Welcome to the website of the St James Cathedral Parish in Townsville.
St James is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland which stretches from Mackay to the Torres Strait Islands and west to the Northern Territory border.
The St James Cathedral Parish is made of congregations from St James, St Mark’s Belgian Gardens and St Margaret’s, Arcadia Bay, Magnetic Island.
Through the links on our Services page you can gain full details of their locations and service times, as well as Service times for all Townsville Parishes.
You can also read about our fascinating history on the History link and our Patron, St James the Great.
Important Service Notes
Synod Service 7.30pm on Friday Evening 3rd July 2009.
There will be only two services in the Parish next Sunday: 7.30am at St Mark’s
and 9.00am at St James
There will be NO 5.00pm at St Margaret’s, Magnetic Island
There will be NO 7.00am at St James cathedral
There Will Be NO Evensong in July
The next Evensong will be 6.00pm August 2 2009.
Roadworks
Signs have been placed at the inbound and outbound approaches to the Cathedral directing traffic into Melton Terrace. There are also signs placed on the approach from the Strand. The left out exit from Cleveland Terrace into Eyre/Denham Street is now closed permanently to allow further construction at this intersection. There is no access into or out of Cleveland Terrace from Eyre Street. Access to and from the Cathedral and car parks will be maintained via Cleveland Terrace. Main Roads estimates that the Road Works Project will be finished August 2009
National Trust St James’ Cathedral Conservation Appeal
After 121 years, St James’ Cathedral has been at the heart of North Queensland. It has ministered to a diocese spread from the Torres Strait to Sarina and to the Queensland-Northern Territory border. However, St James’ Cathedral has had only minimal repairs and improvements and now needs urgent work so that future generations can still benefit from the special, sacred space it offers.
The Anglican Diocese of North Queensland’s focus in the past has been and will always remain on building the ministry, but more than a century of ecumenical worship, weddings, funerals and other significant community events have taken a toll on the historical landmark.
The Diocese, in conjunction with The National Trust, will use all possible internal funds to restore the Cathedral, but we also need the support of the community to raise the $6 million necessary to ensure the Cathedral can survive.
A cathedral is not just a building; it stands with and for the community and holds the memories of the community’s important life events. Help us to make St James’ Cathedral beautiful again, so that it can help to show forth the spirit of North Queensland in all its richness.
For more information then please click on the link to take you to the Appeal website.St James Cathedral Appeal
Please Look at our Photo’s of Occasion’s Page under the Link in Services for latest Photo’s.
