Cathedral News

The Cathedral's own summer concert series runs from 3 July until 7 August, on Thursdays at 8:00pm.

The mysterious King of Salem (possibly Jerusalem), Melchizedek, as king and priest prefigures Christ, who offers himself forever in the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

The annual Corpus Christi procession takes place on Sunday 22 June 2025.

“Trinity is a mystery, not a puzzle. Love is mystery, a crossword is a puzzle. You try to solve a puzzle - you stand before the mystery." (Justo Gonzalez)

St Melania the Elder lived in the late fourth century AD, and is remembered on 8 June.

The feast of Pentecost was so named as it occurred fifty days after the Passover. It was a pilgrimage feast, when many Jews came from their homes to the temple.

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.