Services in October 2026 Thursday 1 7.30 am 8 am 9.15 am 10 am 12 noon 5 pm
Friday 2 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Quire Eucharist Shrine Chapel Abbey Primary School Service Lady Chapel Abbey Tots Service St Michael’s Chapel Eucharist Shrine Chapel Evensong Quire Canticles plainsong Anthem A Hymne to God the Father Humfrey Morning Prayer Eucharist Roman Catholic Mass Evening Prayer
Saturday 3 E 8.30 am Morning Prayer 9 am Eucharist 12 noon Eucharist 5 pm Evensong Introit Canticles Anthem 5.45 pm Confessions Sunday 4 8 am 9.30 am
11.30 am
2 pm 4 pm
Monday 5 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 12.30 pm 5 pm
Tuesday 6 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Lady Chapel
Responses Ayleward Psalm 78.41-52 Hymn 557
Psalm 69
Quire Lady Chapel Lady Chapel Quire Deo gratias van Wilder Second Service Gibbons Laudate Dominum Victoria A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm
Responses Morley Psalm 128 Hymn 457
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Eucharist High Altar Parish Eucharist with Holy Baptism Nave sung by the Parish Singers Setting Gloria David Thorne; Sanctus & Benedictus Paul Inwood, Agnus Dei Peter Nardone Anthem In my Father's house Philip Stopford Hymns 386, 532, 395 Preacher The Canon for Mission & Pastoral Care Choral Eucharist L High Altar Setting Spatzen-Messe (K 220) Mozart Psalm 80.8-16 Anthem Vinea mea electa Ingegneri Hymns 277, 112 Preacher The Canon Chancellor Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 545) J. S. Bach Pet Blessing Service Nave Evensong Celebrating Learning at St Albans Cathedral Nave Introit Oculi omnium [ii] Wood Responses Ayleward Canticles St Paul's Service Howells Psalm 136.1-9 Anthem All wisdom cometh from the Lord Philip Moore Hymns 455, 538 Preacher Reverend Patrick Moriarty, Rector, St Nicholas’ Church, Harpenden Voluntary Impromptu Philip Moore Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Young Artists Recital Evensong Canticles Anthem
Quire St Michael’s Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Pupils from St Albans School Quire plainsong Were you there when they crucified my Lord? arr. Burleigh
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Evensong Canticles Anthem
Quire Chapel of Peace Shrine Chapel Quire plainsong Kyrie Britten
Responses Smith Psalm 89.20-29 Hymn 515
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Shrine Chapel Quire Wayne Marshall in C Ex ore innocentium Ireland
Responses Morley Psalm 91.1-8 Hymn 126
Responses Morley Psalm 85 Hymn 118
William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536
Wednesday 7 7.30 am Morning Prayer 8 am Requiem Eucharist 11 am Free Church Service 12 noon Eucharist 5 pm Evensong Canticles Anthem
Dewi Rees, Assistant Director of Music & Partnerships William Fox, Director of Music E The day’s music has been endowed In Residence: 1-15 The Reverend Canon Tim Lomax |16-31 Canon for Mission & Pastoral Care
Thursday 8 7.30 am 8 am 9.15 am 10 am 12 noon 5 pm
Friday 9 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Saturday 10 8.30 am 9 am 12 noon 1.30 pm 5 pm
5.45 pm Sunday 11 8 am 9.30 am
11.30 am
4 pm
6 pm Monday 12 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Tuesday 13 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Quire Eucharist Shrine Chapel Abbey Primary School Service Lady Chapel Abbey Tots Service St Michael’s Chapel Eucharist Shrine Chapel Evensong Quire Canticles Service on Plainsong Tones Philip Moore Anthem Corpus Christi Carol Britten
Responses Smith Psalm 94.1-9 Hymn 110
Morning Prayer Eucharist Roman Catholic Mass Evensong Canticles Anthem
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Quire sung by the Chapel Choir of Bedford School Noble in B minor Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake Hilton
Morning Prayer Healing Eucharist Eucharist Holy Matrimony Evensong Introit Canticles Anthem Confessions
Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 Quire Lady Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Quire Laudate Dominum Victoria Responses Smith Second Service Gibbons Psalm 138 Christ rising Tomkins Hymn 477 A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm
Eucharist All Age Eucharist Setting Anthem Preacher Choral Eucharist L Setting Anthem Preacher Voluntary Evensong Introit Canticles Anthem Preacher Voluntary Compline
Harvest Festival High Altar Nave sung by the Parish Singers & Junior Choir Gloria David Thorne; Sanctus & Benedictus Paul Inwood, Agnus Dei Peter Nardone Look at the world John Rutter Hymns 270, 254, 275 The Precentor High Altar Missa Brevis Berkeley Psalm 23 Oculi omnium [ii] Wood Hymns 235, 272 The Reverend Canon Dr Tim Lomax, Diocesan Director of Mission & Ministry Impromptu Berkeley Nave Peace I leave with you Beach Responses Radcliffe Chichester Service Walton Psalm 139.1-9 Benedicite in F Dyson Hymns 273, 258 The Youth Chaplain Paean Leighton Lady Chapel sung by the Youth Choir
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Evensong Canticles Anthem
Quire St Michael’s Chapel Shrine Chapel Quire Short Service Farrant O bone Jesu Dering
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Evensong Canticles Anthem
Quire Chapel of Peace Shrine Chapel Quire plainsong How beautiful are the feet Handel
Responses Humphrey Clucas Psalm 102.1-11 Hymn 153
Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709
Responses Morley Psalm 105.1-9 Hymn 130 Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066
Wednesday 14 7.30 am Morning Prayer 8 am Eucharist 12 noon Eucharist 5 pm Evensong Canticles Anthem The Very Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean L This service is live-streamed
Quire Shrine Chapel Shrine Chapel Quire plainsong Agnus Dei Langlais
Responses Smith Psalm 107.1-9 Hymn 101
Responses Morley Psalm 119.129-136 Hymn 326 (omit *)
The Reverend Vanessa Jefferson, Precentor 01727 860 780 | mail@stalbanscathedral.org | www.stalbanscathedral.org
Services in October 2026 Thursday 15 7.30 am 8 am 9.15 am 10 am 12 noon 5 pm
Friday 16 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm Saturday 17 8.30 am 9 am 12 noon 5 pm
5.45 pm Sunday 18 8 am 9.30 am
11.30 am
12.30 pm 4 pm
Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582 Morning Prayer Quire Eucharist Shrine Chapel Abbey Primary School Service Lady Chapel Abbey Tots Service St Michael’s Chapel Eucharist Shrine Chapel Evensong Quire Canticles Ashfield in D minor Anthem O soft, self-wounding pelican Stephen Hough
Responses Smith Psalm 116.1-10 Hymn 516
Morning Prayer Eucharist Roman Catholic Mass Evening Prayer
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Lady Chapel
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Evensong Introit Canticles Anthem Confessions
Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107 Quire Lady Chapel Lady Chapel Quire Deo gracias van Wilder Responses Radcliffe Wise in F Psalm 146 Almighty God, which hast knit together Tomkins Hymn 469 A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm
Psalm 130, 131, 137
Luke the Evangelist Eucharist High Altar Parish Eucharist L Nave sung by the Parish Singers, with the Parish Orchestra Setting Mass of St Thomas David Thorne Anthem Upon your heart Eleanor Daley Preacher The Youth Chaplain Mayors’ Civic Service Quire Canticles Ireland in F Anthem How lovely is thy dwelling place Brahms Preacher The Canon for Mission & Pastoral Care Voluntary Final from Symphony No 1 Vierne Eucharist Lady Chapel Solemn Evensong attended by the Ex-Choristers’ Association Quire Introit Laudate Dominum Victoria Canticles Stanford in A Anthem Give us the wings of faith Bullock Preacher The Precentor Voluntary Toccata in G Dubois
Hymns 612, 136, 437
Venite plainsong Psalm 147.1-7
Responses Smith Psalm 103.1-10 Hymns 213, 220
Monday 19 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 12.30 pm
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Organ Recital
5 pm
Evening Prayer
Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812 Quire St Michael’s Chapel Shrine Chapel Crossing Michael D’Avanzo, Organ Scholar Lady Chapel Psalms 127, 128, 129
Tuesday 20 7.30 am 8 am 10.30 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Eucharist Orthodox Liturgy Eucharist Evening Prayer
Quire Chapel of Peace Lady Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel
Psalms 135
Quire Shrine Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel
Psalms 136
Wednesday 21 7.30 am Morning Prayer 8 am Eucharist 12 noon Eucharist 5 pm Evening Prayer Thursday 22 7.30 am 8 am 9.15 am 10 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Quire Eucharist Shrine Chapel Abbey Primary School Service Lady Chapel Abbey Tots Service St Michael’s Chapel Eucharist Shrine Chapel Evening Prayer Lady Chapel
William Fox, Director of Music In Residence:
Psalms 138, 140, 141 Dewi Rees, Assistant Director of Music & Partnerships E The day’s music has been endowed
Friday 23 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm Saturday 24 8.30 am 9 am 12 noon 5 pm 5.45 pm 7.30 pm Sunday 25 8 am 9.30 am
Morning Prayer Eucharist Roman Catholic Mass Evening Prayer
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Lady Chapel
Psalms 145
Morning Prayer Quire Eucharist Lady Chapel Eucharist Lady Chapel Evensong Quire sung by Poscimur Responses Humphrey Clucas Canticles Sumsion in A Psalm 1 Anthem Greater Love Ireland Hymn 533 Confessions A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15pm Diocesan Confirmation Service Nave Eucharist Parish Eucharist L Setting Anthem Preacher Choral Eucharist Setting Anthem Preacher Voluntary Evensong Canticles Anthem Preacher Voluntary
The Last Sunday after Trinity High Altar Nave sung by the Parish Singers Gloria David Thorne; Sanctus & Benedictus Paul Inwood, Agnus Dei Peter Nardone O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht J.S. Bach Margaret Stratton, Cathedral Reader Hymns 604, A new commandment, 606 (omit *) High Altar sung by Poscimur Simple Communion Service Harris Psalm 90.1-4 Ubi Caritas Ola Gjeilo Hymns 581, 474 The Precentor Festal Flourish Jacob Quire sung by Poscimur Responses Humphrey Clucas Stanford in B flat Psalm 119. 81-88 Teach me, O Lord Byrd Hymns A&M 727(i), 538 (omit *) The Canon Chancellor Fanfare Leighton
Monday 26 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Evening Prayer
Quire St Michael’s Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel
Tuesday 27 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm 7 pm
Morning Prayer Eucharist Eucharist Evening Prayer Lutheran Service
Quire Chapel of Peace Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Lady Chapel
11.30 am
4 pm
Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
Psalms 4,7
Psalms 9, 10
Wednesday 28 7.30 am Morning Prayer 8 am Eucharist 10 am Mothers’ Union Eucharist 12 noon Eucharist 5 pm Evening Prayer
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel
Thursday 29 7.30 am 8 am 10 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Eucharist Abbey Tots Service Eucharist Evening Prayer
James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Quire Shrine Chapel St Michael’s Chapel Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Psalm 18
Friday 30 E 7.30 am 8 am 12 noon 5 pm
Morning Prayer Eucharist Roman Catholic Mass Evening Prayer
Quire Shrine Chapel Lady Chapel Lady Chapel
Saturday 31 8.30 am 9 am 12 noon 5 pm 5.45 pm
Simon and Jude, Apostles
Psalms 119.1-16
Psalm 22
Morning Prayer Quire Eucharist of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lady Chapel Eucharist Lady Chapel Evensong Quire sung by Sine Nomine Canticles Murrill in E Anthem Give me the wings of faith Leighton Confessions A priest is available in the Chapel of Transfiguration until 6.15 pm
The Very Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean L This service is live-streamed
Responses Rose Psalm 84 Hymn 582
The Reverend Vanessa Jefferson, Precentor 01727 860 780 | mail@stalbanscathedral.org | www.stalbanscathedral.org