St George's Cathedral, Cape Town

PROGRAMME FOR LENT, HOLY WEEK AND EASTER 2008

Ash Wednesday - 21 February

07h00	Holy Eucharist with Giving of Ashes Presider: The Right Reverend David Russell
10h00	Holy Eucharist with Giving of Ashes The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith, Dean
13h05	Holy Eucharist with Giving of Ashes Presider and Preacher: The Right Reverend Garth Q. Counsell, Bishop of Table Bay
17h30	Holy Eucharist with Giving of Ashes Mass for Four Voices – William Byrd The Reverend Bruce W. B. Jenneker, Canon Precentor Preacher: The Reverend Terry Lester, Sub-Dean

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Sundays in Lent – Encountering Jesus

Said Eucharist at 07h00 and 08h00
Cathedral Eucharist with Choir at 09h15
160th Anniversary Solemn Sung Eucharist at 10h00 on 24 February
Evensong with Sermon at 19h00

On Sundays in Lent the Sermons at 09h15 will explore the Good News of the New Life that the suffering, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus wins for us. The Lenten Reflections at 11h00 in the Minor Hall continue the exploration of these themes.

A Church transfigured by Glory
The Canon Precentor

Lent I 10 February 11h00 Lenten Reflection	Jesus – like us but without sin The Canon Precentor Striving for Good in the face of Evil The Sub-Dean
Lent II 17 February 11h00 Lenten Reflection	Jesus – in whom the fullness of God dwells The Dean
Lent III 24 February	Jesus – offers salvation The Sub-Dean
Lent IV 2 March 11h00 Lenten Reflection	Jesus – an offer beyond our imagining The Dean Being made whole Deacon Fleischer
Lent V 9 March 11h00 Lenten Reflection	Jesus – redefines life and death The Canon Precentor Humanity: Redeemed and Restore The Dean

Celebration 2008
Thanksgiving for 160 Years of Cathedral Witness

Interpreting our Heritage
Witnessing in our Present
Visioning our Future

Wednesday at 17h30 20 February	Solemn Sung Eucharist: Mass in F – Harold Darke Presider and Preacher: The Rt Reverend Garth Q. Counsell, Bishop of Table Bay
Third Sunday in Lent at 10h00 24 February	Solemn Sung Eucharist: Missa Brevis – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Presider: The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith, Dean Preacher: The Reverend Bruce W. B. Jenneker, Canon Precentor

At Evensong at 19h00 on the Sundays in Lent the Sermons will invite us to Encounter Jesus in the context of our daily life, the midst of the society and culture in which we live and in this year of the 160th anniversary of the Cathedral's foundation.

Drawing on Jesus' High-Priestly Prayer in the seventeenth chapter of John's Gospel, The Reverend Judith Kotze will explore the implications of our Encountering Jesus in the light of our heritage, our present witness and our vision for the future. We will seek to discover the power of living as those who are 'in Christ,' who have been made a 'new creation' in Christ. Here are lessons to support us as we seek to confront our challenges, today, here and now, in the power of Christ's victory.

Lent I 10 February	Encountering Jesus: John 17:1-5 The depth of God's self- revelation in the life and work of Jesus The Revd Judith Kotze
Lent II 17 February	Encountering Jesus: John 17:6-19 The depth of knowledge, identity and presence through Christ in God The Revd Judith Kotze
Lent III 24 February 160th Anniversary Solemn Evensong	Encountering Jesus: John 17:20-27 The depth of unity as our witness to the world The Revd Judith Kotze
Lent IV 2 March	Encountering Jesus: John 15:1-11 Called to bear the fruit of Encounter The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith, Dean
Lent V 9 March	Encountering Jesus: JJohn 15:1-12-21 The cost of bearing fruit that will last The Reverend Bruce W. B. Jenneker, Canon Precentor

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Wednesday Evenings in Lent

On Wednesdays in Lent at 17h30, i in the context of a quiet and meditative evening devotion in the style of Taizé, we shall reflect on Encounters with Jesus in Matthew's Gospel. We gather for a light Lenten Supper at 17h30, followed by Taizé Vespers with a Meditation on an Encounter with Jesus, to end by 19h15.

Wednesday 13 February	The Centurion and Peter's Mother (Matthew 8:5-17) The Dean
Wednesday 20 February	160th Anniversary Solemn Sung Eucharist Mass in F – Harold Darke (No Supper, Vespers and Meditation on 20 February)
Wednesday 27 February	The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9-13) The Sub-Dean
Wednesday 5 March	The Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28) The Reverend Sarah Rowland Jones
Wednesday 12 March	'What good deed must I do to have eternal life?' (Matthew 19:16-22) The Canon Precentor

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Palm Sunday – The Sunday of the Passion
16 March

