Cathedral News
Synodal Assembly in Rome
Posted: 27 September 2023
Bishop Michael requests prayer for participants in the Synodal Assembly in Rome.
Youth 2000 Gatherings in the Cathedral
Posted: 25 September 2023
A weekly prayer meeting for young people aged 18-35.
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 24 September 2023
Jesus told many parables to describe his heavenly Father. It is all too easy to attribute human qualities to God like those of a stern judge, a tyrannical king or a teacher assigning grades.
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 17 September 2023
Peter probably thought he was being very generous in suggesting to Jesus that he might forgive his brother seven times. Rabbinical teaching had required only three times.
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 10 September 2023
Ezekiel was one of the major prophets. He lived in the sixth century BC and was a priest who was attached to the temple staff in Jerusalem.
Saint of the Month: St Wenceslas
Posted: 4 September 2023
The subject of the popular carol, St Wenceslas is remembered on 28 September.
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 3 September 2023
Jesus is beginning to prepare his disciples for his coming death. He must have known that his challenges to the establishment of the day would bring this about.
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 27 August 2023
The reading from Isaiah refers to Shebna, who was the steward of Hezekiah, King of Judah.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 13 August 2023
There seems to be a stark contrast between the reading from Kings and Matthew’s gospel. Elijah found God, not in the violence of natural phenomena, but in the gentle breeze.
Saint of the Month: St Helena
Posted: 8 August 2023
St Helena was born between 246 and 248 AD. It is thought that she was a Greek and came from Drepanum in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor, modern Turkey.