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1106 | Priory 1539 | Parish Church 1905 | Cathedral Anglican Cathedral on Bankside SE1. Also follow @HodgeTheCat @S_Warkfriends
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It is with deep sadness that we have to share the news that our dear friend and colleague Doorkins Magnificat
@DoorkinsM
passed away on Wednesday 30 September. My she rest in peace. Link for further information 👇😿
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Welcome to Hodge
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Two whole years of
@HodgeTheCat
🐱🐱
~
Today we celebrate two years since we rescued Hodge from
@catcuddles
.
We'd love to see some of your favourite Hodge moments.
📸
@bdavey_photo
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One year ago today Doorkins Magnificat our dear friend and companion for many years passed away. We miss her.
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Good to see
@HodgeTheCat
join the congregation for midday prayer earlier today. Both he and verger seemed to enjoy it very much! 😸
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On National Love Your Pet Day, only a picture of our Cathedral cat
@HodgeTheCat
would do! 🐈⬛
#NationalLoveYourPetDay
📸
@bdavey_photo
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A certain someone enjoying the sunshine and playing hopscotch with the Diocesan flagstones
@HodgeTheCat
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.
@HodgeTheCat
reminding us that after prayer, the truly important business of the Cathedral - head scritches - may resume.
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A moment of serenity as the churchyard rests beneath a dusting of fresh snow, disturbed only by a scattered pattern of urban fox paws (and the boots of Mark the gardener!)
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🐾Quick paw-blic service announcement from Hodge...
My Stories of Cats day is exactly one month today! Join me for a day of all things feline on Saturday 25 February.
🎟
📸 Helen Hooker Photo
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Doorkins Magnificat Retires! A statement by The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark
@deansouthwark
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Author and resident word expert on Channel 4's Countdown for more than 20 years
@susie_dent
joins us on the 18 November for a socially-distanced conversation with
@deansouthwark
on her new book 'Word Perfect' published by
@johnmurrays
Tickets and info👇
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Sometimes
@HodgeTheCat
can't resist getting involved with our volunteering team at Southwark Cathedral. He might not be as attentive as our welcomers, but he does a great job of looking after the sound desk!
#volunteersweek
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A year of safety
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Tomorrow at 12.30pm we take part in a service of Regret, remembrance and restoration at Crossbones Graveyard on Red Cross Way where we remember those buried in this unconsecrated ground, including the medieval sex-workers, licensed at that time by the church but rejected in death
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Faces of Lockdown 7 - When you wake up and stare at the ceiling for a bit remembering that you’re in the midst of a series of catastrophic historic events changing the face of the world forever. Also you have emails.
Faces of lockdown 6 - Lionel Lockyer has turned off his video in the Zoom meeting so no one can tell he’s having a nap.
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We discovered this photo in a box of archives today. Taken from the Cathedral tower but not dated. Have you seen it before
@MrTimDunn
?
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Hodge continues to make the place very much his own. He has met the Mayor of London, the Sacristy is full of plush cat beds he has abandoned in favour of a cardboard box, passing priests are being gently bullied by this face into playing with feathers on a string.
My first
#Caturday
on Twitter. Wherever you are, whatever you do, I hope you all have a lovely weekend 😽😽
#CatsOfTwitter
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Find out about our new arrival
@HodgeTheCat
at the link below. Includes a video introduction by
@deansouthwark
, a contribution from our friends at
@catcuddles
and a fascinating piece written by
@archdeaconSwk
about Dr Samuel Johnson and his fine cat Hodge.
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One year ago, those who planned the
#LondonBridge
attack, sought to divide our community. Tonight we held a
#Interfaithiftar
to celebrate that London’s diversity and community is its greatest strength.
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We are delighted to announce that the
@BishopSouthwark
has appointed The Reverend Dr Mark Oakley as the next Dean of Southwark.
~
@CanonOakley
is currently the Dean of Chapel and Fellow of
@stjohnscam
.
