Cathedral News
Relics of St Charbel: 29 January 2023
Posted: 20 January 2023
The relics of Saint Charbel will visit Galway Cathedral on Sunday 29 January between 3.00pm and 5.30pm.
Solemn Novena 2023
Posted: 17 January 2023
The 2023 Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help takes place from Monday 6 March until Tuesday 14 March.
Saint of the Month: St John Bosco
Posted: 17 January 2023
St John Bosco, known as "father and teacher of youth", is remembered on 31 January.
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 15 January 2023
John the Baptist acted a signpost pointing to Jesus.
The Baptism of the Lord
Posted: 8 January 2023
During the Christmas period we have read how the infant Jesus was made known firstly to the Jewish shepherds and secondly to the gentile Magi.
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Posted: 1 January 2023
Devotion to Mary probably began in the third century AD. The four gospels, written in the late first century, treat of her in very different ways.
The Nativity of the Lord
Posted: 25 December 2022
Today we light the white candle, which is the Christ candle, for it is Christmas day.
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Posted: 18 December 2022
We are now very near to Christmas and the fourth candle is lit, which is the angel candle.
Christmas 2022
Posted: 12 December 2022
Arrangements in the Cathedral for Christmas and the new year, including masses and confessions.
Third Sunday of Advent
Posted: 11 December 2022
The prophet Isaiah lived in the eighth century BC, in the kingdom of Judah. He was writing before the Jews were exiled to Babylon.