Cathedral News

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.

The beautiful chapter 21 of John’s gospel is somewhat mysterious, because chapter 20 seems to have already drawn the gospel to a conclusion.

The second reading, from the Apocalypse, reminds us that we have a rich Jewish heritage and share so much with the Jewish people.

A special requiem mass Pope Francis will be celebrated on Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 7:30pm.

"...And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is our faith." (1 Cor. 14-15)

Arrangements in the Cathedral for the week following Easter.

Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated at Galway Cathedral on Sunday 27 April.

The feast of Passover is approaching. The Roman prefect Pontius Pilate enters Jerusalem in full regalia, either riding a war-horse or carried in a litter, accompanied by a procession of soldiers.

St Kateri, seventeenth-century saint of the Mohawk people, is remembered on 17 April.