The Cathedral keeps Sunday 5 October as Creation Sunday, giving thanks for God’s gift of creation and renewing commitments to care for this one planet home. Special music and readings occur at all three Sunday services.
God Factor Course
Course for Enquirers…St Mary’s Cathedral offers a course called The God Factor. This is a course designed for anyone with questions about the Christian faith and what it may offer to everyday life and to the world today. It is designed equally for people who don’t go to church, for people who do but find themselves exploring or re-thinking their faith, and for anyone interested. It is not high pressure sales, nor can we promise to have a clever answer for every question, but we aim to make it relevant and it can be fun. For some people it may lead to baptism or confirmation. The course starts on 19 October and will take place from 12.45 pm to 2.15 pm
To enquire about the course or to book a place, please fill in the form below. The course is open to anyone who has not done the God Factor course before.
University Chaplaincy Service
The next service for Anglican Chaplaincy at the University of Glasgow takes place on 14 October 2025. More details
Organ Project
St Mary’s is currently engaged in an exciting project to restore and install a fine Willis pipe organ. More information: An Organ for Glasgow
Plainsong
The simple, glorious beauty of plainsong can be encountered on Sundays at 9 am and during the summer at the 5 pm services
New Vice Provost
The Rev Canon Sarah Shaw was installed at 5 pm on 8 June 2025. All welcome. Livestream recording: here.
Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong is sung in St Mary’s each Sunday at 5 pm. The most beautiful of music in the most beautiful of settings. All Welcome.
Easter Service Online
The Choral Mass for Easter Day with music from the Cathedral Choir and the Children’s Choir can be found online on YouTube.
Good Friday Reflections 2024
Reflections on The Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross given on Good Friday 2024 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
The Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross
The seven phrases spoken by Jesus Christ during his crucifixion as recorded in the four Gospels of the New Testament.
1
‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing’
The Rt Rev Kevin Pearson
2
‘Today you will be with me in paradise’
The Rev Canon Audrey O’Brien Stewart
3
‘Behold your son: behold your mother’
The Rev Canon Prof John Riches
4
‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’
The Rev Canon Chinemerem Uche
5
‘I thirst’
The Rev Dr Maggie McTernan
6
‘It is finished’
The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth
7
‘Father, into your hands, I commend my Spirit’
The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon
Nigerian Style Service
There will be a Nigerian Style Service on the first Sunday of next month at 11 am at 1464 Shettleston Rd, Glasgow G32 9AL