The programme of events during the 18-hour visit to York Minster of the Relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux on the 1st and 2nd October 2009 has been confirmed and appears below. The Relics are shown (right) during a visit to Augsburg Cathedral.
The Minster will be open continuously throughout the 18 hours.
Pilgrims of all Christian denominations and none will be welcome to the Minster to pray, spend time in the presence of the Relics and attend services and offices as detailed below.
Organised groups are asked to advise Howard Mosley on 0844 939 0016 of their estimated arrival and departure times, and the Minster may be able to offer facilities for groups to conduct their own services in a chapel between the hourly offices in the late evening and early morning.
St Wilfrid’s Roman Catholic Church in Duncombe Place (close to the Minster) will be open throughout the visit, and Roman Catholic clergy will be available there to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation and spend time with pilgrims as they wish.
No admission charges to the Minster will apply until after the Relics’ departure, but contributions towards the costs of the visit will be welcome.
Thursday 1st October 2009
Feast of St Thérèse of Lisieux
• 5.15pm: The Minster’s Service of Choral Evensong will take place in the Nave
• 6.00pm: Arrival of the Relics at the Minster’s West Door. Relics conveyed by bearers to Lady Chapel, followed by time for prayer in the presence of the Relics.
• 7.30pm: Ecumenical Service of thanksgiving for the Malines Conversations of 1921 to 1927 between Anglicans and Roman Catholics, as commemorated in York Minster
• 10.00pm: to 12.00 midnight inclusive Offices in the Lady Chapel every hour, on the hour
Friday 2nd October 2009
• 12.00 midnight to 6.00am inclusive: Offices in the Lady Chapel every hour, on the hour
• 7.00am: The Minster’s Service of Matins will take place in the Lady Chapel
• 7.30am: The Minster’s celebration of the Eucharist will take place in the Zouche Chapel
• 8.00am and 9.00am: Offices in the Lady Chapel
• 10.00am: Office for the sick in the Lady Chapel
• 11.15am: Service in the Nave for children and young people, attended by groups from York schools, during which the Relics will be moved from the Lady Chapel to the Nave.
• 12.00 noon: Departure of the Relics from the Minster’s West Door
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For further information contact Martin Sheppard on 0844 939 0014.martins@yorkminster.org
Notes:
1. York Minster is one venue in the programme of visits throughout England and Wales at the invitation of the Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference from the 16th September to the 12th October. It is the only non-Roman Catholic venue.
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3. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873 to 1897) is one of the major saints of the Roman Catholic Church, and many Christians of other traditions and denominations are influenced by her writings and her life. Dying aged just 24, she is one of only three women recognised as ‘Doctors of the Church’. The Relics are contained in a closed and decorated casket.
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