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Evensong on the feast of Pentecost (Sunday 11th May) was broadcast on BBC Radio Three and was a huge success.&nbsp; The service is available to listen to online on the BBC website.&nbsp; 
If you would like to learn more about services at the Minster please see our Worship and Spirituality Pages.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>Friends of Cathedral Music to attend Evensong</title>
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On Saturday May 3rd the York area of the Friends of Cathedral Music will be&nbsp; holding its annual Gathering. 
Because Ampleforth Abbey and College&nbsp;recently became corporate members of the FCM, the morning and afternoon activities will be taking place there and will include short&nbsp; concerts by the Schola Puellarum Girls&rsquo; Choir, instrumentalists of the school, the Saturday morning Outreach Choir and the organ scholars of the college.&nbsp; A guided tour of the church, a talk on the history and present day use of plainchant and a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; resumé of the school&rsquo;s music by Ian Little, Director of Music, complete the visit. A coach will transport people between York and Ampleforth.
The Gathering will reconvene in The Minster for Evensong where the anthem The spacious firmament on high by Philip Moore, newly commissioned by the FCM to mark his retirement, will be performed for the first time.
Following Evensong is a buffet and then a concert of music by Byrd and Tallis by The Ebor Singers (Harmonie Universelle) in Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate.
The Friends of Cathedral Music, which exists to promote the continuation of our priceless and unique tradition of music in cathedrals, recently gave a grant of &pound;17,000 towards a choristership here in York Minster.&nbsp; 
Anyone interested in finding out more about the FCM, or in taking part in the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gathering or contributing to the commission, should contact the local FCM&nbsp;Representative, Michael Wiles on 01653 618479, mj.wiles@btconnect.com or here in the Minster. Non-FCM members are welcome at the Gathering.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chorister Auditions</title>
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Could your son be a chorister at York Minster?&nbsp; The Minster School will be holding chorister auditions on&nbsp;Saturday 17th May&nbsp;2008 for boys currently in School Year 2, born between September 2000 and August 2001.&nbsp; Being a chorister is a superb experience for a child and gives a wonderful start in life as a musician. Choristers are educated at the Minster School, and the Dean and Chapter provide a substantial scholarship for each chorister towards the cost of school fees.&nbsp; Choristers receive an excellent general and musical education, and opportunities for taking part in services, concerts, broadcasts and tours.&nbsp; Becoming a chorister will also give children the chance to make many lasting friendships and have an active social life as part of the Minster Community. 
The chorister auditions will be held on Saturday 17th May 2008, and no previous musical tuition is needed.&nbsp; The auditions are informal and the Minster School is looking for potential, not the finished article.&nbsp; Candidates will be&nbsp;given the opportunity&nbsp;to watch the Minster Choir rehearse during an open rehearsal.&nbsp; They will then be asked to sing a song they have prepared, and take some simple vocal tests.&nbsp; There will also be a simple reading test to gauge academic ability. &nbsp;For further information, please contact Mrs Serena Riley, Minster School Secretary, The Minster School, York YO1 7JA; telephone 01904 557230 or email school@yorkminster.org. 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>New Bells for York Minster</title>
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York Minster will become the first cathedral in England to have a carillon of bells with the arrival of a further twenty-four small bells on Friday 4th April. These will be added to the existing &ldquo;Nelson Chime&rdquo; that is played to announce Evensong around 5 pm each day, giving a carillon of 35 bells in total (3 chromatic octaves). The new bells have been cast at the Loughborough Bell Foundry of Taylors, Eayre &amp; Smith, where all of the existing Minster bells were cast.&nbsp; The new carillon is a gift to the Minster. Once installed it will be the first new carillon in the British Isles for forty years.&nbsp; Before Evensong each evening, hymn tunes are played on the bells.&nbsp; But on certain occasions anything from Beethoven to the Beatles may be heard. 
The bells will be played by a carilloneur using a baton clavier sited in the ringing chamber which is below the bell chamber in the south west tower. A group of volunteers is being trained in readiness for its installation. The baton clavier is played by the carilloneur using both hand batons and feet pedals that look like a church organ pedal board.
The chiming of tunes on the Minster bells dates back to the building of the present cathedral&rsquo;s towers in the mid 15th century. &nbsp;&nbsp;Chiming fell out of fashion during the 17th century and eventually the Minster&rsquo;s chiming machine was removed in 1750.&nbsp; In 1989, 11 chime bells were installed above the ringing-peal in the Minster&rsquo;s South West Tower, which has enabled the playing of tunes once again.&nbsp; With only eleven notes, the range of tunes was limited. The installation of a further 24 bells will mean that almost any tune can be played.&nbsp; 
The Revd Canon Jeremy Fletcher, Canon Precentor at York Minster said &ldquo;The revival of chiming at the Minster has added to the sounds of York in recent years.&nbsp; We are delighted that York will be gaining a splendid carillon and hope that the quality and variety of the music played will add further to our worship and mission.&rdquo; 
It is hoped that once the carillon is completed it will provide another link between the Cathedral and the City for all to enjoy. York will then join all the major cities of Northern Europe in having a carillon adding to the ambience of the City centre.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>RAF celebrate 90th Anniversary at York Minster</title>
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RAF Linton-on-Ouse has today celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force at York Minster.&nbsp; Nine Tucanos performed at flypast in formation and the Turning of the Page Ceremony then took place at 12 noon.&nbsp; The Turning of the Page was performed by Groop Captain Mark Hopkins.
In the corner of the North Transept in York Minster, under the Astronomical Clock is a Book of Remembrance containing the names of over 18,000 airmen from 15 countries who died flying wartime missions from RAF fields in Yorkshire and the North East.&nbsp; Each day a page is turned to show a different list of names,&nbsp; This is usually carried out by the Minster Police, but four times a year, to mark speical occasions, it is turned with full ceremony by personnel from RAF Linton on Ouse and members of the RAF Association.&nbsp; Today's ceremony has marked the anniversary of the formation of the RAF.&nbsp; the ceremony is also performed to mark New Year's Day, 6th June (D Day in Europe) and 15th September (Battle of Britain Day).
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>Rathbone Exhibition at York Minster</title>
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York Minster has welcomed an exhibition of works produced by young people from the Rathbone charity based on Nursery Drive, York.&nbsp; The young artists have used their palms and fingers to create a four foot canvas featuring a cross, crown of thorns and a dove and have also developed a number of individual pieces around the theme of Easter.&nbsp; These works will be on display until Monday 31st March 2008 in St Nicholas&rsquo; Chapel in York Minster. 
The aim of the project was to get the young people to combine traditional images with their own modern thoughts.&nbsp; The artists who have produced the artworks are: Liam Wyard, Chantelle &lsquo;B&rsquo;, Danny &lsquo;Chucky&rsquo; Cross, Danny Hilton, Tamara &lsquo;B&rsquo;, Chris &lsquo;P&rsquo; and Sean &lsquo;B&rsquo;. Their artworks will be there for all to see during the Easter break and the hope is that it will stimulate viewers to look at this well-known story in a different light.&nbsp; 
Becoming involved in the project has not only fed the artists&rsquo; imaginations – it has got them thinking about the significance of the most important period in the Christian calendar.&nbsp; Martin Brennan, Rathbone Training Advisor said: &ldquo;The young people have been learning all about different religions so working on a project with York Minster has made them consider the meaning of the resurrection and their own place in the world.&rdquo;
For Acomb lad Liam Wyard, the experience has been particularly rewarding. The 15-year-old, who has been on the Youth Choices training programme for 14-16-year-olds at Rathbone, created a stunning three-dimensional crucifixion sculpture.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Minster Memories needed</title>
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The Dean and Chapter of York are calling on York Residents to share some of their memories of the Minster during the twentieth century for use in a book on York Minster to be published in November 2008. York Minster – A Living Legacy will tell the story of the people and community behind the Minster, particularly focussing on events which have shaped the Minster&rsquo;s history in the 20th and 21st Centuries.&nbsp; 
The Dean and Chapter are particularly interested in learning of memories of the 1960s restoration of York Minster and the 1984 fire which damaged the South Transept.&nbsp; But any special memories, anecdotes or photographs will be of great interest.
If you have any special memories or mementoes of York Minster and would like to contribute to this unique book, please contact the Editor, Pamela Hartshorne, c/o TMI, 2-5 Benjamin Street, London, EC1M 5QL or e-mail minsterbook@tmiltd.com.&nbsp;&nbsp; Contributions must be received by Monday 31st March 2008. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Minster School and its choristers have been taking part in a choral partnership project with primary school pupils from Clifton Green (York) and Settrington (nr. Malton). 
Each week, musicians have visited the primary schools to work with groups of children and their teachers. The project is part of a national initiative involving choir schools that has been running for nearly a decade now. The government has built on this work which has now become part of the national Sing Up strategy led by composer Howard Goodall. The work attempts to increase children&rsquo;s opportunities to sing and to safeguard Britain&rsquo;s unique choral traditions. 
On Friday 14th March, this term&rsquo;s project culminates in a concert in York Minster, where the young singers have an opportunity to perform before an audience of proud parents and members of the public. The Choir of St. Lawrence&rsquo;s School, who participated in last term&rsquo;s project, will join the other schools as they try to raise the roof of York Minster. 
Alex Donaldson, Headmaster of the Minster School, said, &ldquo;All children can sing. We just need to give them the opportunity - that&rsquo;s what this project is all about. It&rsquo;s particularly good to welcome back the choir of St. Lawrence&rsquo;s school. It shows that the work goes on even after our musicians have left. We hope that things will continue to snowball – I look forward to welcoming every primary school in York, eventually.&rdquo; 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New Chapter Steward for York Minster</title>
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The Dean and Chapter of York have appointed as the next Chapter Steward of York Minster Mr John Morris, who has been Administrator of Leicester Cathedral since September 2003.&nbsp; Mr Morris previous to his present post, worked in the textile industry for various international companies.&nbsp; He is 57 years of age and lives at Southwell where he worships at Southwell Minster.&nbsp; He is married with three children, who are now grown up. 
Details of when Mr Morris will come to work for York Minster are being worked out.
The Chapter Steward is the chief administration officer responsible for the support, business and commercial functions of the Minster.&nbsp; The Chapter Steward assists the Dean and Canons in developing key policies and strategies and the role is a key link between the Chapter and York Minster&rsquo;s workforce of over 150 lay staff and 500 volunteers.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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York Minster is to welcome an exhibition by Burnley-based artist, Daniel Paulo.&nbsp; A selection from Daniel&rsquo;s work &ldquo;Admitting the Strange Angels&rdquo; will be on show in York Minster&rsquo;s magnificent Chapter House between Monday 17th March and Thursday 17th April 2008.&nbsp; 
Daniel produced &ldquo;Admitting the Strange Angels&rdquo; between 2004 and 2005, drawing inspiration from religious imagery and stained glass windows.&nbsp; The works have previously been exhibited in Ripon Cathedral and Dean Clough, and after the exhibition at York Minster they will go on to be exhibited at Lincoln Cathedral later in the year.&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;Admitting the Strange Angels&rdquo; have been produced using acrylic on Canvas. 
Daniel Paulo said of his forthcoming exhibition at York Minster &ldquo;I am thrilled that Admitting the Strange Angels will be exhibited in York Minster.&nbsp; These works are based on religious imagery and the Minster is the perfect context in which to be able to view them.&rdquo;
Daniel was born in Leeds in 1968.&nbsp; He lived in Sutton-in-Craven for 28 years, then moved to Burnley in 2001.&nbsp; He completed a Foundation in Art and Design at Jacob Kramer College in Leeds and then went on to do a Fine Art degree. The northern landscape has been a very important influence in Daniel&rsquo;s work for many years.&nbsp; His current works, although now based on the human figure, draw much inspiration from churches and cathedrals in the North of England. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The latest appointment to the Chapter of York Minster as a Lay Canon will be Dr Andrew Green.&nbsp; On Saturday 8 th March he will be collated to the College of Canons by the Archbishop of York and then admitted to the Chapter in the Chapter House, before being installed in the Quire during Evensong at 5.15pm. 
