The Cathedral Community
These pages contain information for and about the Cathedral Community and in particular provide an introduction to the life of the Cathedral for those new to Worcester Cathedral.
Sunday News
Each week a newsletter containing the latest news, service details, and other Community information is available to read here.
New Worshippers
Welcome to Worcester Cathedral! New Worshippers are invited to contact Canon Stephen Edwards who will be in touch with a welcome booklet - please email stephenedwards@worcestercathedral.org.uk
On this page: Community Information
Below you will find useful information for the Cathedral Community.
Welcome
Worcester Cathedral is a magnificent sight as it rises majestically above the River Severn. Worcester has been the seat of a bishopric since the Seventh Century, and the Cathedral was served by monks until the Reformation. St Oswald and St Wulfstan were among the bishops. Since the Eighteenth Century, the Cathedral has been famous for its part in the annual Three Choirs Festival, the oldest choral festival in existence. Today the Cathedral is the centre of a vibrant community of clergy and lay people, offering the praises of God each day, serving the city and diocese of Worcester, and attracting visitors from all over the world.
- Our Welcome Booklet is currently being revised - however an interim edition can be downloaded here.
More information, including how to join the community roll if you are not already a member, is available by clicking here.
All of us who worship regularly or occasionally in the Cathedral have a responsibility to make a contribution towards the considerable costs involved in running this place of prayer and worship.
The new committee is as follows:
- Canon Stephen Edwards (Chair)
- Judith Aldridge
- Leo Atkinson
- Diana Gant
- Elayne Guest
- Phil Hancock
- Alison Marlow
- Davina Rowe
- Linda Watson
- Robert Beattie (Synod Rep)
- Caroline Gilderdale (Synod Rep)
- Morag Sutcliffe (Synod Rep)
Details of the Committee and its functions will be available soon.
Cathedral Pastoral Care Group
- The aim of the Pastoral Care Group is to build on the informal care that members of the Community already extend to one another, to seek to ensure that everyone receives care and support, particularly in times of special need.
- The Group membership is arranged so that it is hoped most members of the Community are known by someone in the Group.
- The Group meets regularly to review the needs of the Community to try to ensure that all who ask for care are supported appropriately.
- To ensure that we do not miss those who would like our care also requires that we are all involved, so members of the Cathedral Community are strongly encouraged, with the permission of the person concerned, to contact either Canon Stephen Edwards or the Chapter Office know if they are aware of those who may need particular care and support.
- The present members of the Group are: Robert Beattie, Stephen Edwards, Diana Gant, Elayne Guest, Cynthia Harris, Peter Kendal, Candace Laing, Annette Leech, John Vickerman (chair), Linda Watson
To contact the Pastoral Care Group, please speak to one of the members, or email the Reader, John Vickerman (john@prodoc.plus.com) or Vice-Dean, Canon Stephen Edwards (stephenedwards@worcestercathedral.org.uk)
'In 2025 Worcester Cathedral will be a catalyst for campaigning and awareness on the environment and social justice.' Find out more here.
Details of charities and actions we take part in, together with the Cathedral's annual charitable giving can be viewed here.
The House of God: A place of prayer, learning, and welcome.
The new Constitution & Statutes together with supporting documents are available to view here.
Details of the Chapter, staff, and other contacts can be viewed here.