BBC Service
A service was broadcast live from St Mary’s at 8.10 am on Sunday 11 June 2023 to mark Music Sunday. This can be heard here: Radio Broadcast
YouTube Channel
St Mary’s Cathedral has a YouTube Channel which can be found here: YouTube Channel
Midweek Services
A midweek service is now held every Tuesday at 11 am
Peacemaking and Peacebuilding Forum
Watch a recording of the livestream on YouTube here.
The Rev Dr Liz Carmichael, Emeritus Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford, presents a forum on the extraordinary and largely untold story of The National Peace Accord which undergirded the complex negotiations leading to the election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. Join Dr Carmichael for a short presentation followed by discussion in the Cathedral.
Dr Carmichael is author of Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa: The National Peace Accord, 1991-1994 (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2022).
5 February 2023
Sunday services take place at 9 am, 11 am and 5 pm. The 11 am service is livestreamed here: https://youtube.com/live/6hcBkjm3riw?feature=share
Choral Service for Epiphany
There will be a choral service for the Feast of the Epiphany on Friday 6 January 2022 at 7.30 pm.
Open to the public. No need to book. There’s room for everyone. Admission free.
1 January 2023
The 11 am service for the Feast of the Holy Name was livestreamed here.
Christmas Services 2022
CHRISTMAS EVE
24 December 2022
23:15 • MIDNIGHT MASS – LIVESTREAM
CHRISTMAS DAY
25 December 2022
11:00 • SUNG EUCHARIST – LIVESTREAM
Light and Dark: An Advent Visit to Kelvingrove Art Gallery
If you can get to Kelvingrove Art Gallery And Museum, St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow offers a unique opportunity this Advent. Dr Deborah Lewer, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow, has recorded a self-guided audio tour exploring seasonal themes of light and dark. You can walk around the gallery at your own pace and go on this ‘retreat’ whenever it’s convenient for you.
About the Tour
At the darkening time of the year, as the clocks go back and nights lengthen, join Dr Deborah Lewer to explore the play of light and shade in art and faith. Artists know that light and darkness – what the Italians call ‘chiaroscuro’ – bring art to life. Biblical and spiritual tradition is rich in images of light and dark. In deep paradoxes of ‘luminous darkness’, artists, psalmists, poets, prophets, and contemplatives have found beauty, hope, meaning – and humour too – beyond the ‘light of the world’. For the Advent season, this visit will be an opportunity to engage with a vivid range of art in the rich collection of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and to think in new ways about shadows and light in a life of faith and in times of darkness.
Debbie is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow and a congregation member at St Mary’s. She is a regular speaker in churches, theological colleges and at festivals and retreats on the rich relationship between art and faith.
Audio Guide
Download an annotated Floor Plan
In the main hall of the Ground Floor
On the landing of the northeast stair, heading up from the Ground Floor
Link to image on Art UK website.
Along the northeast balcony of the First Floor
Link to image on Art UK website.
In the Dutch Art gallery
Link to image on Art UK website.
In the Scottish Colourists gallery
Link to image on Art UK website.
At the south end of the French Art gallery
Link to image of triptych’s left wing on Art UK website.
Link to image of triptych’s centre panel on Art UK website.
Link to image of triptych’s right wing on Art UK website.
You can also download and listen to the entire audio guide on Bandcamp.
Sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com