Here are some of the Bradford Cathedral highlights from the summer. We start with some appearances in the media…
Revd Canon Ned Lunn will be live on @BCBRadio today at 12noon on 'One to One', which is an in-depth chat with people from all walks of life who make Bradford tick. Canon Ned will be speaking to Carole Moss about his life and work and sharing some of his favourite music. pic.twitter.com/ThzWraqrIB
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 10, 2023
Nice to see us mentioned in today's piece by @YvetteCooperMP in the Yorkshire Post magazine pic.twitter.com/jcQ5xs55og
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 26, 2023
Our Director of Education and Visitors Maggie Myers will be speaking to @RadioAndrewE all about our @heritageopenday event https://t.co/06P8rkvKvY
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 3, 2023
It's great to see us included in some of the best places to visit in the area!https://t.co/eFt8Ooc3x5
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 5, 2023
The Bradford locations taking part in Heritage Open Days https://t.co/c4UgQDgC6q
— Telegraph & Argus (@Bradford_TandA) September 6, 2023
Our Pop-Up Café was a big success…
Our Pop-up Café is open today until 2pm!
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 11, 2023
Today's tasty treats include carrot cake, tea-loaf, lemon drizzle cake and Dave's gluten-free chocolate or vanilla buns.
There are also homemade biscuits – 2 for a £1 – and today's special soup is spicy lentil. pic.twitter.com/wtjc38YCjZ
Have had lunch here twice, very nice, great value, lovely smiley people and a chance to visit or just relax in this beautiful, interesting and historic #Bradford space. Oh and brought home so delicious home baking for the family too 🙂 what’s not to like? https://t.co/JegvOsKkal pic.twitter.com/pmxrKL6pRG
— Isla Dowds-Skinner (@Isla_Skinner) August 12, 2023
Come stop by our pop-up Café for teas and coffees!☕️
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 14, 2023
Our Café closes today at 2pm, so there is still time for a visit. On today's menu, we have the Dean's stilton & broccoli soup, banana & walnut bread, a lemon loaf, an earl grey tea loaf & a gluten-free chocolate cake! pic.twitter.com/tejnHiYt8n
Our Pop-up Café is open today until 2pm.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 30, 2023
Today's tasty – and alliterative – specials are:
◉ Chocolate cake
◉ Sam's scones
◉ Marmalade madeira
◉ Duncan's marvelous mushroom soup ("he's a fun-guy, just like his soup") pic.twitter.com/cZAC0MJmwp
It's the final day of our Pop-Up Café, open until 2pm.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 2, 2023
Today we have mushroom soup and a range of freshly-made sandwiches and paninis and drinks, plus, for those with a sweeter tooth, there are cakes – marmalade madeira, chocolate, and gluten-free sponge, plus scones. pic.twitter.com/h5o2sbdu5X
Stained Glass Summer continued…
Those colours. #StainedGlassSummer is from @Bfdcathedral today.
— English Cathedrals (@engcathedrals) August 13, 2023
More about the campaign below https://t.co/AUd7L5yzSE#StainedGlassSummer #DiscoverCathedrals #Cathedral #StainedGlass #Window #StainedGlassArt #Architecture #PhotoOfTheDay #Church pic.twitter.com/ZyQ6hYDzlw
Pick up a copy of today's @yorkshirepost to learn more about our upcoming @heritageopenday – and book your places at https://t.co/gH5kzdOKCP#Bradford2025 pic.twitter.com/oNHlIgZIp1
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 24, 2023
The story of artist William Morris's links to Bradford Cathedral's stained glass windows https://t.co/gDWZTOLknF
— John Field (@John__Field) August 24, 2023
It's nearly time for @heritageopendays. Cathedrals CANNOT WAIT to show you their unique heritage, community and history.
— English Cathedrals (@engcathedrals) August 31, 2023
Take a look at what you can see and do this September .. 👇@Bfdcathedral @GlosCathedral @CarlisleCath @sheffcath @ChesterCath https://t.co/ur9clIAuLl
We welcomed some visiting choirs…
Join us for 3:30pm for Choral Evensong, where we welcome St Martin's Brighouse as our visiting choir. All are welcome. pic.twitter.com/Ii10ax2FnI
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 13, 2023
Today we welcomed the choir of St Martin’s, Brighouse Parish Church who led the music at our 10:30am Eucharist and a Choral Evensong at 3:30pm. Here are some photo highlights from their rehearsal ahead of the #Evensong service. pic.twitter.com/OcVVErNapD
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 13, 2023
This evening we welcomed Caelestis to the Cathedral. Here are some photos taken at their rehearsal before Saturday's Evensong.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 26, 2023
They will be leading the music at tomorrow's 10:30am Choral Eucharist (also streamed online) and 3:30pm Choral Evensong. All are welcome. pic.twitter.com/ryh7LHu472
What a beautiful sound and lovely repertoire from Caelestis, a visiting choir from York, at this morning’s @Bfdcathedral service. Sadly I can’t make it to #Evensong to hear them again but it you can you’ll get a treat!
