The bells of St Mary’s will be ringing on 30 October 2021 at 6 pm, the eve of COP26. Bells have traditionally been used to make people aware of significant events and to sound as a warning. The bells at St Mary’s, along with bells in many other cathedrals and churches, will ring out a warning to humanity to pay heed to the climate crisis and to urge that action be taken at COP26.
COP26: Interfaith Vigil
Interfaith Glasgow and Interfaith Scotland invite people to George Square in Glasgow for a hour of vigil, prayer and meditation at the start of Scottish Interfaith Week and the start of COP26 on 31 October 2021 at 2 pm.
This year’s Scottish Interfaith Week has the theme “Together for Our Planet” and will be launched by senior religious leaders reading the “Glasgow Multi-Faith Declaration for COP26!”
To participate in this event, please register in advance.
COP26: Creation Themed Choral Evensong
There will be a special Creation Themed Choral Evensong in the University Chapel of the University of Glasgow at 6 pm on 2 November 2021. The Provost and Vice Provost will be leading this worship in their roles as Honorary Anglican Chaplains to the University. The music will be sung by the Chapel Choir.
Online Worship – 26 Sep 2021
Worship for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost takes place both in church and online. Seats for the worship taking place in church can be booked at thedatabase.thecathedral.org.uk. Places can be reserved up until an hour before the service starts.
This week the online worship consists of a Sung Eucharist from St Mary’s Cathedral.
The Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, is the Celebrant for this service, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon is the Deacon and Preacher. Fergus McLachlan and David Kenvyn some of the prayers, the Gospel is read by Uche Nwachukwu, and Robert Mawditt leads the Intercessions. Shae Weir sings the Mass of St Thomas by David Thorne accompanied by Frikki Walker. The voluntary at the end of the service, Andante Sonata (VI) – Mendelssohn, is played by Steven McIntyre.
The video of the Sung Eucharist will also be available on Facebook and YouTube. The YouTube video might suit those who prefer to watch on a smart TV.
Download a transcript of the service here: 26 September 2021
Sung Eucharist
Donate to St Mary’s
If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the ministry of St Mary’s Cathedral, 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.
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.
If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive further details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3
Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.
Online Worship – 12/9/2021
Worship for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost takes place both in church and online. Seats for the worship taking place in church can be booked at thedatabase.thecathedral.org.uk. Places can be reserved up until an hour before the service starts.
This week the online worship consists of a Sung Eucharist from St Mary’s Cathedral.
The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon is the Celebrant for this service, and the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth is the Deacon and Preacher. Gill Young and Mimi White lead some of the prayers, the Gospel is read by Belle Fisher, and Taylor Driggers leads the Intercessions. Morven Bremner sings the setting for Solo Voice by Frikki Walker and is accompanied by Frikki. The voluntary at the end of the service, Prelude in 5 parts by Lemmens, is played by Steven McIntyre.
The video of the Sung Eucharist will also be available on Facebook and YouTube. The YouTube video might suit those who prefer to watch on a smart TV.
Download a transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 12 September 2021
Sung Eucharist
Donate to St Mary’s
If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the ministry of St Mary’s Cathedral, 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.
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.
If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive further details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3
Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.
Student Welcome
A warm welcome to all students arriving in Glasgow to study for the first time.
Students wanting to make contact with St Mary’s can do so either by coming to a service at St Mary’s and filling in a Welcome Card or by coming to one of the services in the Chapel at the University of Glasgow at 1 pm on a Friday.
Online Worship – 22 August 2021
Worship for the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost takes place both in church and online. Seats for the worship taking place in church can be booked at thedatabase.thecathedral.org.uk. Places can be reserved up until an hour before the service starts.
