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Manchester Cathedral strengthens ties with Portugal

Date online: 5 August 2022

Manchester Cathedral strengthens ties with Portugal

Dean Rogers Govender and Director of Fundraising Anthony O'Connor visit Castelo Branco.

Join us for Prayers for World Peace

Date online: 29 July 2022

Join us for Prayers for World Peace

Prayers for World Peace, to which all are welcome, will be held outside Manchester Cathedral Friday 5 August at 3.30pm.

Dean to thank volunteers at Summer Garden Party

Date online: 20 July 2022

Dean to thank volunteers at Summer Garden Party

The Dean will welcome volunteers from throughout the Cathedral community to his annual Volunteers’ Party on August 13.

Heavenly beehives set to take residence on one of Manchester’s newest hotels.

Date online: 18 July 2022

Heavenly beehives set to take residence on one of Manchester’s newest hotels.

Manchester Cathedral, in partnership with Property Alliance Group, will install 10 beehives on the roof of this city centre hotel.

Exhibition of photography by people with lived experience of homelessness launches Saturday 9 July

Date online: 6 July 2022

Exhibition of photography by people with lived experience of homelessness launches Saturday 9 July

Home, the latest exhibition from People of the Streets, aims to educate on the housing emergency in Manchester and tell the stories of those at the centre of it.

23 new Deacons ordained at Manchester Cathedral

Date online: 5 July 2022

23 new Deacons ordained at Manchester Cathedral

The new clergy will go on to serve in parishes around Greater Manchester, where they will be welcomed and supported by their communities.

New staff member

Date online: 27 June 2022

Today we welcomed our new Communications and Marketing Officer to Manchester Cathedral...

A Special Service celebrating the 600th Anniversary of the Collegiate Church.

Date online: 5 May 2022

A Special Service celebrating the 600th Anniversary of the Collegiate Church.

A Special Service celebrating the 600th Anniversary of the Collegiate Church in the presence of The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell, The Lord Archbishop of York.

Blue Talk Report - Manchester, 28th March 2022

Date online: 4 May 2022

Manchester Cathedral and the Consulate General of Portugal in Manchester organized a Blue Talk, on the 28th March 2022.

Let the Bells Ring Out for Ukraine

Date online: 3 March 2022

Let the Bells Ring Out for Ukraine

Manchester Cathedral will ring its prayer bell from 12noon on Thursday 3 March for seven minutes as an act of solidarity and prayer for Ukraine. We do this together with Cathedrals and churches ...

Independent safeguarding audit report now available

Date online: 2 March 2022

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was appointed to conduct an independent safeguarding audit at Manchester Cathedral. The audit was part of a wider exercise that would review the ...

Clergy announcements

Date online: 19 December 2021

At today’s Sung Eucharist for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the Dean of Manchester announced that Canon David Holgate would be retiring in May 2022 and that the Reverend Steven Hilton, Cathedral ...

Canon Wray's Sock Day Appeal

Date online: 6 December 2021

A blue sock collection box in front of a stained glass window

The Canon Wray Sock Appeal is back and you can drop off new pairs of socks right up until the official anniversary of this historic legacy on the 21 January. Manchester Cathedral can find a good home ...

Manchester Cathedral 600 Poetry Competition Winners

Date online: 30 November 2021

Manchester Cathedral is pleased to announce the ten winning poems in our 600th Anniversary poetry competition. Our warmest congratulations to the winning poets who each receive a prize of £100.

Independent safeguarding audit

Date online: 5 November 2021

Independent safeguarding audit

The Church of England has commissioned an independent audit of all Church of England cathedrals, reviewing their arrangements for keeping people safe from harm and abuse. In today’s modern world ...

Eucharist for Pride 2021

Date online: 26 July 2021

Eucharist for Pride 2021

Please join us for this special Open Table event - Eucharist for Pride.Speaker: The Right Revd Mark Davies- Bishop of Middleton All are loved and all are welcome. Sunday 29 August 2021 at 6.00 pm. ...