The Yorkshire West Methodist District are looking to appoint a Creative Writer in Residence to respond to Everything is Connected, the exhibition of artworks belonging to the Methodist Modern Art Collection (MMAC) during Bradford 2025 City of Culture, which includes Bradford Cathedral as one of the venues. The deadline for applications is Monday 31st March at 5pm. The details of how to apply, and the relevant, contact details, are available online.
Take a trip from Bond themes to bhangra beats in the company of Bradford’s mighty Black Dyke Band, chart-topping pop legend Marti Pellow, star soprano Carly Paoli, Punjabi Roots Academy and Bradford Cathedral Choir – and your host, BBC’s Zoe Ball. BBC Radio 2 Loves Brass is the opening concert in The Big Brass Blowout, Bradford 2025’s weekend-long festival of all things big, brassy and Bradford. Alongside classic songs by the likes of Joni Mitchell and Wet Wet Wet, you’ll hear operatic arias and bhangra beats, powerful ballads and hymns, song settings by local lad and world-famous composer Frederick Delius – plus a new commission from Peter Graham, one of today’s leading brass band writers, that celebrates Bradford’s 19th-century ties with the ‘New World’ across the Atlantic. Top class brass. This concert is being recorded for transmission on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds. Graham Thorpe, Bradford Cathedral's Director of Music, says:"We're really excited to be working once again with the Black Dyke Band for the forthcoming Big Brass Blowout. It's a fantastic opportunity for the choristers to sing on BBC Radio 2 and learn some repertoire of a completely different style from what they would normally sing." You can find out more - and book your tickets - on the Bradford Theatres website.
All are welcome to a special service to mark the World Day of Prayer, taking place at Bradford Cathedral on Friday 7th March 2025 at 2pm. World Day of Prayer is an international, ecumenical (representing different Christian churches) organisation which enables all to hear the thoughts of women from across the world, including their hopes, concerns and prayers. Each year the service is prepared by women from a different country, and this year it has been written by the women of The Cook Islands. This group of 15 islands in the South Pacific Ocean has a rich and colourful Māori heritage and a deep connection to nature. The service will include prayers, music and stories originating from The Cook Islands, alongside objects that represent the country, and will include the traditional greeting of ‘Kia orana’, which means ‘may you live long and may you live well. May you shine like the sun. May you dance with the waves’. A service booklet will be available, which also includes lots of background information about those who have prepared the service. The World Day of Prayer is celebrated in over 120 countries. It begins in Samoa and prayer in native languages travels throughout the world — through Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas before finishing in American Samoa some 38 hours later. It is there to ‘create a worldwide wave of prayer’. The Revd Cathy Milford, organiser of the service, says:“This annual World Day of Prayer Service has been prepared by Christian Women around the world for over a hundred years. It is always a moving service and reminds us that we belong to a worldwide family and that we have much to give to and receive from each other. "All are welcome to come to the Cathedral as we pray together and reflect on the theme ‘I made you wonderful’." The World Day of Prayer service takes place at Bradford Cathedral on Friday 7th March 2025 at 2pm. All are welcome to attend.
Have you ever wondered what’s in a church, masjid, mandir or gurdwara? Then the Bradford Faith Trail is for you! As seen on ‘Sunday Morning Live’ (BBC One), the Bradford Faith Trail begins again on Saturday 1st March 2025 – now in its fifteenth year – and all are welcome to attend. The Bradford Faith Trail offers a unique opportunity to discover a little bit about Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Christian (Roman Catholic and Church of England) faith buildings; about the faiths within them; and how they link into Bradford’s local community culture and faith heritage. The Bradford Faith Trail takes in five fascinating places of worship. You can visit as many places of worship as you like - each place of worship will be open for set times and you will be shown round by experienced guides who are there to answer your questions, and to make your visit more informative and enjoyable. You will then be accompanied to the next venue. The Faith Trail takes place on the first Saturday of the month from March - October and can be walked on foot in a day. The whole trail starts at 10am at St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church and finishes at approximately 3:45pm at Bradford Cathedral. Places on the Faith Trail are limited and booking is essential. To book your free place e-mail faithtrail@bradfordcathedral.org in the first instance, or call the Cathedral Office on 01274 77 77 20 between 10am – 3pm Monday – Thursday. The deadline to book your place is the Wednesday before each Faith Trail date. The Trail begins at St. Peter’s RC Church at the top of Leeds Road at 10am and works its way down Leeds Road, stopping at the Abu Bakar Masjid, the Shree Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple and the Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurdwara, where everybody enjoys a langar (vegetarian lunch). It finishes around 3:45pm after a tour of Bradford Cathedral and refreshments. Maggie Myers, Director of Education and Visitors at Bradford Cathedral, who co-ordinates the Faith Trail on behalf of all of the places of worship involved, says: “The Bradford Faith Trail is a truly unique event and one that we encourage everybody in this area and beyond to experience. “There are so many faith communities living side by side in this small area of Bradford and the Faith Trail offers the chance to look beyond the doors, to see what is inside, to meet members of the communities, to hear a little of what goes on, to ask questions and to spend a fascinating day with people of all faiths and none. "If you have never taken part before, then participating in a Faith Trail during Bradford's year as City of Culture is the perfect time to join us!”
