Christian Art Exhibition in the Cathedral – Sailing to Byzantium
Artist: Olga Bakhtina
29 June to 13 August 2024
Candlelight Concerts
Experience classical music like never before
Candlelight concerts in the Cathedral are a unique musical and sensorial experience created by the stunning ambience of candlelight. These concerts allow you to enjoy some of the most famous works of classical music in a completely new way. Concerts are held at 6.30pm & 8.30pm and tickets from $32 are selling fast.
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Candlelight Concert Schedule:
6.30pm and 8.30pm (unless otherwise noted)
July 26 (Fri)
A Tribute to ABBA
July 27 (Sat-4.30pm)
Candlelight Kids: Music for Kids and Adults
July 27 (Sat)
A Tribute to Taylor Swift
August 8 (Thur-6.30pm)
A Tribute to Pink
August 8 (Thur-8.30pm)
A Tribute to Queen
August 9 (Fri)
A Tribute to Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
August 10 (Sat-9am,11am,1pm)
Mindful Glow: Candlelight Sound Bath
August 10 (Sat-4.30pm)
Best of Anime Soundtracks
August 10 (Sat)
A Tribute to ABBA
August 15 (Thur-6.30pm)
A Tribute to Tracy Chapman
August 15 (Thur-8.30pm)
A Tribute to ABBA
August 16 (Fri-6.30pm)
A Tribute to Taylor Swift
August 16 (Fri-8.20pm)
A Tribute to Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
August 22 (Thur-6.30pm)
A Tribute to Elton John
August 22 (Thur-8.30pm)
A Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi
August 23 (Fri-6.30pm)
Vilvaldi Four Seasons
August 23 (Fri-8.30pm)
90’s Unplugged on Strings
August 24 (Sat)
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake & More
September 13 (Fri-6.30pm)
A Tribute to Taylor Swift
September 13 (Fri-8.30pm)
A Tribute to ABBA
September 14 (Sat-6.30pm)
Best of Funk on Strings
September 14 (Sat-8.30pm)
A Tribute to Coldplay
September 20 (Fri-6.30pm)
Best of Videogame Soundtracks
September 20 (Fri-8.30pm)
A Tribute to Nirvana
September 27 (Fri-6.30pm)
Vivaldi Four Seasons
September 27 (Fri-8.30pm)
A Tribute to Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
September 28 (Sat-8.30pm)
A Tribute to Queen
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone. Book early as tickets selling fast!
Further information and Tickets: https://candlelightexperience.com
Video: youtu.be/buf8Qb5WClc
Available by appointment during the COVID-19 Crisis
It is administered by the “Laying on of Hands with prayer” by a priest gently touching the head or shoulders of the person in need. No questions are asked although a person may, if they wish, give their name or a brief description of their concern. It is perfectly acceptable, even encouraged, to receive this ministry on behalf of another who cannot be present.
Those who wish to receive this ministry are invited to make their way to the Lady Chapel (north side of the Cathedral) following the reception of Communion.
The Ministry of Laying on of Hands with Anointing is also available at other times, including after each act of worship. Please contact the Cathedral Office.
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Click here to read: ‘What is Spiritual Direction?’
Spiritual Direction sessions are now available at the Cathedral. To find out more, please contact Glynis by email
EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY (EfM)
~ a ‘taster’ program!
The EfM group is a multi-parish group that has been meeting since 2018. EfM is an Anglican Church accredited adult learning programme, that enables people to discover the connection between Christian faith and their daily life.
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The EfM group is a multi-parish group that has been meeting since 2018. EfM is an Anglican Church accredited adult learning programme, that enables people to discover the connection between Christian faith and their daily life.
EfM helps participants to interpret the richness of the church’s faith in our complex world; and to express it with confidence, in both words and actions, in their daily living and their own communities. EfM is formational and transformational for Christian life and ministry. It does not tell you what to believe, as you search for meaning. EfM is open to people of all denominations and faiths.
