Tomorrow evening, Tuesday 7 December, at 5.30pm we will celebrate a Choral Holy Eucharist of the Holy Spirit, to pray for
@bishopbangor
on his election as Archbishop and for the Bishops
@churchinwales
. All are welcome
We offer our warmest congratulations to our Canon Secundus, David Morris, on his appointment as Bishop of Bardsey in
@EsgobaethBangor
. We have been blessed by his ministry at the Cathedral, and we look forward to supporting his episcopal ministry in the years to come
Such a privilege to hear
@malcolmguite
reading his own work at last night’s Eucharist. Looking forward to more of his poetry and preaching at the Eucharist tonight and tomorrow at 6pm
A Choral Holy Eucharist of Requiem for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be offered at the Cathedral at 6pm tomorrow evening, Friday 9 September 2022, at which the Assistant Bishop of Bangor will preach and the Choir will sing Gabriel Fauré's setting of the Requiem
Edrych mlaen at ein sgwrs ag
@OwenJHurcum
nos Iau fel rhan o'n dathliadau Pride yn y Gadeirlan—croeso cynnes i bawb | Looking forward to our conversation with
@OwenJHurcum
this Thursday evening at 6.30pm as part of our Pride season at the Cathedral—all welcome
Malcolm Guite stunning at our diocesan Chrism Lecture this afternoon. Looking forward now to his sermons at the Eucharist tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday at 6pm
We’re delighted and grateful to have been awarded a grant by
@_cathedralmusic
to develop and deepen our pioneering Welsh-language choral music ministry—“to offer worship to God that is grounded in this place, and that flows from land, culture and language”
Nos yfory, nos Fawrth 7 Rhagfyr, am 5.30pm byddwn yn dathlu Cymun Bendigaid ar Gân yn ddiofryd i’r Ysbryd Glân, i weddïo dros
@bishopbangor
ar ei etholiad yn Archesgob Cymru ac dros Esgobion yr Eglwys yng Nghymru
@ChurchinWales
. Mae croeso cynnes i bawb
A wonderful celebration this morning - Brother Gabriel returned to the Cathedral after making his first profession as a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd!
A busy day at the Cathedral today. Our clock and bell back working and our new diocesan flag being flown for the first time after being blessed on Sunday
We have been fed so abundantly by
@malcolmguite
at the Cathedral these past few days. Here he is reading one of his own Holy Week sonnets. Join us for more of our worship these three sacred days:
Wonderful to have our friends from
@CruseSupport
lighting up the Cathedral paths tonight, at this time of remembrance, as we pray for their valuable work, and hold before God all the departed and all who mourn
@EsgobaethBangor
@jcprrr
One of our lay clerks, Daniel Pett, wrote a new piece entitled ‘Tu Es Sacerdotes’ as a gift for
@Josie_Godfrey
on her ordination, even including a canon in a minor key - a minor canon for a Minor Canon!
Delighted by the craftsmanship of our local carpenter, Gareth Owen, who has transformed an old pew into elegant steps for the eagle lectern’s new home in the Presbytery. All ahead of Holy Week - join us next week for worship, music, drama, colour & prayer
Ymestynnwn longyfarchiadau twymgalon i’n Canon Secundus, David Morris, ar ei benodiad yn Esgob Enlli yn
@EsgobaethBangor
. Rydym wedi elwa’n fawr o’i weinidogaeth yn y Gadeirlan ers iddo ddychwelyd i Fangor, ac edrychwn ymlaen at gefnogi ei weinidogaeth yn y blynyddoedd i ddod
“Alleluia, Bread of Angels, thou on earth our food, our stay”—two wonderful processions of the Blessed Sacrament onto the High Street this morning, bearing Christ, proclaiming and witnessing with beauty and joy
Wonderful to welcome Dr James Roberts to the Cathedral this evening for the Margaret Thrall Memorial Lecture | Hyfryd oedd croesawu
@JamerRoberts
i’r Gadeirlan heno ar gyfer Darlith Goffa Margaret Thrall.
Watch the lecture here | Gwyliwch y ddarlith yma:
Over the moon to have a world premiere at the Cathedral at 9.15am this Sunday—Simon Ogdon’s “Cymun Deiniol” composed for the Cathedral Choir. Wonderful to be hearing new sacred Welsh-language music at our great Welsh-language Eucharist
@EsgobaethBangor
@ChurchinWales
Delighted to have taken delivery of the latest addition to our Gwynedd Vestment collection—in red for Palm Sunday emblazoned with the arms of the families of North-West Wales from the Age of the Welsh Princes. All part of our preparations for Holy Week
It was wonderful to commission Elma, Anne and Jane as the Cathedral’s new and first Anna Chaplains yesterday. Anna Chaplains minister alongside older members of our Cathedral family and wider community, supporting them as life changes
Our Assistant Bishop leads Sunday Worship on Radio 4 this Sunday at 8.10am – and it will be possible to listen again online. The act of worship was recorded on Snowdon’s slopes, and features our Cathedral Choir singing the hymnody.
