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New Vice Provost

St Mary’s Cathedral is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Vice Provost – the Rev Oliver Brewer-Lennon.

Oliver will be joining the congregation later this year, moving to Glasgow from the Diocese of Edinburgh where he has been working in St Ninian’s, Comely Bank.

Formerly a professional musician in New York and a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Oliver grew up in Kentucky but has lived in Scotland for the last decade. Prior to ordination he worked as the Director of Communications for the Seamen’s Church Institute, a US based charity. Within his ministry in the church, Oliver has been active in youth work in the Scottish Episcopal Church and has maintained his enthusiasm for singing and church music, including a particular interest in plainsong.

On hearing of his appointment he said, “I am absolutely delighted to be coming to St Mary’s and very much looking forward to meeting members of the congregation”.

The Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth said, “I have no doubt that members of the congregation will enjoy meeting Oliver when he moves to Glasgow. I warmly welcome this appointment as Oliver joins us to help us to take our next steps in our journey as an open, inclusive and welcoming cathedral.”

Pride Forum

The Forum conversation with Sister Helena Barrett from 21 July 2019 at 12 noon is now available.

Cathedral Open

The cathedral is open from 10 am until 12.30 pm from Monday to Saturday each day through the summer.

Honorary Fellowship for the Provost

The Provost has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
The video shows the conferring of the award and the citation being read by the College Registrar, Roddy Neilson.

Vice Provost Search

St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow seeks an experienced priest for the post of Vice Provost. More details here.

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, the Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow has spoken out against the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka and against the terrorist murder of Lyra McKee in Northern Ireland.

In his Easter Day sermon, he said:

“The answer to the world’s troubles does not lie in the fire of the bombers in Sri Lanka or the bullets of the terrorists in Northern Ireland.

“Light, life and love. These are the true way of the world. Death and destruction won’t win. Violence will never conquer. Death will never have the last word.”

Speaking to a packed cathedral, he spoke also of his personal sadness at the fire that ravaged the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, which shares its dedication to the Mother of Jesus with St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow.

“I found the sight of Notre Dame burning extraordinarily upssetting. I’m sure that people across the world who are in the cathedral business were affected the same way.

“What might this generation accomplish that, faced with its destruction in nearly a thousand years would bring people out onto the streets to sing and to pray.

“What made the chaplain to the firefighters in paris run through fire to save the Blessed Sacrament and a relic that has been kissed by the faithful for the last thousand years.

“And what did one man do two thousand years ago that brings us up our of our beds and into this and another 37 million churches all over the world to sing and rejoice and proclain the extraordinary news – “He is not dead but is risen”.”

St Mary’s Cathedral Glasgow is one of the eight cathedrals of the Scottish Episcopal Church which has churches in every part of Scotland. The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth has been the Provost of St Mary’s since 2006.

The full text of the sermon can be read here: https://thurible.net/2019/04/21/sermon-for-easter-day/