was to become one of England’s

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On Tuesday 25th November 1919

King George V decreed that the

parish church of St Peter Bradford

was to become one of England’s

parish cathedrals, as the new Diocese

of Bradford was formed out of the

ancient see of Ripon. Today we are

still in the newest diocese in the

Church of England, now the Diocese

of Leeds, which includes three

cathedrals at Bradford, Ripon and

Wakefield.

This year we shall be celebrating the

Centenary with a programme

emphasising faith, heritage, music, the

arts and partnership. We begin our

Centenary journey, appropriately, on

the Feast of the Epiphany, Sunday

6th January. Our Diocesan Bishop,

REGULAR SERVICE TIMES

Morning Prayer 8.30am Monday to Saturday

Evensong (term time) 4.00pm Sunday

5.45pm Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

Evening Prayer 5.30pm Wednesday, Friday & Saturday

Holy Communion 8.00am Sunday

10.15am Sunday (Choral Eucharist)

7.30am Wednesday

10.15am Wednesday

Bishop Nick, will preach and give an

afternoon seminar and we shall launch

an unusual exhibition which has the

journey motif at the heart of it and

continue through to the centenary of

the King’s announcement in

November. It promises to be a really

exciting time.

It is perhaps worth reflecting on the

last century. It has been a traumatic

time in Europe, Bradford has changed

hugely and faced new challenges as

well. The Christian church is in a very

different place than in 1919. Ponder

the social, economic and lifestyle

changes. It leaves you breathless.

As Christians we are called to make

our witness to God and serve our

community, just as previous

generations have done. Let us pray

that this year will not only be a great

celebration for this deeply loved

cathedral but also a time for spiritual

renewal. I encourage you to make

the most of this special year’s events

and invite others along to join with us.

The Very Revd Jerry Lepine

Dean of Bradford

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Bradford Cathedral Centenary Prayer

Eternally present and ever faithful God,

by whose grace a people have gathered here for over a thousand years

to praise your name and learn your ways.

We bless you for this witness

and now we give you thanks for one hundred years

of worship and ministry as a Cathedral.

Grant to us, whose lives are like the flowers of the field,

the spirit of joyful gratitude for the past,

generous welcome and witness in the present and

the longing for your creation to be made whole in this City and Diocese.

May your future come through the power of the Spirit of the Risen Christ.

Amen

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EVENTS OVERVIEW

January

Sunday 6 Celebratory centenary launch Choral Eucharist on

Epiphany Sunday with Bishop Nick Baines 6

Sunday 6 to 6 April Eva Mileusnic Exhibition: Counter-Flow 6

Sunday 6 Lecture by Bishop Nick Baines and Festal Evensong 6

Friday 18 Chamber Concert: Tasmin Little (Violin) 7

Sunday 27 Holocaust Memorial Day Evensong with address by

Judge Laurence Saffer 7

February

Friday 1 Chamber Concert: EUCO & Bradford Cathedral Choir 7

Sunday 3 The Annual Legal Service with the Archbishop of York 8

Friday 8 to 3 March Touchstone Exhibition: Extraordinary Drawers 8

Tuesday 12 Coffee Concert: Galina Vale (Guitar) 8

Friday 22 Chamber Concert: George Todica (Piano) 9

March

Sunday 3 Fairtrade Breakfast 9

Tuesday 5 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch 9

Wednesday 6 Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist 10

Weds 6 to 21 April Louise Carr Exhibition: Stations of Lament 10

Sunday 9 Yorkshire Girls’ Choirs’ Festival 10

Monday 11 Flourishing City: Anne-Marie Canning MBE 10

Tuesday 12 Coffee Concert: Katie Colbrook (Piano) 11

Weds 13, 20 & 27 Lent Course with Bishop John Pritchard 11

Friday 15 Chamber Concert: Pelleas Ensemble 11

Thursday 21 The Civic Service 12

Saturday 30 Singing Day with John Rutter CBE 12

Sunday 31 Mothering Sunday 12

April

Monday 8 LAMPS Passion Play 13

Tuesday 9 Coffee Concert: Elizabeth Charlesworth (Soprano) 13

Friday 12 Chamber Concert: Emma Johnson (Clarinet) and

the Gildas Quartet 13

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EPIPHANY SUNDAY CHORAL EUCHARIST

with THE RT REVD NICK BAINES

Sunday 6 January at 10.15am

We celebrate the beginning of our centenary year

with a glorious Choral Eucharist sung by the Full

Foundation of the Cathedral Choir, with Bishop Nick

preaching. Within the service Una Barry sings Psalm

100: Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord for operatic

soprano and organ, specially composed for the

occasion by Colin Mawby. The service will be

followed by celebratory refreshments.