This week the online worship consists of a Sung Eucharist which was recorded in St Mary’s but forms the worship that is shared with the whole of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
For this reason, it will not appear until 11 am on Sunday 22 August 2021 and will appear on the Scottish Episcopal Church’s Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheScottishEpiscopalChurch/
A transcript for this service is available here:
Online Worship – 22 August 2021
The Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth is the Celebrant for this service and the Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon is the Preacher. Bob Leslie leads some of the prayers, Mimi White reads the Epistle and the Gospel is read by Jim McKillop. Heather O’Connor reads the Lord’s Prayer. Morven Bremner sings the Setting for Solo Voice by Frikki Walker, accompanied by Frikki. Morven also sings “My God and is thy table spread” at Communion. The voluntary at the end of the service, C.M. Widor – ‘Marcia’ (Symphonie III), is played by Steven McIntyre on the organ of Dunblane Cathedral.
Donate to St Mary’s
If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the ministry of St Mary’s Cathedral, 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.
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.
If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive further details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3
Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.
Online Worship – 8 August 2021
Worship for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost takes place both in church and online. Seats for the worship taking place in church can be booked at thedatabase.thecathedral.org.uk. Places can be reserved up until an hour before the service starts.
This week the online worship consists of a Sung Eucharist from St Mary’s Cathedral.
The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, is the Celebrant for this service, the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth is the Preacher. Marion Bryons leads some of the prayers, and the Gospel is read by Lisa Curtice. Morven Bremner sings the mass setting (Frikki Walker’s Mass for Solo Voice) with Frikki Walker, organ. Music at Communion is Author of Life Divine sung by Magnus Walker, accompanied by Frikki Walker. The voluntary at the end of the service is Prelude in A major (BWV 536) – JS Bach played by Steven McIntyre.
The video of the Sung Eucharist will also be available on Facebook and YouTube. The YouTube video might suit those who prefer to watch on a smart TV.
Download a transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 8 August 2021
Sung Eucharist
Donate to St Mary’s
If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the ministry of St Mary’s Cathedral, 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.
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.
If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive further details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3
Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.
Online Worship – 25 July 2021
Worship for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost takes place both in church and online. Seats for the worship taking place in church can be booked at thedatabase.thecathedral.org.uk. Places can be reserved up until an hour before the service starts.
This week the online worship consists of a Sung Eucharist from St Mary’s Cathedral.
The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon is the Celebrant for this service, and the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, is the Deacon and Preacher. Uche Nwachukwu leads some of the prayers, and the Gospel is read by Rebekah Sims. Shae Weir sings the mass setting (Mass of St Thomas by David Thorne) with Frikki Walker, organ. Morven Bremner sings Elgar’s Ave Verum at Communion with Frikki Walker accompanying. At the end of the service, the voluntary is Vesper Voluntary I (Andante) – Elgar played by Steven McIntyre.
The video of the Sung Eucharist will also be available on Facebook and YouTube. The YouTube video might suit those who prefer to watch on a smart TV.
Download a transcript of the service here: Online Worship – 25 July 2021
Sung Eucharist
Donate to St Mary’s
If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the ministry of St Mary’s Cathedral, 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.
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.
If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive further details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3
Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.
Online Worship – 11 July 2021
Worship for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost takes place both in church and online. Seats for the worship taking place in church can be booked at thedatabase.thecathedral.org.uk. Places can be reserved up until an hour before the service starts.
This week the online worship consists of a Sung Eucharist from St Mary’s Cathedral.
The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon is the Celebrant for this service and the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth is the Deacon and Preacher. Robert Mawditt leads the Intercessions, Isobel McNaughtan leads some of the prayers, and the Gospel is read by Iain Milne. Morven Bremner sings The Lincoln Communion setting by Malcolm Archer with Frikki Walker, organ. At the end of the service, the voluntary, Prelude and Fugue in e minor (BWV 533) JS Bach, is played by Steven McIntyre on the organ of Dunblane Cathedral.
The video of the Sung Eucharist will also be available on Facebook and YouTube. The YouTube video might suit those who prefer to watch on a smart TV.
Download a transcript of the service here: Online Worship – 11 July 2021
Sung Eucharist
Donate to St Mary’s
If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the ministry of St Mary’s Cathedral, 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.
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.
If you wish to join the cathedral electronic mailing list to receive further details about the online worship please do so at this sign-up page:
http://phplist.thecathedral.org.uk/?p=subscribe&id=3
Please share this page and these resources widely on social media and in any other ways you can think of.