The Chapter, which governs the Minster, comprises the Dean, three residentiary Canons and two other Lay Canons. As a Lay Canon he will hold the Prebend of Bramham, in succession to Canon Emeritus Lindsay Mackinlay. 
Dr Green is Managing Director of BPI Recycled Products and BPI Consumer which are both divisions of British Polythene Industries PLC. He is also a member of DEFRA&rsquo;s Advisory Committee on Packaging and is a Non-Executive Director of Valpak Ltd.
Dr Green is married and has two sons.&nbsp; His interests includeMilitary History, triathlon and rowing. Dr Green is also a member of the Vale of York support group for the children's charity, Hope and Homes for Children.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Dr Daleep Mukarji, Director of Christian Aid will be delivering his lecture on &lsquo;Poverty and Prophets: Faith based Agencies and Social Justice&rsquo; in Temple Hall at York St John University on Wednesday 5th March at 7pm.&nbsp; 
Daleep Mukarji said: &lsquo;I am delighted to participate in this series of Ebor Lectures. &nbsp;I hope to focus on the scandal of poverty and inequality in a world of plenty. &nbsp;In this context Christians, and people of faith and goodwill, need to speak out and help build a movement for global justice and poverty eradication. &nbsp;Recent experience in the UK and overseas has shown people are willing to get involved – we need to build on this.&rsquo; 
&lsquo;Poverty is a major scandal today. &nbsp;Recent movements such as Jubilee 2000 and Make Poverty History have shown how faith based agencies can take a lead. &nbsp;This is a revitalisation of mission – Christians putting their faith into action and preaching a gospel that must be good news to the poor.
The Ebor Lectures series has been jointly organised by York Minster, York St John University, and The York Institute for Community Theology, The Carmelites and The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber.&nbsp; It is an ecumenical project, building bridges between faith communities and relating faith to public issues such as politics, economics, contemporary culture and spirituality.

Entrance to the Ebor Lecture is free of charge, but tickets must be booked in advance: Tel: 01904 876474 or e-mail: eborlectures@yorksj.ac.uk. 
There will also be a display of paintings by Jenny Baker.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jenny Baker is&nbsp;a part-time postgraduate student in Theology and Religious Studies at York St John University, with a particular interest in the relationships between theology and the visual arts.&nbsp; As a&nbsp;painter&nbsp;she is intrigued with the theological insights which can result from the painting process; and as a non-stipendiary Anglican priest (in rural Shropshire) she experiments with using the visual arts in ministry. 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Matthew Hodgkinson, who was the first bursary holder in the Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme has now become a full time member of staff in the York Minster Stoneyard.&nbsp; Matthew started in the Carvers&rsquo; workshop at York Minster on a six month placement funded by the Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme. &nbsp;&nbsp;This placement finished in January 2008 but Matthew&rsquo;s work has been of such a high standard, that he has now become a permanent member of the Stoneyard workforce. 
Matthew is thrilled to now be a full time member of staff in York Minster&rsquo;s Stoneyard and said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really pleased that the Bursary Scheme has given me the opportunity to develop my carving skills in this environment , it&rsquo;s a privilege to be a part of restoring this amazing building&rdquo;.
The Traditional Building Skills Bursary scheme, which is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund is now offering a six month placement for a masonry trainee in the York Minster Works&rsquo; Department.&nbsp;&nbsp; The closing date for applications to be considered for this placement is Monday 31 st March 2008. For further information and an application pack please see www.buildingbursaries.org.uk or contact the Scheme Manager Clara Willett, the Bursaries Manager on 01422 890756 or e-mail: enquiries@buildingbursaries.org.uk.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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York Minster Library has now launched its new web pages.  These can be found on the Minster site under www.yorkminster.org/learning/library-archives-conservation/.  These new pages give detailed information about the history of the Library, the publications it holds and the services which can be accessed there. On these pages you can also access forms which will allow you to request and renew books online from home. The Library is the largest Cathedral Library in the UK and holds a wealth of information on the Minster as well as publications on a number of other subjects including York and Yorkshire History, Theology, Art History, Church Architecture and Music.  These new web pages are the perfect way to start to learn a little about the library and how it can be used.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Dean and Chapter of York have today announced that a new Director of Music has been appointed.&nbsp; Robert Sharpe will succeed Philip Moore in this post when Mr Moore retires in July 2008.&nbsp; 
Robert Sharpe is 36 and has been the Director of Music at Truro Cathedral in Cornwall for the past five-and-a-half years. Before this, he held positions at Lichfield and St Albans Cathedrals. His hobbies include architecture, food, interesting wines and furniture. Robert is married to Polly who is a pianist and they have two small children. 
Robert Sharpe said &ldquo;I am very excited about becoming part of the Minster community at this time and working with the organist John Scott Whiteley as well as having the privilege of succeeding Philip Moore whose music I greatly admire.&rdquo; 
The Dean of York, the Very Reverend Keith Jones said &ldquo;The Chapter is delighted to have appointed Robert Sharpe as Director of Music. He will bring many gifts and an exciting vision for the future of the Minster&rsquo;s musical life based on a wealth of experience. We look forward to welcoming Robert, Polly and the family to&nbsp;York in the summer&rdquo; 
The role of Director of Music at the Minster includes responsibility for the forty-eight choristers and twelve men of the choir, and all music sung and played in the Minster&rsquo;s worship. &nbsp;Robert Sharpe will be only the fifth holder of the post since 1897, and follows such distinguished musicians as Thomas Tertius Noble, Sir Edward Bairstow and Dr Francis Jackson CBE, as well as Philip Moore who has been at&nbsp;York since 1983. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Ebor Lecture series on Theology and Public Life 2007-2008 will continue with a lecture given by Professor Grace Davie, on Patterns of Religion in Modern Europe: A Global Perspective. It will be held in the North Transept of York Minster on Wednesday 13th February 2008 at 7.00pm.&nbsp; The lecture will be preceded at 6.15pm by the launch of Liberating Texts: Sacred Scriptures and Public Life – the published collection of the first series of Ebor lectures. Contributors to this book include The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York and Shirley Williams, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. 
Professor Davie&rsquo;s lecture will focus on issues such as our Judaeo-Christian heritage, the continuing influence of the historic churches, changing patterns of church going, the growing significance of religion in the modern world and the secular reactions to these changes.&nbsp; Grace Davie said &ldquo;The religious situation in Europe is complex - a relatively secular continent is confronted with religious issues on a daily basis.&nbsp; How should we understand this paradox?&nbsp; This lecture will explore this question.&rdquo; 
Liberating Texts is edited by Sebastien Kim, Professor of Theology and Public Life at York St John University and Jonathan Draper, Canon Theologian at York Minster and chair of the Ebor Lectures Committee. In this published collection of lectures, representatives of the three great Abrahamic faiths reflect on the use and abuse of sacred texts in public life. &nbsp;&nbsp;The Revd Canon Dr Jonathan Draper, co-editor of Liberating Texts said &ldquo;We&rsquo;re very pleased with this publication and hope that it will make a useful contribution to contemporary debates on the place of religion in our society&rdquo;. 
The Ebor Lectures series has been jointly organised by York Minster, York St John University, and The York Institute for Community Theology, The Carmelites and The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber.&nbsp; It is an ecumenical project, building bridges between faith communities and relating faith to public issues such as politics, economics, contemporary culture and spirituality. 
Entrance to the Ebor Lecture is free of charge, but tickets must be booked in advance: Tel: 01904 876474 or e-mail: eborlectures@yorksj.ac.uk. Copies of Liberating Texts will be available to buy for a discounted price of &pound;9.00 at the book launch on the evening of Wednesday 13th February 2008. &nbsp;&nbsp;For further information on how to buy the book please see www.yorksj.ac.uk/eborlectures. &nbsp;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Mark Langer, a 26 year old German Journeyman who has worked in York Minster&rsquo;s Stoneyard since October 2007 is now moving on to find his next placement.&nbsp; In recognition of the work which Mark has completed at York Minster and as a memento of his time in the Stoneyard, he has been presented with Sarah Brown&rsquo;s book &ldquo; York Minster: An Architectural History c.1220-1500&rdquo;.&nbsp; 
Mark represents the German tradition of furthering his craft-skills training. The tradition of becoming a &ldquo;journeyman&rdquo; in Germany dates back to the medieval period when stonemasons, after completing their apprenticeship would have to leave their hometown with only their work clothes and their tools. They had to make a living while travelling throughout Europe by using only the skills they learned during their apprenticeship. 
Mark arrived at the Minster in October 2007 in the traditional dress of a Journeyman – including shirt, waistcoat and bowler hat.&nbsp; As a journeyman, he is required to wear this traditional attire while he works.&nbsp; He has worked alongside York Minster&rsquo;s Masons in the workshop, practising his trade and enhancing his training. Mark has crafted stones which will be in place on the Minster&rsquo;s East Front for many hundreds of years to come.&nbsp; He will now move on from the Minster to find his next placement.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York&nbsp;called in at York Minster's Centre for School Visits yesterday to experience a lesson with York Minster's trained Education Officers.&nbsp; Dr Sentamu&nbsp;joined&nbsp;in with the visit of Years 5 and 6 from Tockwith Church of England Primary School.
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu said:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I thoroughly enjoyed my time with children from across York at York Minster&rsquo;s Centre for School Visits. It was good to see the children enjoying their learning, particularly about a place which is part of both their heritage, present and future. For me Christianity is a faith of prayer and parties, so it was good to see the children laughing and learning as they dressed up in clerical vestments – as a vicar, a priest and a bishop - and learnt more about the Minster as a place of living worship.&rdquo; 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Archbishop of York to call on York Minster's Centre for School Visits</title>
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The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York is to visit York Minster&rsquo;s Centre for School Visits on Wednesday 16th January 2008.&nbsp; The Centre for School Visits at the Minster offers school children from all over the country the opportunity to learn more about the history, life and purpose of York Minster through guided tours with trained teachers and lessons in the specially designed classrooms with resources unique to the Minster.&nbsp; 
At the start of each year, The Dean &amp; Chapter invite Yr 5 and Yr 6 pupils from schools across the Diocese of York to come and learn more about their Cathedral and Mother Church. Fifty Schools will be visiting the Centre during January, February and March of this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr John Sentamu will join in with the visit of Tockwith Church of England Primary School. As part of the visit, the children are expected to learn about the Minster as a place of living worship and one of the children is to dress in vestments similar to those worn by the Archbishop.
The Centre for School Visits has many unique resources. These include a scale model of the Minster&rsquo;s Masons&rsquo; Loft which can be used to show children how the Minster was designed, and models showing the stages through which the Minster went to become the building we see today. 
The Very Revd Keith Jones, Dean of York said: &ldquo;Last year nearly 45,000 pupils and staff were booked through the Centre for School Visits to York Minster, and&nbsp;nearly 12,000 of these were taught through the Centre.&nbsp; So I am delighted that the Archbishop will see and enjoy for himself this important part of the Minster's work with young people.&nbsp; I wouldn&rsquo;t be surprised if he joins in with them!&rdquo; 
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York said: &ldquo;I am looking forward to joining the pupils of Tockwith Primary School on their visit to York Minster school visitor centre. I hope that this provides a great opportunity for the children to be more actively involved in the Church and to learn more about the wonderful building that is York Minster&rdquo;. 
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The Very Reverend Keith Jones,&nbsp;Dean of York is the author of the Mowbray Lent Book 2008, entitled Adam&rsquo;s Dream: Human Longings and the Love of God which will be published by Continuum.&nbsp; 
Keith Jones&rsquo; new book has been described as &ldquo;a personal exploration of how Christianity makes sense of life and how the Bible can point the way to a quality of existence that may surpass expectations.&rdquo; 
Adam's Dream is available to buy&nbsp;online or in the Minster Shop.