Read more here:
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Tomorrow is the 3rd anniversary of the London Bridge and Borough Market attack. We are honoured to have had a corbel dedicated to
@BTP
PC Wayne Marques installed on the Cathedral in 2018. PC Marques was one of the first on the scene, suffering injuries as he protected the public.
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God of unfailing compassion,
Make us strong in the face of terror,
Loving in the presence of hatred,
Bold in our diversity,
always knowing
that you hand holds us
and your life sustains us,
today and always
Amen
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@deansouthwark
received a special delivery for
@HodgeTheCat
from Cavehill Primary School in Belfast.
Hodge was very pleased with the Christmas cards from the children of P3GK.
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Due to an ongoing incident at London Bridge the Cathedral is closed until further notice. Please keep in your prayers those who are caught up and dealing with this incident.
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Today marks the 6th anniversary of the London Bridge and Borough Market Attacks and we remember the eight people who lost their lives, and all who were affected by what happened that night. All are welcome to join us whether at a service or for a moment of quiet.
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606 AD - a convent
1106 AD - a priory
1540 AD - a parish church
1905 AD - a Cathedral
#LondonHistoryDay
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We are thrilled that Dustin Lance Black
@DLanceBlack
who won an Oscar in 2008 for writing the screenplay for the film Milk joins us at the Cathedral on 28 May to discuss his forthcoming
@johnmurrays
memoir
#mamasboy
Tickets available from link
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So today is
#LoveYourPetDay
. Shouldn't that be everyday?? Share your love for your pets with me, or vergers if you have one of those 😹😹
#CatsOfTwitter
#Caturday
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It's
#Internationalcatday
so enjoy these photos of our very own Doorkins Magnificat
@DoorkinsM
and if you haven't seen the short BBC film about her then then visit the link
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The High Altar looking beautifully festive - huge thanks to the Cathedral site team and Vergers for putting up these lovely trees (and for indulging our excited requests to keep turning them on!) 🎄🎄🎄
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Grief and sorrow
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Doorkins Magnificat
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20 years ago the Girls’ Choir was formed to enrich the Cathedral’s musical heritage and to offer the opportunities for musical, spiritual and social development which the boys had enjoyed for so long. Today marks 20 year anniversary since they sung Evensong for the first time 🙏
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It was such a delight having
@LondonMudlark
join us this evening discussing her beautiful new book
#Larking
,
@HodgeTheCat
gives the book his paw of approval!
Thank you Lara and all those who joined us.
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Strange though it is to have an empty Cathedral, we are so appreciative of the space, light, and vision in this glorious building. It makes us think anew about the devotion in planning and creating places of worship. Somewhere for a community to be spiritually fed and uplifted.
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Choral Services return to the Cathedral 🙏
We are delighted that after the publication of new guidance we are able to welcome back the Lay Clerks to the Cathedral and begin again the long tradition of choral services. Full details at the link 👇
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Reverend Canon Kathryn Fleming as Precentor. Kathryn is currently Canon for Worship and Community
@CovCathedral
. The whole Cathedral community is looking forward to welcoming
@CoventryCanon
to
@SouthwarkCofE
.
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If you visited the Cathedral this morning and are worried about this lost bunny then he/she is safe and well please contact us on 020 7367 6700 so we can reunite you in time for Christmas
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@DoorkinsM
is doing her best to keep warm yet also greet the many visitors to the Cathedral this Advent Sunday.
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Happy International Cat Day to - and from - our favourite feline,
@hodge_thecat
! 🐱
📸 Bridget Davey
@bdavey_photo
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Welcome to our new Dean of Southwark,
@CanonOakley
~
Thank you to everyone who came to the installation of our new Dean yesterday, both online and in person.⛪
~
If you couldn't join us, the full service is on our YouTube channel here:
📸Tom Bradley
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Some ancient, after-hours atmosphere...Our candlelit photography evenings are a wonderful way to see the Cathedral in ~ quite literally ~ a whole new light, and as it may once have looked to those priests and pilgrims walking these halls 🕯
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From all of us at Southwark Cathedral we wish you a very happy, healthy and peaceful New Year!
