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2027 Ordinands
Ordination Retreat, Rehearsal & Service
Ordination Retreat
Collaroy Centre, 22 Homestead Avenue Collaroy
9am Wednesday 17 February to 2pm Thursday 18 February 2027
Hotel style accommodation, bed linen and towel will be supplied by the Collaroy Centre.
Each guest requiring a special diet is to email info@mtd.org.au and inform Christine of the details (cut-off is 30 January).
Ordination Rehearsal
2pm to 4pm Thursday 18 February 2027 @ St Andrew’s Cathedral
Ordination
Saturday 20 February 2027
10am to 11:30am St Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney
Each ordinand is to wear white surplice, an academic hood, preaching scarf and in the case of men, clerical shirt and clerical collar and for women, either clerical shirt and clerical collar or a dress/blouse that has a normal collar. For those who don’t own an academic hood or who can’t acquire one by another means, contact Steve Rockwell (steve@mtd.org.au) and include the type of hood needed. You will be sent an email that includes an invoice for a hiring fee of $20, to be paid before ordination. The hired hoods will be delivered to the Cathedral on the day of ordination.
Cathedral doors open at 9:30am for the general public, including family members of the ordinands. The service commences at 10am and will finish by 11:30am
We recommend people travel into the city by public transport as there is no parking available at the Cathedra. Wilson Parking offer secure parking at St Andrew’s House Car Park, located at 464 Kent St behind Sydney Town Hall.