General information about EfM Australia can be found at the following website:
https://www.efmaustralia.org/
Participants elect to join up for a year at a time, to form a group that studies scripture and church history with guided texts. Each week we come together to reflect on what has been studied and our own faith questions. There are no exams or set assignments other than the weekly reading and reflections.
The Cathedral EfM group is recommencing on Monday 6 February 2023.
The EfM programme can also be entirely online, through an Australia wide group. Online groups typically commence in February and June each year.
If you are interested and would like more details on either the Cathedral or an online group, please contact: Canon Gary Harch on 0418 132 680, email harchgm@gmail.com You can also contact the Dean, Peter Catt.
Offsite events, particular theme days/weeks or festivals which might be of wider interest are more likely to be found in the GENERAL NEWS section on the home page of this website. This is not a hard-and-fast rule: we will be keeping an eye on the dispersal of information across this new website, to try to minimise the number of clicks and cross-reference links needed.
Regarding links, some of the events featured here (and on the home page) may require registration, ticketing or booking fees. Where this is the case, either the event image or a specific text link should take you to the relevant (external) website for more details.
Please note that St John’s Cathedral provides such information in good faith and cannot be responsible for the veracity or otherwise of such links. If you find a link is broken or are concerned about its redirection, please contact the Cathedral office during business hours, 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, or by email
Looking Back and Looking Forward: A Celebration of women’s leadership in the Anglican Church
Saturday, 27th July 2024
10.30am – 4.30pm
St John’s Cathedral
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This day is a celebration and remembrance of our past and a hopeful looking forward to what is to come. We begin with a silent Eucharist to recall the silencing of women in the church for millennia. We move to thanksgiving for the courage and witness of the Philadelphia Eleven 50 years ago, and the ministry of women in this diocese, including the Consecration of our own Sarah Plowman this year. Bishop Sarah will address us over a glass of bubbly, before we move to lunch in the cathedral.
After lunch we will hold an Open Space event exploring what we still hope for from women’s leadership in the church, lay and ordained.
Everyone is welcome to join us for part or all of this day.
Tickets are available for any or all of the events through this link
10.30am Silent Eucharist in St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane FREE
11.30am Champagne with BP Sarah
12.noon Lunch in the Cathedral $20
1.30pm Open Space leadership event in the Darnell Room (including afternoon tea) $10
4.30pm Finish
Full day ticket to all events $30
PLEASE NOTE: THE EVENING SESSION WITH THE FILM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Labyrinth Walk
1st Sunday of the month
from 11.15am
4th August 2024
A Walk of Thankfulness
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Tuesday Coffee
10.30am to 11.30am
Relax for an hour having a coffee and chat online with various members of the Cathedral community. Bring your coffee (or other preferred cuppa) and be welcomed into the conversation on Tuesdays from 10.30am.
By phone – (07) 3185 3730, enter Meeting ID: 885 952 546#, Passcode: 399344# and then Participant ID: #.
Christian Meditation Group
Tuesday evening
6.45pm
The Mediation Group is now meeting again in the Cathedral and also by Zoom.
To join by Zoom please either:
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or To join by phone ring (07) 3185 3730 and enter these details: Meeting ID: 278 417 931#; Passcode: 042853#; Participant:#
Wine before Breakfast
The First Friday of Every Month
7-8.30am
Wine Before Breakfast (WBB) combines the 7am Friday morning Eucharist with alternative readings from poetry, reflections and other sources with musical offerings that match the theme of the day. Focus is on the world around us, concentrating on issues of social justice, community and living out the truth of the Gospel message.
After the Eucharist, please join us for a nourishing breakfast with convivial company & conversation at a nearby café (venue will be advised in the liturgy notes). No-one is turned away for lack of funds. Please come & share your light and life.
All are welcome!
Mystics, Theologians & God-Botherers
The Rev’d Claye Middleton
Deliverance Ministry
Sunday,4th August 2024
6-8pm
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All are welcome to join us.
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Coffee on Wednesdays
10.00am to 2.00pm
Good friends, good food, great conversation. All are most welcome!
