Join us at Exeter Cathedral for our Lent, Holy Week, Easter Services starting on Wednesday 22 February.
Lent
Lent is our annual, God sent opportunity to devote a little more time to prayer, self-reflection, self-denial and study in preparation for the joy of Easter.
Wednesday 22 February – Ash Wednesday
5:30pm – Solemn Eucharist
Senior Choristers and Adults
Introit: In ieiunio et fletu – Thomas Tallis
Missa Cineris – Timothy Parsons
Miserere mei – Gregorio Allegri
Monday 27 February and 6, 13, 20, 27 March at 7pm
Dust and Glory: Daily Reflections & Weekly Prayer Meeting
Church of England’s Lent booklet Dust and Glory contains prayers, Bible readings and short reflections. Dust and Glory also includes practical ideas to help you make sense of life’s challenges and draw closer to God. The Dust and Glory resources can be accessed for free via the app – search Dust and Glory.
To sustain us with this Lenten commitment there will be a short online contemplative prayer service at 7pm on the following Mondays: 27 February, 6, 13, 20, 27 March. If you would like to be part of this shared journey please email Rev’d Phil Wales for further details and the dedicated Zoom link for the weekly prayer meeting.
Sunday 12, 19 and 26 March 11:45am-12:45pm – Sunday Book Group
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book this year is Failure: What Jesus Said about Sin, Mistakes and Messing Up by Bishop Emma Ineson published by SPCK. There will be an in person discussion group on three consecutive Sundays after the 10am Eucharist. You are welcome to come to any or all of these meetings. Please email Phil Wales if you would like to join the study group.
Sunday 12 March 6:30pm – Holy Ground: Hope and Healing Through Lent
Our speaker at Holy Ground will be the Rt. Revd. James Grier, Bishop of Plymouth, who will share his own experience of Lent and what he’s found most helpful. Find out more >
Tuesday 14 March 7:30pm – Lent Talk – Music and the Inner Life: Comfort or Disturbance?
Join us for a Lent Talk by the Rt. Revd. Martin Shaw discussing Music and the Inner Life: Comfort or Disturbance.
Holy Week & Easter
Palm Sunday 2 April
09:45am – The Liturgy of Palms and Procession followed by the Choral Eucharist including the reading of the Matthew Passion.
Monday 3 April
7:30pm – Compline with address by the Rt Rev’d Graham James (former Bishop of Norwich) on
The Passion Jigsaw: Putting the Pieces Together
Tuesday 4 April
7:30pm – Compline with address by the Rt Rev’d Graham James (former Bishop of Norwich) on
The Passion Jigsaw: Putting the Pieces Together
Wednesday 5 April
7:30pm – Compline with address by the Rt Rev’d Graham James (former Bishop of Norwich) on
The Passion Jigsaw: Putting the Pieces Together
Maundy Thursday 6 April
10:30am – Chrism Eucharist with the blessing of oils
7:30pm – The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday
Good Friday 7 April
10:00am – CTaX Good Friday Service
1:30pm – The Liturgy of Good Friday
7:30pm – Performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion sung by the University of Exeter Chapel choir
Easter Day 9 April
6:00am – The Easter Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter
8:00am – Holy Communion
10:00am – Choral Eucharist
11:45am – Choral Matins
4:00pm – Choral Evensong
Easter Monday 10 April
11:30am Choral Eucharist
3:00pm Choral Evensong sung by members of the Exeter Cathedral Old Choristers Association