📸 Will Bacon (wbacon_photography)
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What a great evening with
@DLanceBlack
listening to Lance talk about his inspirational mother, LGBT rights, Milk, how he loves living in SE1 and much more. Thanks to all that joined us and a thank you to Lance and family for coming to your parish church to speak about
#MamasBoy
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Our Olive Tree of Healing has been planted in the
@ChurchyardSC
as a living witness to our prayers for those affected, killed or injured on 3 June 2017
#LondonBridgeattacks
#LondonUnited
'The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.’ Revelation 22.2
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Exactly one year on, candles burn for those killed in the attack on
#LondonBridge
and
#BoroughMarket
. May they Rest In Peace and rise in glory.
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Well that went well! A moving and thoughtful
#shameless
presentation by
@Sarcasticluther
Thank you so much Nadia. And thank you to the 500 of you that attended! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did ❤
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If you're near the Cathedral this evening, look up and you'll be able to see Shard Lights.
🔔This year's display is paired with a track featuring over 200 iconic sounds of London at Christmas. One of the sounds included is our Cathedral bells.
🕰 5.30pm-midnight
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📚An Emotional Dictionary
~
We're looking forward to welcoming
@susie_dent
to the Cathedral this evening! Join us to explore the first truly human dictionary and some of the 1001 terms everyone needs to pinpoint how they feel.
🕰️7pm
🎟️
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Good luck to parishioner
@TomDaley1994
at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards this Sunday from all your friends on Bankside.
#SPOTY
Illustration by fellow Banksider
@rosiebrookspics
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A happy Mothering Sunday to the nurturers, encouragers, protectors, and tireless believers in us. However you Mother those you love, it remains with us always, unchanged by distance or time. We wish you a beautiful day 💐
(Madonna and Child by Peter Eugene Ball)
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Taster of our Treasures from the Thames display which can be seen from Monday - end of Oct. Some fascinating contributions from the mudlark
@LondonMudlark
ceramic artist
@raewyn_harrison
, Archaeologist Mike Webber and jewellery designer Liz Willis
#TreasuresFromTheThames
#mudlark
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Join us for our annual Christmas concert on the 18 December. Traditional Christmas songs and carols will be performed by the Boys and Gentlemen of the Cathedral choir along with readings by actor Timothy West and Academy Award winner
@DLanceBlack
. Tkts 👇
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Join us next Tuesday to hear Dustin Lance Black
@DLanceBlack
in conversation with
@deansouthwark
as they discuss Dustin's memoir
#mamasboy
Details and ticket information at link, books will be available to buy and a book-signing will take place afterwards
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Look no chairs! It's great to see the glorious Cathedral nave without seating. A lovely photo by Peter Li looking east towards the high altar.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Hogan
@simon_hogan
as the new Cathedral Sub-Organist and Assistant Director of Music starting in Advent.
Visit the link below for further information.
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What a lovely day with iconographer Hanna Ward who taught us how to paint Ukranian Pysanky eggs. Everyone created something beautiful! Thanks to
@Tedsveg1
@boroughmarket
who donated the eggs. Hanna will be donating her fee to charities supporting those fleeing the country.
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It has been great to host
@ministryoffun1
Summer Santa School at the Cathedral today. Lot's to discuss in this Covid-19 world including how to ensure the elfs socially-distance, face coverings with beards and should hand sanitiser be left out with the mince pies and carrots🎄
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Corbels depicting
@DoorkinsM
@boroughmarket
Wayne Marques
@BTP
and Suffragette Evelyn Sharp which were carved by students at
@CGLArtSchool
are to be installed high on the north choir aisle 20 August. If you haven't seen them then do come and visit whilst they are at ground level.
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It was with that sadness that we heard of the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.
Please visit the link below for a prayer and statement from
@deansouthwark
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Happy New Year from everyone
here at Southwark Cathedral!
