LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL
EGLWYS GADEIRIOL LLANDAF

Installation of Canon Chancellor

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Canon Jan takes the Oath of Canonical Obedience before the service.

On Sunday 5th May, during Choral Evensong, Bishop June installed the Reverend Canon Dr Jan van der Lely as the Cathedral’s new Canon Chancellor.

Canon Jan has joined us from the Diocese of Gloucester where she was Vicar of Thornbury and Oldbury with Shepperdine, and we were delighted to welcome many visitors who made the journey from Jan’s former parish to support her as we look forward to her ministry among us.

Jan has been ordained for 10 years and before that was a teacher of Religious Studies, Psychology and Sociology in Secondary Schools in Gloucester and Cheltenham, before becoming lay chaplain to Aiglon College, a British boarding school in Switzerland.

Aside from her work as a Parish Priest, Jan is a trustee of Modern Church, a charity founded in the late 19th century as a theological society aiming to support and develop open, non-dogmatic, thinking theology. The charity has supported developments in the church such as women’s ordination.

The Canon Chancellor writes:

Graham and I would like to thank everyone for a warm welcome to Llandaff where we feel well settled already! You may have heard Bishop June’s sermon at my installation including her description of the Canon Chancellor role, which will be published in the next issue of Majestas. It may sound as if ‘Chancellor’ is a legal or financial role – not me at all! – but thankfully instead it is pastoral and educational.

I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you as we pray together, step forward in our lives of faith and seek to know God and to follow Christ more closely day by day.

Canon Jan with the Archdeacon of Margam

 

Christian Aid Week 2019

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This Sunday marks the beginning of Christian Aid Week 2019! The Llandaff Parish committee are very grateful for everyone’s ongoing dedication to our door to door campaign. Collectors Packs are still available at the West Door of the Cathedral.

We have lots of events in the Parish to raise money for Christian Aid. We are always amazed at the generosity of the Cathedral community and the residents of Llandaff who donate every year. Please support our activities next week:

On Sunday 12th May Christian Aid Week is launched. Cynan Llwyd, the charity’s Regional Co-ordinator for South and Mid Wales will join our morning services and we will hold a Sunday School Toys and Books Table Top sale at Prebendal House during Parish Tea & Coffee along with Cake Stall.

Our annual War on Want (WOW) lunch is on Wednesday 15th May. Priced at £5 per head, all are welcome. The Cathedral will hold a Llandaff Schools’ Christian Aid Awareness Service on Thursday 16th May while on Friday 17th Llandaff City School will host a Quiz night. The Sunday School will have another Toys and Books Table Top Sale & Cake Sale at Parish Coffee/Tea will take place on Sunday 19th May.

Summer Organ Recitals

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The Cathedral Summer Concert Series returns for 2019 with three Organ Recitals and the Cathedral Choir’s annual Summer Concert. Recitalists from two other Cathedrals will come to Llandaff in May and July to put the renowned 2010/13 Nicholson Organ through its paces whilst the Cathedral’s own Director of Music will perform a recital in June. Admission to the Organ Recitals is FREE with a retiring collection and each begins at 7.30pm. Director of Music Stephen Moore is looking forward to the series, and commented “It will be wonderful to welcome my eldest brother to perform here in Llandaff on Wednesday 15 May. Tom has been Director of Music in Wakefield for a number of years now. I grew up watching his inspiring playing as I began my own musical journey. In July we look forward to Jonathan Hope coming from Gloucester Cathedral to perform. Jonathan is widely regarded as being amongst the brightest stars of his generation of church musicians and will no doubt provide an electrifying performance.” The full schedule of the summer concert series is as follows:

 

Wednesday 15 May – Thomas Moore, Wakefield Cathedral

Wednesday 12 June – Stephen Moore, Llandaff Cathedral

Wednesday 3 July – Jonathan Hope, Gloucester Cathedral

 

Finally, on Thursday 11 July, Llandaff Cathedral Choir will give their annual Summer Concert which now traditionally marks the end of the academic year. The choir will perform works from their repertoire, including pieces by composers such as Byrd, Howells, Leighton, Mozart, Vierne and Wesley. More information about this concert will be available nearer the time.

 

Lunchtime Recital Series

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In May and June we will welcome young musicians from across Cardiff to play in the Cathedral’s Saturday Lunchtime Recital Series. Performers will come from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Welsh Academy of Voice, among other places, to perform 45-minute recitals. Director of Music Stephen Moore says “It’s wonderful to be able to provide the Cathedral as a performance platform for some of the UK’s most exciting musical talent. The recital series promises performances of the highest quality in one of the most wonderful settings in Cardiff and is a chance for people to come into the Cathedral perhaps for the first time.”

Recitals begin at 1.00pm (unless otherwise stated) with FREE admission and a retiring collection, and the schedule of performances is as follows:

 

Saturday 11 May – String Players from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Saturday 18 May – Singers from the Welsh International Academy of Voice

Saturday 25 May – The Royal Welsh Consort of Viols – This recital begins at 11.00am

Saturday 1 June – The Llinyn String Quartet

Saturday 8 June – The Idris Consort

 

Holy Week and Easter in the Cathedral

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All are welcome to join us throughout Holy Week and Easter in the Cathedral. For more information on music at these services, take a look at our April Music Scheme.

PALM SUNDAY

7.45am Holy Eucharist with Blessing of Palms

8.45am Palm Procession and Parish Eucharist

11.00am Palm Ceremonies and Choral Eucharist

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

3.30pm Solemn Evensong with Litany in Procession

 

MONDAY and TUESDAY of HOLY WEEK

9.30am Holy Eucharist

5.30pm Choral Evensong

7.00pm Holy Eucharist with Homily

 

WEDNESDAY of HOLY WEEK

9.30am Holy Eucharist

5.30pm Choral Evensong

7.00pm Holy Eucharist with Homily

8.00pm Meditations on Stations of the Cross

 

MAUNDY THURSDAY

7.30pm Sung Eucharist with Washing of Feet, Procession to Altar of Repose and Stripping of Altars

Followed by The Watch of the Passion

11.30pm Compline

 

GOOD FRIDAY

9.30am Stations of the Cross – Children’s Liturgy

12.00pm The Preaching of the Passion (The Reverend Canon Mark Preece)

1.15pm The Proclamation of the Passion and The Liturgy of the Day

 

HOLY SATURDAY

8.00pm Paschal Vigil and Choral Eucharist

 

EASTER DAY

8.00am Holy Eucharist

9.00am Procession and Parish Eucharist

11.00am Procession and Choral Eucharist

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

3.30pm Solemn Evensong

Our Mission Statement

Llandaff Cathedral is a Christian gathering of the Church in Wales, which is a province of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is also the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff. The Cathedral is a focus of pilgrimage and spirituality in the Diocese of Llandaff and for the City of Cardiff. Our purpose is therefore to worship God and share the gospel of Jesus Christ. In so doing, we welcome all who come here, irrespective of gender, race, creed or sexuality, in order that we might share and pass on our rich Christian heritage and the joy of Christian faith.