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2016 Annual Report 2016 | 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 St Paul’S Cathedral Melbourne St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Annual Report 2016 | 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne 3 From the Dean 24 From the Director of Music 7 Cathedral Chapter Membership 26 Cathedral Archives Chapter Committee Reports 26 Society of Bellringers 10 Culture & Heritage 26 Cathedral Chaplains 10 Dean’s Reference Group 27 English Conversation Corner 11 Property & Buildings 27 Cathedral Flower Guild 12 Precinct Committee 28 Cathedral Guides 13 Finance & Management 28 Healing Ministry 14 Financial Report for the year 29 Cathedral Hospitality Group ended 31 December 2016 30 Mandarin Ministry 31 Mainly Music Events 31 Music Foundation 16 2016 Event Overview 32 Cathedral Outreach 18 125th Anniversary Celebrations 32 Cathedral Servers Cathedral Ministries & Groups 33 Cathedral Shop 21 From the Precentor 33 Vergers 23 From the Canon Pastor 33 Cathedral Welcomers 34 Cathedral Attendance 35 The Cathedral Act 2016 Published by St Paul’s Press St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne 209 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne Editorial reponsibility: Andreas Loewe Established by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Cathedral Act 1878 Copy editing and layout: Hannah Hornsby Report of the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne ABN: 24 056 161 515 for the period 1 January to 31 December 2016 Website: www.cathedral.org.au Contact: [email protected] Prepared for and on behalf of the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral Annual Report 2016 is available in print and electronic pdf formats and adopted by Chapter on 6 June 2017 Front cover image: St Paul’s at sunrise from across the Yarra Andreas Loewe Photographer: Philip Chong Dean of Melbourne Back cover image: The Moorhouse Lantern 6 June 2017 Photographer: Carsten Murawski All photographs copyright St Paul’s Cathedral unless otherwise attributed. 2 | Annual Report 2016 Photo Kit Haseldon, 2015 FROM THE DEAN The Very Revd Dr Andreas Loewe, Fifteenth Dean of Melbourne The year 2016 marked the quasquicentennial of St Much of the work of governance and planning, giving Paul’s Cathedral (‘the Cathedral’): an opportunity and sharing, happens unseen. In this report, the chairs to give thanks for the vision and foresight of our of each Chapter committee provide insights into the benefactors in establishing this beautiful Cathedral important work that contributes to the well-being of at the heart of our City and to celebrate the vibrant our Cathedral and its community. life of our community and its outreach to City Leaders of key ministries at St Paul’s review the and State. As with all we do, our celebrations were past year, as do each of the Cathedral’s many underpinned by worship and prayer: giving thanks to departments and volunteer organisations. Archives, God for equipping us with the needful gifts of grace Chaplains, English as a Second Language Ministry, for ministry in this place. As we give thanks for the Cathedral Shop, Guides, Guild of Servers, Flower past, we commend ourselves to his merciful provision Guild, Hospitality Group, Mainly Music ministry, for the future. Welcomers, and Society of Bellringers contribute to Highlights of the year 2016 at the Cathedral included this report on the past year: each of them play an the consecration of two Bishops, the Rt Revd Dr invaluable part in the life of St Paul’s. A report on the Bradly Billings and the Rt Revd Dr Paul Barker, the Cathedral’s Music Foundation gives an insight into its visit of the General Secretary of the World Council efforts to provide much-needed funds to support the of Churches, the Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the Cathedral’s ministry through music, and its outreach launch of the Girls’ Voices of the Cathedral Choir, to migrants and refugees. The Cathedral Outreach a commemoration of ANZAC Day in the presence report reflects on the difference our service through of Her Excellency the Governor of Victoria as well as philanthropic and practical support is making on the the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the ground. Battle of Long Tan, and many special services to pray I hope that this Report will highlight the many for peace in a terror-filled world, in response to events achievements of our members and ministries. May in Turkey, Belgium, France, Germany, the United it encourage both those already sharing in our work States of America, and, at Christmas-tide, the massacre and those who are still discerning how they may of Coptic Christians at St Mark’s Cathedral Cairo. The contribute their gifts, to continue partnering with us year also saw a special celebration of the resurrection in in transforming our city and diocese. dramatic form through the performance, by members of the congregations, of a miracle play depicting the raising of Lazarus. The Cathedral’s rich ministry and mission is overseen by our Cathedral Chapter, led by our ministry and The Very Reverend Dr Andreas Loewe staff team, and