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NEWCASTLE CATHEDRAL
A BEACON OF LIGHT

  • OPENING TIMES

  • Saturdays and Sundays
    8am-5pm
  • Mondays to Fridays
    8am-6pm
  • Café 16
    Mon-Sat 10am-4pm
  • FREE ENTRY

Opening times

  • Saturdays and Sundays
    8am-5pm
  • Mondays to Fridays
    8am-6pm
  • Café 16
    Mon-Sat 10am-4pm
  • FREE ENTRY

Services & Music Schedule

Current schedules


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Upcoming special services

The Cathedral celebrates all the major festivals of the Christian year and also hosts civic events and services that support local community initiatives and our fellow churches across the Diocese of Newcastle.

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Our standard pattern of worship

Note: Exceptions may apply; please refer to this week’s Services & Music schedule (above) for details.

Sundays8amEucharist (Book of Common Prayer)In-person only
8:30amMorning PrayerIn-person only
10amSung EucharistIn-person and on YouTube
4pmChoral Evensong *In-person and on YouTube
Weekdays8:15amMorning PrayerIn-person and on Facebook
12:30pmEucharist In-person only
5:30pmChoral Evensong (Monday-Thursday) *In-person and on YouTube
5:30pmEvening Prayer (Friday only)In-person and on YouTube
Saturdays8:30amMorning PrayerIn-person and on Facebook
9amEucharistIn-person only

* Evening Prayer sometimes occurs instead (for example, when the Cathedral Choir is not in residence during the school holidays). Please refer to the current week’s Services & Music schedule for details.

Other regular services

Franciscan Prayers

On the last Monday of each month, local members of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis lead prayers for peace in the Ascension Chapel from 12 midday to 12:25pm.

Mothers’ Union Prayers

On the first Thursday of each month, Newcastle Mothers’ Union members hold Midday Prayers in the Cathedral Quire from 12 midday to 12:30pm.