Posted Thursday 17 June 2010
For the first time in Scotland cyclists will present their bikes for a blessing at St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow (300 Great Western Road) at 11am on Saturday 19June. The blessing, which will be given by the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow is part of the Glasgow Cycling Festival and is inspired by the Blessing of the Bikes which has been taking place in New York for the past 12 years.
During the service, cyclists will line up in the Cathedral with their bikes for a blessing by the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, who will use a special liturgy created in the USA for the blessing of bikes. There will also be opportunity to remember cyclists who have died on the roads. The service will end with a great ring of bicycle bells to fill the Cathedral space.
The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth is thrilled to be blessing bikes and cyclists and says “The bicycle is one of the most efficient machines ever invented by human beings. We will be celebrating the delight that cycling gives people and remembering the fragility of the world which needs ecological means of transport.”
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Category: Dioceses, Glasgow & Galloway