Further Information on Adam&rsquo;s Dream
Adam&rsquo;s Dream: Human Longings and the Love of God
ISBN: 1906286108
Published by: Continuum Publishing Group – Mowbray
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Price: &pound;10.99
Synopsis: &nbsp;&nbsp;This book is a personal exploration of how Christianity makes sense of life and how the Bible can point the way to a quality of existence that may surpass expectations. The author writes, "In this book I've explored some of the great stories and themes of the Bible, in the hope that they might help readers to get to know God in a new way. They are all passages that mean a great deal to me, and that I've lived with for years, and they have also had a huge influence on our civilisation and help us to understand it.&nbsp; I believe that influence will always be of vital importance."&nbsp; Keith Jones writes with an engaging accessibility, an educated voice and a reflective tone. He draws on his experience both as an individual and as a member of the wider Christian church, now immersed in Cathedral life. He does not ignore other writers on the Bible, particularly those whose influence is known in history, but draws them into his reflections. He looks at what has influenced him in his appreciation of Scripture and of God - be it music, books or the events of his life. Convinced that to immerse oneself in the stories and ideas of Scripture not only brings one closer to God, but also enriches and fulfills life as it is lived every day, he is a persuasive advocate of the ongoing relevance of the Bible to modern life. 
Biography of the Author:
Keith Jones was born and bred in Shropshire, and so is an Englishman of Welsh ancestry.&nbsp; He went to local schools, and took a degree in English, followed by a period of study of Theology, at Selwyn College, Cambridge before preparing for ordination under the late Archbishop Runcie at Cuddesdon College, Oxford.&nbsp; He was ordained in the Southwark diocese at the age of 24, and as a priest has served in various parishes, including St Albans Cathedral. He was for a number of years Vicar of St Mary le Tower, Ipswich, another of the English towns he loves.&nbsp; He became Dean of Exeter in 1995, and Dean of York in 2004.&nbsp; He is married to Viola, who lectures on the history of art, and with whom he shares an interest in the influence of Christianity on the culture of Europe. 
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The Nave of York Minster will be cleared of all chairs on Wednesday 2nd January 2008, so that people can see how spacious the Nave would have originally seemed.&nbsp; The Nave is only emptied of its furniture once a year, at a quiet time in the Minster&rsquo;s year, making this a special opportunity to see the Nave free of its 800 chairs. 
Emptying the Nave provides the opportunity to see this space as it was originally intended.&nbsp; It also presents the opportunity to host special and unusual events in its vast space.&nbsp; The liveliest of these events is the Diocesan Youth Event XLS.&nbsp; This event is to be held on Friday 8th February 2008.&nbsp; Young people from all over the Diocese of York will come to York Minster to celebrate and praise God through a diverse mix of music and activities. 
During the time that the Nave is clear there will also be a Taizé Common Prayer Service on Sunday 27th January, which will focus on scripture, silence and song in the beautiful candle lit Nave. 
This year, there will also be an evening of Circle Dancing on Saturday 19th January, and the Christian Unions of the University of York and York St John University will hold their annual Minster Ball on the evening of Friday 25th January. 
The building of the Nave began in 1280, and took seventy years to complete.&nbsp; Built in the Decorated style, it replaced the old Norman Nave of Thomas of Bayeux.&nbsp; Diverse uses of the Nave are by no means a modern innovation; in medieval times, the Nave would have been used for a variety of purposes: markets were held there, and in the 1500s there were complaints about boys playing football in the Nave!
The Nave will be empty of chairs until Monday 18th February 2008.&nbsp; York Residents can use their Minster Passes to come in free of charge.&nbsp; To obtain a Minster Pass, York Residents can send an SAE to the Visitors Department, St William's College, College Street, York, YO1 7JF, or pick one up in the Minster.
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York Minster&rsquo;s Advent Wreath has now been decorated and put into place for Advent 2007. The first candle on the advent wreath will be lit at the Sung Eucharist Service on Advent Sunday, 2nd December 2007.&nbsp; The Advent Wreath at York Minster is suspended beneath the crossing area, directly under the Central Tower.&nbsp; The wreath measures approximately four metres in diameter and is decorated each year with seasonal evergreen foliage.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The wreath is decorated each year by the Minster&rsquo;s volunteer flower arrangers, underneath the central tower.&nbsp; The wreath is then attached to a wire which hangs from the ceiling of the Central Tower
The Advent Wreath will hang in place throughout Advent.&nbsp; One candle will be lit each Sunday and the central candle will be lit on Christmas day to represent the birth of Christ.&nbsp; The Advent Wreath has many symbolic meanings.&nbsp; It represents the coming of the light of Christ – both the first coming of his birth and looking forward to the second coming of his resurrection, celebrated at Easter.&nbsp; The circular shape of the advent wreath is symbolic of the eternal life found in Christ. The evergreen foliage which decorates the Advent Wreath also symbolises life.
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Tickets for this Carol Concert have now sold out.&nbsp; 
York Minster will be holding its annual Family Carol Concert on Friday 14th December 2007 at 7.00pm. &nbsp;Proceeds from the concert will go towards the musical life at the Minster, as part of the Development Campaign.&nbsp; As well as music from the acclaimed Minster Choir, the St William&rsquo;s Singers and the Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers there will be some new, but familiar faces appearing in the concert.&nbsp; 
Well known guests, Harry Gration and Dame Janet Baker will give readings at the Carol Concert. Look North Presenter Harry Gration began his career as a history teacher who spent school holidays doing match reports for BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Humberside. Harry went on to become a regular commentator for the BBC&rsquo;s Olympic and Commonwealth Games coverage.&nbsp; He has won 2 Royal Television Awards for his Sports Documentaries.
Yorkshire Born Dame Janet Baker is considered to be the greatest English mezzo soprano of her generation.&nbsp; She has enjoyed an extensive operatic career, particularly in early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. She was created a DBE in 1976.
The audience will be invited to sing favourite carols such as O Little Town of Bethlehem and Away in a Manger.&nbsp; The readings will range from the humorous to the traditional. Tickets prices range between &pound;10 and &pound;20 and are available from the National Centre for Early Music Box Office, St Margaret&rsquo;s Church, Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL, telephone 01904 658338, e-mail boxoffice@ncem.co.uk. 
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Teachers and children at the Minster School have this term started an outreach initiative funded by the Choir Schools&rsquo; Association. Minster School staff and choristers have been working with three York Primary Schools to share their musical expertise and help children to enjoy singing.&nbsp; Children at St Barnabas&rsquo;s, St Lawrence&rsquo;s, and St Paul&rsquo;s Primary Schools have been able to learn about life as a Minster chorister and have taken part in weekly singing workshops with staff from the Minster School.&nbsp; This first part of the outreach project will culminate in a York Schools Partnership Concert at the Minster on Monday 26 th November.&nbsp; A choir of three hundred, made up of children from each primary school and the Minster School will come together in an extravaganza of song; performing music from around the globe.&nbsp; With pieces from Canada to Japan and from South Africa to Russia, the music will be truly multicultural.&nbsp; The concert will begin at 5pm and will last approximately 40 minutes: admission is free of charge. 
The three schools that have taken part in the trial have been visited weekly by the Minster School&rsquo;s Director of Music Alison Forster, and vocal coach Katy Mahon-Cooper.&nbsp; Alison and Katy have worked with both children and staff, teaching a huge range of music from around the world.&nbsp; Children have thoroughly enjoyed the workshops.&nbsp; Work with these three schools is just the beginning of the project; many other schools have signed up to be involved during future terms.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is hoped that the project will run for at least the next four years.&nbsp; 
Alison Forster, Director of Music at the Minster School said &ldquo;The fantastic thing about singing is that it is an all-encompassing activity: everyone can sing and enjoy singing, no matter what their background&rdquo;. 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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To mark the retirement from the Minster in July 2008 of Philip Moore, Master of the Music since 1983, The Friends of Cathedral Music are commissioning an anthem from him. The FCM, which recently gave a grant of &pound;17,000 to the Minster towards a choristership, wishes to mark all that he has done both for the music of the Minster and for music in a wider context through his composing.Mr Moore has devoted his whole life to music and primarily cathedral music. In 1968, after teaching for 3 years at Eton College, he became Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral. In 1974 he succeeded Dr Barry Rose as Director of Music at Guildford Cathedral and in 1983 he moved to York Minster, succeeding Dr Francis Jackson.&nbsp; 
Philip Moore is one of the leading composers in the Anglican Church of the last 50 years. His works are sung regularly in almost all our cathedrals and in those churches that support a musical tradition, including those in the United States of America, the Netherlands and in Australia. Apart from his output for the church and the organ, he has also composed a considerable amount of orchestral and chamber music, plus 3 cantatas for chorus and orchestra. 
Readers may be interested to know that a catalogue of Philip Moore&rsquo;s compositions (almost 400 in number) can be found here on the Minster website under Minster composers. To mark the retirement, therefore, of such a distinguished musician, the FCM is delighted that he has agreed to compose an anthem which it is hoped will be performed for the first time by the Minster Choir at Evensong on Saturday 3rd May 2008 at the Gathering of the Friends of Cathedral Music.Although this commission is being made by the FCM York Diocese, it is felt that there are many people both in this country and abroad who may well like to join in honouring Philip Moore. Donations, clearly marked Philip Moore Commission may be sent to: 
The FCM Treasurer, 18 Saxon Way,&nbsp; ROMSEYSO51 5PT, UK
Cheques payable to The Friends of Cathedral Music.
Alternatively they may be given to the FCM Diocesan Representative, Michael Wiles, in the Minster. Further details may be obtained from him on:
mj.wiles@btconnect.com
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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York Glaziers Trust, the organisation which cares for, restores and conserves the world famous stained glass of York Minster is this year celebrating its 40th Anniversary.&nbsp; York Glaziers Trust (YGT) is one of the most well respected Stained Glass Studios in the world and has completed much challenging, exciting and vital work during its 40 year history. These projects include conserving the Rose Window after the damage caused by the fire of July 1984 and the painstaking ten year restoration of the St William Window which was unveiled in June 2007. 
Current and future projects offer the Trust further stimulating work: YGT are currently working on seven hundred year old glass from York Minster&rsquo;s Chapter House Vestibule; some of the oldest and most fragile glass the Trust has dealt with. The essential restoration of the Great East Window, will see the skilled men and women of the York Glaziers Trust working on the largest conservation project of its kind in Europe. 
York Glaziers Trust was formed in 1967-following suggestions put forward by the previous Dean (1941-1963) – Eric Milner-White.&nbsp; The first secretary and superintendent of the Trust was world renowned Glazier and stained glass expert Peter Gibson, OBE.&nbsp;&nbsp; Since its early history, YGT has grown in size, from its three craftsmen, to a staff of eleven&nbsp; skilled glaziers and conservators.&nbsp; In 2006, York Glaziers Trust was awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant for its &ldquo;In the Beginning&rdquo; project - to complete some of the work on the Great East Window at York Minster.
Although the York Glaziers Trust works primarily on the stained glass housed in York Minster, the independent nature of the organisation means that the expertise of those working at the Trust can be shared elsewhere. The Trust has worked on glass across the UK,&nbsp;including the conservation of medieval glass in a number of colleges at Oxford University.&nbsp; 
The Fortieth Anniversary Celebrations will include a dinner for the trustees and those who have been involved with the Trust in Bedern Hall on 6th November and an exhibition about the work of the York Glaziers Trust in York Minster.&nbsp; This exhibition will run between Monday 19th November 2007 and Friday 1st February 2008.&nbsp; Normal Minster admission charges apply.&nbsp; York residents can use their Minster passes to come in and view the exhibition free of charge.&nbsp; To obtain a Minster Pass, York residents can send an SAE to The Visitors Department, St William&rsquo;s College, College Street, York, YO1 7JF or pick one up in the Minster.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The York Minster Stoneyard has been joined by a German &ldquo;Journeyman&rdquo; – a stonemason who is travelling across Europe with only the tools of his trade to learn further skills and enhance his training.&nbsp; The tradition of becoming a &ldquo;journeyman&rdquo; dates to the Middle Ages when stonemasons, after completing their apprenticeship would have to leave their hometown with only their work clothes and their tools. They had to make a living while travelling throughout Europe by using only the skills they learned during their apprenticeship. 
Mark Langer, 26 years of age, originates from Heilbronnin the South West of Germany, near Stuttgart.&nbsp; Mark will be working in the stonemasons workshop alongside the Minster&rsquo;s own stonemasons over the next few months.&nbsp; Mark is required to wear the traditional clothes of a stonemason as he works, these include a black bowler hat, a shirt and waistcoat. 
