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Online Worship for Ascension Day

The worship for Ascension Day, 21 May 2020, can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An anthem from the choir
  • A candle lighting liturgy for use in the home

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Vice Provost from his home. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. The sermon is preached by the Most Rev Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Heather O’Connor reads the Gospel and Frikki Walker reads a Prayer-Poem by American metaphysical poet Edward Taylor (c.1642–1729). Music for the Ordinary of the Mass is a setting for three voices by Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) sung by the Inns family. Les and Rona MacLeod perform movements from Oboe Sonata, TWV 41:a3 by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) at Communion and at the end of the service. Bells of the Cathedral rung by St Mary’s Guild of Change Ringers, recorded before lockdown.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – Ascension Day 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

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If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

An Anthem

The Cathedral Choir sings If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis.

A Lucernarium for Easter

A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home during the COVID-19 pandemic


Find the Order of Service along with a downloadable PDF with musical responses here.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card, which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Online Worship – 10 May 2020

The worship for 10 May 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households
  • A candle lighting liturgy for use in the home

In this week’s gospel, Jesus says, “In my father’s house there are many dwelling places”. To reflect that, this week’s worship features photographs of doorways around the City of Glasgow.

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Vice Provost from his home. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. Wolfgang Schlegel reads the Gospel, Deborah Lewer leads the Intercessions, and the organ voluntary, the first movement from CPE Bach’s Sonata in F, is played by Steven McIntyre on the organ at Dunblane Cathedral. Magnus Walker (tenor) sings the Gloria and Sanctus from a setting of the mass by John Rutter. Music at communion is a Fraction Anthem by Mason Martens sung by Kieran Hunter.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Transcript for Online Worship • 10 May 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

Offertory

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah & Sophie Agrell. Subtitles are provided; click on CC (Close Captions) on the video.

Board Game for Activity
Click the image above to download a PDF of the board described in the Activities video.

A Lucernarium for Easter

A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home during the COVID-19 pandemic


Find the Order of Service along with a downloadable PDF with musical responses here.

Feedback form

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost, please use the following form.

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Online Worship – 26 April 2020

The worship for 26 April 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An anthem from the choir
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households
  • A song for Young Church, taught by Sarah Weir
  • A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Provost from his own home. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon. Jo Russell reads the Gospel, Robert Mawditt leads the Intercessions, and the organ voluntary, Koraal (Suite Modale) by Flor Peeters, is played by Steven McIntyre on the organ at Dunblane Cathedral. Robert Guthrie (tenor) sings the Gloria and Sanctus from Missa cum jubilo (Gregorian Chant). Music at communion is ‘The Love of God Comes Close’ by John L. Bell sung by Sarah Weir, soprano.

Photographs of roads around the City of Glasgow in these videos come from members of the congregation, including Roger Edwards, Tim Haynes, Debbie Lewer, Kate Mooney, Abha Paulina, Alan Richmond, Michael Shanks and John Weir.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 26 April 2020 – 3 Easter

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

Offertory

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232 – account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by paypal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on Paypal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the cathedral office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time enable the ministry of the cathedral to continue.

Communion

The Anthem

A recording of ‘Irish Blessing’ by Bob Chilcott from a CD entitled ‘Listen’ by the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow


May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be ever at your back
May the sunshine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you, may God hold you
Ever in the palm of his hand
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be ever at your back
May the sunshine upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you, may God hold you
Ever in the palm of his hand
Ever in the palm of his hand
The palm of his hand

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah & Sophie Agrell, with a special stop-motion video by Zoe Shepard Reese. Closed captioning provided.

Thursday 23 April: The wait is over, and we have the very first leaves! They weren’t here yesterday and are only just unfurling. Spring is here!

Leaves budding on a branch

Leaves budding on a branch

A Song for Young Church

A Lucernarium for Easter

A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home during the COVID-19 pandemic


Find the Order of Service along with a downloadable PDF with musical responses here.

Feedback form

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Lucernarium Easter 2020

A liturgy of candle-lighting in a time of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Order of Service is set out below. Download a PDF with musical responses here.

LUCERNARIUM
for Eastertide, during a time of isolation

Before this service, there should be as little artificial light as possible. One candle is lit as the Leader begins.

I. Little Blessing & Short Lesson

V. Light and peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

Jesus said, ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one lights a lamp to put it out of sight, but on a stand where it gives light for everyone in the house. And you, like the lamp, must shed light among others, so that they may see the good you do, and give glory to your Father in heaven.’

II. Prayer for Light

Before the Prayer is first sung
Let us pray.

Eternal God, who led your ancient people into freedom by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night: Grant that we who walk in the light of your presence may rejoice in the liberty of the children of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

During the singing of Phos hilaron, the People may bring their candles and place them in a window of their homes. Other candles may be lighted. Incense may be used here.

III. Phos hilaron

Antiphon
The same God who said, ‘Out of darkness let light shine,’ has caused light to shine within us.

O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Repeat Antiphon.

Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Repeat Antiphon.

You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds. Repeat Antiphon.

