Save the date for May Fete
By: Sarah Davies
On Sunday, May 1, we will continue a time-honored Cathedral tradition gathering as a parish family for celebration and fellowship. This year’s May Fete festival will include morning worship followed by a party (fete means party in French) spread throughout the Bishop’s Courtyard, Nancy’s Garden, Reynolds Hall, and the Huffington Playground with live music and many favorite features of this long standing tradition, like the Maypole dance, May King and May Queen, lunch, and Wheel of Clergy!
We will gather for in-person worship at 10 a.m. and begin the May Fete festivities afterward. Instead of having three separate services in the morning and early afternoon (9, 11 a.m., and 1 p.m.), we will hold all services simultaneously at 10 a.m. Those choosing to worship in English can either worship in the Cathedral according to the 1892 Book of Common Prayer, which was in use at the earliest known May Fete celebrations, or in Reynolds Hall according to an adapted bluegrass Eucharist according to an adapted Rite II liturgy. Those choosing to worship in Spanish can worship in Sanders Hall according to the Spanish language Rite II liturgy as found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. The Well will still take place in-person and online at 5pm.
I have the privilege of serving as your 2022 May Fete Chairman, teaming with The Rev. Bradley Varnell, Canon Missioner for Community Life and Young Adult Ministry, and all the Cathedral councils to make this intergenerational event happen.
I am very much looking forward to celebrating spring and the ministry of the Cathedral on Sunday, May 1. Please consider joining us for this festive event!
Learn more at www.christchurchcathedral.org/mayfete
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