“Life-imparting heavenly manna,
stricken rock with streaming side,
heaven and earth with loud Hosanna
worship thee, the Lamb who died,
Alleluia, Alleluia,
risen, ascended, glorified!”
Terrific having the Cathedral open six days a week again, Monday to Saturday 11am-3pm, with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 12.30pm. Good to have the Archdeacons there yesterday, alongside Jane, our stewarding Lay Canon, and Glenys, our chaplain on duty
Today’s detail from the embroiderers working on new vestments for the Cathedral—work on the shield that’s to be found above the Archdeacon of Bangor’s stall in the Quire, to be placed on the back of the new dalmatics
Malcolm Guite’s last poem read to us at the Cathedral drew us into the mystery of worship and the privilege of being close to Christ. Join us for more of our worship these three sacred days:
Bedydd Esgob arbennig o lawen yn y Gadeirlan heno. “Dyma’th hawlio â Rhodd yr Ysbryd Glân!” • A wonderfully joyful Confirmation at the Cathedral this evening. “Empower them for your service and keep them in eternal life”
We’re delighted to be celebrating this Sunday the 10th anniversary of Canon Tracy Jones’s ordination to the priesthood. There will be a chance over lunch to thank
@tracyjanejones
for all that she gives to the life of our Cathedral & Bro Deiniol, and there’s a very exciting cake!
Hyfryd dathlu 10 mlynedd ers ordeinio’r Canon Tracy Jones â chlamp o gacen a chynulleidfa lawen yng ngardd y Deondy • Wonderful to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Canon
@tracyjanejones
’s priestly ordination with a massive cake and a happy gathering in the Deanery garden
It was wonderful to welcome Mark Bellis from
@_cathedralmusic
this morning to celebrate the support we've received from the Trust this year, which has helped us to perform beautiful music, to enhance our worship, and to widen opportunities for participation in our fabulous Choir
“Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Made like him like him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the Cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!” A joyful conclusion to our Triduum this Easter Day. The Cathedral buzzing with beautiful worship
“Our aching, broken world is in desperate need of reconciliation and healing. We can all play our own part by gaining a deeper understanding of our history, our theology and our neighbours”—
@ArchbishopWales
inviting you to take part in our Lent reflections
Two donkey-led processions, two full houses—this morning for the Choral Holy Eucharist and this evening for the Johannes-Passion—all makes for a stunning start to Holy Week. Join us for more tomorrow and every day this week at 6.00pm
The Nave bare by the end of today, ahead of the arrival of our new furniture at the end of the week. All will be in place in time for Holy Week - join us next week for worship, music, drama, colour and prayer
Wonderful to be welcoming new Honorary Canons today, and looking forward to their installation at Choral Evensong at 3.30pm on 1 October, as well as to all they will bring to our common life and witness at the Cathedral
Perfformiad gwych heno gan Ysgolheigion y Gân o osodiad Cymraeg newydd ein Cyfarwyddwr Cerdd, Joe Cooper, o’r Magnificat a’r Nunc Dimittis | A terrific performance by some of our Choral Scholars of our Director of Music’s new Welsh-language setting of the Evensong canticles
Delighted that we'll be celebrating the Feast of All Saints this Sunday with the return of Choral Evensong, every Sunday at 3.30pm, sung by the Cathedral Choir. All are welcome - come along to hear the Choir sing beautiful music, and to pray with us
Great to see Joe Cooper, our Director of Music, making his debut conducting the
@BangorUni
Symphony Orchestra, with many Cathedral musicians contributing to the music-making. Here they are at the end of the 3rd mvmt of a powerful performance of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony
Our Midsummer Come & Sing Concert at 6.00pm this Sunday is an opportunity for additional voices to join our Cathedral Choir to sing Vivaldi’s Gloria and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb. Singers wanting to join the chorus should join the rehearsal in the Cathedral at 3.00pm
Great to welcome so many people from across the diocese for the launch of ‘Duw a Dysgwyr’ - our new monthly service for Welsh learners. Congratulations to
@David_T_Morris
on his first time presiding at the Eucharist entirely in Welsh, and thanks to
@tracyjanejones
for preaching!
Here are the young people from Bangor who read out the biographies and names of over 200 of the war dead from Bangor on Armistice Sunday afternoon at the cathedral.
The readings were poignant and had a profound effect on all present.