— Isla Dowds-Skinner (@Isla_Skinner) August 27, 2023
There were more beautiful flower arrangements…
The flowers this week are given by Joe and Jane Tarver in celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary on this day, and in memory of Bert and Marjorie Tarver whose 80th anniversary would have been later in the month. pic.twitter.com/juLMpZiKcB
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 13, 2023
The flowers this week are given by Jane Wood and family in loving memory of her parents Pat and Peter Yewdall.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 19, 2023
If you would like to donate towards a future arrangement in memory of someone, please e-mail flowers@bradfordcathedral.org pic.twitter.com/dhm04irya1
The flowers this week are given in thanksgiving for Nora and John’s celebrations
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 26, 2023
If you would like to dedicate a future arrangement to someone, please e-mail flowers@bradfordcathedral.org pic.twitter.com/HDGHPFBZjY
This week's flower arrangement, in celebration of Creationtide, includes roses grown by Fairtrade-certified producers in the warm sunshine of an East African country. With a fair income and the Fairtrade Premium, farmers can develop environmentally friendly practices to combat… pic.twitter.com/LcyEk8Zfiv
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 2, 2023
The organ works continued…
Peter Wood & Son, our organ builders, are back in the Cathedral today. Ginny & Mark have been cleaning & re-sealing the organ's wells to ensure they remain airtight. This is in preparation for the reinstatement of the heavy-pressure wind reservoir next week. pic.twitter.com/CcTwhTQbdw
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 14, 2023
Our organ builders are back on site! They have reinstated the heavy pressure wind reservoir and they are currently cleaning and reinstating sections of the Great pipework. The pipes are being hoisted to the top of the scaffolding, one crate at a time. pic.twitter.com/wJ9YT4Lipa
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 22, 2023
The latest Monday Fellowship was held…
Today it was cream teas and strawberries for the Monday Fellowship, with their annual afternoon tea in the Deanery.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 14, 2023
Don't forget to join the group for a series of exciting talks to wrap up the year's programme > you can find out more at https://t.co/BJ0Fui2dNL#MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/7ndrw1iRrD
We welcomed some new members of staff, and some in new positions…
(1/5) We’ve had some updates with our Cathedral team!
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 21, 2023
Firstly, congratulations to Graham Thorpe, who has been our ‘Assistant Director of Music / Sub-organist’, and who will become our new ‘Organist & Director of Music’. pic.twitter.com/3JK7uTOXII
We welcomed new visitors to the Cathedral…
The #Celebration has begun!
— BDCFT Experience & Involvement #YourVoiceMatters (@BDCFT_YourVoice) August 22, 2023
After a quick ice breaker we're reviewing all the things the Young Dynamos have been up to this year. Thanks for giving us opportunities for our Young people research @BiBresearch pic.twitter.com/nxQrE6p19h
It's great to welcome Claire from Bradford Stories who is here today at our summer holiday family activities with the pop-up book giving, which is going around the city this summer.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 29, 2023
They're here to help encourage reading – if you're down today come and find out more about them! pic.twitter.com/qW7NnRVhDY
Pedal Pilgrims arrive at Bradford Cathedral on a bicycle made for twohttps://t.co/Yqi5rJojJ0@engcathedrals @CathedralsCycle @OrbitTandems
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 30, 2023
You too could visit us this week – we're open Mon – Sat 10am – 4pm https://t.co/Y6iXx7QoY9
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 4, 2023
There were success stories…
❤️💛 | Many congratulations to our very own Eileen Gunn, who was yesterday presented with the Sport at the Service of Humanity award – for services to the club.#BCAFC | @Bfdcathedral pic.twitter.com/bHrkVbtzb6
— Bradford City AFC (@officialbantams) August 27, 2023
We have been generously supported by the Cathedral Music Trust, support without which, the broad scope and reach of our choral programme wouldn't be possible.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 4, 2023
This grant will allow us to further develop our choral outreach, enabling even more Bradford children to have… (1/2) https://t.co/2jZkVyEOPp
And finally we held our annual Choir Camp.
THREAD: This week the cathedral choristers have been taking part in their annual choir camp, which has seen them take part in a range of activities, from singing sessions to social time. (1/6) pic.twitter.com/SEcovhWiBC
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) August 31, 2023
Last week we held our annual choir camp, and here are a handful of other photographs, including of the barbecue and the Faith Development session.
— Bradford Cathedral (@Bfdcathedral) September 5, 2023
I wonder if we could have another BBQ this week? It's the perfect weather! pic.twitter.com/weKPzW56r8