Services at Rochester Cathedral

MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR

see also Special Events MAY 2008

Fri 9	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP E) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Men’s Voices Unaccompanied) Responses : Plainsong Wood in E Sicut cervus : Palestrina Hymn NEH 443 Psalm 48

Sat 10	08:00	Mattins
	08:30	Holy Communion (BCP) (Crypt)
	15:15	First Evensong of Pentecost (St Mark’s Church Choir, Bromley) Holy is the true light : Brentnall Responses : Sanders Dyson in D Justorum animae : Stanford Hymns NEH 140, 367(ii) Psalm 53

Sun 11	PENTECOST
	08:00	Holy Communion (BCP) (High Altar)
	09:45	Mattins (Girls' and Men's Voices) Responses : Clucas Easter Anthems : 4 Benedictus : 36 Jubilate : Britten in C Loquebantur variis linguis : Tallis Hymn NEH 348 (t. 389) Psalm 87
	10:30	Sung Eucharist Gloria : Jones Sanctus/Benedictus/Agnus : Little Organ Mass : Haydn Hymns NEH 137, 140, 296, CP 383, AMNS 515 Listen sweet dove : Ives Preacher : Revd D C. Premraj, Presbyter of St George’s Cathedral, Chennai Voluntary ~ Komm heiliger geist (BWV 651) : Bach
	15:15	Deanery Confirmation Service (Boys' and Men's Voices) (Sidcup Deanery) President & Preacher : The Bishop of Tonbridge

Mon 12	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP F) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Girls’ & Men’s Voices) Responses : Clucas Ireland in F Insanae et vanae curae : Haydn Hymn NEH 139(i) Psalm 66

Tue 13	08:00	Mattins
	13:00	Holy Communion (EP G) (Crypt)
	13:30	Fort Pitt Leavers’ Service
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Wed 14	Matthias the Apostle
	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP H) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Thu 15	08:00	Mattins
	13:00	Holy Communion (EP A) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Boys’ & Men’s Voices) Responses : Sanders Dyson in D My soul, there is a country : Parry Hymn NEH 409 Psalm 78: 53 – 73

Fri 16	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP B) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Men’s Voices Unaccompanied) Responses : Plainsong Service for men : Deane If ye love me : Tallis Hymn NEH 342 (t. 178) Psalm 82

Sat 17	08:00	Mattins
	08:30	Holy Communion (BCP) (Crypt)
	12:00	Wedding Blessing (Simon Cheeseman & Emma Barnard)
	15:15	First Evensong of Trinity Sunday (Cathedral Special Choir) (attended by St Bartholomew’s, Wiggington, Tring, Herts) Libera nos, salva nos, O beata Trinitas (1) : Sheppard Responses : Sumsion Wood in E flat no. 1 Hymn to the Trinity : Tchaikovsky Hymns NEH 145, 343 Psalm 89: 20 – 30
	18:00	Boy Choristers Concert ~ “Music for America”

Sun 18	TRINITY SUNDAY
	08:00	Holy Communion (BCP) (High Altar)
	09:45	Mattins (Senior Girls' and Men's Voices) Responses : Rose Benedictus : 38 Jubilate : Walmisley I saw the Lord : Stainer Hymn NEH 358 Psalm 86: 8 – 13
	10:30	Sung Eucharist & Baptism Missa Sancti Nicolai : Haydn Hymns AMNS 95, 157(i), 266, 472 (t. Coe Fen) Come, Holy Ghost : arr. Whitbourn Preacher : Catherine Staziker, Cathedral Reader Voluntary ~ Prelude & Fugue in B minor (BWV 544) : Bach
	15:15	Evensong (Boys' and Men's Voices) (attended by the Freemasons of the Province of East Kent) Locus iste : Bruckner Responses : Sanders Stanford in B flat How lovely are thy dwellings : Brahms Preacher : The Revd Ronald Gamble, Provincial Grand Chaplain of the Province of East Kent Voluntary ~ Crown Imperial : Walton Hymns NEH 148, 146, 336 Psalm 93

Mon 19	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP D) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Girls’ & Men’s Voices) Responses : Clucas Stanford in C Lord, let me know mine end : Greene Hymn NEH 373 (t. Coe Fen) Psalm 98

Tue 20	08:00	Mattins
	13:00	Holy Communion (EP E) (Crypt)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Wed 21	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP F) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Thu 22	Day of Thanksgiving for Holy Communion (Corpus Christi)
	08:00	Mattins
	13:00	Holy Communion (EP G) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Fri 23	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP H) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Sat 24	08:00	Mattins
	08:30	Holy Communion (BCP) (Crypt)
	10:45	The Knightly Order of St George
	15:15	First Evensong of Sunday (Girls’ & Men’s Voices) Responses : Clucas Ireland in F They that go down to the sea : Sumsion Hymns NEH 209, 449 Psalm 119: 1 – 16

Sun 25	FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
	08:00	Holy Communion (BCP) (High Altar)
	09:45	Mattins (Girls' and Men's Voices) Responses : Clucas Venite : 19 Benedictus : 36 Jubilate : Stanford in B flat Come, Holy Ghost : Gibbons Hymn NEH 396 Psalm 21
	10:30	Sung Eucharist Ireland in C Hymns AMNS 336, 279, 170(i), 285 Ubi caritas : Duruflé Preacher : The Dean Voluntary ~ Toccata and Fugue in F (BWV 540) : Bach
	15:15	Charity Evensong (attended by Medway Dyslexia Association) If ye love me : Tallis Magnificat : Harwood in A flat How beauteous are their feet : Stanford Voluntary ~ Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le theme du ‘Veni Creator’ (op. 4) : Duruflé Psalm 19

Mon 26	09:10	Mattins
	09:30	Holy Communion (EP A) (Lady Chapel)
	15:15	Evensong (St Mark’s w St Margaret’s Church Choir, Plumstead Common) Responses : Ayleward Let thy merciful ears : Mudd Walmisley in D minor Expectans expectavi : Wood Hymns NEH 407, 483 Psalm 119: 145 – 160

Tue 27	08:00	Mattins
	13:00	Holy Communion (EP B) (Crypt)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Wed 28	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP D) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Thu 29	08:00	Mattins
	13:00	Holy Communion (EP E) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Fri 30	07:30	Mattins
	08:00	Holy Communion (EP F) (Lady Chapel)
	17:30	Evensong (Said)

Sat 31	Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
	08:00	Mattins
	08:30	Holy Communion (BCP) (Crypt)
	13:00	Lunchtime Organ Recital ~ Christopher Rathbone Music of Dickens' England
	15:15	First Evensong of Sunday (Cathedral Special Choir) Sing we merrily : Millington Responses : Sanders Darke in F Glorious and powerful God : Wood Hymns NEH 186, 485 Psalms 122, 150