Mae aelodau tîm y Gadeirlan wedi cyrraedd yn Aberystwyth, yn gyffrous am ddechrau Cwrs Dwys y Cymraeg | Members of the Cathedral team have arrived in Aberystwyth, excited for the start of the intensive Welsh course!
📣Crown him the Lord of years,
the Potentate of time,
creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime.
The end of the offertory hymn at our Choral Holy Eucharist on the Festival of Christ the King
▶️ Watch the whole service here
“O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee” | Perfformiad gogoneddus o’r Meseia heno | At this evening’s glorious performance of Messiah at the Cathedral
Very excited to be holding copies of our Holy Week 2023 publication -
@malcolmguite
’s twenty sonnets for Holy Week, with a brand new translation into Welsh by the wonderful Siôn Aled. You can read the publication online here:
As our Choral Scholars return from our Choir Pilgrimage to Rome, we’re delighted to be celebrating a second grant from
@_cathedralmusic
to supporting the growing life of the Choir, and are grateful for the hard work that went into our application
We’re delighted by today’s announcement that
@David_T_Morris
will be joining
@EsgobaethBangor
later this year, and will have his spiritual home with us at the Cathedral. Looking forward to welcoming our new Canon Secundus
Looking forward very much to this on Sunday morning at 9.15am - another world premiere at our Welsh-language Cymun Bendigaid ar Gân - a new setting, "Cymun Gwynedd", by our Director of Music, Joe Cooper, sung by the Cathedral Choir. All are welcome - come along to hear & worship
We’re thrilled to be performing the première of
@Evans_the_Law
Brian Evans’s Cymun Sant Dogfan at our Cymun Bendigaid ar Gân (our Welsh-language Choral Holy Eucharist) tomorrow morning 25 June at 9.15am at the Cathedral, as part of our Mid-Summer Foundation Sunday celebrations
We’ve had a wonderful few days at the Cathedral as we’ve celebrated some of the vibrant ministries that support the life of the Cathedral and the wider diocese. We pray that Christ the Shepherd may be their guide and their daily inspiration 🧵
A wonderful honour to be able to sing the evening office at San Clemente this evening, to be welcomed so kindly by Fr Paul on behalf of the Dominican community, and to be saturated in the depths of the history of such a splendid church
Gwych gweld y Gadeirlan wedi'i goleuo yn lliwiau
@StDavidsHospice
cyn eu cyngerdd carolau yma heno, ac i gymryd ennyd i weddïo dros eu gwaith gwerthfawr
Hyfryd dathlu Glân Fedydd fel rhan o orfoleddu canol yr Adfent y bore ma
Delightful to be celebrating Holy Baptism as part of our Advent rejoicing this morning
We're very grateful to Amanda for all her hard work repairing the Cathedral's door, and repainting them in this glorious red colour. We can't wait to see the work completed later during Lent
Gwych oedd croesawu cymaint o bobl o bob cwr o’r esgobaeth i lansiad ‘Duw a Dysgwyr’ - ein gwasanaeth newydd i rai sy’n dysgu Cymraeg. Llongyfarchiadau gwresog i
@David_T_Morris
ar lywyddu’r Cymun yn gyfangwbl drwy’r Gymraeg am y tro cyntaf, a diolch i
@tracyjanejones
am bregethu
Mewn partneriaeth â
@DileuTlodi
, y Gadeirlan yn las a melyn heno, yn adlewyrchiad mewn goleuni o’n gweddi dros Wcráin. “Gweddïwn dros bobl Wcráin – am ddewrder, am gysur mewn galar, am dosturi wrth y dioddefus a’r rhai wedi eu dad-leoli”
Terrific to have our Choir bringing some cheer and warmth on a cold day, singing carols on the High Street and raising funds for the work of our Christmas Charity
@MothersUnion
to support survivors of domestic violence—and seen here from our newly re-opened South Door
The Bishop-Designate of Bardsey,
@David_T_Morris
, will be our preacher this coming Sunday at 11.00am.