07h00	Blessing of the Palms with Said Eucharist Presider: The Reverend Bruce W. B. Jenneker
08h00	Blessing of the Palms with Said Eucharist Presider: The Reverend Sarah Rowland Jones
08h45	Blessing of the Palms and Palm Sunday Procession Begins in the Company's Garden
09h15	Palm Sunday Cathedral Eucharist Presider: The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith Preacher: The Reverend Terry I. Lester
19h00	Words and Music for Palm Sunday

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Holy Week

Monday in Holy Week 17 March	07h15 and 13h15	Said Eucharist
	18h00	Way of the Cross A meditation on our Lord's journey to Calvary, following him on his Sorrowful Way of loving sacrifice. Words from the Gospels and Christian writings to inspire our devotion.
Tuesday in Holy Week 18 March	07h15 and 13h15	Said Eucharist
	18h00	Fellowship Meal in the Tradition of the Seder On the night of his betrayal and before his crucifixion, our Lord shared a Passover Meal with his disciples. In the tradition of that meal - which is rich in meaning and symbolism for our Jewish brothers and sisters - we gather for a meal that grows out of the Jewish roots of Christianity and which offers some insight into the mystery of our Lord's Passion – Death – and – Resurrection. Please call Ann Cox to reserve a seat at the meal. Donation R60.00
Wednesday in Holy Week 19 March	07h15, 10h00 and 13h15	Said Eucharist
	18h00	Stations of the City A pilgrimage in the spirit of the Stations of the Cross, beginning at St Mark's Church and stopping for prayer at several sites important in the history of the struggle for justice, freedom and dignity for all South Africans. The pilgrimage will end at the Cathedral, with the opportunity to walk the Labyrinth.

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Maundy Thursday
20 March

Liturgy of the Day at 18h00
Footwashing, Eucharist of the Institution of the Lord's Supper, Stripping of the Altar
Watch of the Passion from 20h00 on Thursday to 09h00 on Friday; walk the Labyrinth during the Watch of the Passion.
With Music for Saxophone and Organ
Jeff Judge (saxophone), David Orr (organ)
Presider: The Reverend Terry I. Lester
Preacher: The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith

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Good Friday
6 April

09h00: Liturgy of the Day
A liturgy sung in plainchant including the Passion, General Intercessions, Solemn Adoration of Christ Crucified, Communion from the Reserved Sacrament
Presider: The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith

12h00 to 15h00: Three Hours Devotion
Meditations on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St Matthew
The Cathedral Clergy
With music for solo voice, saxophone and organ
Jeff Judge (saxophone), David Orr (organ)

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Holy Saturday
22 March

Confessions
By appointment with the clergy from 10h00 to 11h00

Great Vigil of Easter at 22h30
Lighting of the Easter Fire, Liturgy of the Paschal Candle, Vigil of Readings, Holy Baptism, First Eucharist of Easter
Presider and Preacher: The Most Reverend Thabo C. Makgoba, 12th Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

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Easter Day
23 March

07h00	Said Eucharist in St John's Chapel Presider and Preacher: The Reverend Terry Lester
08h00	Holy Eucharist with Hymns in the Nave Presider and Preacher: The Right Revd David Russell
10h00	Festival Eucharist of the Resurrection of our Lord 'Coronation' Mass – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Cathedral Choir and Orchestra Presider: The Very Reverend Rowan Q. Smith Preacher: The Reverend Bruce W. B. Jenneker Please note that our Festival Eucharist of Resurrection is a combined service at 10h00. There will not be services at 09h15 or at 11h00
19h00	Words and Music for Easter Day KZN Youth Choir and the Nomme Music School Chamber Orchestra

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Second Sunday of Easter
30 March

07h00	Said Eucharist
08h00	Combined Cathedral Eucharist Please note that there will not be a 09h15 Cathedral Eucharist
14h30	Archbishop's Service of Installation and Rededication Cathedral doors close at 09h30 and re-open at 12h45
	No Evensong on 30 March

Sundays of Easter
6, 13, 20 April

Said Eucharist at 07h00 and 08h00
Cathedral Eucharist with Choir at 09h15
Evensong with Sermon at 19h00

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Celebration 2008
Thanksgiving for 160 years of Cathedral Witness

Patronal Festival: Feast of St George the Martyr
Sunday 4 May

(transferred from 23 April, and to avoid the Freedom Day Public Holiday weekend)

Solemn Sung Eucharist at 10h00
Messe ŕ deux Choeurs et deux Orgues – Charles-Marie Widor
Presider and Preacher: The Most Reverend Thabo C. Makgoba, 12th Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Solemn Sung Evensong at 19h00

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Ascension Day
Thursday 1 May

A Said Eucharist is celebrated in the Lady Chapel at 08h00

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Day of Pentecost – Whitsunday
Sunday 11 May

Eucharist at 07h00 and 08h00
Festival Eucharist of Pentecost with Confirmation – Special music
Presider and Preacher: The Rt Reverend Garth Q. Counsell, Bishop of Table Bay
Solemn Evensong with Sermon and Procession at 19h00

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