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The Chaplaincy Offices are situated on level 2 of the Main Building, West Quadrangle adjacent to the Memorial Chapel.
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Accessible entrance to Chapel Chapel entrance from West Quadrangle
Chapel entrance Professor Square Chapel Entrance leading to Chaplaincy Offices
4 October, 18:00 Choral Evensong (St Francis of Assisi)
A traditional service of Anglican Evensong for the feast of St Francis of Assisi.
Officiant: Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon (Honorary Anglican Chaplain)
Introit: Cui luna, sol et omnia (Francisco López Capillas)
Setting: Evening Service in D (Percy Whitlock)
Anthem: Benedicite (Francis Jackson)
Responses: Philip Radcliffe
Carrolup Exhibition of Aboriginal Child Artists 1940s - 1950s, Thursday 6 October – Thursday 10 November, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel.
Thursday 6 October to Thursday 10 November 2022
Carrolup Exhibition of Aboriginal Child Artists 1940s - 1950s
Memorial Chapel
Viewing times:
Monday – Friday 14:00 – 17:00
Tuesday & Friday 09:00 – 12:00
Events in association with Carrolup exhibition:
- Monday 24 October, 7pm
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse Trio Live
Ancient language, contemporary music, stunning vocals, poignant stories and guitar brilliance.
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse use their music and performances to highlight one of the most beautiful and rare languages on the planet; the Noongar language of the southern corner of Western Australia.
Eventbrite details to follow.
- Thursday 3 November, 7pm
Jessie Lloyd: Mission Songs Project
Jessie Lloyd is a Songkeeper. An Australian Aboriginal singer, social historian and cultural practitioner of Indigenous song and founder of her award-winning Mission Songs Project. As a cultural ambassador, Lloyd takes audiences on a profoundly-moving musical journey into the depths and diversity of Australia’s Aboriginal culture, history and identity.
Eventbrite details to follow.
- Monday 7 November, 7pm
Alastair McIntosh: ‘Decolonising Lands and Minds’
Decolonising Lands and Minds: The colonial project profoundly impacted people’s relationship to land. Scottish human ecologist, researcher, and activist Alastair McIntosh, ‘a Quaker with an interfaith outlook’, explores decolonisation in a way that probes its deeper effects and implications. He is an honorary professor in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
Eventbrite details to follow.
Welcome to the Chaplaincy!
Spiritual Life in the Chapel
Chapel Services Semester1 2022-2023
Christian Morning Prayer Service
Monday - Friday during Semesters, 8.45 - 8.55am
Monday and Friday via Zoom
in Chapel Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Please contact chaplaincy@glasgow.ac.uk for Zoom link
Trinity College Service
Tuesdays during Semesters, 12noon – 1pm
GU Student Iona Community Worship
Thursdays during Semesters, 12noon – 1pm
Anglican Services 2022-2023 - Semester 1
At 18:00 on the following Tuesdays:
- 4th and 18th October
- 1st and 15th November
- 6th December
Contact: ugac.online for further details
What's On September - December 2022
Chapel Music: Concerts and Organ Recitals
Photo credit: Harry Campbell
The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir provides music for services and events in the chapel and elsewhere, as well as giving concerts and recitals throughout the academic year, such as the weekly "Choral Contemplations" series in the first and second terms. It also records and tours nationally and internationally, has recorded several CDs, and is available for weddings and memorial services.
- The choir is directed by Katy Lavinia Cooper (Director of Chapel Music) and accompanied by Kevin Bowyer (University Organist)
- Details of Chapel Choir Concerts and Events We are very much hoping for a full return to in-person services and events. We will also streaming wherever possible. Please check back for links to online events, and further details about attending events in person.