Mark will receive a stamp in his work book to confirm that he has worked at the Minster Stoneyard.&nbsp; He will then continue travelling through Europe using his skills in different places to enhance his training. 
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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York Minster will be holding a Big Draw event, to coincide with the National Big Draw month during October 2007.&nbsp; The Minster event, entitled Windows to the Soul will run during local half term week Monday 22nd to Friday 26 th October.&nbsp; The event at the Minster will encourage budding artists of all ages to use the wonderful stained glass in the Minster, especially in the Great East Window, as inspiration for their drawings. 
The drawing station will be based in the North Transept of the Minster.&nbsp; Here visitors will be able to pick up drawing materials and look at images for inspiration. If visitors wish to bring their own dry drawing materials they are very welcome.&nbsp; Visitors will also have the opportunity to leave the work they produce to be displayed as part of The Big Draw Exhibition, which will stay in place until Friday 2nd November 2007. 
Normal Minster admission charges apply.&nbsp; Visitors of all ages are encouraged to take part. York Residents can use their Minster Passes to come in free of charge.&nbsp; To obtain a Minster Pass, York Residents can send an SAE to the Visitors Department, St William's College,College Street, York, YO1 7JF, or pick one up in the Minster.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Long-serving York Minster Policeman John Key published a book about life behind the scenes of the Minster&rsquo;s own Police Force in 2006.&nbsp; John&rsquo;s book, Close Encounters: Reminiscences of a York Minster Policeman is now a sell-out!&nbsp; John has donated all proceeds from the sale of the book, which reached a total of &pound;842.07 to Martin House, Yorkshire&rsquo;s Hospice for children and young people.
John Key, Minster Policeman and author of Close Encounters said, &ldquo;I am so pleased that all copies have been sold and am delighted that I am able to donate such a healthy sum to Martin House.&nbsp; I would like to thank all those who bought and read the book and who have helped to support the hospice.&rdquo;
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A Service to celebrate the formation of the Yorkshire Regiment has taken place at York Minster today, 22nd September 2007.&nbsp; The Service was attended by the Colonel in Chief of the Yorkshire Regiment, His Royal Highness, The Duke of York KG KCVO.
The Service included a reading given by His Royal Highness, the Duke of York.&nbsp; The address was given by the Regimental Chaplain Canon Richard Cooper.&nbsp;
The Service was followed by a march past beginning at the Minster, at which the Colonel in Chief,&nbsp;His Royal Highness, the Duke of York took the salute.
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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On Thursday 13 September 2007 at 11am, a new Bishop of Jarrow was consecrated by the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, in York Minster. He is the Venerable Mark Watts Bryant, currently Archdeacon of Coventry.&nbsp; He succeeds the Right Reverend John Pritchard, now Bishop of Oxford.
Mark Bryant was born in Wiltshire into a clergy household.&nbsp;&nbsp; He was a choirboy at Guildford Cathedral.&nbsp; After leaving school he went on to study at St John’s College at Durham University.&nbsp; After leaving Durham he went on to train for ordination at Cuddesdon Theological College near Oxford.&nbsp; He served as curate at Addlestone in Surrey, then moved to Trowbridge, Wiltshire where he started as chaplain at the local Further Education College before becoming Vicar of the Parish.&nbsp; In 1988 Mark Bryant moved to Coventry to become Director of Ordinands and Training. After eight years in this post he was appointed Team Rector of a North East Coventry Parish of 33,000.&nbsp; Since 2001, Mark Bryant has been Archdeacon of Coventry.&nbsp; During this time he has also been Chair of Social Responsibility in the Coventry Diocese, spending a lot of time supporting disadvantaged communities.&nbsp; He has also been Vice Chair of the Board of the local NHS Acute Trust, and has been able to see first hand some of the pressures and opportunities of life in the NHS.
The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Tom Wright, welcomed Mark Bryant to the Diocese of Durham:&nbsp; “Mark will join a happy and hard-working senior leadership team in the Diocese, and I very much look forward to sharing ministry with him.”
Mark Bryant is married to Elisabeth, a Nurse Lecturer and Practitioner and has three grown up children.&nbsp; In his spare time Mark Bryant enjoys walking, listening to music and watching popular television.&nbsp; He is also interested in art and photography.
During the service the sermon&nbsp;was preached by The Reverend David Tilley.&nbsp; At the Consecration, Mark Bryant&nbsp;was&nbsp;presented by The Right Reverend Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and the Right Reverend Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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The York Minster website was named last night as Best Tourism Website 2007 at the Yorkshire Tourist Board White Rose Awards.&nbsp; The Minster’s new website, developed by staff at York Minster and the York-based Design and Communications Agency Stone Soup, now caters for the Minster’s wide audiences, with information on Worship, Education, Visiting the Minster and Being involved at the Minster. 
At the awards dinner last night, the Minster website was praised for its clean design and interactive features such as the online Minster Shop, prayer box and virtual tour.&nbsp; These features have helped to communicate with those interested in the Minster, both near and far – with users from across the globe using the site.&nbsp; 
The Very Rev’d Keith Jones, Dean of York said: “York Minster is for many people their first glimpse of Yorkshire.&nbsp; It’s great that the York Minster website is a good gateway for them”.
Tom Sharp, Creative Director at Stone Soup said: "The York Minster website has a wide variety of audiences so it was a fantastic challenge to create a site that would communicate with them all. We work with clients across the world but we’re especially proud to be the partner of such a key institution in our home city."
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Participants from Yorkshire’s three great iconic churches: York Minster, Ripon Cathedral and Selby Abbey will be supporting the region’s local churches by taking part in the annual Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust sponsored walk and cycle ride on Saturday 8th September 2007. This is a sponsored challenge to visit as many churches and chapels in Yorkshire, by foot or bike, in one day. 

Participants from these three wonderful churches will be using three very different forms of transport! The Very Revd Keith Jones, Dean of York will walk during the morning and cycle in the afternoon. Dr Richard Shephard, Director of Development at York Minster will be on foot - traveling between churches in York. Dr Shephard has already raised £3500 for the event. Charles Forbes Adam, Chairman of the Selby Abbey Trust will be cycling from Selby to York and back; Tom Ramsden, High Steward of Ripon Cathedral will be riding from Ripon Cathedral to Selby Abbey via York Minster on horseback while other members of the Ripon team will be cycling.

Those who visit Ripon, York and Selby will be able to collect a ceramic medallion, kindly produced by Wade Ceramics, to commemorate the Ride and Stride.

The funds raised from this year’s Ride and Stride will be split between the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust and the church each participant represents. York Minster, Ripon Cathedral and Selby Abbey would like to encourage as many people as possible to become involved in the Ride and Stride. Sponsorship forms are available from each of Yorkshire’s three iconic Churches: for Ripon Cathedral call 01765 603583 or e-mail office@rcdc.fsnet.co.uk; for York Minster call 01904 557245 or e-mail richards@yorkminster.org; and for Selby Abbey call 01653 697320 or e-mail restoreselbyabbey@aol.com.

Image: Participants from York Minster set off on their stride through York.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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The Dean and Chapter of York will be hosting an exhibition on the Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest.&nbsp; Throughout August, visitors will be able to view a display on the winning entries from last year’s competition, and children can learn how they can enter the 2007-2008 contest.&nbsp; The International Grand Prize Winner of this contest will receive a trip to the United Nations in New York. 
The Lions Club Peace Poster contest gives young people throughout the world a chance to think about world peace and creatively express what it means to them.&nbsp; A different theme is selected each year and young people ages 11, 12 and 13 are invited to design a poster using no words to express the theme. The exhibition in York Minster will encourage young people between 11 and 13 years old to enter their regional competition for 2007-2008, the theme of which is “Peace around the World”.&nbsp; 
The York Lions Club is part of the Lions International Club, a network of 1.3 million men and women across the globe who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world. For further information on Lions Club International please see the website at www.lionsclubs.org.&nbsp; For information on the York Lions Club and how to enter the local Peace Poster Contest, please contact Peter Jesse on 01904 490410 or e-mail pete.jesse@talktalk.net. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Take a trip up York Minster’s East Front!&nbsp; The Minster’s Stoneyard is holding its annual open day, including a chance to take the lift up the scaffolding covering the East Front.&nbsp; The open day will take place on Friday 10 August 2007, between 9.30am and 3.00pm. 
Entrance to the Stoneyard, located on Deangate, will be free of charge, and everyone is welcome to come and look behind the scenes at one of the Minster’s most exciting areas.&nbsp; Donations to York Minster Fund are invited.&nbsp; All money raised from the Stoneyard Open Day will go towards the restoration of the East Front.
Visitors can explore the work of progress of stone through the Stoneyard, see the work of the stone sawing and shaping machinery, and meet the Masons, Carvers and Carpenters.&nbsp; There will also be guided tours of special areas of interest, including the drawing shop and the plaster cast museum.&nbsp;&nbsp; Visitors will also have the chance to view some of the work of the York Minster Broderers, a group of volunteers who create all the wonderful embroidery which can be seen in the Minster.
Members of the public will also be able to take the lift up the East Front scaffolding, and see the Minster’s greatest restoration project.&nbsp; People will be able to see for themselves the stonework and glass, and see how urgently it needs to be repaired.&nbsp; 
As they go up in the lift, visitors will pass the Great East Window, which is the size of a tennis court, and the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world.&nbsp; The East Front is over 600 years old, and visitors can see how the years have taken their toll on the stone and glass, with widespread erosion of the stonework, including the delicate tracery of the Great East Window.&nbsp; 
Trips up the East Front scaffolding are available throughout the day; weather permitting, for a minimum donation of £5.&nbsp; Tickets for the East Front Tours will be available from the Stoneyard on the day on a first come, first served basis.&nbsp; Children of 16 years and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult, and no children under 10 years old will be admitted.&nbsp; 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Visitors to York Minster will be able to enjoy a sit down and a cup of tea and a biscuit while they enjoy a visit to one of the world’s greatest churches. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served by members of the Minster community to visitors in return for a donation between 10.30 and 13.00 hrs at the West End of the Minster on August 3 rd, and in the North Transept on August 10 th, 17 th, 24 thand 31st.&nbsp; All funds raised from the serving of refreshments will be given to Christian Aid.&nbsp; 
To find out more about the work of Christian Aid, please see their website at www.christianaid.org.uk 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>York Minster gets Heritage Lottery Fund earmarked grant</title>
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£10 million Heritage Lottery Fund investment for York Minster
York Minster has today been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) earmarked&nbsp;grant of £10million.&nbsp; This massive injection of Lottery money will help the Dean and Chapter of York to undertake an ambitious programme of vital restoration work to the east end of the building, including the Great East Window, as well as put in place exciting plans for the training of skilled craftspeople and volunteers.&nbsp; This project is the third piece in the Minster’s latest restoration jigsaw, with two previous phases also having been supported by HLF to the tune of £440,000.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
The Very Reverend Keith Jones, Dean of York Minster said:&nbsp;&nbsp; "This is wonderful news. York Minster is one of the world's greatest buildings, and now the Heritage Lottery Fund is helping us not just to keep it standing, but provide a dazzling experience for millions of people.&nbsp; This is great for us all, and especially for York, for Yorkshire, and the North.&nbsp; It also puts us on the map at a time when the whole world will be coming to Britain.&nbsp; Now we can make the Minster a place of which we can be even more proud.”
"It's a tribute to many people around York and in our own team who have helped us to prepare the bid, and we are now poised to make our dream a reality. It's a moment to thank all the people who have encouraged us, and had such brilliant ideas."
Carole Souter, Director of HLF, said “York Minster is a world famous building - rich in history and architectural complexity – which attracts huge numbers of visitors every year who gaze up at its inspirational stained-glass windows.&nbsp; We are completely convinced by the future vision for the Minster, with its emphasis on making it a welcoming place, and continuing the strong tradition of craftsmanship which has been fostered there over the centuries.”&nbsp; 
James Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, said:&nbsp; "York Minster is a magnificent building and an important part of British history. The National Lottery, through the HLF, has always had an important role in supporting our heritage, making it accessible for all. This grant will undoubtedly make an important difference to the preservation of one of our greatest landmarks so that it can be enjoyed for generations to come."