📸
@highflyingdroneshots
on Instagram
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It's going to be a hot, hot week outside so come and visit the Cathedral where it is always cool inside. You will be made to feel very welcome whoever you are ☀️
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We are delighted to say that the Cathedral will be open from 8am tomorrow. There may be some road closures still in place within the vicinity of the Cathedral so we recommend you visit
@se1
for updates.
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We were saddened to find this litter and drug paraphernalia THROWN into our churchyard, an ancient burial ground over the weekend. Thank you to our gardener who spent a couple of hours clearing it up this morning. Please put your rubbish in bins or take it home with you. Thanks.
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Alleluia, Christ is Risen! Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter from all of us at Southwark Cathedral.
📷 Lara Arnott
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This Sunday at 12.30pm the Cathedral community meet the community of
@MagnusMartyr
at the parish boundary for both churches situated in the middle of London Bridge for the annual blessing of the River Thames.
Information 👇
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Some images from the Cathedral Churchyard which we hope will brighten your day 🌼⚘🌿
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We are saddened to announce that our much loved Dean, The Very Revd Andrew Nunn
@deansouthwark
has announced he is to retire in 2023 following the 40th anniversary of his ordination as Deacon 😢
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This weekend marks a huge change in the life of the Cathedral as we say farewell to
@deansouthwark
For those who can't join us in person, our farewell services will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
🎥
📸 Lara Arnott
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"What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!".
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Congratulations to all the
@TeamGB
athletes who have won medals today
#OlympicGames
especially to
@TomDaley1994
and his family who live in the parish. Well done Tom and Matty on winning the gold 👏
#Tokyo2020
#MagicMonday
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Creator God,
with awe and wonder
we look on the beauty of the Earth;
with tears and sorrow
we see its brokenness and pain;
with hope and commitment
we look to the future
to a greener, cleaner, peaceful world,
an Earth that speaks of heaven.
Amen.
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Thank you to the
@SouthwarkMayor
and the Borough of Southwark who have posthumously awarded the Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Southwark to
@DoorkinsM
for services to Southwark during her lifetime.
There can be few cats in the world so honoured in life and in death.
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A retweet for
#WorldBookDay
- as Hodge explored the Cathedral library for the first time recently, and was suitably overwhelmed.
First time in the Cathedral library today. Lovely space with lots of books, beautiful artwork and soft furnishings. It overlooks the River Thames. I saw a fish 😸
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👀The view from west to east... via a piano lid.
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We love this reflective shot shared by ne of our visitors. Thanks to andy_stevens04 on Instagram for sharing!
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Cathedral's are boring and not for children? We don't think so! Tour the Cathedral with
@deansouthwark
on 23 August and uncover 1400 years of history, hospitality and mission. You may even see
@DoorkinsM
! Age 6+ and Kids go free. Booking and info below
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Glorious morning on Bankside with the Cathedral churchyard and herb garden look especially radiant 🌞
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First week of
#TreasuresFromTheThames
display and it has proved to be very popular. Come and discover items once lost, but found by
@LondonMudlark
which sit alongside wonderful ceramics and jewellery by
@raewyn_harrison
and Liz Willis. No need to book and on until 30 October.
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One week to go! Join us next Saturday for our Mudlarking Day which is part of the
@archaeologyuk
Festival of Archaeology. We are delighted to be joined by
@LondonMudlark
@findsorguk
@ThamesDiscovery
@LondonPortAuth
@thisisyogic
@liz_lizanderson
@raewyn_harrison
and others!
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A truly stunning sunny afternoon here! So lovely to stand in the churchyard, welcoming people through the doors to pray and hearing the bustle of Borough Market beginning again.
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Today we give thanks to our gardner Mark who maintains the churchyard and herb garden as well as the Cathedral Deanery garden. We are grateful for all he does to ensure our outside spaces in this busy part of London brings joy to others. Thanks Mark 👍
#LOG2021
⚘🌳🌻
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