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Manchester Children's Choir - 3 September 2016

Date online: 26 August 2016

Manchester Cathedral has relaunched Manchester Children’s Choir. Manchester Children’s Choir was founded in 1920s by composer Sir Hamilton Harty, who had the aim to make choral music and singing ...

Minutes of the AGM and Easter Vestry Meeting 2016

Date online: 5 August 2016

The draft minutes of the Annual General Meeting and Easter Vestry Meeting are now available to download.

Capture the Cathedral: The Results

Date online: 1 August 2016

Epic Light from Above by Gary Duncan. Winner of Something Different and overall winner of Capture the Cathedral 2016

The Capture the Cathedral photography competition is now in its fourth year and this year’s competition was a great success. Over 200 photographs were submitted and the standard was excellent, ...

Visiting Manchester Cathedral during the summer

Date online: 27 July 2016

Visiting Manchester Cathedral during the summer

This summer the interior of the Cathedral will undergo a major transformation. A new organ will be installed on the medieval screen, a stained-glass window - the Hope window - will be fitted beside ...

Summer/Autumn Events at Manchester Cathedral

Date online: 21 July 2016

Summer/Autumn Events at Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Museum in the house, Zoo escaped from Chester, Science in the City, Choirs in the Nave, Vintage for the Bank Holiday, Gin for September and Heritage for the future- It's the Summer/Autumn ...

Family activities throughout July and August

Date online: 20 July 2016

Family activities throughout July and August

Looking for ways to entertain the children during the summer holidays? We have a number of free family activities throughout July and August.

Services from Sunday 10 July to Monday 5 September 2016

Date online: 15 July 2016

The Cathedral Choirs are on Summer holiday from Sunday 10 July until Monday 5 September 2016.During the choristers’ school holidays, the pattern changes slightly (unless there is a visiting ...

We stand together

Date online: 12 July 2016

Greater Manchester Faith Community Leaders launch a campaign to promote acts of kindness and inclusion between people of different faith or ethnic communities in Greater Manchester this Tuesday, 12 ...

Somme flower sale

Date online: 4 July 2016

Somme flower sale

The flower teams produced some fantastic arrangements for the Service to Commemorate the Battle of the Somme.On Saturday 9 July between 10.30am and 2pm, we will be selling some of the flowers ...

Battle of the Somme 100

Date online: 4 July 2016

Highlights of Battle of the Somme 100 coverage by the BBC are available to view on iPlayer. Coverage of the service at Manchester Cathedral begins at approximately 1 hour, 12 minutes and 4 seconds.

A Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme

Date online: 1 July 2016

On Friday 1 July 2016, Manchester will host a parade of military and home front organisations, a Somme Remembrance service at Manchester Cathedral, and a heritage experience and evening concert at ...

Visitor Information: Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July 2016

Date online: 28 June 2016

On Friday 1 July, Manchester will host a special event to mark the lives lost and changed forever by the Battle of the Somme, which began on July 1, 1916 and continued for 141 days.

New organ

Date online: 23 June 2016

New organ

Here’s an update from Paul Hale, Consultant to the Organ Project, who recently visited Tickell’s workshop in Northampton.“The organ has come on by leaps and bounds during the past weeks. ...

Introducing the Canon Pastor

Date online: 19 June 2016

Marcia Wall

We are delighted to announce that Reverend Marcia Wall has been appointed as Canon Pastor at Manchester Cathedral.

Choral Evensong from Manchester Cathedral Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3

Date online: 20 May 2016

On Wednesday 25 May, our Cathedral Choir will broadcast Choral Evensong live on BBC Radio 3; music will include Adrian Batten’s Third Evening Service and Orlando Gibbons’ great anthem See, see, ...

Hope Window

Date online: 19 May 2016

Hope Window

In December 2016, we will dedicate the new Hope Window at the east end of the Cathedral, where the Humphrey Chetham statue sits. It is a modern design, by Alan Davis, in-keeping with the existing ...