News


2008/03/20

The Dean's Greeting for Easter has been added.

2007/12/01

The Dean's Greeting for Advent and Christmas has been added.

2007/11/01

The annual benefit concert, with Jeri Brown!

2007/03/17

The Dean's "Anglican values" initiative - links to the new Anglicans Really Alive website have been added. There is also a Blog.

9 new sermons have been added.

2007/02/22

A beautiful new Music Calendar has been created by the music committee.
The Cathedral Annual Report has been added.

2006/11/29

The Dean's Greeting for Advent and Christmas has been added.

2006/10/02

Christ Church Cathedral's annual benefit concert
Laudate Dominum

an evening of classical and contemporary choral music with Concerto Della Donna (Iwan Edwards, director) & The Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral with orchestra (Patrick Wedd, director)
Wednesday, October 25th, at 8:00 P.M.
(Posters - French and English - pdf)

2006/09/15

OutMass; Celebrating our Diversity. A special CD of the OutMass (Hymns, Brief Mass by Dan Locklair, Anthem by Palestrina and Bishop Robinson's Homily) is now available for a modest fee. Please contact the Cathedral Office for more information.

2006/07/15

OutMass; Celebrating our Diversity. A special Eucharist will be held on Thursday, July 27 at 7 pm at the Cathedral. Our guest preacher will be the Rt. Revd Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire. A reception will follow in Fulford Hall.

Copies of Bishop Robinson’s recently released biography Going to Heaven; the Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson will be available. The author of the book is Elizabeth Adams, a member of the Cathedral community.

2006/04/18

A new section has been added to the Life and Work page - called Food for Thought. This is the place where I will add interesting talks, discussions, lectures that have happened in or around the Cathedral. The first contribution is from George Baylor - his thoughts on what it means to be human.

The Dean's Greeting for Easter has been added.

2005/12/16

The Dean's Greeting for Christmas has been added.

2005/11/09

The Internet link for Radio Ville Marie is working again! Listen to our Choral Evensong each Sunday at 16:00 ET.

2005/10/24

The Cathedral Parish Calendar has been added.

The Internet link for Radio Ville Marie is not working. We are trying to find out from RVM what is wrong.

2005/10/04

The Dean's Greeting for Thanksgiving has been added.

2005/02/10

A calendar of our Lent, Holy Week and Easter Services has been added.

The Dean's Greeting for Lent and Easter has been added.

I corrected the links to the Internet stream for Radio Ville Marie, which carries our Choral Evensong every Sunday at 4 p.m. Windows Media Player link or WinAmp link

2004/12/10

The Sunday Services bulletins are now available, in PDF format. I try to get them posted by the preceding Thursday.

The Dean's Greeting for Advent and Christmas has been added, along with the listing of services for the season.

2004/04/07

The Dean's Greeting for Easter has been added.

2003/12/07

The Dean's Greeting for Advent and Christmas has been added, along with the listing of services for the season.

I don't announce them as news, but don't forget the sermons - there are regular additions throughout the year (21 since the last news update!), and sermons are now available in 3 formats: html, word doc and palm reader doc.

2003/03/24

The Archbishop's sermon preached at the Special Synod Eucharist concerning the Residential Schools Settlement has been added.

2003/03/13

The Dean's Greeting for Lent has been added.

Worship, Learning and Praying in Lent, with a listing of Services for Holy Week and Easter, has been added.

2002/11/23

A new section has been added to the Music page - Cathedral Music Calendar / Musique à la Cathédrale. There you will find monthly calendars of the Cathedral's music ministry, including worship services, concerts and recitals.

2002/11/16

The Dean's Greeting for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany has been added.

A listing of Services for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany has been added.

A new addition to our Web site - Cathedralscript - the Cathedral newsletter
No. 250 - the November 2002 issue is available as a Word document.

2002/11/02

A listing of the November recitals and concerts at the Catherdal has been added.

2002/10/03

A listing of the October recitals and concerts at the Catherdal has been added.

2002/06/23

A listing of the July recitals and concerts at the Catherdal has been added.

2002/05/21

On Sunday, June 2, 2002, at 4 p.m. a commemorative service of Lessons and Prayers, Hymns and Anthems will be held in Christ Church Cathedral in honour of the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Invited Guests include The Honourable Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, who will give an Address.

Instead of the regular 4 o'clock office of Choral Evensong, the format will focus on prayers and readings of thanksgiving and praise in English and French, interspersed with special music sung by the Cathedral Choirs accompanied by organ and chamber orchestra.

The Director of Music, Patrick Wedd, will conduct the choirs of adults, trebles and girls in Handel's "Zadok the Priest" sung during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, Crimond's "The Lord Is My Shepherd", and a setting by Henry Purcell of the "Te Deum". Three of the hymns, to be sung by all, are particular favourites of her Majesty the Queen.

