St John’s Cathedral is home to a community which seeks to bring the best of Anglican tradition into dialogue with the issues and needs of our day.
We strive for open-minded conversation, seek to practice inclusion, and reflect on how we might see our beliefs put into action. We want this to be a place where people are encouraged to seek God and progress their own spiritual journeys.
The Cathedral itself, a renowned Brisbane landmark, serves as a magnet, where diverse people gather to worship, celebrate, seek solace, converse and learn.
For details of special events and concerts at the Cathedral please see the WHAT’S ON page. You may find information about our regular worship times on the SERVICES page.
Peace,
Peter Catt +
Dean of Brisbane
GETTING HERE:
We have limited parking onsite on the weekends and evenings. For further information on public transport and parking CLICK HERE.
ORGAN RESTORATION
APPEAL
ON THE WAY PODCAST
Spiritual Misfits / On The Way:
Cross-over Podcast
A special cross-over podcast episode between Spiritual Misfits and On the Way. In this conversation, Will Small, Dom Fay, Sue Grimmett, and Peter Catt explore what happens when the old spiritual maps stop working and we need to become cartographers for our time…
Wasting Time With God
1st Wednesday in the month
Brother Nathan James SSF
Discerning the Will of God
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
9.30am (Darnell Room)
In person and via zoom
Mystics, Theologians & God-Botherers
1st Sunday in the Month
‘Madeleine L’Engle’
The Rev’d Dr Ruth Carroll
Sunday, 7 September 2025
6-8pm
Live Stream for Weddings, Funerals and Worship
Click here to access the stream of the Service
STREAMING OF SERVICES and SERVICE NOTES
These will be updated each Thursday –
“THIS WEEK” covers the coming Sunday;
“LAST WEEK” the preceding Sunday.
Click the title bar or ‘+’ button to toggle open your chosen week and select the service time.
THIS WEEK'S SERVICE NOTES
31 August
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
LAST WEEK'S SERVICE NOTES
Sunday 24 August
Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr
7.30am Holy Eucharist – Sundays
Click here for Live Stream on The Cathedral YouTube Channel
The stream will appear on our channel at approximately 7.15am Sunday
Click here for Service Notes
9.30am Choral Eucharist – Sundays
Click here for Live Stream on The Cathedral YouTube Channel
The stream will appear on our channel at approximately 9.15am Sunday
Click here for Service Notes
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Live Stream Sundays at 6pm
The stream will appear on our channel at approximately 5.45pm Sunday
Morning Prayer
Monday to Friday
8.30am
To access an electronic copy of the Prayer Book, please email: cathedral@stjohnscathedral.com.au
Streamed Services available as Recordings anytime
Latest additions
August 24: The Feast of Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr
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August 17: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
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August 10: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
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THE CATHEDRAL and DEANERY HERITAGE APPEALS
The National Trust of Australia (Queensland) has listed The Cathedral and The Deanery (Adelaide House) because of their significance to the heritage of Queensland and Australia more broadly. Adelaide House was the first Government House when Queensland was created on 10th December 1859. The balcony on which Sir George Bowen read the proclamation that day has been the subject of a great deal of work to restore it to a stable and safe condition. The cathedral is the only stone-vaulted church in the Southern hemisphere and is highly regarded as a sublime example of neo-gothic architecture. Donations to the Cathedral fund are used to enhance and presence the fabric of the magnificent building.
Donations to the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) for these appeals are allowable as deductions for tax purposes.
Find out more on our DEANERY APPEAL page.
Welcome. “On the Way” is a series of recorded conversations (podcasts) exploring the deeper mysteries of faith, meaning, and beauty that people from all over the world are able to listen to on their smartphone or computer.
The podcast invites others who are also “on the way” into conversation; seeking a transformative spirituality and inclusive faith that speaks to real issues of today. Together in dialogue and storytelling we seek to make meaning and articulate a Christianity that expresses the liberating and life-giving message of the Gospel in our time.
Links to the published podcasts may be found at here. Note that these are hosted externally by Omny Studio and will open in a new browser tab.
You can also download all the podcasts from the iTunes store, or using your preferred podcast App, including Android. Search by the names “On the Way” or “St John’s Cathedral” and subscribe for free to receive these great conversations straight to your device every month! CDs are also available for those who are unable to access the podcasts online and these are available on the Literature Table in the Cathedral.