Dame Judi Dench, actress and long-term supporter of York Minster, commented:
"I was born in York and the Minster is particularly dear to my heart.&nbsp; It's also the backdrop to my theatrical heritage as I had my acting debut there in the Fifties when I performed in the Mystery Plays.&nbsp; It's marvellous news that the Heritage Lottery Fund has been so generous and ensured that the&nbsp;vital restoration work of this most wonderful and iconic building will now take place."
Urgent repairs
The current structure of York Minster was begun in 1220 to complete the replacement of the extended 11 th century Norman building already in existence.&nbsp; The east end, begun in the late 14th century, is currently in an unstable condition with a noticeable tilt towards the east.&nbsp; The stonework, much of it dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, is currently in a fragile condition and will be conserved along with the main glass panels of the much-photographed Great East Window.&nbsp; Created by the renowned John Thornton of Coventry between 1405 and 1408, this spectacular window originally cost £56. 
Nurturing heritage skills 
The Dean and Chapter of York and the Heritage Lottery Fund have a shared passion for looking after the historic environment as well as nurturing traditional heritage skills. An important part of York Minster’s plans involve the training of new apprentices in the specialist skills of stone masonry and stained-glass conservation.&nbsp; This will be the largest conservation project of its kind with five stonemasons and three stained glass conservation apprentices being taken on over the five-year period of work.&nbsp; This is in addition to conservation staff at the York Glaziers Trust already being trained under the In the Beginning scheme, also funded by HLF. 
Encouraging volunteering opportunities 
There are currently&nbsp;around 500 volunteers at York Minster who will now receive more tailored training. Additionally, an initiative is being set up to target a more diverse range of individuals, including students from the nearby Universities of York and York St John, to get involved at the cathedral.&nbsp; 
(Photograph: Kippa Matthews/Heritage Lottery Fund)&nbsp;&nbsp;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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You can now enjoy an ice cream in Dean's Park! A new refreshments stand has been opened by The Dean and Chapter of York in Dean’s Park – the gardens which surround the North West side of the Minster.&nbsp; The new refreshments stand will serve Fair-trade tea and coffee and luxury ice cream throughout the summer months seven days a week. 
Many people enjoy Dean’s Park all the year round.&nbsp; Although it is a private park, cared for by the Dean and Chapter, it is one of York’s best-loved places, in the shadow of the Minster, and home to the Cathedral Library.&nbsp; Numerous events, from performances of the Mystery Plays, to dramatic productions by students, take place there.&nbsp; And it is just around the corner from many of York’s city-centre attractions. The stand is run by Five Star Caterers who also provide refreshments at the Tower of London, Battersea Park, Crystal Palace and many other attractions across the UK.
The opening hours of the refreshments stand will be Monday to Friday – 10.00am until late.&nbsp; Saturday and Sunday – 9.00 am until late.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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The Minster is this week hosting an exciting event which places it&nbsp;in its&nbsp;rightful place as a centre for&nbsp;study, inspiration and reflection.&nbsp; The Christianity and Culture&nbsp;conference on "Visual Representations of Mediaeval Spirituality" will be held in St William's College between 16th and 18th July.&nbsp; This&nbsp;event is the most recent project which has come about through the Dean and Chapter's partnership with the Christianity and Culture Project.
The Conference brings together&nbsp;a stellar cast of leading academics from all over the world.&nbsp; The exciting programme ranges from art, architecture, drama, music, manuscripts and stained glass.
For further information on the Christianity and Culture Project please see the project&nbsp;web page: www.york.ac.uk/inst/cms/candc
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>Dr Francis Jackson is made a CBE for services to Music</title>
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Dr Francis Jackson, Organist Emeritus of York Minster, has been made a CBE for services to music&nbsp;in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.&nbsp; Dr Jackson was Organist and Master of the Music at the Minster for thirty six years, he&nbsp;retired in 1982.
Dr Jackson was born in the Yorkshire town of Malton, and began his association with the Minster at the age of 11 when he became a chorister under Sir Edward Bairstow.&nbsp; During his time as Organist of York Minster he was President of the Royal College of Organists between 1972 and 1974 and in 1978 was appointed OBE for services to music.
Dr Jackson has given recitals all over the world and has made many recordings of solo organ music as well as choral music.&nbsp; He is also well known as a composer and his music is sung extensively both in the UK&nbsp;and abroad.
(Photograph: By Kind permission of Mr Anthony Cairns, www.iao.org.uk)
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>York Minster: A Living Legacy</title>
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The Very Revd Keith Jones, Dean of York is currently working on a new publication York Minster: A Living Legacy.
This new book will tell the story of the Minster as a building and community.&nbsp; The past will be brought to life and many of the hidden corners of the Minster will be revealed.&nbsp; This book will stand as a portrait of the Minster community, its day-to-day life, the people who make the Minster work and the skills of the craft workshops that maintain its fabric for future generations.
For details on how you can subscribe and contribute&nbsp;to this book in advance of publication please see the Third Millenium Website 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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York Minster played a part in York's annual Cycle Show by hosting&nbsp;a Cyclists Service on Sunday 24th&nbsp;June 2007.&nbsp; 
At 9.00am on 24th June, the Nave was filled with cyclists.&nbsp; At 9.45 the grand parade of Cyclists made its way from the Minster to York Racecourse where the Cycle Show is held.&nbsp; 
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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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York Minster will today welcome an exhibition of information on refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world.&nbsp; This display will mark National Refugee Week and will run between Friday 15 th June and Sunday 24 th June 2007.&nbsp; Refugee Action York have organised the display, which will concentrate on information about organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers across Yorkshire and Humberside. 
The Very Rev’d Keith Jones, Dean of York and members of Refugee Action York will welcome Councillor Irene Waudby, Lord Mayor of York to the Minster on Tuesday 19 th June 2007 to view the display.&nbsp; The Dean of York will greet the Lord Mayor at the South steps of the Minster at 15.30 hrs.&nbsp; 
Refugee Action York is a local voluntary organisation which was founded in 2000. It has been organising local events for Refugee Week since 2002.&nbsp; The principal aim of Refugee Week is to raise awareness and understanding of the reasons why people seek sanctuary and to celebrate the contribution of refugees in the United Kingdom.&nbsp; Refugee Action York works throughout the year supporting members of York’s Kurdish community and helping at the weekly drop-in centre for ethnic minority mothers and children along with organising workshops for secondary school children as part of their Citizenship curriculum.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Wednesday&nbsp;was market day in Kirby Moorside and the town was bustling with activity. The pilgrims joined regular worshippers at&nbsp;the Parish Church of All Saints for their regular mid week celebration of Holy Communion before setting out on the seven mile walk to Helmsley. They were joined by friends and supporters who swelled their number to 22. The route took them round fields of swaying barley and sprouting broad beans into the dapple shaded glen of Kirkdale. The pilgrims stopped at the secluded St Gregory Minster where the early inscription above the door refers to the benefaction of Orm who bought and rebuilt the Minster in circa 1060.
A stop for the picnic lunch supplied by Clifton Catering of York was followed by a short period of rain and the route then took the walkers to Nawton and then to Pockley with its pretty thatched cottages before&nbsp; leading over fields full of sheep and lambs down to Helmsley where the pilgrims were to spend the night.
The Walkers&nbsp;achieved the half way stage both in miles and days but the day was&nbsp; unfortunately marred by the injury to Ellen, one of the pilgrims, who slipped and tore her knee ligament.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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On 7th June 2007, a festal Evensong was held in the Quire of York Minster to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the St William Window.&nbsp; 
The Altar was placed in its original position, in between the St William and St Cuthbert Windows.&nbsp; This gave a sense of how the Quire would have looked originally.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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On Saturday 26th May 2007, York Minster hosted the Northern Cathedrals Festival Evensong. The boys and men of the York Minster Choir were joined by boys and men of the choirs of Ripon and Durham Cathedrals.
The Evensong service for the Northern Choirs Festival is held only once a year, and the cathedrals of York, Ripon and Durham take it in turns to host the service. The service was held in the Nave as people came from all over the North of England to take part in this special annual Evensong.
Evensong is one of the official services of the Anglican Church, dating from 1549, and later revised in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.&nbsp; The majority of the service is sung by the choir, and so a high standard of singing is required to bring out the full beauty of the service. 
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER 
Sunday 27th May 2007 
YORK MINSTER
7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. 
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”&nbsp; 2 Chronicles 7:14
Come with your friends: join the growing groundswell of God’s people praying in this nation and with hundreds of millions around the world!
The evening consists of prayer and worship, embracing many traditions.
Pray for God’s guidance in our lives, communities, nation and world.
Take the message of HOPE wherever we go - in word and deed.
“That the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Habbakuk 2:14
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17th to 26th May 2007 – 10 days - 24 hours a day
Join countless others around the world in a stream of continuous prayer in the ten days leading up to Pentecost.
The 24/7 Prayer Room, Old Elim Church (by the Biltmore Bar), 29 Swinegate, YORK YO1 8AZ 
The Prayer Room is warm and welcoming, with refreshments, music, visual aids and creative materials.&nbsp; Spend time alone or with friends.
PLEASE NOTE - BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
Book your time slot using the on-line diary at www.onevoiceyork.org.uk
If you don’t have access to the internet, and for any further details phone OVY Prayer Representative, Juliet Wright: 01904 675755.
PRAY GLOBALLY. GATHER LOCALLY
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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			<title>"How was it done?" - Building York Minster</title>
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As part of National Science and Engineering week, the staff of the Centre for School Visits will be running sessions exploring how York Minster was built. What were some of the problems encountered by medieval masons and how were they overcome? How was a window the size of a tennis court designed at one to one scale 600 years ago, and how will it be restored over the coming decade? Why is dismantling a pinnacle a potentially hazardous thing to do? Find out the answers to these and many other questions by coming along.
Sessions will start at 10.00 am or 1.00pm on Saturday 10th March and Saturday 17th March. Each session will last two hours and will include an introduction in the Centre for School Visits followed by a tour of the Minster.
Tickets are free, but limited, and must be obtained in advance.&nbsp; Please call 01904 557224
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Below -&nbsp;Daphne Wood, Organiser of the&nbsp;Taizé service in York Minster, describes the history of Taizé worship and discusses what is special about Taizé Common Prayer&nbsp;at the Minster:
Taizé is a small hamlet in Burgundy, France, yet the name is known internationally.
In 1940,&nbsp; Brother Roger, a Swiss Protestant, settled alone in Taizé.&nbsp; He wanted above all to help people going through difficulties.&nbsp; He offered hospitality to refugees, especially Jews.
Brother Roger was astonished to see Christians using up so much energy in justifying the things which brought them into conflict, while all the time referring to a God of love. He thought that in order to communicate Christ to others, what could be more transparent than actually giving their lives, accomplishing reconciliation in practical ways day after day.&nbsp; So he believed it was essential to create a community of men who had decided to give their entire life and who constantly seek to be reconciled.&nbsp; 
Brother Roger intended to create a community that would be a ”parable of&nbsp; communion”.&nbsp; Today the community numbers more than one hundred brothers, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, from twenty-five countries.&nbsp; Small groups of brothers also live among the poor in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Sadly Brother Roger died in Taizé in August 2005.&nbsp; We thank God for his life and work and pray for his successor Brother Alois.
Since the end of the 1950’s tens of thousands of young people from every continent and adults too, come to Taizé, usually to stay for a week, living simply and gathering with the brothers three times a day for Common Prayer in the huge Church of Reconciliation.&nbsp; They come to reflect on the sources of the faith, to pray, to look for meaning for their life and to prepare themselves to be creators of trust and reconciliation in the places where they live.
Worship in the style of the Taizé Community happens all over the world and at the Parish Church of St. Chad on the Knavesmire, York.&nbsp; The Parish was invited to arrange&nbsp;a&nbsp;service&nbsp;in York Minster in 2004 and in subsequent years.&nbsp; We are planning now for the evening of Sunday 28th January 2007.&nbsp; All are welcome.