EVA MILEUSNIC: COUNTER-FLOW

Opening on Sunday 6 January at 12.00 noon

and running until 6 April

This installation, of 100 pairs of slip cast porcelain

feet, represents migrants' feet. Each piece has been

decorated with ceramic decal transfers of the world’s

textile patterns. The work references current global

demographic shifts and the subsequent spread of

cultural identities all around the world and celebrates

the rich and diverse communities of Bradford. The

feet will be on display in the Artspace during January

and will then perambulate around the Cathedral.

BISHOP NICK ADDRESS AND DISCUSSION

Going back a different way - being Christian in

a populist world

Epiphany Sunday 6 January at 2.30pm followed by

Festal Choral Evensong and the Launch of the

Centenary Year at 4.00pm

The feast of the Epiphany is a great day to launch our

Centenary. The Festival focuses on the visit of the

Magi to discover the new King. It’s a story about

journeying, discovering God, encountering politics and

going back home ‘no longer at ease in the old

dispensation.’ (TS Eliot). So today we begin our

Centenary journey, that will end in November,

with a day built around worship and exploring faith

and culture.

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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

TASMIN LITTLE (VIOLIN) and

JOHN LENEHAN (PIANO)

Friday 18 January at 7.30pm

Brahms, Sonata No.2 in A major

Beethoven, Sonata in E flat major Op.12 No.3

Clara Schumann, Romance Op.22 No.1

Delius, Legende, Grieg, Sonata No.2 in G major

Tickets £18 & £16 (inc fees), available from the

Alhambra Theatre box office on 01274 432000 and

www.bradford-theatres.co.uk.

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

EVENSONG AND ADDRESS BY JUDGE

LAURENCE SAFFER: TORN FROM HOME

Sunday 27 January at 4.00pm

Judge Laurence Saffer sits in Bradford and London

and is president of the Leeds Jewish Representative

Council. Following Evensong, his address will

encourage us to reflect on how the enforced loss of

a safe place to call ‘home’ is part of the trauma faced

by anyone experiencing persecution and genocide.

THE EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER

ORCHESTRA AND BRADFORD

CATHEDRAL CHOIR IN CONCERT

Friday 1 February at 7.30pm

Director, Hans-Peter Hofmann

Conductor, Alexander Berry Boccherini, Symphony in D minor

Haydn, St Nicholas Mass

Mozart, Ave verum corpus

Haydn, Symphony No.59 ‘Fire’




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THE ANNUAL LEGAL SERVICE with

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

Sunday 3 February at 11.00am

All the Judiciary, including High Court judges and

Magistrates from throughout West Yorkshire, gather

for this wonderful spectacle and public service when

we acknowledge the sovereignty of God and the

Judeo-Christian foundation of UK law and the legal

system. This year we are very pleased to welcome

the Archbishop of York, himself a former barrister, as

the preacher.

Free tickets available from

www.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWERS!

OPENING UP INSIGHTS INTO FAITH,

CULTURE AND JOURNEY

Friday 8 February to 3 March

From Touchstone comes a photographic exhibition

that uses the hidden life contained within drawers to

share insights into the everyday lives of ordinary

people. Personal stories are so often private, but we

invited people to share something of their ‘hidden’

lives by taking a photograph of a drawer that says

something about them. We were given ordinary stuff

that tells some extraordinary stories of life, faith and

culture in Bradford.

COFFEE CONCERT

GALINA VALE (GUITAR)

Tuesday 12 February at 11.00am

Flamboyant international guitar diva, Galina Vale,

returns to the Cathedral with a programme of

flamenco and classical pieces. Her style is full of fire,

enriched with elements of the purely classical and

flamenco, resulting in enthusiastic and emotional

music-making with modern touches alongside the

flamenco tradition.

Tea, coffee and cake are available from 10.30am.

Retiring collection.

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FAIRTRADE BREAKFAST

Sunday 3 March 8.45am to 9.45am

We’d love to welcome you to our annual

Fairtrade Breakfast. Whilst sharing fellowship

with others, we enjoy a simple but delicious

breakfast in the Cathedral. Come and sample

Fairtrade muesli, jam, marmalade, chocolate

spread, tea and coffee along with locally

produced honey and butter.

