Ash Wednesday Services 2024

Thank you to all who visited us for the Ash Wednesday services. Let’s begin the Lenten season together at St. James Cathedral.
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Ash Wednesday Services:

7:30am: Said Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes

Presiding Celebrant: The Reverend Canon Dr. Stephen Fields

7:30am service Leaflet

12:15pm: Sung Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes

Presiding Celebrant: The Very Reverend Dr. Stephen Hance
Homilist: The Right Reverend Andrew Asbil

12:15pm service Leaflet

6:30pm: Choral Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes
(also on the Cathedral YouTube channel).

Presiding Celebrant: The Reverend Canon Beth Benson
Homilist: The Reverend Canon John Hill

6:30pm service Leaflet

*All services include the Imposition of Ashes.

*The Cathedral will also be open for prayer on Ash Wednesday from 7:30am – 7:30pm