What is special about Taizé worship in the Minster?&nbsp; One enters at the West door to the enormity of the vast hallowed space of the Nave, subdued lighting, flickering candles, the “empty” cross central on the floor surrounded by chairs waiting for God’s people. The music, the singing of short chants, repeated again and again give a meditative character.&nbsp; These few words express a basic reality of faith, quickly grasped by the mind, penetrating the whole being, a way of listening to God.
The service flows unannounced following the pattern of&nbsp; prayerful chants, readings and intercessions and silences.&nbsp; Individuals place their lighted candles on the central cross, symbolising reconciliation and peace through Jesus Christ, the Light of the World, and many remain there praying.&nbsp; The Cross becomes a dazzling runway of light.
Taizé style of worship provides a corporate act of worship of people of all age-groups, of any tradition and none.&nbsp; Its simplicity, its informal structure is an opportunity to escape from busyness,&nbsp; to reflect and to pray,&nbsp; to honour God and to love one another,&nbsp; to rest a while,&nbsp; to be refreshed,&nbsp; to be reconciled and so to be at peace as we once more go out into the world to live and work to His praise and glory. 
Daphne Wood
There will be&nbsp;a service of Taizé Common Prayer at York Minster on&nbsp;Sunday 28th January 2007 at 6.30pm.&nbsp;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Digital Art bringing Medieval Masterpiece to life at York Minster</title>
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York Minster’s extensive restoration of the Great East Window – the world’s largest medieval window&nbsp;- is being brought to life in a ground-breaking digital art installation launched to the public on January 6. 
‘Recovered light’, by renowned international artists Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser (known as the OpenEnded Group), will allow people to see the window’s&nbsp; scenes, never before seen by the public, up close for the first time. It will bring to life the current restoration project of the window, designed to improve the clarity and condition of the 15th century work and to save it from collapse.&nbsp; 
The artwork, which will be in place until January 28, will be projected onto a massive screen on the gridwork of scaffolding which covers the entire eastern façade of York Minster for the period of the restoration. Recovered Light will act as a kind of virtual x-ray, peering through the scaffold at the Great Window. This digital artwork will use artificial intelligence to carefully reassemble the intricate scenes of each stained glass panel, as if solving a complex jigsaw puzzle and bringing back to light imagery long lost to view.
The Great East Window is the biggest single expanse of medieval stained glass in the world, is roughly the size of a tennis court and has been described as ‘the Sistine chapel of the stained glass world’. &nbsp;It is the earliest piece of English art by a known artist,&nbsp;completed between 1405 and 1408 by John Thornton.
Scaffolding now obscures&nbsp;the Great East Window from view and it is unlikely that visitors to the city will be able to view the window for another ten years.
Recovered Light will work in real-time using a sophisticated artificial-intelligence program. This allows it to interact with the movements of the viewers outside, as well as to continually vary the moving images. Paul Kaiser, of the OpenEnded Group, based in New York,&nbsp; said: “We’re extremely excited about lighting up York Minster as never before.&nbsp; Our artwork will result in a spectacle that never repeats itself during the course of its run and will reward not only visitors to the city encountering it a single time, but also York citizens who will come across it repeatedly in the everyday course of things, catching glimpses of it from afar as well as studying it up close, always finding something new revealed in the ever-shifting artwork.”
Recovered Light has been commissioned by the York Tourism Partnership as part of Illuminating York, a ten year strategy by the city with investment from the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, to encourage greater use of the city in the evenings, increase visitor numbers, and enhance the evening environment and security at night.
Rory McCarthy, Tourism Development Officer for the City of York Council, said:&nbsp;&nbsp; “We wanted to secure an artist of international standing to create a light-based public artwork that will catch the imagination of the nation, inspiring visitors and residents alike. We’re excited to see the final results.”&nbsp; 
Gillian Cruddas, Chief Executive of York Tourism Bureau, said: “January is traditionally a quieter month for tourism in York so we’re delighted the city has managed to attract world class artists to put on this major piece of public art.&nbsp; With several fringe events happening next month, as well as a mini arts festival, we’re expecting bookings to York to increase throughout January.”
Visitors can find out more by visiting www.visityork.org.&nbsp; Recovered Light will run from 6 January for three weeks to 27 Jan inclusive.
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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For information about the Family Carol Concert 2007 please see the Events Calendar.&nbsp; 
York Minster is to host its ever-popular Family Carol Concert on Friday 15th December at 7.00pm, proceeds will go to support the music at the Minster as part of the Development campaign. The acclaimed Minster Choir will sing traditional Christmas Carols, joined by the St William Singers and the Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers. There will also be readings by well-known guests Ian Carmichael and Jane Lapotaire.
Ian Carmichael has appeared in many classic films including Private&rsquo;s Progress, Lucky Jim and Scoundrels, and has recently appeared in The Royal, the popular spin-off to ITV1&rsquo;s Heartbeat and BBC period Drama Wives and Daughters. He is well known for his television performances as Bertie Wooster opposite Denis Price&rsquo;s Jeeves and Dorothy L. Sayers&rsquo; aristocratic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey. Ian Carmichael was awarded the OBE in 2003.
Jane Lapotaire has been a leading member of the National Theatre and the RSC for more than thirty years, and was one of the founding members of the Young Vic Theatre Company. Her films include To Catch a King, Anthony and Cleopatra, Surviving Picasso, and recently Shooting Fish, and There&rsquo;s Only One Jimmy Grimble with Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle.
The audience will be invited to sing favourite carols such as &ldquo;O Little Town of Bethlehem&rdquo; and &ldquo;O Come all Ye Faithful&rdquo;. The readings will range from the humorous to the traditional.
Tickets range from &pound;5 to &pound;10 and are available from the National Centre for Early Music Box Office, St Margaret&rsquo;s Church, Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL, telephone 01904 658338 or email boxoffice@ncem.co.uk.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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For many years the Minster Choir has sung Bach's Cantata 140, Wachet Auf!  on the Sunday before Advent.   This year it has been decided that another of Bach's advent Cantatas, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, (Come unto us now, Saviour of the Unbeliever) (Cantata 61) will be sung instead.  This change to the norm gives members of the congregation a chance to hear and appreciate another of the other musical treasures left to us by this well-loved and celebrated composer. The tradition of singing Wachet Auf! is valued by a great many people and the congregation can rest assured that it will not in future years be neglected.Bach composed 224 cantatas, all revealing a level of inspiration and musical skill beyond anything known before or after Bach's lifetime.  The words of Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland were written by the Hamburg Pastor, Erdman Neumeister who was inspired by the Lutheran doctrine. The music of Cantata 61 is complex and melodious and contains an astonishing variety of religious symbolism, which is fitting for this time in the Church's Calendar.  A full text, translation and programme note will be available on Sunday 26 November.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Dean of York will undertake a sponsored bike ride this Saturday
(Saturday 9 September) in an effort to support the region's local
churches. The
ride will start from the Minster at about 10.00am, and after riding
through Osbaldwick and Murton the Dean will visit Upper Helmsley before
heading back to the Minster. The ride will take in some 10 churches in
a loop of about 20 miles. The Dean said "I am delighted that I
have been so well supported by sponsors for the bike ride. The needs of
ancient churches are great, and this is a chance for me to support them" Further insight into life at the Minster can currently be
seen in the series York Minster, which is being screened on BBC2 at
8.00pm for the next five Fridays. Notes to the Media: The Dean will be available for further comment and photos at 9.30am on Saturday outside St Willliam's College in York.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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A new book, ‘Close Encounters: Reminiscences of a York Minster Policeman’ looks at life behind the scenes in the Minster’s own Police force.&nbsp; York Minster is one of only two cathedrals in the world to have its own Police, and Minster Policeman John Key has published a collection of his highlights in the force.&nbsp; 
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John Key has been a member of the Minster’s Police for 21 years, and his book features stories of a woman smuggling a dog into the Minster in her blouse, Civil War ghosts, and unusual intruders in the Minster’s grounds.&nbsp; John also writes about the history of the Minster Police.&nbsp; There have been constables at the Minster since 1285, and the Police force was formed in 1829, following the great fire of February 1829.&nbsp; 
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The Chancellor of York Minster, Canon Glyn Webster said, “John has written a lively and entertaining series of stories about the life of a Minster Policeman.&nbsp; Anyone who loves the Minster, or wants to know more about one of its more unusual departments should buy this book, especially as all profits go towards Martin House hospice.”
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John Key said, “I wrote this book to let people know about the Minster Police force, to explain who we are and what we do.&nbsp; We are Police Officers in a non-Home Office force, and that’s rather extraordinary.&nbsp; The Minster Police force, and the constables before them, have been looking after the Minster for over 700 years, and this is the first book that’s been written about this distinctive force.”
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‘Close Encounters’ is available at the Minster Shop, priced £3.99, and all proceeds go to Martin House, Yorkshire’s hospice for children and young people.&nbsp; Contact 01904 557219 or email shop@yorkminster.org for details on how to buy. 
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The ‘Creation’ programme at York Minster is now well under way, consisting of a series of exhibitions of original work in the Nave, &amp; the sale of artists’ posters &amp; cards in the Minster’s shops,&nbsp; all to raise funds for the restoration of the Minster’s East Front.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jake Attree’s paintings are on show in the Nave until 23 September.&nbsp;&nbsp; They have aroused tremendous interest, &amp; one-third have already been sold.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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The three posters are the first of a series, with new works by different artists becoming available at regular intervals. We hope that people will want to collect the complete series.”&nbsp; 
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Ann Petherick, the co-ordinator of the ‘Creation’ programme, got the idea for the poster series&nbsp; from the ‘Art on the Underground’ posters published by London Transport.&nbsp;&nbsp; She said:
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“If anyone has noticed the kind of prices recently being obtained for the transport posters at auction, they may well feel inspired to lay down a set of the Minster posters for their grandchildren !”
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Susan Brown and Rosemary Carruthers, whose work has been reproduced on posters along with that of Jake Attree, will be showing their original work in the Minster in the coming months.&nbsp; 
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Posters. cost £30 each, or £75 for the set, &amp; cards are £1.50 each.&nbsp; Contact 01904 557219 or email shop@yorkminster.org for details on how to buy.
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Three cellists from Sheffield will be performing on the roof of York Minster, on Thursday 3 August, to raise funds for the charities Shelter and ASPIRE.
Between Monday 24 July and Friday 4 August 2006, Jeremy Dawson, Clare Wallace and James Rees will visit all 42 Anglican Cathedrals in England with the aim of playing on the roof of each.&nbsp;&nbsp; They will travel over 1900 miles, visit almost every county in England and climb countless stone spiral staircases. 
Jeremy (30), a statistician at Aston University, James (26), a teacher at John Taylor High School in Staffordshire, and Clare (46), a teacher at Sheffield High School, formed the trio “The Extreme Cellists” in 2003 in response to a documentary about the “sport” of Extreme Ironing.&nbsp; They have previously raised £1,800 for a Sheffield primary school’s music fund by playing at six extreme locations in Sheffield and the Peak District, and £2,500 for Sheffield Cathedral Choir by hiking the 45-mile route from Manchester Cathedral to Sheffield Cathedral in a day, playing their cellos as they went.
This year, however, they are attempting a more national venture. Jeremy Dawson says, “We decided to set ourselves quite a challenge this time! As well as being cellists we’re all Cathedral choir singers, so the thought of playing on Cathedral roofs was quite enticing and different. Fortunately all the Cathedrals are all very supportive of our plans – at most, we are able to play on the roof itself, and at the others we are playing at other extreme and interesting locations within the Cathedral. By visiting every Cathedral in England in just 12 days we hope to raise the profile of both ASPIRE and Shelter nationally, and raise a fair amount of money for each, as well as entertaining a few members of the public along the way!”
You will be able to listen to the performance, which will last around 10-15 minutes, by standing at the foot of the Minster’s East End on Thursday 3 August at 13.00. Donations to Shelter and ASPIRE can be made via the cellists’ web site, www.extreme-cello.com, from where further information is also available.&nbsp; 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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The summer season of evening organ recitals begins this year at York Minster on Saturday 29 July.&nbsp; To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart, all his organ music will be performed over the series. The recitals will be performed every Saturday at 7.00pm, and the series ends on Saturday 9 September.&nbsp; Tickets cost £6 (concessions £5), including a programme, and are available on the door.
