Cathedral News
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.
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.
Saint of the Month: St Dominic
Posted: 17 August 2022
St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, is remembered on 8 August.
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).
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.
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted: 31 July 2022
Greed and its futility seem to be the theme of today’s liturgy.
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.
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.
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.
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.