St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

Organ Recital and Choral Evensong

The Requiem for All Souls will take place on 2 November 2009 at 7.30 pm. The full choir will sing Fauré Requiem. Those attending are invited to submit names to be remembered at this service to the Cathedral Office.

There will be the opportunity to explore different ways of praying in a series of Saturday morning group meetings led by Betty Jeanrond and Caroline McKillop on 3 October 2009, 24 October 2009, 7 November 2009 and 21 November 2009. Subjects will include: stillness, the prayer of awareness, holy reading (lectio divina), imaginative contemplation and prayers of petition & intercession.

There will be a special Festival Choral Evensong to mark the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on 28 June 2009. The service begins at 6.30 pm and includes the Gloucester Service canticles by Howells.

There was a guided tour of the cathedral church after the 1030 service on 15 February 2009. Members of serveral Flickr groups were also invited and some of their work can now be seen on the St Mary’s Flickr Pool

An evening of conversation with the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. This event takes place in the Synod Hall on Monday 26 January 2009 at 8 pm. Limited to 20 places to ensure that the conversation flows. To book a place, contact Alistair Fulton via the Cathedral Office.

On 1st November there will be a musical event (similar to the “Big Sing” of two years ago) in which James McMillan, John Bell and Frikki Walker will lead congregational and choral Worship. The event begins at 7.30 pm. All Welcome.

Following a well-earned 6 week summer break, members of St Mary’s Cathedral Choir return to take services from 17 August 2008. The choir sing at the 10.30 am Sung Eucharist and at 6.30 pm Choral Evensong each week.

The first weekend in September will be a St Mary’s homecoming weekend. Previous members of the congregation are particularly welcome as the 100th anniversary of St Mary’s becoming a cathedral is celebrated. There will be a concert on the Saturday evening and celebration services on the Sunday.