The 2006 summer series of recitals features some of Britain’s finest organists.&nbsp; The series will begin with a recital by Robert Gower of Glenalmond College, on 29 July.&nbsp; York Minster’s own organist, John Scott Whiteley, will perform on 5 August, and Graham Barber of St Bartholomew’s Armley, will be playing on 12 August.
Francis Jackson, Organ Emeritus of York Minster, will be performing on 19 August, and 26 August will see Malcolm Archer of St Paul’s Cathedral playing.&nbsp; The series will end with two of the Minster’s own musicians, with Lee Dunleavy, the cathedral’s Organ Scholar, on 2 September, and Philip Moore, the Minster’s Master of the Music, on 9 September.
York Minster’s organist, John Scott Whiteley said, “The summer series of organ recitals is always popular, and we hope that we attract more people than ever this year.&nbsp; We have a marvellous programme of musicians this year, some from York and others from all around the country.&nbsp; The special feature of the 2006 series is the complete organ music of Mozart, whose 250th anniversary falls this year.”
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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York construction firm William Birch and Sons have donated £10,000 to the York Minster Development Campaign.&nbsp; William Birch and Sons is one of the region’s leading construction companies carrying out all forms of construction work throughout Yorkshire.&nbsp; The company was established in York by William Birch in 1874.
The York Minster Development Campaign is aiming to raise £30,000,000 to fund the restoration of the East Front of the Minster.&nbsp; The centrepiece of the East Front is the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world.&nbsp; The medieval glass and stonework of the East Front are badly in need of restoration and structural repair.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Mr Chris Birch, Chairman of the company said, “The decision to contribute to the Minster’s campaign was taken by all of the shareholders and directors. We are all devoted to the Minster and wish to encourage the Dean and Chapter at a very crucial time in the Minster’s history.&nbsp; Being a construction company, we are very conscious of the costs involved in a project of this scale and intricacy.”
The Director of Development for York Minster, Dr Richard Shephard said, “A donation of this size from one of York’s oldest businesses gives real encouragement. We are very grateful to William Birch and Sons. The work on the East Front has already started and gifts such as this one help to ensure the continuity of the project.”
Anyone wanting to help keep York Minster in its full glory can send a cheque, made payable to ‘York Minster Fund’ to The Development Office, Church House, Ogleforth, York, Y01 7JN.
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The intriguing set of sculptures ‘Semaphore Saints’ by Terry Hammill is returning to York Minster for a second display inside the west end from 26th June to 19th July.&nbsp; These sculptures were first seen last summer as part of the hugely popular exhibition “Within the Sublime”, an exhibition of twenty four pieces of sculpture inspired by the Minster by fourteen members of the Yorkshire Sculptors Group.&nbsp; 
Terry’s saints occupied some of the empty niches inside the west end of the Minster. Created to harmonise with the stonework, many people were left wondering if the sculptures of figures holding semaphore ‘bats’ had always been there or if they were new! 
In their first installation, the ‘saints’ spelled out ‘Christ is here’ using the semaphore alphabet, which visitors had to decode using crib sheets supplied. A few people had trouble identifying the letters, resulting in some interesting interpretations, but this in itself helped to underline Terry’s theme of communication and mediation of messages. 
Louise Hampson, Collections Manager for the Minster said “The Dean and Chapter are delighted Terry has agreed to his sculptures coming back here, after such a positive response last year. What this year’s ‘message’ will be is yet to be revealed – watch that space!”
York residents can use their Minster passes to see the ‘Semaphore Saints’ free of charge.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Dr Ann Lees will become a Lay Canon of York Minster on Saturday 15th July.  She will be Installed in the Quire at Evensong, at 5.30pm, and this will be preceded by her Admission into the College of Canons in the Chapter House.  Before these two services, there will be a ceremony of Collation by the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend &amp; Right Honorable Dr. John Sentamu, at Bishopthorpe Palace on Wednesday 28th June.    As a Lay Canon, Dr Lees will be a member of the Chapter, the governing body of the Minster.  As a result of the Cathedrals Measure 1999 York Minster's first four lay members of Chapter were Brigadier Peter Lyddon MBE, Mr Lindsay Mackinlay, Mrs Carol Rymer MBE, JP, DL and Dr Allen Warren.  Dr Warren retired from his post as a Lay Canon earlier this year, and Dr Lees will be replacing him.Dr Lees is the Director of Education for the Diocese of York, which covers the area between the rivers Humber and Tees, and from the east coast of Yorkshire to the foot of the Dales.  She first joined the Diocesan Education team in February 1999, and was appointed Diocesan Director of Education in November 2002.  Dr Lees heads a team who work with schools, parishes, local authorities and other bodies to promote Christian education throughout the diocese.Ann Lees moved to York in 1974, and has a long involvement with the Minster and education in the city.  She has previously taught English at the University of York and York St John University College, and is on the governing body of two York schools.  Dr Lees is married to Nick, and has two daughters, Alice and Polly, who are in their twenties.  Both girls attended the Minster School, and Polly was a founder member of the Minster girls' choir.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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Christians from across York and the region will be meeting at York Minster on Sunday 4th June at 7.30pm to 9.00pm to pray for the city, the country and the whole world.&nbsp; The Global Day of Prayer is shared by churches across the world, who will be praying on Pentecost Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp; As part of the service, torches will be lit and carried out to the four medieval gates, symbolising the work of God in the community.
The prayer evening has been organised by One Voice York, an umbrella organisation of churches across the city.&nbsp; The evening will be divided into three sections: prayer for the community, prayer for the country, and prayer for the continents.&nbsp; 
Juliet Wright, one of the organizing group, said, “The Global Day of Prayer began in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2001, when 45,000 people gathered together to pray for their city.&nbsp; On 2nd May 2004, all 56 African countries united in prayer.&nbsp; In 2005, countries all over the world joined in, and as the sun rose over the Fiji islands on 15th May 2005, nations started to pray across the different time zones until the sun set over Hawaii.
“The 2006 Global Day of Prayer will be a truly worldwide event: an estimated 220 million Christians from 156 countries joined in with last year’s Global Day of Prayer.&nbsp; We will be praying with the world, for the world, and we’d like to invite everyone to attend this special prayer event.”
All are welcome to attend the Global Day of Prayer evening at York Minster on Sunday 4th June at 7.30pm to 9.00pm.&nbsp; Doors open at 7.00, and there is no admission fee.&nbsp; 
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International music star James Bowman CBE will be giving a concert at York Minster on Wednesday 24 May at 19.30.&nbsp; The concert is in aid of the Development Campaign, and all money raised by the concert will go towards the Minster’s Choir.&nbsp; He will be joined by Wendy Goodson and Judith Cunnold (sopranos) and the York Minster Choir and Orchestra to perform arias and anthems by Handel, and Vivaldi Gloria.
Tickets cost from £15 to £7.50, and are available from the National Centre for Early Music, telephone 01904 658338 or email boxoffice@ncem.co.uk, or on the door on the night.&nbsp; 
One of the world's leading countertenors for nearly 30 years; James Bowman's career spans opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals. He was born in Oxford on 6 November 1941 and began singing as a boy chorister at Ely Cathedral. In 1967 he auditioned for Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group and was cast as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. James made his London debut at the opening concert of the Queen Elizabeth Hall and was soon in demand on both the opera stage and concert platform. He appeared at Glyndebourne in 1970 La Calisto (the first countertenor to sing there), English National Opera in 1971 Semele and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1972 in Taverner.
During his career James Bowman has appeared at almost every major opera house including La&nbsp;Scala Milan, Amsterdam, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Sydney, Verona, Vienna, and San Franscisco. His concert career is equally wide ranging: in Europe he is well known as a recitalist, with a large following particularly in France. In 1992 the French Government honoured him with admission to "L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres" and he was also awarded the Medal of Honour of the City of Paris, in recognition of his long-standing contribution to the musical life of that City.&nbsp; In May 1996 James Bowman received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.&nbsp; James is also President of the Holst Singers.&nbsp; He was made a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1997. In November 1998 James was made an Honorary Fellow of New College Oxford.
The Master of the Music at York Minster, Philip Moore said, “We extremely grateful that James is giving us this concert to raise money for the Minster’s Choral Foundation. We are also very grateful to the singers and players who will be taking part. Choral music is one of this country’s most significant achievements and music is an integral part of the worshipping life of the Minster.”
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Everyone is welcome at York Minster to celebrate Easter.&nbsp; There will be thirty-six services taking place in the Minster in the week running up to Easter, and the Minster’s Dean, the Very Revd Keith Jones, will present BBC Radio 4’s Sunrise show on Easter Sunday.&nbsp; 
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This will be the first Easter in York for the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend &amp; Right Honorable Dr. John Sentamu. On Maundy Thursday, 13 April, he will preside and preach at a Chrism Eucharist at 11.00.&nbsp; During it, he will bless the three oils used for the ministry of healing, baptism and confirmation.&nbsp; Clergy and other ministers across the Diocese of York will come to this and commit themselves afresh to the work of the church.&nbsp;&nbsp; Everyone is welcome to join them.
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On Good Friday the Minster will be open without charge. Riding Lights Theatre Company will take part in the ‘Three Hours at the Cross’ from 12.00pm to 3.00pm. This brings theatre and preaching together, with addresses given by the Dean of York, the Very Revd Keith Jones.&nbsp; In brief dramas, scripted by Bridget Foreman, the death of Christ is told by those who knew him.&nbsp; As they witness his suffering, their stories, recreated in flashback, speak of their own suffering and the mercy they found at his hands.&nbsp; People are welcome to come for all or part of this moving three-hour service.
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Also on Good Friday, the York Council of Churches is holding a United Act of Worship in the Minster.&nbsp; This service, which involves Christians from many different traditions, will begin with a procession which leaves the fountain in Parliament Street at 6.50pm. The service will begin in the Minster at 7.30pm.&nbsp; The Archbishop will be giving the addresses, and One Voice York will lead the music for the service.&nbsp; 
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Easter begins in the night of Easter Eve, when the Archbishop presides at the Easter Vigil with Baptism and Confirmation at 8.30pm.&nbsp; The most dramatic moment of the year is when the Easter fire is lit, and Easter is proclaimed in the light of candles.&nbsp; Then baptismal vows are renewed and new Christians are confirmed in the crypt under the Minster’s high altar.
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The Dean of York will be presenting BBC Radio 4’s Sunrise Show at 6.35 on Easter Sunday.&nbsp; He will present an evocative and atmospheric service for Easter from the Dean’s own garden, as he thinks about the garden where the body of Christ was placed and where he rose to new life.
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On Easter Sunday the Archbishop will again be preaching at the Sung Eucharist at 10.00am, and the Precentor, Canon Jeremy Fletcher, will be preaching at Evensong at 4.00pm.&nbsp; Everyone is welcome to attend all services in the Minster.&nbsp; There is no charge to attend a service, and no tickets are needed.
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Maundy Thursday, 13 April
07.30 Matins
11.00 Holy Communion and Blessing of the Oils. President and Preacher: The Archbishop of York
17.30 CHORAL EVENSONG
19.30 SUNG EUCHARIST and Stripping of the Altars, followed by The Watch – a Vigil of Prayer until Midnight
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Good Friday, 14 April
10.00 CHORAL MATINS AND ANTE-COMMUNION
12.00 — 15.00 Three Hours at the Cross, with Riding Lights Theatre Company. The Addresses will be given by The Dean, the Very Revd Keith Jones
17.30 CHORAL EVENSONG
19.30 United Act of Worship of York Council of Churches
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Easter Eve, 15 April
07.30 Matins and Ante-Communion
17.30 CHORAL EVENSONG
20.30 Easter Vigil, with Baptism and Confirmation.&nbsp; President: The Archbishop
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Easter Day, 16 April
08.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.00 SUNG EUCHARIST (Order 1) Preacher: The Archbishop of York
11.30 CHORAL MATINS
16.00 CHORAL EVENSONG with procession to the Easter Garden Preacher: Canon Jeremy Fletcher, Precentor
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York academic Dr Christopher Norton has written a new book on the city’s own saint, St William of York.&nbsp; This book is the first full-length study of St William, who was elected Archbishop of York twice and made a saint twice.&nbsp; St William of York, by Dr Norton, is available from the Minster Shop, and costs £35.&nbsp; Contact 01904 557219 or email shop@yorkminster.org for details on how to buy.
