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Others may wish to come forward to receive a blessing.
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Sunday School for 6-12 year olds is available during the
11:00am service. Children meet their teacher at the back
pew during the first hymn and return to their families at
Holy Communion. For further information contact the
Sub-Dean at [email protected].
SERVICE TIMES
Sunday Services
Weekday Services
8:00AM Said Eucharist
9:00AM Sung Eucharist
10:15AM Said Mattins
11:00AM Choral Eucharist
4:30PM Choral Evensong
Monday-Friday
7:30AM Holy Eucharist
8:30AM Morning Prayer
12:30PM Holy Eucharist
5:15PM Evening Prayer
Saturdays & Public Holidays
Nursery Care for preschoolers is available from 8:45am
– 12:30pm on Sundays, in the Library of the Cathedral
Centre.
A Wheelchair Accessible Washroom is located at
the front of the Cathedral through the doors by the pulpit.
In order to gain access, please speak with a sexton or
sidesperson.
Assisted Hearing Devices
are available from the sidespersons and stewards.
New to the Cathedral?
Please fill out a welcome card, available in the pews.
The FIFth Sunday of Easter
12:30PM Holy Eucharist
Sunday, May 14, 2017
For more information on Services please visit at
www.stjamescathedral.ca
Services in the Cathedral Today
8:00am Said Eucharist
Celebrant: The Sub-Dean
Service begins on p. 67; Gloria in Excelsis, p. 86,
Collect, Epistle and Gospel, p. 194
(The Fourth Sunday after Easter)
HOURS
The Cathedral is open
Weekdays & Sundays from 7:00AM-5:30PM
Saturdays from 9:00AM-5:00PM
9:00am Sung Eucharist
Celebrant: The Reverend Leigh Kern
Homilist: The Reverend Pearce Carefoote
Motet: Tebe Poem (We Praise Thee) – P. I. Tchaikovsky
10:15am Said Mattins (Lady Chapel)
Weekdays (Monday-Friday) from 9:00AM-5:00PM
11:00am Choral Eucharist & Holy Baptism
Celebrant: The Sub-Dean
Homilist: The Reverend Pearce Carefoote
Setting: Keble Missa Brevis—Philip Stopford
Motet: Cantique De Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
The Nancy Mallett Archives & Museum is open
1:00pm Mandarin Fellowship (Cathedral Centre)
The Cathedral Centre is open
by appointment, 416-364-7865, ext *233
[email protected]
65 Church Street, Toronto ON M5C 2E9
416-364-7865 • [email protected]
www.stjamescathedral.ca
2:30pm Mandarin Youth Fellowship (Cathedral Centre)
4:30pm Choral Evensong
Officiant: The Reverend James Liu
Homilist: The Reverend Walter Hannam
Introit: Pater Noster – Gareth Wilson
Setting: Stanford in G
Anthem: Behold The Tabernacle of God – Healey Willan
At St. Bartholomew’s, Regent Park (509 Dundas St E)
10:30am Sung Mass (The Fourth Sunday after Easter)
Celebrant & Homilist: The Reverend Walter Hannam
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KEY CONTACTS
St. James Cathedral > 416-364-7865
The Most Rev’d Colin Johnson
Archbishop of Toronto
416-363-6021, ext. 250
The Rev’d Canon
David Brinton OGS
Sub-Dean & Vicar
ext. *235, cell: 647-997-1853
[email protected]
The Rev’d Leigh Kern
Assistant Curate, ext. *237
[email protected]
The Reverend James Liu
Assistant Curate,
Mandarin Ministry
刘毅凯传道
cell: 647-782-0055
[email protected]
Churchwardens
People’s Warden: Robert Hart
Deputy People’s: Angela David
Rector’s Warden: Don Solomon
Deputy Rector’s: Jayne Hobbs
The Very Rev’d Andrew Asbil
Rector & Dean
ext. *228, cell: 416-605-0510
[email protected]
The Rev’d Walter Hannam
Vicar of St. Bartholomew’s,
Regent Park
cell: 647-208-1645
[email protected]
Robert Busiakiewicz
Director of Music, ext. *224
[email protected]
Lanadee Lampman R.N.
Parish Nurse, ext. *232
[email protected]
Alison Hari-Singh
Pastoral Associate, Young Adults
[email protected]
Kathy Biasi
Outreach Program Coordinator,
ext. *222
[email protected]
When Jesus says that they know the way to the place where
he is going (14:4), Thomas, like most characters in the Gospel,
takes Jesus quite literally. He wants directions, a road map to
this place (14:5). Jesus responds by saying that he himself is the
way: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me” (14:6).
Unfortunately, this verse has often been used as a trump card,
or worse, as a threat, to tell people that they better get with the
program and “accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior”
in order to be saved. To interpret the verse this way is to rip it
from its context and do violence to the spirit of Jesus’ words.
This statement by Jesus is a promise, a word of comfort to his
disciples. Jesus himself is all they need; there is no need to panic, no need to search desperately for a secret map. Jesus adds,
“If you know me, you will know my Father also” (14:7a). The
conditional phrase in Greek is a condition of fact, meaning that
the condition is understood to be true: “If you know me (and
you do), you will know my father also.” So that there can be no
misunderstanding, Jesus adds, “From now on, you do know him
and have seen him” (14:7b).