Following the service, there will be a reception in Wallenberg Square, located in the courtyard behind the Cathedral. The Lieutenant-Governor will cut a Jubilee cake in honour of the occasion. In case of rain, the reception will be held in the Lobby of the Place de la Cathédrale, the office tower adjacent to the courtyard.

2002/05/21

A listing of the June recitals and concerts at the Catherdal has been added.

A sermon for Pentecost by The Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk has been added.

New Life for the Church - 3 sermons by the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean are available together as a word document or pdf file.

2002/04/25

Last night, Cathedral Forum approved a new version of the Cathedral Prayer.

2002/04/03

The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Her Honour The Honourable Lise Thibault, wil be present for a Service of Celebration for the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, to be held in Christ Church Cathedral, Tuesday, April 9th, at 12 o'clock noon.

The service will be a choral Eucharist with The Right Reverend Andrew S. Hutchison, Lord Bishop of Montreal, as Celebrant. Participating clergy will include the Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, The Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts.

The Cathedral Choir under the direction of Patrick Wedd will sing the coronation anthem "Zadok the Priest" by George Frideric Handel.

People may sign the Book of Condolences while the Cathedral is open, starting Sunday, April 7th.


Son Honneur l'Honorable Lise Thibault, Lieutenante-Gouverneure du Québec, sera présente pour un service de célébration pour la vie de sa majesté Elizabeth, la Reine-Mêre, qui aura lieu à la cathédrale Christ Church, le mardi 9 avril à midi.

Son Éminence le Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte sera également présent. La Sainte Eucharistie sera célébrée par Mgr Andrew S. Hutchison, Évêque anglican du Diocèse de Montréal.

Les chanteurs de la Cathédrale, sous la direction de Patrick Wedd, chantera l'antienne de couronnement de George Frideric Handel, «Zadok the Priest».

Un registre de messages de condoleances sera accessible au public pendant les heures d'ouverture de la Cathédrale à compter du dimanche 7 avril.

2002/03/30

The Dean's Greeting for Easter has been added.

New Life for the Church - Lent 5, Maundy Thursday and Easter 2002 - 3 sermons by the Very Rev'd Michael J. Pitts, Dean have been added. Also available together as a word document or pdf file.

2002/03/13

Nicodemus and New Birth in the Church, a sermon by The Rev'd Joyce Sanchez has been added.

A sermon for Lent 3 by The Rev'd Dr. Roger Balk has been added.

2002/02/24

Four more sermons by the Dean have been added:

A reminder that the Cathedral Reading Group's Booklist is kept up to date, and shows upcoming "reads".

2002/02/20

Some new sermons have been added:

2002/01/31

The Dean's Greeting for Lent and Holy Week has been added, as well as our Lent Study and Discussion, and the Cathedral's Services for Lent, Holy Week and Easter

2001/12/03

The Dean's Greeting for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany has been added.

The Cathedral's Services for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

2001/06/24

On exhibit in the Cathedral until the end of July

English and French words using Chinese brush stroke techniques

Come closer and see the remarkable art and poetry of

Hongmo Ren

Take a little time and you see the words appear from the script. Read down each column and you will appreciate, in some works, passages from the Bible, in others words from French poets and in yet others, Hongmo Ren’s own poetry, written in English and French, but based on Chinese poetic traditions.

This exhibition presents a vision of art and poetry, East and West joining hands in a post-modern world.

Psalm ? light

2001/06/23

A link to Canada's Digital Collections: the Religious Heritage website, with many photos of the Catherdal, both inside and out, was added to our own Guided Tour page. On the links page, I added some fresh links under Anglican writers.

General Synod is coming to the web, from July 4-11, thanks to the Diocese of Montreal.

Our newest Prayer Partner, the Diocese of Athabasca has a new website.

The Cathedral Prayer

2001/06/01

June Recitals at the Cathedral

2001/04/29
The Dean's greeting for Pentecost - an invitation to participate in our "liturgical tourism" programme.
May Recitals at the Cathedral

2001/03/18
The Dean's annual report for 2001, Reflections on being a Cathedral in the 21st Century. Note: this is a Word document.
The Cathedral Reading Group has put together a list of books they have read over the years.

2001/02/26
The Dean's Greeting for Lent and Easter has been added. The Cathedral's services during Lent and Easter 2001

2001/01/26
Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations of the Cathedral Organ - happening January 26, 27 and 28th

2000/12/21
All about the Cathedral Choir's CD - In dulci jublio
The Dean's Christmas Greeting

2000/11/29
The Cathedral's Services for Advent, Christmas and Epihany 
The Dean's Greeting for Advent

2000/04/23
The Dean's Greeting for Pentecost has been added.

