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The Easter Vigil is the first service of Easter, held on the evening of Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Day). It begins with the lighting of the New Fire, a symbolic expectant waiting for the resurrection of Jesus on Easter morning. The large Easter candle is lit from the fire and brought into a... Read more »
Celebrate the joy of Easter morning with us! Jesus is risen, and we’ll sing, pray and give thanks with the Cathedral Choir in a service full of happiness and hope. This service will also be live-streamed via our YouTube channel (see below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpgRVRzShHs Click here to read and follow along with the Order of Service... Read more »
End your Easter Day with a glorious, music-filled service at Newcastle Cathedral. Join us for Choral Evensong featuring uplifting compositions, as we joyfully celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. This service will also be live-streamed via our YouTube channel. Click here for our weekly Services & Music schedule. All services are FREE to attend, with no... Read more »
Please note: The Mothers’ Union Midday Prayers for April 2026 will take place on the second Thursday of the month, 9 April, instead of the usual date, due to the Diocesan Chrism Eucharist occurring the previous week. 2026 is a landmark anniversary year for Mothers’ Union, the global Christian movement that has supported families and... Read more »
While our Cathedral Choirs enjoy a well-earned break, we are delighted to welcome visiting choirs to lead our worship. Join Cappella Newcastle for Choral Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter – a service of stillness, prayer, and beautiful sacred choral music. We warmly welcome enquiries from choirs interested in performing at Newcastle Cathedral during... Read more »
While our Cathedral Choirs enjoy a well-earned break, we are delighted to welcome visiting choirs to lead our worship. Join the Choir of St Andrew's Church, Newgate Street, for Choral Evensong on the Third Sunday of Easter – a service of stillness, prayer, and beautiful sacred choral music. We warmly welcome enquiries from choirs interested... Read more »
On the fourth Monday of every month, local members of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis pray silently for peace in the Chapel of the Ascension. They then participate in the 12:30pm Eucharist and invite all who are there to have lunch together afterwards at Café 16 in the Cathedral refectory. Everyone... Read more »
This annual service, led by Newcastle’s Danish community, marks Danish Liberation Day and celebrates the city’s longstanding connection with Denmark. The international memorial honouring Danish merchant seamen – the ‘war sailors’– was unveiled at Newcastle Cathedral in 1982. All are welcome to attend this service, during which wreaths are laid at the memorial following the... Read more »
Join us for this service of Choral Evensong as the Bishop of Newcastle commissions Parish Safeguarding Officers from across the Diocese of Newcastle. Parish Safeguarding Officers ensure that people, including church officers and volunteers, understand and implement safeguarding measures. They act as a key point of contact for concerns, working closely with clergy and the... Read more »
Join us for an inclusive service of Choral Evensong as we pray for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land. After the service, you are warmly invited to stay for: ‘50 Faces of the Holy Land’ – View this powerful photographic exhibition commissioned by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales and previously displayed... Read more »
2026 is a landmark anniversary year for Mothers’ Union, the global Christian movement that has supported families and strengthened communities in the UK and around the world for 150 years. With four million members across 84 countries, Mothers’ Union serves people of all faiths and backgrounds through practical action, prayer, and advocacy. The Diocese of... Read more »
Join us as we mark Ascension Day, featuring uplifting music from the Cathedral Choir and commemorating the moment when Jesus Christ was lifted into heaven following his resurrection. After rising on Easter Day, Jesus remained with his disciples for forty days, teaching and preparing them for what lay ahead. On the fortieth day, he promised... Read more »
The Day of Pentecost comes fifty days after Easter Day and brings the Easter season to its joyful climax. Join us for this Pentecost service, with music from Schola Cantorum, the Cathedral’s upper-voice ensemble of adult sopranos and altos, made up of both local singers and students. A major feast in the Church’s year, Pentecost... Read more »
Join us for a service remembering the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. During the service, we will travel to different parts of the Cathedral as we are led through the journey of the Holy Spirit in creation, prophesied about, and poured out. One of the ways in which we... Read more »
On the fourth Monday of every month, local members of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis pray silently for peace in the Chapel of the Ascension. They then participate in the 12:30pm Eucharist and invite all who are there to have lunch together afterwards at Café 16 in the Cathedral refectory. Everyone... Read more »
Join us on the Sunday after Pentecost, traditionally known as Trinity Sunday, celebrated eight weeks after Easter. The day invites us to contemplate and celebrate the ways in which God is revealed to us – through creation, through Christ, and through the Spirit at work in the world and in our lives. Image: A detail of... Read more »
2026 is a landmark anniversary year for Mothers’ Union, the global Christian movement that has supported families and strengthened communities in the UK and around the world for 150 years. With four million members across 84 countries, Mothers’ Union serves people of all faiths and backgrounds through practical action, prayer, and advocacy. The Diocese of... Read more »
Join us on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday – 60 days after the beginning of Easter – for the Feast of Corpus Christi, meaning ‘Body of Christ’. On this day, we give thanks for the sacramental gifts of Christ’s body and blood in Holy Communion. At the Last Supper, Jesus invited his disciples to remember... Read more »
Confirmation marks the point in the Christian journey at which you affirm for yourself the faith into which you have been baptised and your intention to live a life of faith. This affirmation is confirmed through prayer and the laying on of hands on the head, by the confirming bishop, as the Church asks God... Read more »
On the fourth Monday of every month, local members of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis pray silently for peace in the Chapel of the Ascension. They then participate in the 12:30pm Eucharist and invite all who are there to have lunch together afterwards at Café 16 in the Cathedral refectory. Everyone... Read more »