This time it is Philip who is not quite convinced. “Lord, show
us the Father, and we will be satisfied” (14:8). Jesus’ response
contains perhaps a hint of exasperation: “Have I been with you
all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever
has seen me has seen the Father” (14:9). Here Jesus echoes
an affirmation from the prologue of John’s Gospel: “No one
has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the
Father’s heart (literally, in the bosom of the Father), who has
made him known” (1:18).
This is the whole of Jesus’ mission, to make known the Father,
to reveal who God is. Jesus, who has come from the bosom of
the Father and is now returning there, is the fullest revelation
of the person and character of God. If we want to know who
God is, we need look no further than Jesus. All the words that
Jesus has spoken, all the works that he has done, come from
God and show us who God is (14:10-11).
- Professor Elisabeth Johnson
above: “the walk of faith” by carl dixon
TODAY
WAYS TO CONNECT
FEATURED
Please join us for coffee in Snell Hall after the 9:00 and 11:00am services.
Child Care for preschoolers is offered today in the Library of the Ca­thedral
Centre from 8:45am-12:30pm. Sunday School is offered at 11:00am in the
Library of the Cathedral Centre. Children 6-12 years of age meet Alison HariSingh in the back pew of the nave during the opening hymn and return to the
Cathedral for Holy Communion.
A Community Celebration marking the retirement of The Reverend Canon David Brinton, Sub-Dean and Vicar, will be held in Snell Hall in the
Cathedral Centre on Saturday May 27th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. There
will be music, refreshments, tributes, and presentation of gifts. Please
celebrate with us to give your thanks to Father David for his faithful 17
year priestly ministry to the whole Cathedral Community. All are welcome. Father David’s last Sunday with us will be May 28th.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of The Rev’d Louise Peters to the position of Vicar of St. James Cathedral, starting August 15th.
The former Dean and Rector of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops, BC, she
comes to us from her present position as the Executive Director, Sorrento
Retreat and Conference Centre. Before moving from Ontario to BC, she
was Rector of St. James Anglican Church, Ingersoll, Ontario; Assistant to
the Dean at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, London, Ontario, and Chaplain
of Huron College and the University of Western Ontario, London. The
Rev’d Louise Peters and her husband, The Rev’d Bruce Chalmers, will
take up residence in the Vicarage in the Cathedral Centre. We are glad to
welcome Louise and her family to the Cathedral Community.
The Dean is away today, attending the International Deans and Rectors
Conference at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City. He returns
Wednesday.
The Twilight Recital today, at 4:00pm with Ian Sadler, organist. Program:
• Gypsy Dance - T. Susato (1500-1562)
• Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545 - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Organ Concerto in G, Op. 4 (Theme & Variations) - G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
• Gothic Symphony, Op. 70 (Andante) - C.M. Widor (1844-1937)
• Introduction & Dance Fugue -Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
The St. James Book Club meets next Sunday, May 21 at 12:30pm in the
Board Room of the Cathedral Centre to discuss “The Screwtape Letters”
by C. S. Lewis. All are welcome.
Today’s Music: Tchaikovsky, though a famed composer of symphonies
and ballets, was deeply moved by the music of the Orthodox church. In
a letter to one of his patrons in 1877 he wrote: “For me the church still
possesses much poetical charm. I very often attend the services. If we
follow the service very carefully, and enter into the meaning of every
ceremony, it is impossible not to be profoundly moved by the liturgy, to
be startled from one’s trance by a burst from the choir; to be carried
away by the poetry of this music; to be thrilled when the words ring
out, ‘Praise the name of the Lord!’ – all this is infinitely precious to me!
One of my deepest joys!” At 9:00am, the Parish Choir will be singing the
10th movement of Tchaikovsky’s choral masterwork The Liturgy of St.
John Chrysostom, which he completed in 1878 around the same time
as he composed his opera Eugene Onegin. At our 4:30pm Evensong, the
Cathedral Choir will be singing one of Healey Willan’s finest a cappella
works, Behold the Tabernacle of God, paired with perhaps one of the
most famous settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Stanford in G,
which contains substantial soprano and baritone solos. Join a number of
our singers for a free concert given this Wednesday May, 17 at 7:30pm
by the vocal octet Opus 8 in Trinity College Chapel for a concert of water-themed music from across the centuries.
WORSHIP
OUTREACH
“Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give
thanks, and worship God with reverence and awe.” - Hebrews 12:28
“...Let people learn to devote themselves to good works
in order to meet urgent needs...” - Titus 3:14
Liturgical Calendar:
Monday, May 15 – St. Matthias the Apostle,
transferred from 14 May;
Tuesday, May 16 – Easter Feria;
Wednesday, May 17 – Easter Feria;
Thursday, May 18 – Easter Feria;
Friday, May 19 – Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988;
Saturday, May 20 – Easter Feria.
Tuesday Drop-in Every Tuesday in Snell Hall, 1:30-3:30pm
Health & Foot Care Clinic in the Cathedral Centre Tuesdays
during Drop-in and Fridays from 9:30-11:30am.