To find out more, contact the Cathedral Office by email or phone 3835 2222 during business hours.
CATHEDRAL OFFERINGS
NEW: ONLINE DONATIONS PAGE!
Our Cathedral has adopted the simple, convenient online payment channel of Tithe.ly — designed by and for churches — and currently used by more than 12,000 churches and ministries in over 50 countries.
Scan or click on the QR code above, to visit our GIVE page on this website: you may make an offering to our Cathedral and its work – either as a one-off or recurring gift –
using a credit card by clicking on the
green GIVE NOW button or the
GENERAL DONATIONS image block, which will open a simple, pop-up Tithe.ly form without you having to leave this site.
MORE INFO: please visit our GIVE page
Outreach – August 2025
Micah projects is committed to ending homelessness in Brisbane through systematic change and supporting one person, one family at a time.
Our monthly Outreach through Offering in August will support Micah Projects and the work they do alongside people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Can we raise $1500?
Click below to watch a short video that includes one woman’s story, a survivor of domestic and family violence, of finding housing and a home with and for her children, with the amazing support of the Micah project.
All donations above $2 are tax deductible.
You’ll find Outreach Envelopes for August at the Outreach Board. Please: give your Outreach Envelope with your offering, into the Donations Box, to a cathedral warden, or to the Cathedral Office Monday-Friday. Using electronic banking: BSB 034 003 Account No: 385378; (narrate your deposit “Outreach 08” and email outreach@stjohnscathedral.com.au so we can include your donation in the monthly total. Cheques: payable to ‘Micah Projects Inc’. For other payments, please phone the cathedral office [(07) 3835 2222] during business hours Monday-Friday. Thank you.
“Our name and philosophy were inspired by the Prophet Micah: Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly.”
Click for more about Micah Projects
Micah Projects is a not-for-profit organisation committed to providing services and opportunities in the community to create justice and respond to injustice. They provide many services to vulnerable people in the community while promoting equity, equality, safety and inclusion.
In 1995 Project Micah Inc. was set up out of St Mary’s in South Brisbane and was run by a small group united by a shared belief that they could solve the injustices they saw around them. They wanted to do things differently as they set out to support those in their community to find real solutions to complex and interrelated problems – rather than managing one crisis that could be quickly followed by the next.
Recognising that many of the injustices people in their community were facing were interconnected, they set about to develop new and innovative systems that could respond to immediate needs as well as supporting people to find broader solutions, build capacity and restore dignity.
In 2025 Micah Projects is celebrating its 30th birthday and while much has changed over this period their unswerving commitment to social justice and upholding the rights of vulnerable people remains the same.
The first week in August (4th – 10th) is Homelessness Week and it aims to build community support and awareness and government commitment to end homelessness. One of Micah Projects services is to engage with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
While our cathedral community is familiar with supporting people impacted by homelessness, the statistics are still alarming.
Australians at risk of homelessness has increased 63% between 2016 and 2022 and it is estimated that approximately 3 Million Australians are at risk of homelessness. Many services are under increasing pressure and new research reveals that demand is so high for some services that they are having to close their doors or stop answering the phone. (homelessnessaustralia.org.au).
In 2023-24 Micah Projects supported:
514 people into motel crisis accommodation;
97 families to secure housing despite the housing crisis; 589 people with at risk tenancies to keep their homes.
Micah Projects collaborates with the Brisbane City Council, Queensland Government and other not-for-profit organisations. Funding is provided by a mix of government funding, links with other NGOs and donations. This is how some of our donations could contribute to supporting families, children, women and men who are at risk of, or who are experiencing homelessness.
The money we raise in August can be used to support families and individuals to have suitable household essentials that can help make an empty house feel like a home:
● $30 can buy a sheet set.
● $260 can pay for a Kitchen essentials set. This can include toaster, kettle, microwave, cookware, utensils, dinnerware and more.
● $310 can pay for comfortable bedding, linen and pillows.
● $600 can support children with their educational needs supplying them with school uniforms, textbooks, stationery.
● $1,400 can pay for a fridge, TV and 5KG front loader washing machine.
