Cathedral News

Cemetery Sunday dates and times in Galway for 2025.

Jesus had made his real farewell to his disciples at the Last Supper, as recorded in the discourses of St John (John 13:31, 14-17).

This month's featured book is "9 Days to Corpus Christi" by Fr Rich Conlin, a priest of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

It  is easy to forget that, in the early church, its members were all Jews and they still attended the temple as their place of worship.

Galway Baroque Singers give a performance of Vivaldi's "Gloria" in the Cathedral on Saturday 31 May 2025 at 8:30pm.

St Cristόbel Magallanes Jara, Mexican saint and martyr, is remembered on 21 May.

In the readings from the Apocalypse and the Gospel we encounter two thresholds. In the Apocalypse, there is a new world where suffering is no more and God lives with his people.

It is interesting that Jesus chose to describe himself as a shepherd. In his day shepherds were often ranked as low as tax collectors.

The beautiful chapter 21 of John’s gospel is somewhat mysterious, because chapter 20 seems to have already drawn the gospel to a conclusion.

The second reading, from the Apocalypse, reminds us that we have a rich Jewish heritage and share so much with the Jewish people.