St Mary's Cathedral Schedule: 6:45am Mass; 12pm-1pm Confession; 1:10pm Mass; 5:00pm Vespers (Irish Saints Chapel); 5:00pm-5:25pm Confession; 5:30pm Mass
5:30pm Mass celebrated by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP
St Brigid depicted within the Our Lady Help of Christians Patronal stained glass window of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. St Brigid is shown as an abbess, holding a lamp, which symbolises learning and wisdom, a book and an abbess's crozier St Brigid of Kildare Patron saint of County Kildare, babies; blacksmiths; boatmen; brewers; cattle; chicken […]
Today, Mother Church celebrates the feast of St Ignatius of Loyola, priest and theologian. Ignatius, who has a profound influence on Catholic life, was born at Loyola in the Basque area of Spain. He became a soldier and was wounded in battle. Ignatius turned to Christ during his long recovery. A strong and holy organiser, […]
Today, Mother Church celebrates the feast of St Alphonsus Mary de’ Ligouri (1696-1787), bishop, Doctor of the Church. St Alphonsus was a prolific writer, especially on matters of moral theology, but also on Our Lady and numerous other topics, and founded the Redemptorist order of priests, who are present here in the Archdiocese. Memorial of […]
Today at the cathedral, we will commemorate the Memorial of St Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868), priest, because we have a church dedicated to this saint within our Cathedral parish boundaries: St Peter Julian’s at Haymarket. St Peter Julian founded the Blessed Sacrament Fathers, and it is a blessing to have their Eucharistic shrine on busy […]
Today*, holy Mother Church celebrates the feast day of one of the most famous saints: St Dominic. Dominic de Guzman was born in Old Castle, Spain. He became a diocesan priest with thoughts of missionary work in north Europe. Dominic lived and preached in evangelical poverty, gathered others around him and thus founded the Order […]
Today, we celebrate the feast of St John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests. Known as the "Curé d'Ars," St John was born in Lyons, France; he was a 'delayed vocation' who had great difficulty with his seminary studies. Sent to Ars, where few people practiced their faith, he transformed the parish by his holiness, […]