Organized by Biidaaban at 40 Oaks,
the Niigaani-gichigami Collective,
St. James Cathedral,
& Toronto Urban Native Ministry
Sacred Waters: The Flow
from Commodity to Gift
Readings for Sunday, May 21, The Sixth Sunday of Easter at
9:00 and 11:00am: Acts 17: 22-31; BCP Psalm 66: 7-19;
1 Peter 3: 13-22; John 14: 15-21
Request from the Cathedral-Community Refugee
Response Committee: As we prepare to welcome
and support a Syrian family, we continue to look for
Arabic-speaking volunteer interpreters. Specifically, we
need volunteers who can be available during the day on
weekdays. We also need more women to balance the team.
If you have any contacts, please speak to a member of the
sponsorship committee or call Kate at 416-656-7917.
Rogation Procession: Sunday, May 21 at 10:15am
Join us for a procession in the park and prayers for creation
immediately following the 9:00am service.
The Cathedral-Community Refugee Response Committee
meets every Tuesday at 5:30pm in the Board Room of the
Cathedral Centre.
Grief, Healing, and Water
The flowers in the Cathedral are given to the glory of God.
At the High Altar, in loving memory of
Harry & Eva Wall; Cpl. Gordon and Mabel Saunders
and Joyce Ellen Farrish
At the Lady Altar, in loving memory of
Ivy & Doreen Forde & Juliet Spellen
At St. John’s Altar, a celebration of life - Freeman Family
ARCHIVES & MUSEUM
“...Remember the words spoken in the past...” - 2 Peter 3:1-3
Call for Volunteers for Doors Open Weekend: Interested in
helping welcome visitors to St. James during this year’s Doors
Open on May 27 and 28? Each year, volunteers from our
community help to make thousands of visitors who come to see
St. James feel at home. If you’d like to help out, please contact
Nancy Mallett or Robert Gilbert at [email protected] or
by phone at 416-876-4578. Shifts are available for Saturday,
May 27 (10:00am – 1:30pm & 1:30 – 5:00pm) and Sunday, May
28 (12:30 – 4:00pm). Please be sure to let us know when you
would be able to help. Lunch and snacks are provided.
You are invited to an Open House in the Cathedral’s
Archives and Museum to mark International Museums’
Day, at 10:00am on Thursday, May 18 in the Community
Room, basement level, of the Cathedral Centre. Join us
as we celebrate the Cathedral and its place within the history of this city and country. Discover the richness of the
collection and its accessibility to the public, participate
in a behind the scenes tour and enjoy the opportunity to
view the current exhibition of items from our permanent
collection. All are welcome! For further information
contact Nancy Mallett at 416-364-7865, ext. *233.
Amnesty International Action Circle meets Saturday, May
27 at 1:00pm in the Board Room of the Cathedral Centre.
MUSIC
“Let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever sing for joy.”
- Psalm 5:11
Robert Busiakiewicz is always happy to hear from potential
members of the Choirs of St. James Cathedral, and welcomes
enquiries to his office via [email protected].
Wednesday, MAY 24
6:00pm Service of Light and Evensong (Cathedral)
6:30pm Light Supper & 7:00pm Lecture (Cathedral Centre)
Dr. Stephen Scharper is a celebrated environmental ethicist
and theologian at the University of Toronto.
Wednesday, MAY 31
6:00pm Service of Light and Evensong (Cathedral)
6:30pm Light Supper & 7:00pm Lecture (Cathedral Centre)
Dr. Debby Danard is an Anishnaabe scholar, healer,
traditional knowledge carrier, and water-walker. Dr. Bonnie
McElhinny is associate professor of Anthropology and
Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto.
Great soft power Exhibit
on display may 2017 in the Cathedral
Featuring Justseeds Artists’ Co-operative artwork;
Details online.
Music at Midday Recital Series: Tuesday, May 16
at 1:00pm: Organist Thomas Fitches
H20 Opus 8 Concert at Trinity College Chapel (6
Hoskin Avenue) on Wednesday, May 17 at 7:30pm:
“A phantas-magoria of all things aquatic, shipwrecked
and watery.” Admission Free. Part of May’s NiigaaniGichigami Water Festival.
The Last Night of the Proms Concert - see opposite
St. Bart’s, Regent Park
“The Ancient Faith for the Contemporary World”
509 Dundas St E, East of Parliament | www.stbartstoronto.ca
A ministry in collaboration with St. James Cathedral
Pray for peace in Regent Park, especially for an end to gun
violence!
Volunteer to keep St. Bart’s open during the lunch hour on
weekdays: contact Father Hannam if you are able to help.
Detailed information about worship and programming at
St. Bart’s can be found online at stbartstoronto.ca
Friday, May 26, 2017 at 7:30pm
This highly anticipated annual tradition features
The Choirs of St. James Cathedral
in concert with with The Toronto Star’s Shawn Micallef (MC),
The Band of The Royal Regiment of Canada,
and conducted by Robert Busiakiewicz and Kevin Anderson.
Tickets: $50 adult / $30 student, available online or at 416-364-7865
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