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Concert: Esker Festival Orchestra

Posted: 17 August 2022

Esker Festival Orchestra gives a concert in the Cathedral on Friday 19 August at 8:00pm. The centrepiece of the concert is Mahler's Symphony no.

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Universal Synod: Synthesis Document of the Consultation in Ireland

Posted: 17 August 2022

As part of the process of the Universal Synod 2021-2023, a document has been published which synthesises the feedback from consultations at parish and diocesan level across the country.

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Saint of the Month: St Dominic

Posted: 17 August 2022

St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, is remembered on 8 August.

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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted: 14 August 2022

Fire was often used as a symbol of God’s presence in the Old Testament. Moses saw a bush burning without being consumed, and had his first encounter with God (Exodus 3).

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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted: 7 August 2022

Life in the west is very different to that of Jesus’s time. Only very rich people have servants.

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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted: 31 July 2022

Greed and its futility seem to be the theme of today’s liturgy.

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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted: 24 July 2022

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was seen by the Old Testament writer as a punishment for grave sin. Recent archeological discoveries have pin-pointed the probable location of these cities.

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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted: 17 July 2022

Many people, especially feminists, might feel that Jesus was being very unfair to Martha, who was heroically trying single-handedly to provide him with the best possible hospitality.

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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted: 10 July 2022

The lawyer who questioned Jesus about how to obtain eternal life would have been versed in Mosaic law.

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Saint of the Month: St Anne

Posted: 9 July 2022

St Anne, mother of Our Lady and grandmother of Jesus, is remembered - together with St Joachim, her husband - on 26 July.

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