Kat Nellist
St Wilfrid Banquet – Friday October 11
Book your tickets and join us for our annual fundraising banquet in support of the cathedral's heritage conservation, music and education programmes.
Please contact our Development Team on 01765 603583.
Climbing the Three Peaks for the Choir Tour
Five fearless ladies with close links to the cathedral music department will be tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks to raise money for the upcoming choir tour to Bavaria.
Looking forward to Lent
Engage prayerfully this Lent, see our website for a full programme - there's something for everyone!
Ripon Cathedral Renewed: finding a way forward for the cathedral annex
The latest update on the cathedral's proposed annex - a booklet answering the common questions, timetable for drop-in sessions and a feedback form.
Christmas Gift & Food Fair raises record amount at Ripon Cathedral
In excess of £41,000 was raised last weekend at Ripon Cathedral's annual Christmas Gift & Food Fair, contributing to a record year for fundraising.
Prof Joyce Hill – Evensong
Choral Evensong is one of the glories of the English musical tradition, which many people enjoy, whether or not they are regular church-goers. These days it is the cathedrals, along with some major churches, which are the guardians of this…
First Anniversary of the King’s Accession
‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.’ So wrote St. Paul in his Letter to the Romans (13:9 – 10). Love is the fulfilling of the law.…
Carol Ballard – The Ripon Bible
The Ripon Bible spent more than 350 years in the Cathedral Library before being transferred in 1985 to the Brotherton Library at Leeds University.
Jane Nethercott – Lewis Carroll Carvings & Connection
Having grown up around Llandudno in North Wales, I was aware of that area’s connections with one of my favourite authors, Lewis Carroll. However, what I did not know about was the link he had to Ripon, especially Ripon Cathedral.
Carol Ballard – Dean Anthony Higgin Statue
The black bust above the fireplace in the cathedral library is a memorial to Dean Anthony Higgin; it was badly damaged, losing its head and hands, during the Civil War.