The American Sarum movement is an on-going liturgical and musical laboratory examining Anglican liturgy and music which has been bequeathed to us from the medieval liturgies of Salisbury Cathedral. In an age when it is increasingly difficult to define what it means to be Anglican, our conferences examine the origins of our liturgical and musical Anglican heritage. Discussions and re-creations of early liturgical practices provide liturgical and musical insights that are intrinsically Anglican and completely relevant to the liturgies of the 21st century. Our conferences are for everyone, regardless of one’s own “high” or “low” churchmanship, who loves and respects our common Anglican heritage. We view these conferences as opportunities for clergy and musicians to come together to more deeply explore their common calling as liturgists, musicians, and leaders of worship. Our conferences have drawn from a global constituency with equal clergy and musician representation.

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Do we espouse the recovery of glorious Sarum rituals for our liturgies today? No. What we do is mine the depths of Sarum liturgy to find ways in which the spirit of Sarum liturgy can inform our contemporary worship.