Donations of £3 are requested to cover costs

and to enable us to donate to the work of

Traidcraft Exchange.

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE LUNCH

Tuesday 5 March 12 noon for 12.30pm

We look forward to the beginning of the Lenten

season with a celebratory pancake lunch in the

Cathedral. Catering experts Sally and Paul Brodie

provide a delicious two-course pancake lunch, and it’s

an opportunity to meet old friends and make new.

Tickets must be purchased in advance and are £8.50,

available from www.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com

and the Cathedral on 01274 777720.


GEORGE TODICA (PIANO)

Friday 22 February at 7.30pm

Mozart, Sonata in A K.310

Chopin, Barcarolle Op.60

Chopin, Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante

Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme of Corelli Op.42

Ravel, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales




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THE YORKSHIRE GIRLS’ CHOIRS’ FESTIVAL

CHORAL EVENSONG

Sunday 9 March at 5.00pm

The girl choristers and adults of the cathedral choirs

at Bradford, Ripon, Sheffield, Wakefield and York join

together once a year to sing a festal choral evensong.

This year, the music for the service will include Matthew

Martin's mysterious setting of the ancient Latin hymn,

Te lucis ante terminum, and Edward Elgar's stirring Give

unto the Lord, written for the 1914 Sons of the Clergy

Festival at St Paul's Cathedral.

LOUISE CARR: STATIONS OF LAMENT Opening at our Ash Wednesday Choral

Eucharist at 7.00pm on Wednesday 6 March

and running until 21 April

During her tenure as Superintendent Methodist

Minister in Bradford South, Louise Carr pondered

the theological significance of Lament. She worked

with textiles and colour, and made pieces based on

concepts that include weeping, desolation, comfort,

and emerging hope. Louise’s work has now become

an interactive prayer pilgrimage, which we exhibit

during the penitential season of Lent. Louise will also

lead a pilgrimage around the Stations of Lament with

the Monday Fellowship on Monday 11 March at

2.00pm. This event is free and all are welcome.

FLOURISHING CITY

ANNE-MARIE CANNING MBE

Monday 11 March at 7.00pm

Anne-Marie is the Director of Social Mobility and

Student Success at King’s College London. In

Bradford she is the Independent Chair of Bradford

Opportunity Area, providing leadership and strategic

direction for widening participation. In her address

Anne-Marie will address key priorities for Bradford

including strengthening school leadership and the

quality of teaching, improving literacy and access to

rewarding careers through raising aspirations and

removing barriers to learning.

Doors open at 6.30pm, refreshments available.

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COFFEE CONCERT

KATIE COLBROOK (PIANO)

Tuesday 12 March at 11.00am

Talented pianist, violinist, and classical and rock

guitarist Katie Colbrook will play a variety of pieces

including music by Debussy, Greig and Ravel through

to Poulenc & Leroy Anderson.




PELLEAS ENSEMBLE

Friday 15 March at 7.30pm

Henry Roberts, Flute

Luba Tunnicliffe, Viola

Oliver Wass, Harp

Bach, Sonata for Flute & Harp in A

Chopin, Variations on a theme by Rossini

Rachmaninov, Prelude

Jolivet, Petite Suite

Ravel, Sonatine for Flute, Viola & Harp




LENT COURSE: BISHOP JOHN PRITCHARD

- THE ELUSIVE GOD

Wednesdays 13, 20 and 27 March at 7.30pm

Previously the Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard is

now an assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Leeds. He

is an author of many books, most recently Five Events

that made Christianity. In this series of three

addresses, Bishop John will explore how we live our

faith when it feels like a struggle. The evening will end

with Night Prayer.

13 March: Why do we lose touch with God?

20 March: Seeing in the dark

27 March: Learning to do the same thing differently

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SINGING DAY WITH JOHN RUTTER CBE

Saturday 30 March 11.00am to 5.00pm

A fantastic opportunity to sing under the guidance of

the legendary John Rutter. Music will include Rutter,

Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Entry by ticket only: £20 from

www.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com and

Bradford Cathedral on 01274 777720.

Early booking is advised as there is limited capacity,

and booking will close on 20 March.

THE CIVIC SERVICE

Thursday 21 March at 5.00pm

The Lord Mayor, Councillors, Officers and Council

employees gather with other leaders and

representatives from all areas of City life to celebrate

the wonderful diversity of Bradford and its unity of

vision and purpose. The Lord Mayor will share some

thoughts from his year of office. A sherry reception

for all is offered from 4.30pm and refreshments are

served afterwards.

