Cathedral News

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.

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.