Worship
Holy Communion is celebrated using both the Book of Common Prayer and the Book of Alternative Services. Both a simple spoken celebration and a choral or sung eucharist celebrated with congregational hymns featuring an eclectic mix of mass settings, psalmody, anthems and instrumental music are practiced.
Music in worship ranges from plainsong to motets from the baroque and classical periods to contemporary and world music. Cathedral musician, Rupert Lang is a prolific, respected composer and many of his sacred pieces debut during this liturgy.
The Cathedral clergy share preaching duties at services with guest preachers booked throughout the year. Guest preachers in the recent past have included former Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie and world renowned environmental scientist David Suzuki.
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“It is the weak and confused who worship the pseudosimplicities of brutal directness.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)