Stop the Anglicans Desecrating Canterbury Cathedral!

"My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers.” Matthew 21:12-13

Or, in this case, ravers.

In February 2024, a silent disco will take place over two nights in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral. It is a strictly 18+ event, featuring plenty of alcohol and the music of the 90’s: Britney, Spice Girls, Eminem and the Vengaboys.

Everyone likes a Silent Disco, but its place is in a nightclub, not in Canterbury Cathedral.

Some people think that opposing this latest embarrassment is pointless, what with all the other mistakes of the C of E of late. They also say, "who cares, it hasn't been a sacred space since the reformation really, since true Eucharistic worship ceased".

They would be wrong on both counts. While opposing the deeper theological descent into madness of the Anglicans may indeed be fruitless, the sheer hubris of this desecration is clear for all withinamd without the church to see.

Everyone, religious or not, has a sense of the sacred. We wouldn't tolerate a disco on the cenotaph, or in the house of lords, or on our grandmother's grave. Even if some bright spark said it was the only way to keep the war dead, or parliament, or Nanna Edith relevant to the youth. That argument wouldn't wash.

So why should we think of Canterbury Cathedral any differently? After all, it's the most important church in England, a symbol of the nation.

The site of the martyrdom and relics of Saint Thomas Becket.

The repository for the mortal remains of kings, princes and bishops.

The destination of millions of pilgrims for centuries, past, present and future.

The inspiration for our greatest early work of literature.

And most importantly, the epicentre of countless prayers and sacraments - the House of God.

Despite what the dean of the cathedral may think, it will not bring young people closer to Christ, rather it will send the message that Christ and His Church, and all the truth, beauty and goodness it has to offer, are unimportant. That entertainment deserves our attention more than God. That Christians do not take their faith or their holy places seriously.

That Christianity is a lame joke.

By pushing back on this, we have an opportunity to remind people of the beauty of our Christian heritage, and the seriousness with which Christians and others in England still treat their holy and historic sites. Let's revive a sense of the sacred in Mary's Dowry.

PLEAS|E SIGN THE PETITION HERE https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-rave-in-the-nave-in-canterbury-cathedral