Cathedral News

The Esker Festival Orchestra gives a concert in the Cathedral on Thursday 28 August 2014 at 20:00. The programme includes Beethoven's Eroica symphony, Sibelius' violin concerto in D minor and a new work by young Irish composer Breffni O'Byrne. Tickets are €5.00 at the door.

St Louis IX of France (1214-1270): king of France from 1226 until his death in 1270, husband to Marguerite of Provence and father of eleven children.

St Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuit order and author of the Spiritual Exercises.

The annual series of international summer concerts in the Cathedral begins on Thursday 3 July, and continues with a concert every Thursday evening at 20:00 until 7 August.

Mass in the Cathedral will be celebrated at 11:00am ONLY between Monday 5 May and Thursday 8 May 2014 inclusive; the priests of the diocese are on retreat on those dates.

The week between Passion Sunday and Easter Sunday is the most sacred of the church year, and will be celebrated in solemn fashion in Galway Cathedral.

Franciscan Friar Alessandro Brustenghi, from Assisi, will give a concert of his favourite songs in the Cathedral on Friday 21 March 2014, as part of a European tour. His album The Voice of Assisi reached number one in the UK charts.

The Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra, from Florida in the USA, together with the Galway Youth Orchestra Jazz Ensemble, presents a concert in the Cathedral on Thursday 27 March 2014 at 19:30. The programme includes music by Bach, Vivaldi, Sarasate and others. Admission is free.

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent, falls this year on Wednesday 5 March 2014.

The annual Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help begins on Monday 10 February 2014, and runs until Tuesday 18 February. There are six sessions each day, as follows: Monday-Saturday: 07:45, 11:00, 13:10, 15:30, 19:30, 21:30 Sunday: 09:00, 10:30, 12:30, 16:30, 18:30, 20:15