Free tickets available at


MOTHERING SUNDAY SERVICE

Sunday 31 March at 10.15am

On Mothering Sunday we hold together two

traditions. From our English past we give thanks to

God for Mother Church; for the ways in which the

church nurtures us and cares for us. From the more

recent past we give thanks for our own Mothers and

for those who have mothered us. During our

Mothering Sunday Choral Eucharist, flowers will be

given out as a gift to all women present.

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PASSION PLAY by LAMPS THEATRE

Monday 8 April at 7.00pm

Performed by a cast of three talented professional

actors, the life, death and resurrection of Jesus are

recreated in a moving, memorable and ultimately

joyful retelling of the Easter events. Told from the

perspectives of Peter, Mary Magdalene and a Roman

centurion named Marcus, The Passion leads us up

to and through the events of Holy Week, the cross

and beyond.

Tickets £8 (under 25 £5) available at


COFFEE CONCERT

ELIZABETH CHARLESWORTH (SOPRANO)

Tuesday 9 April at 11.00am

Elizabeth specialises in twentieth century English

songs as well as opera, oratorio and French and

German music. She will be accompanied by

Hugh Finnigan from Sheffield and her programme will

feature music by Schubert, Brahms, Faure, Ireland

and Quilter.




EMMA JOHNSON (CLARINET) AND

THE GILDAS QUARTET

Friday 12 April at 7.30pm

Haydn, Quartet in B minor Op.33 No.1

Weber, Clarinet Quintet

Mozart, Clarinet Quintet K.581




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Holy Week and Easter Services at the Cathedral

Palm Sunday 14 April

10.00am Palm Procession around the Cathedral grounds

10.15am Choral Eucharist 4.00pm Choral Evensong

Monday 15, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 April

7.00pm Reflection led by the Dean

and incorporating Choral Compline

Maundy Thursday 18 April

7.00pm Choral Eucharist with the washing of feet:

Preacher the Bishop of Ripon

Good Friday 19 April 12.00 noon to 3.00pm

10.00am Messy Cathedral Good Friday (ends at 12 noon)

12 noon Meditations and the proclamation of the cross,

to 3.00pm with music and hymns, led by the Bishop of Ripon

Holy Saturday 20 April at 7.00pm

7.00pm Easter Vigil and Diocesan Confirmation

with the Bishop of Leeds

Easter Day 21 April

8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)

10.15am Choral Eucharist

Preacher: Bishop Chris Edmondson

4.00pm Choral Evensong

Holy Week is quite simply a supreme gift. It is the opportunity in

the Christian year to invest time in praying the momentous

events that lead up to Easter. For centuries Christians have

observed these days almost as a time for a communal retreat. It is

a pilgrimage week as we learn the way of Christ through music,

silence, listening, reflection, liturgy and action. Please join us, as if

you were part of the Gospel story, and join others who are

seeking to come to Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life.

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Siting

Its task was present

When the site chose itself. Three streams or more

Which flowed together. A place of crossing.

A place to build a bridge,

To cluster homes.

The site was high enough

For a sweeping view of the dale, and yet the sky

Felt like a neighbour.

Then Bradford moved downhill. The streams

Flowed poison, and were culverted underground.

It seemed the church was stranded high and dry

In a new secular age.

Still in a city

Of crossed continents, thrown-together faiths,

Its purpose remains

To hold in prayer;

To work with all that is suppressed and choked

And bring it into light;

To site a crossing;

To sight hope. Diane Pacitti, 2018

During the Cathedral’s centenary year Diane Pacitti

is our poet in residence.

She will produce a collection of poems based on

Bradford and its cathedral.

There has been a church on the Bradford hillside

since Saxon times and ‘Siting’ is about its location

and purpose.

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Events are free unless stated otherwise and all are welcome.

Exhibitions are generally open during normal opening hours

Monday to Saturday 8.15am to 5.30pm and Sunday 7.45am to 5.00pm

Parking is available at The Broadway Bradford from 6.00am until 1.00am every day.

Access is off Hall Ings (satnav BD1 1JR).

Disclaimer: All information is correct at the time of print but may be subject to change without

notice. Please check with the Cathedral Office if you are making a special journey as the

programme may be subject to change or special circumstances may prevent or restrict access.

Cover photograph taken by the Revd Canon Mandy Coutts

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