34 results for tag: Feast Day


Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter – 22nd February 2022

Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the sovereign enclave of the Pope inside Rome, Italy. The relic is a wooden throne that tradition claims belonged to the Apostle Saint Peter, the leader of the Early Christians in Rome and first Pope, and which he used as Bishop of Rome. The relic is enclosed in a sculpted gilt bronze casing designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and constructed between 1647 and 1653. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI described the chair as "a symbol of the special ...

Memorial of Saints Cyril & Methodius – 14th February 2022

Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius SAINT CYRIL (827?–869) He was born in Thessalonica and was educated in Constantinople. With his brother Methodius he went to Moravia to preach the faith. They translated liturgical texts into the Slavonic language and invented the Glagolithic and possibly also the Cyrillic alphabet. They were called back to Rome, where Cyril died on 14 February 869. SAINT METHODIUS (826?–885) He was born in Thessalonica. With his brother Cyril he went to Moravia to preach the faith. They translated liturgical texts into the Slavonic language and invented the Glagolithic and possibly also the Cyrillic alphabet. After his ...

Memorial of Saint Agatha of Sicily – 5th February 2022

Memorial of Saint Agatha of Sicily Patron Saint of Sicily, bellfounders; breast cancer; bakers; against fire; earthquakes; eruptions of Mount Etna; fire; jewelers; martyrs; natural disasters; nurses; rape victims; single laywomen; sterility; torture victims; volcanic eruptions Cathedral Schedule for the Memorial 9am Mass (livestreamed); 11:30am-11:55am Sacrament of Confession; 12pm Mass; 4:30pm-5:30pm Sacrament of Confession; 5:30pm Vespers for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; 6pm Vigil Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St Brigid of Kildare – 1st February 2022

St Brigid of Kildare Patron saint of County Kildare, babies; blacksmiths; boatmen; brewers; cattle; chicken farmers; children whose parents are not married; children with abusive fathers; children born into abusive unions; dairymaids; dairy workers; fugitives; infants; Ireland; mariners; midwives; milk maids; nuns; poets; poor; poultry farmers; poultry raisers; printing presses; sailors; scholars; travellers; watermen The (Optional) Memorial of St Brigid will be celebrated by Fr Brendan Purcell at the 1:10pm Mass only. The Mass will be livestreamed on the Cathedral's YouTube Channel

Memorial of Saint John Bosco – 31st January 2022

Memorial of Saint John Bosco, priest Patron saint of Christian apprentices, editors, publishers, school children, young people, magicians, juvenile delinquents Cathedral Schedule 6:45am Mass; 9am Red Mass for the commencement of the Law Term; 12pm-1pm Sacrament of Confession; 1:10pm Mass; 5pm-5:25pm Sacrament of Confession; 5:30pm Mass

Memorial of St Thomas Aquinas – 28th January 2022

Memorial of St Thomas Aquinas, priest, doctor Patron saint of academics, against storms; against lightning; apologists; book sellers; Catholic academies, schools, and universities; chastity; learning; pencil makers; philosophers; publishers; scholars; students; theologians. Cathedral Schedule 6:45am Mass; 12pm-1pm Sacrament of Confession; 1:10pm Mass (livestreamed); 5pm-5:25pm Sacrament of Confession; 5:30pm Mass

Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul

Feast of the Conversion of St Paul The fourth window in our Cathedral’s Baptistry shows the cure of Saul (later Paul) at the hands of Ananias. Saul is blind and points to his eyes; Ananias had received directions to go to the house of Judas in Damascus and find there Saul of Tarsus. He does so and laying his hands on him, cures Saul’s blindness. Cathedral Schedule 6:45am Mass; 12pm-1pm Sacrament of Confession; 1:10pm Mass; 5pm-5:25pm Sacrament of Confession; 5:30pm Mass

Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales

Memorial of St Francis de Sales - Bishop and Doctor Patron Saint of bakers, deaf people, educators, writers, journalists. Patron of the former Haymarket Parish in Sydney which has now been incorporated into the St Mary's Cathedral Parish. Cathedral Schedule 6:45am Mass; 12pm-1pm Sacrament of Confession; 1:10pm Mass (livestreamed); 5pm-5:25pm Sacrament of Confession; 5:30pm Mass  

Solemnity of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop – 8th August 2020

Schedule at St Mary's Cathedral. Due to COVID-19 Restrictions, Mass Attendance is capped at 100 persons Please Note that due to a Priestly Ordination, the morning Masses and Confession have moved to the Cathedral Crypt 9am Mass (Crypt); 11:30am-11:55am Sacrament of Confession (Crypt) 12noon Mass (Crypt); 4:30pm-5:30pm Sacrament of Confession (Cathedral) 5:30pm - Vespers (Cathedral); 6pm Vigil Mass (Cathedral) Attendance needs to be prebooked, Click here to register attendance This Mass will also be livestreamed - Click here to watch the livestream  

Feast of St Bonaventure

Cathedral Schedule 6:45am Mass; 12noon-1pm - Confession; 1:10pm Mass; 4:30pm-5:30pm - Confession; 5:30pm Mass