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Candlemass, Thursday 2 February at 6pm

The Feast of Candlemass will be celebrated with a Choral Eucharist starting at 6pm on Thursday 2 February.

The setting will be Communion Service in F (Sumsion) and the anthem When to the temple Mary went (Eccard).

Preacher: Fr Mark Watson
Celebrant: The Dean

This is a beautiful service and we encourage you to bring friends and relatives along. The eucharist is celebrated at the High Altar, with the congregation in the quire. If you wish, you may bring a candle to be blessed at the end of the service.

Christmas Services at the Cathedral 2011

Christmas Eve, Saturday 24 December
5.00pm Family Carols
A short service with traditional Christmas Carols and an acted Christmas Story especially for families, with the Cathedral St Nicholas Children’s Choir
7.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols
A formal service with nine Bible readings interspersed with Carols and anthems, with the Cathedral Choir
11.45pm Midnight Mass
The first Eucharist of Christmas
Celebrant: The Dean of Newcastle
Preacher: The Bishop of Newcastle
Setting: Festive Mass (Matthias)
Christmas Day Sunday 25 December
7.00am Eucharist (1662 Book of Common Prayer)
8.30am Orchestral Mass
with the Cathedral Choir and musicians from the Camerata
Celebrant: The Bishop of Newcastle
Preacher: The Dean of Newcastle
Setting: Little Organ Mass (Haydn)
10.30am Eucharist
A said eucharist with Christmas hymns
no evening service

Sunday 18 December 2011, Fourth Sunday of Advent

7.00am     Eucharist
Celebrant & preacher: Fr Mark Watson
8.00am     Eucharist
Celebrant & preacher: Fr Mark Watson
9.30am     Choral Eucharist with baptisms
Celebrant: The Dean , Preacher: Fr Mark Watson
11.30am   Family Eucharist with baptism
Celebrant & preacher: Fr Timothy Fox
6.00pm     Choral Evensong
Officiant & preacher: Fr Timothy Fox