Goodbye and hello!

10:21am Tuesday 6th May 2008

Lt Col Mike Gallagher, Assistant Secretary of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, will have handed over the reins to his successor, Mrs Lizzie Rowe, at the end of April.

Serendipity

5:26pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

This month offers us three infrequent events, all of which will define our life in the Cathedral and are worth noting.

Anniversary celebration

5:22pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

'Odyssey' (January 19-February 29) marks the start of Salisbury Cathedral's 750th anniversary celebrations.

New font

5:21pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

After many years of thought, trials and consultation, Salisbury Cathedral is now in the process of installing a much-wanted new font.

Musical highlights

5:09pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

The Edward Heath Memorial Piano Recital Internationally-renowned pianist John Lill will give the inaugural Edward Heath Memorial Piano Recital in the Cathedral on Saturday February 16 at 7.30pm on its new Blüthner concert grand piano. The programme includes Mozart Sonata in F, K332; Schumann Carnival de Vienne', Op 26; Prokofiev Toccata, Op 11; Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op 117; and Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op 57, the "Appassionata". Tickets cost £20.00, £16.00 & £12.00, from Salisbury Playhouse box office (01722) 320333 and at the door.

'The Lord of the Dance' - Lent and beyond

4:59pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

For some time the Cathedral's clergy have been thinking about the process of Christian formation'.

Lent lectures

4:57pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

The Cathedral's evening Lent Lectures this year are entitled Catching the Vision'.

Friends update

4:53pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

I am very happy to be writing this as the new Friends Secretary!

Amnesty International: February

4:50pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

Suliamon Olyfemi was sentenced to death in 2004 in connection with the killing of a Saudi Arabian policeman.

Family learning evening

4:43pm Tuesday 19th February 2008

Pupils and staff at Puddletown's St Mary's CE Middle School, recently joined forces with the Cathedral's Education Centre to host a Family Learning Evening on Sikhism as part of a series of inter-faith evenings funded by the Community Development Foundation.

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