St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Who we are

St Edmundsbury Cathedral is open for visitors and worshippers seven days a week, all year, providing a sacred space for reflection, prayer and sanctuary. Music forms a large part of activities, with several choirs and numerous musical events throughout the year. Our formal learning programmes are centred round our Learning Hub, in the heart of the Cathedral, where school children enjoy activities linked to the national curriculum, participate in reflective stories designed to encourage youngsters to behave more thoughtfully towards one another, and work with a team of local artists who help them respond to the world through creative art. Community groups such as the Mothers Union and Young Families regularly meet in the Cathedral. We have vibrant membership groups in the Friends of the Cathedral and the Friends of the Cathedral Music. More than 250 Volunteers tend the garden, welcome visitors and assist in our learning and community programmes. We offer 960 regular services a year and around 100 special services.

St Edmundsbury Cathedral Enterprises Limited oversees the Cathedral Gift Shop, our Tourist Information Point, Pilgrim’s Kitchen (café/restaurant) and our external events facilities.

St Edmundsbury Cathedral is a lively and exciting place in which to work. The completion of major building works has seen the Cathedral grow in size and activity and the place has become busier. The extraordinary variety of people who are associated with the Cathedral and the remarkable diversity of the events which take place here mean that there is much to capture the imagination of the Cathedral’s employees; much to be done, and much to enjoy.

Our culture and values

Our values inform how we do things at the Cathedral.

We hold our Benedictine principles close—principles such as love, care, hospitality, and community—and are presenting these values in a way that relates to and can easily be understood in the 21st century. They are about how we work with each other, how we talk about the Cathedral, how we reach out to the whole of Suffolk and beyond, and how we transform ourselves as we grow together.

They are Faith, Welcome, Compassion and Confidence.

• Faith in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and God’s unconditional love for all people. This is our Christian conviction, and it is what defines and shapes us;
• Welcome to friends and to strangers; to people of all faiths or none; to those with whom we agree and disagree - building a culture of openness and collaboration and generosity across the county;
• Compassion working alongside people in need, expressing love, tolerance and respect through our actions;
• Confidence to challenge wrongs; to be honest about who we are and what we stand for; to be daring in what we do, how we do it and who we do it with. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We are an Inclusive Church and warmly welcome applications irrespective of gender or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, and Global Majority Heritage candidates, who are currently under-represented on the Cathedral team.