Lent Lectures: Issues of Faith

Wednesdays 2.30pm in the Cathedral quire and available as a recording afterwards

A weekly series of talks hosted by the Dean and Canons with a series of speakers helping us to reflect on issues of the day through the eyes of faith. Each talk will be followed by the opportunity for questions.

Jo Chamberlain is the National Environment Officer for the Church of England, a role she has been in for the last 6 years. Prior to that, she worked for Christian Aid, an organisation working with those at the forefront of the impacts of climate breakdown. The world around us is in trouble, and people are not taking care of God’s good creation. Christians are called to love God and to love our neighbour. This talk aims to explore what that means when we look and see a world confronted by rising global temperatures, accelerating loss of nature and an expanding problem of plastic waste.

Lent Lectures: Issues of Faith

Wednesdays 2.30pm in the Cathedral quire and available as a recording afterwards

A weekly series of talks hosted by the Dean and Canons with a series of speakers helping us to reflect on issues of the day through the eyes of faith. Each talk will be followed by the opportunity for questions.

This lecture traces how Christian theology moved from the wounded, risen body of Christ to an idealised vision of bodily perfection—and how that shift has shaped our theology, worship, and heritage. Drawing on insights from my book ‘Breaking Not Broken’, I will be calling the Church back to a resurrection anthropology where wounds are not erased but revealed as sites of glory, truth, and belonging.

The Revd Canon Timothy Goode is Canon for Congregational Discipleship and Nurture at York Minster and a disability theologian. His recent book ‘Breaking Not Broken’ examines how ableism has shaped Christian theology, heritage, and practice, and how a risen-body anthropology offers a more faithful alternative.

A Reflection on the Earthly Dimension of Jesus’ Mother through Sculpture and Poetry

10.10am: Procession from Market Square

10.30am: Sung Eucharist at the cathedral.

To watch the Eucharist via live stream, please head to our YouTube Channel

Palm Sunday 29th March 2026: 5.30pm

Ripon Cathedral Choir’s traditional devotional performance of Maunder’s wonderful Passiontide cantata Olivet to Calvary on Palm Sunday is a great opportunity for local singers to join the Cathedral Choir in song, under the direction of the cathedral’s Director of Music Dr Ronny Krippner.

The rehearsal on the day starts at 3.30pm and finishes at 4.45pm, after which there will be refreshments served in the South Transept of the Cathedral. The Devotional Performance of the cantata begins at 5.30pm, finishing at approximately 6.45pm.

Please email the music department [email protected] and let us know your voice part if you are interested in participating. We are asking for a £5 donation which will go towards the choir. Under 18s will need parental consent.

In order to be able to plan for the event, we ask that you to book a place by emailing [email protected] by Monday 23rd March (noon).

Please note: singers must bring their own copy of the music (Novello edition, NOV 072487).

Please also be aware that photos will be taken for publicity.

Sung Compline with reflection

Mark Holy Week with us through fun and meaningful Easter crafts. We’ll be making baskets, crosses and much more!

Tuesday 31st March & Wednesday 1st April, 10.30am-12pm.

A creative and reflective session designed especially for children.

£4 per child which includes craft materials and refreshments (babies and young toddlers are free).

To book your place and for more information, please email: [email protected].

7.30pm-8.45pm followed by The Watch to midnight

Join us this Maundy Thursday for a service of Holy Communion in which the Last Supper is re-enacted; Dean John, as leader of the cathedral community, washes the feet of a dozen members of the congregation. He says, “This powerfully moving act, prompted by the humility and self-sacrifice of Jesus doing the same for his disciples, reveals how the nature of Christ’s leadership is still a challenge to all leaders 2,000 years later.”

At the end of this service the altars are stripped. The reserved sacrament (the consecrated bread from the Eucharist) is processed to the Altar of Repose and the congregation now imagines itself in the Garden of Gethsemane attempting to keep watch and to pray as Jesus asks his disciples to do.

Throughout the evening you are encouraged to come and go and to keep watch. This vigil comes to an end at midnight when we remember how Jesus was arrested with a kiss of betrayal.

Darke in A minor; Ubi caritas Duruflé; Ave verum corpus Byrd; Tantum ergo Duruflé

To watch the Eucharist via live stream, please head to our YouTube Channel.

Join us this Good Friday at 10.30am as we Journey to Jerusalem in our service for children and adults, when we explore the events of the last week of Jesus’ life.
At the end of the service we will be serving drinks and hot cross buns.
During our 10.30am service on Easter Day, there will be children’s activities and an Easter egg hunt.

On this most sacred day we hold a service of music and reflection as we focus on the cross of Christ and his loving sacrifice.

On this most sacred day we need to find time to be still and realise that Jesus opens wide his arms on the cross to embrace the whole human race.

Easter Eve Vigil and Eucharist

To watch the Eucharist via live stream, please head to our YouTube Channel

To watch the Eucharist via live stream, please head to our YouTube Channel

The Easter Sunday Evensong will be livestreamed. To watch, please head to our YouTube Channel.