Cathedral News

Jesus said Nicodemus: “The wind blows where it chooses” (John 3:8). This would be an excellent description of the coming of the Holy Spirit.

St Dympna, Irish-born patron of mental illness, is remembered on 30 May.

Brother Ian Cunningham, who has been serving as deacon in the Cathedral, is to be ordained priest on Sunday 31 May 2026.

The Chapel Choir of the University of Aberdeen sings at the 6:00pm mass on Saturday 30 May.

The Ascension of the Lord forms the hinge between the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. The Gospel recounts the life of Jesus on earth, while Acts is an account of the early church.

We are delighted to welcome Sandnessund Blandakor, from the far north of Norway, to sing at the 6:00pm mass on Thursday 21 May 2026.

Jesus knew that his life on earth was over.

There are so many voices clamouring to influence and lead these days; but often they only lead back to themselves. There is only one way and that is Jesus Christ.

The image of the Lord as shepherd occurs in the Old Testament as well as the New. Psalm 23 describes the care of the shepherd for his sheep.

Luke was probably a Greek gentile and, as he says himself, he would not have known Jesus in his lifetime (Luke 1:2).