The process of tincture (dipping the wafer into the communion wine) is forbidden, also the placing of the wafer on the tongue in view of the danger of infection. Now the use of the chalice itself is reserved only for the priest at the consecration of the sacred elements of Holy Communion.
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