2000/04/09
The Dean's Greeting for Holy Week and the schedule of Holy Week services has been added.

2000/03/19
Sunday Evensong is now available across the Internet - 16:00 on Sunday, rebroadcast at 5:00 Monday. See Radio Ville Marie for player information.

2000/03/05
The Dean's Greeting for Lent has been added. The Cathedral's Lenten program. New sermons are added periodically. Musical opportunities for children.

2000/01/02
The Dean's Greeting for Epiphany has been added.

99/12/20
The Dean's Christmas Greeting, and a calendar of the Cathedral's Winter and Spring 2000 Education and Special Events Program has been added.

99/09/16
A new Dean's Greeting, containing the Cathedral's Fall 99 Education and Special Events Program has been added.
A new Staff page has been added.

The Second Gavin Elbourne Memorial Lecture, Tuesday September 28, 1999
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The Rev'd Paul Jennings will deliver the 2nd Gavin Elbourne Memorial Lecture - on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m. in Fulford Hall (2nd floor 1444 Union Ave). The title of his lecture is "Myth and Meaning in Biblical and Theological Language". Admission is free.

99/06/13
A calendar of the Cathedral's summer recitals has been added.

99/05/21
A message for Pentecost from Dean Pitts.

Music and Spirituality, a sermon by the Dean and Patrick Wedd, on the Sunday after Ascension Day 1999.

Anna de Aguayo attended the Synod of the Diocese of Caledonia in April as an invited guest representing the Cathedral and brought back pictures and a report.

99/05/01 Dean Pitts adds his greeting for the Easter period and the Social Justice Committee gives us some background on the concept of Jubilee.

99/04/23 On his return from the Annual North American Deans Conference, Dean Pitts posted his report, complete with pictures.

99/03/28 A new Music section has been added.

98/11/15 A city map locating the Cathedral in downtown Montreal has been added to help you find your way to us!

98/10/26 Now that we have a few sermons available for electronic distribution, we need a sermon page.

98/09/30 Professor Faith Wallis' sermon of Sunday, September 27 in the Cathedral - a 'trailer' for Tuesday night's lecture..? not.

The First Gavin Elbourne Memorial Lecture, Tuesday September 29, 1998.
Professor Faith Wallis of McGill University will deliver the 1st Gavin Elbourne Memorial Lecture - on the Feast of St. Michael and all Angels at 7:30 p.m. in Fulford Hall (2nd floor 1444 Union Ave). The title of her lecture is "Who is like unto God? The many faces of the Archangel Michael." Admission is free.

General Synod - May 21- 29, 1998.
The opening Eucharist of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada will be celebrated at Christ Church Cathedral on Ascension Day, Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. Opening Service Photo Ablum.

For local arrangements information, visit the Diocese of Montreal's General Synod web page.

98/05/17 - An exhibition of calligraphic works will be presented from May 23rd to June 12, 1998 at Christ Church Cathedral by La Société des Calligraphes. Admission is free.

98/05/17 - At this Sunday's Coffee hour, we had our first sip of fair trade coffee. It was great!

97/08/11 - Begining on September 7th, Choral Evensong will be broadcast live each week at 4 pm from Christ Church Cathedral. It can be heard in the whole area of the Diocese and beyond on Radio Ville Marie FM 91.3.

Tune in to the splendid music of the Cathedral choirs, and be inspired to join in the worship of God wherever you are each Sunday afternoon.

97/06/23 - While on his visit to the Diocese of Caledonia, the Dean is writing an "e-mail journal".

Georges Rouault Exhibition

97/06/06 - An exhibition of prints from the "Miserere" series by French painter Georges Rouault will be presented from June 9th to 22nd, 1997 at Christ Church Cathedral.

Viewing hours are:

  • Sunday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The prints are from a collection of CIVA (Christians In the Visual Arts), which is holding its international biennial conference in Montreal, June 18th to 22nd, 1977.

For more information, please call Christian Direction at (514) 878-3035.

Diocese Unveils Two New Websites

Screenshot 97/05/13 - Christ Church Cathedral joins the growing number of on-line churches and religous organisations with their own web site.The site, developed over the past 9 months in England and Canada, features a 'virtual' guided tour with photographs of the Cathedral, plus a program of services and historical information. At present the site is English only, however, a French verison is currently under development and will be available soon. Please watch this space !


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97/05/13 -
The Diocesan Council and Information and Communications Technology Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal unveiled a new diocesan Web Site. Providing the diocese with an official presence on the Internet, the Web Site is a clearinghouse of information for and about the Diocese of Montreal

[ Press Release ] [ Visit Site ]