PRESS RELEASE
6th February 2012
Bishop Tim Thornton starts BIG Jubilee ‘Thank
You’
to the Queen in Truro Cathedral
The Bishop of Truro, The Rt Revd Tim Thornton, is inviting the
people of Cornwall and it’s parishes across the Diocese to say a
special thank you in an open letter to the Queen in this her Diamond
Jubilee year.
Truro Cathedral is one of many churches and cathedrals throughout
the country leading the way in expressing the nation’s thanks to Her
Majesty the Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year.
Bishop Tim has set the ball rolling by putting his signature to the
‘Big Thank You' letter which will be on display in Truro Cathedral,
along with a pile of blank pages for visitors to add their own words
of appreciation and expressions of goodwill as part of ‘The Big
Jubilee Thank You’. These will be collected up at the end of May and
delivered to Buckingham Palace.
Canon Perran Gay, Acting Dean of Truro Cathedral, who has had a
hand in the preparation of prayers and liturgical resources for the
Diamond Jubilee, said, “We are hugely indebted to Queen Elizabeth
for the way she has served this country so faithfully and so
steadfastly throughout her 60 years as our monarch. The BIG Jubilee
Thank You is a way for ordinary people to acknowledge her
extraordinary ‘service’ to us all.”
Truro Cathedral is kicking off its extensive Jubilee celebrations with
a free Diamond Jubilee Organ Recital with Luke Bond on Friday 9th
March at 1.10pm featuring Walton’s Coronation March ‘Orb and
Sceptre’ composed for the 1953 Coronation as well as Vaughan
Williams’ delightful prelude, Rhosymedre (rumoured to be one of
the Queen’s favourite organ pieces) and Walton’s Touch her Sweet
Lips, from his film music to the film Henry V.
See www.trurocathedral.org.uk for more information about the BIG
Thank You and the Cathedral’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
For further details Contact:
Colin Reid, Communications Officer, Truro Cathedral, 01872
245007
colin@trurocathedral.org.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Church of England:
http://www.churchofengland.org/clergy-office-holders/themed-services-andevents/the-queen's-diamond-jubilee-2012/the-big-jubilee-thank-you.aspx
Diocese of Truro:
http://www.trurodiocese.org.uk/diocesan-information/parish-resources/thebig-jubilee-thank-you.php
ENDS
6th February 2012