Dear Friend of the Cathedral, I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful season of Advent which is leading us into celebrations for Christmas. Watch the crèche in front of the nave altar change each week as Mary and Joseph make their way to Bethlehem. I would like to draw...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral, Paul and Jonathan are now safely in England followed by our blessings and thanks. Two beautiful services and receptions bade them farewell on Sunday. Several people gave always heartfelt and sometimes also very funny tributes. I’m collecting all the tributes made at both receptions, plus...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral You must have noticed that suddenly Christmas is in the air – literally with the stars in the trees outside the cathedral and with chocolate Santas in the grocery stores – but also on a more spiritual plane with Advent celebrations in the cathedral and...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral There are some compelling reasons to spend all day in the cathedral this Sunday, starting with the emotionally compelling Remembrance Day commemoration at the 10 am service with the Grenadier Guards in attendance. The bulletin reminds us that the cathedral is their regimental church and that the...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral Forty-three people attended the Special General Vestry convened by Bishop Mary in the cathedral on Tuesday evening. The bishop and the people’s warden, Donna Riley, both spoke about the process of finding a new dean and the expectations of the community. The slate of nine...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral I will be out of the office for a couple of weeks, starting tomorrow, so I’m sending an early letter this week. Once again the cathedral community did itself proud this past weekend, presenting a spectacular programme for Les journées de la culture from Friday...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral This will be an exciting weekend at the cathedral when we participate in the city-wide Journées de la culture. There will be an art exhibition, a display of some the fascinating items found in our archives, a display of vestments and a full programme of...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral, So much is happening around the Cathedral in the next two months it’s hard to know where to begin! We are of course planning goodbyes to Paul and Jonathan, setting in motion the process of finding a new dean and organising the interim care of...
Dear Friend of the Cathedral You will have received earlier this week the sad news that owing to family concerns Paul and Jonathan are moving back to England at the end of November. If by any chance you didn’t receive Paul’s letter which he sent out to the parish on...
Dear friends at the Cathedral Yesterday during the notices I announced that later this year Jonathan and I will be leaving Montreal and returning to the UK. I have been offered and have accepted the post of associate priest at St Andrew’s, Leytonstone in North East Central London. As some...