CHAIR YOGA IN THE DARNELL ROOM IN JULY AND AUGUST
Wednesdays, 11am-12noon
ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLASSES
Thursdays, 2.30pm-3.30pm
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY TALKS
Each Week we provide two video talks for Children. These appear on the Cathedral’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel on Thursday and Sunday mornings at 9.30am. The talks encourage and enable engagement with the Christian narrative and the themes and festivals associated with the Church Year. Many of the talks have resources associated with them.
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Contemplative Eucharist
IN RECESS
Wasting Time With God
The Rev’d Jamee Callard
Holy Hermits Online
Wednesday,7th August 2024
9.30-11am
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Zoom link or (video/audio) or your phone – 07 3185 3730, enter Meeting ID: 823 3447 0652#, Passcode: 303180# and then Participant ID: #.
FREE MORNING CONCERT SERIES
1 August 2024 at 11am
Queensland Conservatorium: Brass
SAINTS on a MISSION
Fridays at 10.30am
Join Cathedral community member and “self-discovered” medieval and liturgical historian Blair Martin, leading interested folk in reflections and discussion on how we connect the ancient stories and rituals of Feast Days to the world as we experience it today, developing a sense of purpose & meaning for our disrupted and changed lives. Along the way the focus will also be on matters of social justice and our call to be “Saints on a Mission”, living out the Great Commission – to be “Easter People” living in the Resurrection and bringing the good news of the gospel to the lives of those around us.
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To join the discussion, use either this Zoom link
or phone (07) 3185 3730, enter:
Meeting ID: 860 2210 9248#
Passcode: 904552#
Participant ID: #.
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The Journey 2024:
God’s story, your story, my story.
Sundays 4-5pm
via ZOOM
Those who want to take stock of their lives using a spiritual focus; Those considering baptism for themselves or for their children;
Exploring the art of storytelling as a way to discern God’s call on our lives.
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Who is The Journey for?
Those considering confirmation;
Those who want to become an Anglican;
Those wanting to discern some future direction for their life;
Those interested in unpacking the faith.
What is the process?
The Christian faith is a way of life. Entering into a way of life requires reflection.
Christians are people who seek to live out the way of love. We seek to follow Jesus who, in his own life, demonstrated that we were made by God, who is love, for love. God’s love gives us the energy to love in turn. Since we are made for love, we each have a purpose. The Journey exists to enable people to discover what this truth means for them.
The process aims to give people the space to test and then find their own way into this way of life. It takes what has happened in life to this point seriously. We believe that by reflecting on our life-story we discover how God has been at work in our lives since before we were born, and also identify ways in which we, as unique people, are to respond to this. We discover the way in which God’s love for us can shape our relationships, inform our motives, and help us find deep happiness.
How does it work?
By allowing those involved to ask questions, to talk over issues, share insights and to learn about specific areas that interest them. This takes place within small groups.
Why this way?
We learn most effectively when we are seeking answers to questions that matter to us.
Attending via Zoom:
Click here to join via Zoom
or your phone – 07 3185 3730, enter Meeting ID: 894 0003 0380#, Passcode: 885493# and then Participant ID: #.
For more information please contact:
The Dean, Peter Catt, pcatt@stjohnscathedral.com.au or phone 3835 2239.
Acoustic Cathedral
with Dr Michael Knopf
In Recess
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Dr. Michael Knopf is a concert guitarist and composer, a dedicated teacher and a music researcher from the United States residing in Southeast Queensland.
The Acoustic Cathedral experience is not a recital but an aural aesthetic assistance to help drain away stress/anxiety/pain for all comers. Michael would love to see people of all walks of life, status and condition beneit. He will be playing some original music, classical guitar repertoire and improvisations, each piece aesthetically modified to encourage a relaxed engagement and to impart the sense of beauty, colour and other-worldliness that we sometimes experience within ourselves as we are immersed in better thoughts and feelings.
Michael’s CDs will be available for purchase after the session.