enabled by the invaluable contribution Dean of Melbourne of our many volunteers and congregation members. Annual Report 2016 | 3 Photo: Rob Deutscher, 2016 a consistent high quality of preaching, teaching and Celebrating 125 years Church music; the intentional practise of a ministry of welcome by our staff and volunteer welcomers; and The quasquicentenary of the Cathedral’s completion the gradual introduction of an all-member ministry of in 1891 was a year of significant opportunity and identifying the gifts, talents and ministries of members. challenge for the Cathedral. The 125th anniversary The Cathedral congregations are nationally and of consecration was marked with a festival service on socially diverse, and include a Mandarin congregation 24 January 2016, at which three new Pauline hymns, and a designated English as a Second Language (ESL) the winning entries from our 125th Anniversary congregation. In addition, the Cathedral provides Hymn Competition, were sung for the first time. clear pathways to church membership through Bible At the June Patronal Festival a newly-commissioned Studies, enquirer and teaching programs, which anthem by organist emerita Dr June Nixon am again have been provided in ESL and native speaker ‘From heaven’s height Christ spake’ was performed. streams. At the end of the reporting period, the During the year, Melbourne photographer Matt Irwin Cathedral’s regular members have identified that they documented the life and work of the Cathedral for a have come from more than 25 nations. I give thanks special photographic record, to be published in 2017. to my colleagues in ministry, and our many volunteers London iconographer, the Revd Regan O’Callaghan, and members, for their invaluable contribution to the joined the Cathedral as artist in residence in spring growth of our membership. 2016. A special Cathedral Anniversary Dinner in November attended by the twenty-eighth Governor, Alex Chernov qc ac, concluded the year’s celebrations. Melbourne Metro Rail I give thanks for the founders and benefactors of this magnificent Cathedral, and for today’s vibrant living A priority for the work of the Cathedral Chapter and witness to their vision for St Paul’s to become ‘a centre staff has been coordinating the Cathedral’s response of spiritual energy for the whole Colony’. A more to the largest public infrastructure project in the life detailed overview of 125th anniversary events can be of the State of Victoria: the creation of the Melbourne found on pages 18 and 19. Metro Rail with an underground station immediately adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral. In February, Chapter, the Council of the Diocese and the Melbourne Congregational growth Anglican Trust Corporation established a joint committee, The Cathedral Precinct Committee, to During the reporting period the Cathedral has scrutinise Metro Rail plans and advise on their impact experienced a 5% average growth in Sunday on the Cathedral. In June the committee provided attendance, with particular growth at the two choral a detailed response to the Melbourne Metro Rail services. This is part of a broader trend, which has Authority’s (MMRA) Environmental Impact Survey, delivered a congregational growth of 29% in the past and in August the Cathedral participated in a public five years. Canon Christopher Carolane and Dawn hearing on the impact of the planned underground Connell have contributed a detailed report on the works on St Paul’s. Both were widely discussed in growth of our congregations, which can be found local media. In preparation for the works, a number on page 34 of this Report. The Cathedral believes its of detailed studies have been commissioned. These congregational growth is based on a number of factors: will measure the impact of vibrations and noise on 4 | Annual Report 2016 the Cathedral and its precinct and are scheduled to girls’ choir school, Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar be completed in the first quarter of 2017. By the end School in Essendon. Ours is the only designated of the year, the Cathedral had secured the support of Cathedral Girls’ Choir in the Southern Hemisphere, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne and the City Council and through the course of the year, has taken on to advocate that the new station be named ‘St Paul’s’ singing regularly at weekday evensongs and at special or ‘Cathedral’. I thank the members of the Cathedral services. As part of the expansion of the choir, I was Precinct Committee, the Cathedral Administrator pleased to commission women lay clerks to sing and our external experts and consultants for their alongside the men, both as an adult ensemble once a detailed and focused work. Their efforts should week at evensong, and together with the Girls’ Voices. ensure that the Cathedral and its ministries will be In Eastertide the new adult voices ensemble took part able to continue to flourish during the construction in recording a program of music for Easter alongside phase of the underground railway in our immediate the choir of boys and men, which will be released neighbourhood.
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