Friday Celebrity Organ Concerts and Wednesday Lunchtime Organ Concerts 2022-2023
- Wednesday Lunchtime Concerts: 1.10 - 1.50pm
- Friday Celebrity Concerts: 6 pm
Funded by The Ferguson Bequest, the first concert of 2022-23 is on Wednesday 5th October with Colin Mark Andrews (USA)
October 5 Colin Mark Andrews (USA)
October 12 Kevin Bowyer
Programme:
L’Orgue Mystique, Suite 3 Charles Tournemire
Christmas Rhapsody Camil van Hulse
Prelude, Toccata and Chaconne Brian Brockless
October 19 Anthony Gritten (London)
Programme includes Jean-Jacques Grunenwald’s Organ Sonata.
October 26 Rory Moules
Friday, November 18 at 6pm Tom Bell
Programme:
Livre du Saint-Sacrement Olivier Messiaen
The Chapel Organ was built by Henry Willis III in 1927 and was most recently refurbished by Harrison & Harrison of Durham in 2005.
Please see Chapel Organ Specification
Calligraphy Sessions as Meditation with the International Study Group: Interfaith Room, Tuesdays 12-2pm, 23 August - 29 November 2022
Honorary International Chaplains, Yushin and Fumi from Japan Desk Scotland will be delighted to welcome you to the Interfaith Room on Tuesdays 12-2pm for free Calligraphy as Meditation August - November 2022. All materials provided.
To find the Interfaith Room: from the West Quadrangle, enter door adjacent to the Chapel (where the Chaplaincy welcome sign is), then turn immediate left and down the stairs. We look forward to seeing you!
Contact details for GU Student Clubs and Societies
View previous Chapel Services
2021 - 2022
Tuesday 15 February
Taizé Music and Prayer
A reflective service or prayer and music, led by the University Chaplain and the Chapel Choir. Our monthly Taizé services offer a reflective, inclusive and meditative space at the end of the day.
Tuesday 2 February
Choral Evensong
Led by The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth and The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, Honorary Anglican Chaplains
Tuesday 18 January
Taizé Music and Prayer
A reflective service or prayer and music with Father Stephen Reillyand the University Chapel Choir.
20 November 2021
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR): An online service reflecting upon the tragic loss of life of those who identify as Transgender.
Tuesday 2 November, 6pm
Choral Evensong for COP26
Led by the Honorary Anglican Chaplains with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music accompanied by Kevin Bowyer, University Organist.
Including the first performance of a new work for choir by Harold Thalange, commissioned by the University of Glasgow as part of the ‘Dear Green Bothy’ project.
Tuesday October 19 , 6pm
Taize Service: prayer, reflection on scripture and music for contemplation
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music
Tuesday 5 October, 6pm
Choral Evensong
Led by The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth and The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, Honorary Anglican Chaplains
2020-2021
Tuesday 23 March, 6pm
Choral Contemplations
University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
March 16 Tuesday, 6pm
Vespers: prayer, reflection on scripture and music for contemplation
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music
March 14 Sunday, 11am
University Cathedral Service
March 9 Tuesday
Choral Contemplations
University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 2 March
Taizé Music and Prayers
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 23 February
Choral Contemplations:Bute Hall Windows-Doctors of the Church
Online via Chapel Choir YouTube and Facebook
Wednesday 17 Feb
Ash Wednesday Service Coronach: Lenten Lamentation
A service of music and reflection to begin the Christian season of Lent
Tuesday 16 February
Vespers: prayer, reflection on scripture and music for contemplation
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 9 February Choral Contemplations
Online via Chapel Choir YouTube and Facebook
Tuesday 2 February Taizé Music and Prayers
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 26 January Choral Contemplations: Bute Hall Windows I - Robert Burns
University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 19 January Vespers: prayer, reflection on scripture and music for contemplation
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 12 January Taizé Music and Prayers
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Sunday 13 December Service of Lessons and Carols
Sunday 6 December Madrigirls Advent Service
Tuesday 1 December Taizé Music and Prayers
Led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
Tuesday 17 November, 18:00 Vespers: prayer, reflection on scripture and music for contemplation
Sunday 15 November 08:10 Sunday Worship Radio 4
Rev Dr Doug Gay, Principal of Trinity College, Glasgow, and Rev Dr Carolyn Kelly, Chaplain to Glasgow University explore the mixed feelings experienced when faith has to reckon with the complexities of life on Radio 4 at 08:10 Sunday 15 November.
