Cathedral News
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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In today’s gospel, we are told that Jesus had withdrawn to a lonely place with his disciples. He must have wanted some quiet time to mourn the death of John the Baptist, who was his cousin.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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According to the first-century Roman writer Pliny the Elder, pearls were valued even more than gold or diamonds.
Saint of the Month: St Marie Amadine of Schakkebroek
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St Marie Amadine, martyred in China during the Boxer Rebellion, is remembered on 9 July.
The Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge
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We welcome the Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge, to the 10:30am mass on Sunday 2 August.
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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In the story The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett, the orphan child, Mary Lennox, is sent from India to live with her uncle in his Yorkshire manor.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Jews looked back nostalgically to the reign of King David, who conquered his enemies and established a strong kingdom.
Saint of the Month: St John Fisher
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St John Fisher was martyred in 1535 by King Henry VIII. He is remembered on 22 June.
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Jesus’ words in today’s gospel seem at first sight to be very harsh.
Summer Concerts 2026
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The Cathedral's annual series of summer concerts runs on Thursdays at 8:00pm from 2 July until 6 August.