Read on to discover all the latest news, updates and information from Wakefield Cathedral, including upcoming events, important information and weekly reflections from our clergy.
08 March 2024
March 10 marks a significant occasion in the world of music – Woman Composer Sunday. Observed annually on the Sunday closest to International Women’s Day, this day celebrates the invaluable contributions of women composers to the musical landscape.
08 March 2024
I’ve mentioned “Call The Midwife” in a previous Catch Up article. Last weekend’s episode – the last in the series – had a strong theme looking at the varieties of motherhood.
08 March 2024
After the long cold days of January and February we’re suddenly in the brighter month of March and halfway through Lent. I realise that the church, in it’s wisdom, allows us these special days to relax, or ‘rejoice’ in this case.
01 March 2024
The other day the BBC News website posted photographs of a delightfully fiery sunrise over Bristol and the West Country. Those who had been on their way to work that morning had been treated to wonderfully glowing skies which coloured even the grimmest of inner cities glorious shades of pink and gold.
01 March 2024
Having returned home from working in Dubai at the latest COP, Hot Poets have been working on a new project: ‘We Feed the UK’, in collaboration with the Gaia Foundation, ‘photographers, and poets and some of the UK’s custodians of soil, sea and seed in order to showcase positive solutions to climate change, the biodiversity crisis and social justice.’
23 February 2024
This has been officially the first week of lent, Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of lent in which we held a service in the hospital chapel.
23 February 2024
The UK produces the highest amount of food waste in Europe.
Over 1/3 of all food produced globally goes to waste.
16 February 2024
Last week we held the inaugural meeting of the Cathedral Partners Forum. Some fifteen or sixteen people representing commercial, civic, educational, third and cultural sectors across our city and district enjoyed a tour of the cathedral conducted by our architect.
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