Services Today
- 7.30 Morning Prayer St Oswald's Chapel
- 8.00 Holy Communion St Oswald's Chapel
- 5.30 Evening Prayer The Quire
- ‘A Nativity for a New Year’ and other paintings
2nd Feb 2019, The North Transept - Junior Church
24th Feb 2019 9:30am, Pilgrims' Chapel - Odora Piano Trio
1st Mar 2019 12:15pm, The Nave - Women’s World Day of Prayer Service
1st Mar 2019 2:00pm, The Quire - Listening to the Leaves
2nd Mar 2019 10:00am, Southwell Minster

Cathedral Electoral Roll
February 18, 2019
Appointment of Canon Precentor, Southwell Minster
February 11, 2019
Minster’s winter fuel initiative to help the poor
November 22, 2018Urgent Announcement | 12.01.19
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For more than 900 years Southwell Minster has opened its doors every day to welcome visitors, pilgrims and worshippers. We have placed hospitality in the name of Jesus Christ as being at the heart of what we want to offer the 100,000, or so, people, who come each year. As well as being a beautiful and fascinating historic building, Southwell Minster is a community of clergy, other workers and many worshippers, contributing to the public life and private lives of the town and the whole diocese.
For over 900 years Southwell Minster has opened its doors every day to welcome visitors, pilgrims and worshippers. Some are local, many from further afield and across the world. We have placed hospitality in the name of Jesus Christ as being at the heart of what we want to offer the 100,000, or so, people, who come each year.
We’re known as the ‘hidden gem’ of English cathedrals, tucked away in a delightful Nottinghamshire market town and yet glistening with beauty and charm. The Minster’s ancient stones are soaked with centuries of daily prayer and praise to God; yet, it is not a foreboding, impersonal place. First-time visitors, especially children, walk into the nave, the main body of the church, and find that their eyes are drawn upwards, towards the figure of ‘Christus Rex’, ‘Christ the King’ prominent over the nave arch and leaning forward with arms outstretched. It’s as if Christ himself is running to embrace and welcome all who come. It’s a wonderful image of warmth and homecoming, which even total strangers feel.
Recently, a visitor to the Minster wrote that, following her visit, she was full of hope again. As the Dean here I cannot think of a more encouraging remark. The Christian faith is realistic about the pain and struggle and uncertainty of our world and yet we hope in a God of goodness and faithfulness and love. I think that’s something of what that particular visitor felt that day. The story of Christmas is one of God coming to us, humbling himself in the vulnerable child of Jesus, offering us true hope for our lives and for the world, a light for our path and peace in our lives.
As Dean, on behalf of all of us at the Minster, we look forward to welcoming you.
The Very Reverend Nicola Sullivan
Dean of Southwell
Optional Seasonal Addition: Christmastide at Southwell Minster
Christmas invites us to wonder and be amazed. The love of a young mother far from home placing her new-born baby in an animal feeding trough, angels announcing the birth of a Saviour and Peace on Earth to rough shepherds, mysterious foreign visitors following a star, bringing their strange gifts. We celebrate the gift of God's love to the world in Jesus Christ.
The Christmas season concludes with the beautiful feast of Candlemas on Saturday 2nd February, which has a distinctive atmosphere, looking back at the joy of Christmas before turning to the coming of Easter. We light candles and sing of the glory of Christ, light of the world. Come and experience this poignant occasion, with music sung by the Cathedral Choir.