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Looking for ways to entertain the children during half term?

Date online: 14 February 2017

Looking for ways to entertain the children during half term?

Join us for Terrific Tuesday “Time Travelling” on 21 February 2017 (10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 3.30pm). Uncover some Cathedral stories written in stone, wood and glass: an Anglo Saxon angel, ...

Friendship Brings Communities Together

Date online: 7 February 2017

Friendship Brings Communities Together

On Monday 6 February 2017, the Challenging Hate Forum (CHF) hosted 'Friendship Brings Communities Together' to mark Hate Crime Awareness Week. This event was supported with a grant from Manchester ...

Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2017

Date online: 2 February 2017

Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2017

The Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition is now open!First Prize £450 and Manchester Cathedral Poet of the Year 2017 Second Prize: £250 Third Prize: £150 Winners and seven runners-up ...

Welcome to the new look Cathedral News

Date online: 27 January 2017

Welcome to the new look Cathedral News

Over the last few months we have been reviewing the content and appearance ofCathedral News with a view to making it more interesting and attractive to all our readers. This issue is the first ...

Friendship Brings Communities Together

Date online: 20 January 2017

Friendship Brings Communities Together

'Friendship Brings Communities Together' is the theme of this special public event organised by the Challenging Hate Forum (CHF) at Manchester Cathedral in support of Hate Crime Awareness Week 2017.

Love to sing?

Date online: 4 January 2017

Love to sing?

Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir are currently on the lookout for new members.Rehearsals take place on Friday evenings and the Choir sing Evensong on Sundays. Get in touch with Geoffrey ...

Services times during the Christmas period

Date online: 22 December 2016

Over the Christmas period, services times vary from the usual pattern.Please download the service schedule for more information.

Cathedral office - Christmas holidays

Date online: 22 December 2016

The Cathedral office will close on Friday 23 December 2016 at 1pm and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2017 at 8.30am.If you have an urgent enquiry during this period, please ring the Cathedral on ...

New socks for the box: Canon Wray’s Sock Appeal returns to Manchester Cathedral

Date online: 16 December 2016

New socks for the box: Canon Wray’s Sock Appeal returns to Manchester Cathedral

Canon Wray’s Sock DaySock box drop off every day up to and including 21 January from 10am-5pm Are there piles of lovely but unwanted pairs of socks lingering under your pile of Christmas ...

Manchester Cathedral to welcome thousands of visitors this Christmas

Date online: 7 December 2016

Manchester Cathedral to welcome thousands of visitors this Christmas

We have been celebrating Christmas at Manchester Cathedral for almost 600 years and the traditions continue throughout this festive period. During December, Manchester Cathedral will welcome ...

We are a Cash for Kids Mission Christmas drop-off point!

Date online: 1 December 2016

We are a Cash for Kids Mission Christmas drop-off point!

The statistics are shocking: one in three children are still living in severe poverty in Greater Manchester. This means there are children going to bed without a hot meal in a house without central ...

£500,000 grant for Manchester Cathedral from the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund

Date online: 29 November 2016

The final phase of a two year grants programme to English cathedrals for urgent repairs has been announced. Grants totalling £5,423,000 have been awarded to 24 Church of England and Catholic ...

Manchester Cathedral in Digital Radio Launch

Date online: 21 November 2016

Manchester Cathedral in Digital Radio Launch

Manchester’s imposing Cathedral is the unlikely setting for a ‘pop-up’ DAB digital radio station this Christmas. MCR - Manchester Cathedral Radio will broadcast a unique blend of Christmas ...

Memorial service for Revd Canon Professor John Atherton

Date online: 14 November 2016

Memorial service for Revd Canon Professor John Atherton

Thursday 17 November 2016 (3pm)There will be a memorial service for Revd Canon Professor John Atherton. Canon Atherton was a Canon Theologian at Manchester Cathedral for twenty years until his ...

Modern Slavery. Not Gone. Not Forgotten

Date online: 14 November 2016

Modern Slavery. Not Gone. Not Forgotten

On Monday 7 November, The Very Revd Rogers Govender, Dean of Manchester, hosted ‘Modern Slavery: Not Gone. Not Forgotten. This was a multi-faith, multi-agency public event aiming to raise awareness ...

Heavenly Honey - 2016 Harvest In Stock

Date online: 8 November 2016

Heavenly Honey - 2016 Harvest In Stock

Heavenly Honey produced by our very own beehives on the roof of Manchester Cathedral (limited quantities available).