Tuesday 3 November 18:00 - Taizé Music and Prayers.
Led by Rev Dr Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music
Explore Taizé
Tuesday 20 October 18:00 - Vespers: prayer, reflection on scripture and music for contemplation.
Led by Rev Dr Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.
The Road to Emmaus: part 1.
Online service from the University of Glasgow Chaplain, Rev Dr Carolyn Kelly.
This Too Shall Pass: Reflections on the Emmaus Road, part 2
Online service from the University of Glasgow Chaplain, Rev Dr Carolyn Kelly.
Stay With Us: Reflections on the Emmaus Road, part 3
Online service from the University of Glasgow Chaplain, Rev Dr Carolyn Kelly.
Archive of Chapel Art Exhibitions
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Festival of Science: Using Photography to Explore Social Issues
16 November - 7 January 2022
A Photographic Exhibition on the topics of 'End of Life' and 'Financial Hardship'
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7 DAYS by Carol Marples, artist for the Soul Marks Trust
Monday 1st November - Friday 26th November 2021
7 DAYS aims to cause us to reflect on the gift of creation. Our role and our place in it, what past and present effects our actions or inactions have caused, and the choices we now make in caring for and repairing it.
Taking as a starting point the ancient Hebrew text of Genesis, Chapter 1- telling of the seven days of creation - seven panels, (1M x 1M) were created from re-purposed fabrics, gold-leaf, emulsion, candle wax and thread. From Mid-July to mid-October the panels were installed in seven different gardens therefore handing the works over to the various situational and elemental environments of these places. Changes to the panels over these eight weeks are being documented by the artist – available to see on Soul Marks social media sites and Website. The seven panels will be exhibited during COP26 – in whatever state they have evolved to.
Carol gave a talk on the work's conception and process on 25 Novemberhttp://www.soulmarks.co.uk/7-days-a/
Soul Marks Trust is a registered Scottish Charity: SC 034403 - Gardner and Gardner : From time to time….’
Monday 13 September - Friday 15th October 2021
In the unique, contemplative environment of the 1929, University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel. The kinetic installation was a visual meditation on text found in the biblical book of Ecclesiastes. Originally written in Hebrew, sometime between the 5th and 2nd Century B.C, the ancient text catalogues in fourteen couplets the times and seasons of human experience, not instructional but observational.
Listen to:
Ecclesiastes ch3 vv1-8 read in Englishby Ishbel McFarlane, performer and theatre maker: You Tube link
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (Kohelet) read in Hebrewby Rabbi Aharon Lemberger: You Tube link: You Tube link
The couplets, transposed onto paper, are set within the tension and balance of a mobile; its movement causing the perforated words to be both revealed and obscured.
‘From time to time…’ invited us to pause and consider the world as it is. There is wisdom in giving such attention and doing so can help us navigate the sorrows and the joys of human experience.
gardnerandgardner.co.uk
- Tears of Gold - Stories of Women Displaced from Home
Friday 11 - Thursday 17 June 2021
In Hannah Rose Thomas’ portraits we come face to face with the grief and loss of bodily integrity, with the integrity of human lives lived within the environment. In the portraits we come face to face with women (and men) who have been displaced and we see into a future that we have a chance to change, into suffering that might be prevented.
Supported by The Dear Green Bothy, a collaborative cultural programme from the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts showcasing creative and critical responses to climate emergency
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Should you have any questions please email unesco-rila@glasgow.ac.uk
Part of Refugee Festival Scotland 2021
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Chapel Decoration and Stained Glass Windows
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