Assistant Bishop the Rt Revd Patrick Matolengwe lays down his Pastoral Staff upon his retirement, 24 November 2013

 

The Rt Revd Patrick Matolengwe, Assistant Bishop in the

Diocese since 2010, retires and lays down his Pastoral Staff 

at the Altar - to the singing of Walford Davies' God be in my head

- which had been sung at his elevation to

the Episcopacy years previously. 

 

Bishop Oswald Swartz blesses the retiring Bishop Patrick.

 

Bishop Patrick (below) with Bishop Oswald,

during the Chrism Mass, 25 April 2011.

 

Bishop Oswald Swartz - handing out prizes to Junior Church members, 24 November 2013

Cathedral Choir at work and play

 

 

Tantum ergo - Déodat de Séverac - Archbishop's visit 2013

 

 

The Dean, Fr Simon Aiken, at the organ.

 

 

Benjamin Britten Centenary, 22 November 2013

 

 

At the Cathedral of St Andrew & St Michael,

Bloemfontein - having joined other singers from Bloemfontein

and Johannesburg - Evensong - under direction of Richard Cock.

 

Again at Bloemfontein Cathedral - with Geoff Weaver

of the Royal School of Church Music - RSCM event in September.

 

End-of-year pizza-making fun



Festival of Britten 22 November 2013

 

Kimberley Children's Choir, St Cyprian's Cathedral Choir and

members of the Ad Libitum Chorale under the direction of

Estelle Vorster and Fr Simon Aiken - performing a programme of

Britten's works on he centenary of his birth.

 

 

Festival of Britten : Benjamin Britten Centenary : 22 November 2013

FESTIVAL OF BRITTEN

Benjamin Britten Centenary

1913 - 22 November – 2013

 

The Kimberley Children’s Choir with the St Cyprian’s Cathedral Choir and members of the Ad Libitum Choir join in offering an evening of music to commemorate the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth on 22 November.

This coincides with the feast of

St Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music.

A Ceremony of Carols; Jubilate Deo;

A New Year Carol

and other works

St Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley

Friday 22 November at 19:00

Entrance Free : Donation to cover cost of Programme Notes

Enquiries: 053-8333437

kkcathedral.office@telkomsa.net

Holy Eucharist on the occasion of a visit of the Archbishop of Cape Town, 17 November 2013

Anglicans from throughout the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman converged on Kimberley, 

swelling the congregation to 699 people. We publish selected images...

Into the Sanctuary, St Cyprian's Cathedral

Liturgy of the Word 

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba in the pulpit

The Dean of Kimberley, the Very Revd Simon Aiken
conducts the choir, singing inter alia Déodat de Séverac's Tantum ergo

Concelebration: Assistant Bishop Patrick Matolengwe 

and Bishop Oswald Swartz 

flank Archbishop Thabo Makgoba 

Recession - the choir and diocesan clergy having vacated the 

chancel, the Cathedral Clergy and Bishop's Senate follow.

Remembrance Sunday 10 November 2013 - Sermon by the Very Revd Fr Simon Aiken, Dean and Chaplain to the Kimberley Regiment

One of the images in this video features pipers of the Kimberley Regiment and the Colour Party photographed at the Nov 2010 installation of the Dean of Kimberley, who is also Honorary Chaplain to the Regiment.

As a Communion Motet on 10 Nov 2013 the choir sang The souls of the righteous by Sir Stanley Marchant (1883-1949). This anthem, composed in memory of King George V, is the best known work by Marchant, who was organist and master of choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1927 to 1936, before he became Principal of the Royal Academy of Music. The words are from Wisdom 3:1-2

The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God: and there no torment shall touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: but they are in peace; they are in peace. 

Sermon for Trinity IV 23 June 2013