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Recorded in St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow on 18 April 2020 • Setting: © 2009 alt.compline Oliver Brewer-Lennon; Psalm Tone 6 © 1993 St Meinrad Archabbey • Words: Little Blessing, The Book of Common Prayer 1979; Short Lesson, Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV, alt.); Prayer for Light, The Book of Common Prayer, 1979; Antiphon, 2 Corinthians 4:6 (NEB); Phos hilaron, The Book of Common Prayer, 1979

School of Spirituality


St Mary’s School of Spirituality is a series of one-off sessions that are open to anyone interested in learning and developing their practice of personal spirituality. The most recent series included sessions on silence, “Lectio Divina”, art and prayer, keeping a spiritual journal, the spirituality of Taize and “Capacitar” – the empowering potential of simple body movement.

For further information see the notice on the spirituality section of the cathedral notice board. For more information, complete the form below.

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Rio + 20

Justice and Aid Network, supporting Oxfam’s ‘Grow’ campaign:

it’s time to build a future where everyone always has enough to eat

 

Rio +20 : the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

20th – 22nd June 2012

 

WHAT IS RIO +20…?          Twenty years on from the ‘Earth Summit’ held atRio in 1992, the governments of the world are again looking at progress on sustainability – our use of food, energy and resources.

WHY DOES IT MATTER…?           Tonight, an average of one in seven of the world’s population will go to bed hungry. The global summit in June 2012 presents a rare opportunity for world leaders to unite and achieve a global commitment to make a difference and address this injustice.

WHAT’S THE RISK…?        Global summits do not in themselves deliver success (the G20 atSeoul in 2010 didn’t) but they can, and sometimes do, secure the collective commitment needed to drive action (Kyoto was the reason many countries have made an effort to reduce carbon emissions and Gleneagles was critical in securing spending on development).

However, global summits don’t make big promises unless civil society demands it; this is where we can make a difference.

WHAT NEEDS DOING…?   We need to say loudly and clearly what we want. The Brazilian hosts of the conference are keen to secure meaningful input; food security and agriculture is already being suggested by many as a key sector on which the summit could focus. Oxfam agrees, asking for action on investment in smallholder farming, promotion of sustainable agriculture and the reversing of damaging economic policies.

Caroline Spelman MP (the UKSecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has already complained† that the initial proposal from the UN “lacks focus and ambition” and described the need for Rio +20 “to be a workshop, not a talking shop”. In a speech on 9th February†, she noted that the UK “will be pushing for a clear commitment to sustainable development . . . from politicians around the world”. She emphasised the “need to make clear that long term, sustainable growth can only be achieved with efficient use of resources; reduction of carbon emissions; and the eradication of poverty”.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO…?           Oxfam and The Co-operative Group are already asking the UK Government to champion small-scale farmers and co-operatives at the summit. Both Nick Clegg and Caroline Spelman will be attending the Rio summit – please contact them* let them know that we share their desire for change and ask them to please stand up for small-scale farmers at Rio +20 by championing:

  • fair and sustainable methods of increasing global food production;
  • the crucial role of small-scale farmers and co-operatives;
  • increased investment in sustainable small-scale agriculture, to lift farmers (many of whom are women) out of poverty.

*write to:        Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister, 70Whitehall,London SW1A 2AS

            &         Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,

                        DEFRA, Nobel House,17 Smith Square,LondonSW1P 3JR

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…?            Starting 22nd April (with the visit of the Malawian rice farmers) and continuing over the coming weeks, the Justice and Aid Network at St Mary’s hope to offer a chance to involve local politicians in this process and also to raise awareness within the community beyond the Cathedral.

References and further information… [& keep checking the Justice & Aid sections on the Noticeboard & Website]

Oxfam Grow Campaign:          http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/what-is-grow
The official Rio +20 website:  http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.html
†Caroline Spelman on 9th Feb: http://sd.defra.gov.uk/2012/02/caroline-spelman-sets-out-uk-ambitions-for-rio20/

External Events

Details of externally organised events will be available on this page from time to time.

Glasgow Gay Pride – march and festival takes place on 14th July.  Further information can be found on www.prideglasgow.co.uk 

External Events

Details of relevent events not arranged by St Mary’s Justice and Aid Network may be poted here.

What is the Justice & Aid Network?

The purpose of the Justice and Aid network is to become aware of how individuals seek to do God’s work in the world and to find out how together the congregation of St. Mary’s Cathedral will contribute to creating a just and equitable world. 

 As well as celebrating the work of individuals, consultation with a large group from St. Mary’s leads to a programme of events which engage in:

  •  learning
  • praying
  • taking action to bring about change

To be included in the Justice and Aid email list please complete and submit the form below.

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Fellowship Group

The Fellowship Group is for people of all ages who would like to meet others for discussion, prayer and fellowship. It meets normally on first and third Wednesday in the Synod Hall 7.30pm – 9pm. People are very welcome to attend any meeting without booking. The convener is Peil Parker and any ideas or queries can be forwarded to him via office@thecathedral.org.uk

The Next meeting is on Wednesday 8th February 7.30pm with the theme ‘Who is my Neighbour?’. A warm welcome will be extended to anyone interested.