Your Anglo-Catholic church in Montreal, est. 1861. At the cutting edge of tradition & a resource for the wider church. 🕯️ On parle aussi français!
Montreal, QC
Joined February 2023
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Join us on Wednesdays (Oct 21 & 28, and Nov 4) for a series of lectures on 'The Wisdom of Jesus: The Good Teacher, the Cosmic Christ'.
The lectures will be after Low Mass at 5 PM and a light potluck supper. Participants are invited to bring food to share.
See you there!
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist retweeted
@Graham_Mark_E is, as always, much too kind. Still, if you'd like to support @redroofmtl and S. Lazarus Press, you might consider buying a copy of my little volume.
A delightful book of verse by @ksm_wilson (also a fellow @redtorystandard contributor). Perhaps if more clergy were hit by buses for skipping mattins, we laymen would not suspect that they neglect to say their *daily* office. In all seriousness, Kieran is a talented writer.
🎵 Any written explanation of John Merbecke's setting of the Gloria pales by comparison with an actual performance. Hear our Organ Scholar accompanying the choir and congregation, from high mass at St. John's on October 25 of this year:
St John's houses an organ of exceptional character. Built by Hellmuth Wolff & Associés of Laval, the instrument, Opus 27, was inaugurated on February 12, 1984. Its origins date to 1981, when the parish commissioned a replacement for its ageing Warren/Casavant organ. 🎹
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With 2 manuals and 27 stops (including 4 Warren, 1 Casavant, & the commanding 16-ft Pedal Trombone), the organ draws on British, French, & German traditions of the 17-18th centuries & the parish's past. Its mahogany case, decorated with gold leaf, reflects Renaissance designs.
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Our church was built by the architect William Tutin Thomas, a parishioner of St. John's.
The 'Slum Gothic' design was probably modelled after Saint Saviour’s Church (completed in 1866, destroyed during the Blitz in World War II) in Hoxton in East London. ⛪️
At St. John's we sing from The English Hymnal, published by Oxford University Press in 1906. Its principal editors were the Anglican priest Percy Dearmer and the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who sought to bring together fine poetry, sound theology and music worthy of worship.
Rooted in the Anglo-Catholic revival, the collection drew on ancient Christian hymns, plainsong, European chorales, and traditional folk melodies. Its hymns accompany the seasons of the Church year, celebrate the saints, and express the richness of sacramental faith.
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist retweeted
Thriving Anglo-Catholic parishes—Anglican parishes that embrace many beliefs and practices associated with the Roman Catholic Church—are attracting newcomers drawn to the unique worship style of this tradition.
anglicanjournal.com/anglo-ca…
The Church of St. John the Evangelist retweeted
I was interviewed about my parish in this piece on Canadian AngloCatholicism.
anglicanjournal.com/anglo-ca… – at Cole Harbour 30, Nova Scotia