Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a great honor to welcome you to the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, the cathedral church of The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, located in Detroit.
Who we are The congregation of St. Paul traces its roots in Detroit back to 1824, and 2008 marks the 100 th anniversary of the ground breaking for the beautiful Gothic cathedral we call home. Today we are a congregation of incredible and beautiful diversity. On any given Sunday and throughout the week you will find here people whose life-journeys have origins connecting them with the South Asia and the Greater Middle East (India and Pakistan), Africa (Nigeria, Guinea, Uganda and more), Europe and the British Isles, the Caribbean, the Americas. and Pacific Rim nations. This rich symphony of people is also made one through faith in Christ Jesus.
What we believe We are a congregation of The Episcopal Church, a part of the world-wide Anglican Communion. The Anglican Communion, regional churches across the globe all in communion with the Church of England, is the third largest communion of Christian believers in the world. Our faith is nurtured in worship and grounded in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. We trace our roots all the way back to those of the apostles, the twelve, who began to spread the Good News of God in Christ from Pentecost onward.
What we do At the Cathedral Church of St. Paul we take seriously Jesus' call to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind...and to love your neighbor as yourself". Our worship ranges from majestic to simple with strong preaching and glorious music of many styles. Our outreach into the community has built tow major housing projects: Williams Pavilion for low income seniors and the Cathedral Tower, originally senior and now mixed housing. Our rehabilitation of the Garfield Building, apartment living and retail, helped launch the turn-around of Detroit's Midtown. We offer breakfast on Sunday mornings to anyone who wants to join us. We have a wide range of classes and a bookshop onsite. We work with the community by hosting City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr.'s Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway, and the ACTS After-school program. We are active in the University Cultural Center Association, the Festival of the Arts, and Noel Night. We offer a music concert series, as we are also the home of The Cathedral Choir School of Metropolitan Detroit. In other words, we worship, learn, work and have fun for the Lord. We invite you to come and join us.
Blessings and peace,
The Very Reverend Scott Hunter
Dean of the Cathedral