The Heartbeat of the Cathedral's Life
There are at least three services each day beginning with Morning Prayer. Each day the Eucharist is celebrated, and ends with Choral Evensong (or said Evening Prayer). All are welcome at these services.
WORSHIP LIST
Our free Worship List contains information about our forthcoming services, including music to be sung, and choir details.
REGULAR PATTERN OF SERVICE
Below is our regular pattern of worship. For updated information please check the Worship List above or our Calendar page.
Please click here to read sermons from our Sunday Eucharist services.
SUNDAY
7.40am Morning Prayer
8.00am Eucharist
10.30am The Eucharist (Service Paper)
3.00pm Choral Evensong
4.00pm for 4.15pm Taizé Prayer (Third Sunday of each month, except August and December)
MONDAY
8.00am Morning Prayer
12.30pm Eucharist
5.45pm Choral Evensong/Evening Prayer
TUESDAY
8.00am Morning Prayer with Eucharist
12.30pm Offering of Incense
5.45pm Choral Evensong/Evening Prayer
WEDNESDAY
8.00am Morning Prayer
12 noon Prayer for Peace (first Wednesday of the month)
12.30pm Eucharist
5.45pm Choral Evensong/Evening Prayer
THURSDAY/FRIDAY
8.00am Morning Prayer
12.30pm Eucharist
5.45pm Choral Evensong/Evening Prayer
SATURDAY
9.00am Morning Prayer
12.30pm Eucharist
3.00pm Evening Prayer
See the panel on the right for special services outside of this regular pattern.
Please note that the Cathedral is a living church and during your visit you may witness preparations or rehearsals for concerts, services and weddings. You may also hear our choristers rehearsing for Evensong, our organist practising or our famous Willis organ being tuned. During services there may also be restricted access to some areas of the Cathedral.
Special services
It is a particular privilege of the Cathedral to be able to host many special services in the course of the year. These services seek to respond to causes for celebration or of sadness in the life of the county, city or the nation.
Organisations wishing to hold a special service at the Cathedral to offer thanksgiving and prayer for their work are asked to contact info@carlislecathedral.org.uk or telephone 01228 548151
On the third Sunday of every month at 4.15pm, we hold a Taizé service. The Taizé community is an ecumenical monastic order with a strong devotion to peace and justice. The movement was founded in France in 1940 by Brother Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche and has spawned a unique style of worship that has become popular in churches, retreat centres and seminaries throughout the world.
Taizé services – which are candle-lit – offer a distinctive worship experience, with prayer and meditation. Taizé music is highlighted by the use of simple phrases, usually lines from the Psalms or other pieces of scripture, chanted repeatedly or sung in canon.
This is a gentle and reflective service of worship, giving worshippers a moment of time and space in a busy world. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Check the online calendar for all forthcoming dates.
