The following paper has been published to the congregation. Comments welcome from outside the community as well as within.

Dear Friends

I spent some time this week reading a sermon that was preached by a former Provost of this church some years ago. It contained the following quote:

I remember in my third week at the cathedral someone came to me and asked if I realised that I had made 42 changes to the liturgy. That worried me, as I thought I hadn’t made any changes. I still used the same service, wore the same vestments and did things in the same order. It also worried me as I was just beginning to wonder about one or two changes.My hunch is that each Provost has a similar experience on arriving at St Mary’s.This paper is an invitation to make responses to a number of proposals that I want members of the congregation to think about. [Read more…]