Still to come in our series of sermons as we prepare for Lent, on Ash Wednesday: how to abstain
Rydym yn du hwnt o ddiolchgar ac wrth ein bodd o dderbyn grant gan
@_cathedralmusic
i ddatblygu a dyfnhau ein gweinidogaeth gorawl Gymraeg arloesol—“offrymu addoliad i Dduw sydd wedi’i wreiddio yn y fangre hon ac sy’n llifo o dir, diwylliant ac iaith”
Bydd Cymun Bendigaid ar Gân Dros y Meirw i’w Diweddar Fawrhydi'r Frenhines Elisabeth II yn cael ei ddathlu yn y Gadeirlan am 6pm nos yfory, dydd Gwener 9 Medi 2022, pan y bydd Esgob Cynorthwyol Bangor yn pregethu a’r Côr yn canu gosodiad Gabriel Fauré o’r Requiem
Gwych cael croesawu Adran JMJ o
@prifysgolbangor
i’r Gadeirlan heno ar gyfer eu Cyngerdd Nadolig | Fab to have Adran JMJ from
@BangorUni
at the Cathedral this evening for their Christmas Concert
#g
ŵylybaban
Malcolm Guite yn syfrdanol wychyn ein Darlith Crism esgobaethol y prynhawn yma. Edrych ymlaen rwan at ei bregethau yn y Cymun heno, yory a nos Fercher am 6pm
Diwrnod prysur yn y Gadeirlan heddiw! Mae ein cloc a'r gloch nôl yn gweithio ac ein fflag esgobaethol newydd yn cael ei hedfan am y tro cyntaf ar ôl cael ei fendithio dydd Sul
The essential works to replace the light fittings in Nave with more enduring, energy-efficient versions now well underway. Looking forward to being bathed in light at this coming Sunday’s three Baptisms at the 11am Choral Holy Eucharist
Dyma lyniau o berfformiad Blwyddyn Newydd Tsieineaiddyn y Gadeirlan yn ddiweddar!
Here are some pictures of the Chinese New Year performance in the Cathedral recently!
Last weekend was a busy one for the Cathedral - an ordination on Saturday, and the celebration of our Foundation Sunday with 3 Eucharists, a Gin Festival, and a Festal Choral Evensong with Orchestra!
Uchod mae’r bobl ifanc o Fangor a fu’n darllen bywgraffiadau ac enwau dros 200 o ddynion Bangor a laddwyd yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf ar brynhawn Sul y Cofio yn y Gadeirlan.
Roedd y darlleniadau yn ingol ac effeithwyd pawb a oedd yn bresennol.
Join us for Cymun Bendigaid ar Gân yr Eisteddfod – a Welsh-language Choral Holy Eucharist – on the Friday of Eisteddfod week at 6pm in St Peter's Church, Pwllheli LL53 5DS. The Cathedral Choir will be singing,
@RhunapRobert
will be presiding &
@sionrhysevans
preaching
Now that the Vaccination Centre at the Cathedral has closed, today we have been putting our pews back in there places ready for Sunday’s service celebrating new ministries at the Cathedral.
It was wonderful to Commission Sam Jones as a Worship Leader at Choral Evensong last Sunday evening. Sam will minister as Succentor at Evensong on Wednesdays, cantoring the responsorial intercessions and leading our prayers. Watch the Commissioning here
Edrych ymlaen yn eiddgar at hyn fore Sul am 9.15am - perfformiad cyntaf arall yn ein Cymun Bendigaid ar Gân - gosodiad newydd, "Cymun Gwynedd", gan ein Cyfarwyddwr Cerdd, Joe Cooper, a fydd yn arwain Côr y Gadeirlan. Mae croeso cynnes i bawb - dewch draw i glywed ac addoli
We're looking forward to the Consecration of Dorrien Davies at the Cathedral at 2.00pm today with
@ArchbishopWales
and friends from
@ChurchinWales
.
You can follow online on our YouTube channel
and the Order of Service is here
"What have the Victorians ever done for us? George Gilbert Scott and Victorian church architecture" | We're looking forward to welcoming
@Gough_Janet
on Thursday 27 October at 6.30pm to deliver the fourth of our public lectures. All are welcome, and entrance is free
Great to have members of the Choir and other friends of the Cathedral playing Carols on brass instruments for passers by on the High Street to the south of the Cathedral this afternoon, and distributing leaflets about our Christmas services
“My piece is created not as a monumental piece of art to evoke the fear of God, but to bring people together in communal reflection and personal contemplation of the universal messages of friendship, forgiveness, and unconditional love”—come tonight at 6pm
Mae amrywiaeth gyfoethog o bynciau i'w harchwilio, o bensaernïaeth i wleidyddiaeth, o Anglicaniaeth ryngwladol i gyfiawnder hiliol, a bydd darlithwyr o fri yn ymweld â’r Gadeirlan i rannu eu syniadau
@RWynJones
@ConviviumBrecon
@ScholarPriest
@Gough_Janet
Wrth ein bodd y byddwn yn dathlu Gŵyl yr Holl Saint y Sul hwn ag adferiad Gosber ar Gân, pob Sul am 3.30pm. Mae croeso cynnes i bawb - dewch draw i glywed y Côr yn canu cerddoriaeth gywrain, ac i weddïo gyda ni
We're very glad to be working with
@CCJUK
, the Council of Christians and Jews, on our Lent Wednesday study sessions this year. Over three Zoom sessions on 21 February, 6 March and 20 March at 6.00pm on Zoom we'll explore the relationship between Christianity and Judaism