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St William (born c1080) is best known for the controversy surrounding his election as Archbishop, the miracle of Ouse Bridge, and his suspicious death in 1154.&nbsp; In this book, Dr Norton explores for the first time the whole of William’s career and the process of his canonisation.&nbsp; It traces his upbringing at Winchester and his family connections:&nbsp; his father, Herbert the Chamberlain, was a senior royal official who attempted to assassinate Henry I in 1118.&nbsp; 
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Dr Norton discusses William’s long career as Treasurer of the Minster, and examines afresh the dispute over his election, which brought him into conflict with St Bernard and the Yorkshire Cistercians, and led to his deposition as Archbishop in 1147.&nbsp; He was elected archbishop for the second time in 1153.&nbsp; When he returned to York the next year, the whole city flocked onto Ouse Bridge to see him, and when the bridge collapsed under the weight of the crowds, William prayed and no one died.&nbsp; William died a few weeks later amid accusations of murder, and miracles at his tomb in 1177 led to his veneration as a saint.&nbsp; Dr Norton’s book concludes with William’s formal canonisation by Pope Honorius in 1226.
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Dr Christopher Norton is a Reader in History of Art at the University of York, and a member of the Centre for Medieval Studies.&nbsp; Dr Norton's research interests cover a wide range of topics relating to ecclesiastical art and architecture in England and France from the seventh century to the sixteenth.&nbsp; In October 2002 he was awarded a two-year British Academy Research Readership to work full-time on the Cult of St William and the St William window in York Minster. 
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St William’s remains are now resting in York Minster’s western Crypt, and the St William window in the North Quire Aisle commemorates scenes from his life.&nbsp; The window was painted in the early 15th century, probably by John Thornton of Coventry, who also painted the Great East Window in the Minster.&nbsp; It is being restored by the York Glaziers’ Trust, and panels are currently on display in the Chapter House vestibule.&nbsp; 
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The Christian season of Lent, leading up to Easter, is often used as a time to reflect on the journey through life.&nbsp; You are invited to share this journey at York Minster’s services during Lent, on Thursday evenings and Friday lunchtimes.&nbsp; 
On Thursdays in Lent at 8.00pm, the Dean and Canons of York Minster will lead meditations on aspects of our life with God by making pilgrimages to particular places in the Minster for meditation and prayer.&nbsp; 
The meditations will be on Thursdays in Lent at 8.00pm, on the following themes:
2 March – The Lady Chapel: In the beginning, by Canon Webster9 March – The Chapter House Door: Our Lady, by the Dean16 March – The Nave Pulpit: William Temple and the church for others, by Canon Draper23 March – South Transept, Old Choristers’ Memorial: Love so amazing, by Canon Webster30 March – The Quire Screen: Psalm 149 – Praise, Judgment and the Nations, byCanon Fletcher 6 April – The West Doors: ‘Go therefore and make disciples of all nations’, by Canon DraperThese mediations will end at 9.00pm with a sung, candlelit service of Compline, an ancient service of prayer for the ending of the day.
There is also an opportunity to journey with Christ on his way to Calvary by following the Stations of the Cross.&nbsp; This is a short processional service of readings and prayers around the Minster on Fridays at 11.45 during Lent.&nbsp; This is followed by a service of Holy Communion at 12.30.
The Theologian, Canon Jonathan Draper said, "We hope through these pilgrimage meditations to use this glorious building and its art architecture and people as a means of helping us all think through our faith, the great cost of our salvation and the wonderful calling we have to be God's people."
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The now-traditional series of lunchtime organ recitals begins this year at York Minster on Friday 17 February.&nbsp; The recitals will be performed every Friday at 1.10pm, and last for about 35 minutes.&nbsp; The series ends on 24 March, and admission is free of charge.
The 2006 series of recitals features some of Britain’s finest young organists.&nbsp; The series will begin with a recital by Paul Derrett of Holy Trinity, Hull, on 17 February.&nbsp; York Minster’s own organ scholar, Lee Dunleavy will perform on 24 February, and Henry Parkes, the organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, will be playing on 3 March.
Mark Cyphus of the 11th Church of Christ Scientist, Marble Arch, will be performing on 10 March, and 17 March will see Anthony Gritten of the Royal Northern College of Music playing.&nbsp; The series will end on 24 March with a recital by Alex Woodrow, Organ Scholar at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a former pupil of St. Peter’s School, York.
York Minster’s organist, John Scott Whiteley said, “The spring series of organ recitals is always popular, and we hope that this year more people will be able to come.&nbsp; The recitals are only 35 minutes long, so people can come in their lunch hour to hear some talented younger players in the wonderful setting of the Minster.”
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Evensong at York Minster will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3’s weekly programme, Choral Evensong on Wednesday 1st February at 4.00pm.&nbsp; The service will be sung by the boys and men of the Minster Choir.
Evensong is one of the regular services at York Minster, and it is sung by the Minster choir every day of the week apart from Mondays.&nbsp; There are 20 boy choristers and 12 songmen in the choir, as well as 4 probationers.&nbsp; There is also a girls’ choir, but the boys and girls do not sing together on a regular basis.&nbsp; The music for the service on 1st February will be Byrd Hodie beata Virgo, Howells Westminster Service, Bouzingac Senex puerum portabat, with Responses by John Sanders, a former Organist of Gloucester Cathedral.
Choral Evensong is the longest running BBC programme from any outside venue. Following its first broadcast from Westminster Abbey in 1926, the programme has been broadcast from cathedrals, abbeys and college chapels all over the country and, in more recent years, has been heard from cathedrals in overseas locations such as Cape Town, Washington, New York and Sydney.
The boys of the Minster choir are all excited about the broadcast, and said, “It’s good that more people can hear the music we sing.&nbsp; Last time Evensong was broadcast, it was the girls singing, so we’re glad that it’s our turn now.&nbsp; If we are good enough on the radio, more people might come to the Minster.”
Evensong will be broadcast on 1st February at 4.00 pm, not at the usual weekday time of 5.30 pm.&nbsp; People wishing to attend the service need to be seated by 3.45 pm at the latest.&nbsp; 
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The Nave of York Minster will be cleared of all chairs on 3 January 2006, so that people can see how spacious the Nave would have originally seemed.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is only empty once a year, at a quiet time in the Minster’s year, making this a special opportunity to see the Nave free of its 800 chairs.
The building of the Nave began in 1280, and took seventy years to complete.&nbsp; Built in the Decorated style, it replaced the old Norman Nave of Thomas of Bayeux.&nbsp; In medieval times, the Nave was used for a variety of purposes: markets were held there, and in the 1500s there were complaints about boys playing football in the Nave!
One of the finest features of the Nave is its floor, which only becomes properly visible when the chairs are cleared.&nbsp; This dates from the 1730s, when the Minster was re-paved by Lord Burlington and William Kent.&nbsp; At this time, the Gothic style of the Nave was considered very old fashioned, and the floor was re-paved in black and white marble with a striking “key” pattern, in the new Classical style.&nbsp; However, it wasn’t until the latter half of the 19th Century that the Nave was lit and heated, allowing it to be used for large services and musical events.
The Nave will be empty of chairs until 19 February.&nbsp; York Residents can use their Minster Passes to come in free of charge.&nbsp; To obtain a Minster Pass, York Residents can send an SAE to the Visitors Department, St William's College, 5 College Street, York, YO1 7JF, or pick one up in the Minster.
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People of all ages are welcome to celebrate Christmas at York Minster.&nbsp; This year, there are two services especially for children: a Christingle service on Sunday 18 December at 2.30pm, and a Crib service at 12.00 noon on Christmas Eve.&nbsp; 
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Christingle means ‘Christ Light’, and during the service on 18 December children will light Christingles to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Light of the World.&nbsp; Christingles are made up of a lighted candle (symbolising Jesus), mounted on an orange (representing the world), with a red ribbon or tape around the orange (indicating the blood of Christ).&nbsp; There will be a collection during the service to raise money for the work of the Children’s Society and their work with runaway children. Children who would like a Christingle made for them should let us know by Friday 16 December.
The Crib service on Christmas Eve is a great favourite with children throughout York.&nbsp; As part of the service, many children bring presents which are placed in the Crib, and then given to charities in York and North Yorkshire in the following weeks. 
Canon Jonathan Draper said, “Both the Christingle service and the Crib service are great ways for children to find out about Christmas.&nbsp; This year, we’re inviting children coming to the Crib service to come dressed as shepherds, wise men or angels – any character from the Christmas story, really, and help us re-enact the nativity scene.”
Other services at York Minster over Christmas include the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Thursday 22 December at 7.00pm and Christmas Eve at 4.00pm, and Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at 11.30pm.&nbsp; On Christmas Day Archbishop Sentamu will be preaching at the 10.00am Sung Eucharist.&nbsp; The Dean of York, the Very Reverend Keith Jones, will preach at Matins at 11.30am, and Evensong will be at 4.00pm.&nbsp; The Minster Choir will sing at all of these services.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Which York Archbishop reported to the Ministry of Information during World War II?&nbsp; Which Archbishop was intensely shy and odd as a child, but later challenged a government?
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Following the Inauguration of Archbishop Sentamu, the Minster’s Library in Dean’s Park has mounted a new exhibition on the Archbishops of York.&nbsp; Find out about Archbishop Sentamu and his predecessors, including ‘the people’s Archbishop’ whom few now could name; the Archbishop who roused a county to provide £40,000 to the government for fear of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army; and Walter De Gray, whose skeletal remains feature in some dramatic photographs.
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John Powell, Minster Librarian, said, “Some Archbishops have been decorative souls; some angry and driven.&nbsp; Many wrote, and carried causes into the wider world: anger at prejudice and injustices; concern over mass unemployment and bad housing; education for poor children; and always, defence of doctrine; defence against invaders.
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“Archbishops are a significant part of York and this country’s life, and this exhibition can only show a tiny part of the greater picture.&nbsp; You are invited in to see this exhibition, and after viewing, should anyone wish to find out more – our staff will help!”
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The exhibition is in the historic Upper Hall of the Minster Library, in Dean’s Park, and is open between 10.00 and 16.00, with an entry charge of £1.00 per adult.&nbsp;&nbsp; The library itself is freely open to the public for reading and research, Mondays-Thursdays 9.00 - 17.00, and Fridays 9.00 - 12.00 noon.&nbsp; 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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York Minster will be hosting its Family Carol Concert on Friday 9th December, at 7.00pm.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Minster Choir will be singing traditional Christmas carols, joined by the St William’s Singers and the Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers, with readings by Ian Carmichael and Jane Lapotaire.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ian Carmichael has appeared in many classic films including Private’s Progress, Lucky Jim and School for Scoundrels, and is now appearing in ITV’s popular spin-off from Heartbeat, The Royal.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;He is also well known for his television performances as Bertie Wooster opposite Denis Price’s Jeeves and as Dorothy L Sayers’ aristocratic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey.&nbsp; He was awarded the OBE in 2003.&nbsp; 
Jane Lapotaire has been a leading member of the National Theatre and the RSC for more than thirty years, and was one of the founding members of the Young Vic Theatre Company. Her films include To Catch a King, Anthony and Cleopatra, Surviving Picasso,and recently Shooting Fish,and There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble with Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle.
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The audience will be invited to join in with well–loved carols, including “O little town of Bethlehem”, “God rest ye merry gentlemen” and “While Shepherds watched”.&nbsp; The readings range from the traditional to the humorous, and all proceeds from this concert go towards the Minster’s Development Campaign.
Tickets range in price from £10 to £2, and are on sale from The National Centre for Early Music Box Office, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York Y01 9TL, telephone 01904 658338 or email boxoffice@ncem.co.uk.&nbsp; 
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Come and draw in the Minster!&nbsp; As part of the national Big Draw event, York Minster, in partnership with Arts Action York, are running a week long workshop encouraging people of all ages to pick up a pencil.&nbsp; The theme of this year’s Big Draw is ‘Illumination’, and visitors to the Minster can be i