The Friends are pleased to announce our Festival Day & AGM with Lunch on 26th June 2025 with guest speaker The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, Dean Emeritus.
Friends are welcome to attend all or any part of the day. Booking is required for the lunch only.
Schedule
- Midday: Eucharist in the Lady Chapel
- 12.45 for 1.00pm: A delicious two-course Lunch in the marquee in the garden of the Bishop's Palace. Booking required, see below.
- 2.30pm: AGM in the Cathedral Nave
- 3.15pm: We are delighted to welcome our guest speaker, The Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, Dean Emeritus.
- 4.00pm: Tea and cake in the marquee in the garden of the Bishop's Palace.
Lunch
Join us for a delicious 2-course lunch in the marquee in the garden of the Bishop's Palace at 12:45 for 1.00pm, consisting of a buffet of dressed, seasonal salads and a selection of hand-made quiches with meat, fish and vegetarian options, and a lovely choice of summer desserts. Lunch tickets cost £32.50 and can be booked here, or you can call the Friends office on 01243 812980 on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Please mention any special dietary requirements when booking. There will also be a cash bar.
Our guest speaker, the Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, was appointed Dean of Chichester in 2002 after ministry in South London and Liverpool. He retired as Dean Emeritus in 2014, when he was appointed a Freeman of the City of Chichester. He served as Dean of the Order of St John from 2014 to 2020.
Prior to ordination he trained for retail management before becoming a Welfare Officer at Pentonville Prison. In retirement Nicholas is active liturgically and musically in our neighbouring Diocese of Portsmouth.
He has traced family connections going back more than five centuries, and he will be sharing some of these in his illustrated talk which is entitled 'A Bible in the Family. A saga spanning 5 centuries'.