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Solemnity of the Dedication of St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney – 2nd September 2023

On Saturday 2nd September, we celebrate the Dedication of the Mother Church of Sydney and Australia: St Mary’s Cathedral. This celebration ranks as a Solemnity in the cathedral and a Feast in parishes of the Sydney Archdiocese. The Cathedral was Solemnly Dedicated in 1905 by special permission from the Holy See, as the building was then incomplete but was ready to serve the needs of the growing Catholic community of Sydney. Two stones in the temporary back wall were anointed and set aside for incorporation in the completed cathedral. Once a year dedication candles are lit to mark where the walls were anointed with Holy Oil by the Archbishop, ...

First Vespers and Vigil Mass of the Solemnity of the Dedication of St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney – 1st September 2023

On Saturday 2nd September (and on evening of the 1st September) we celebrate the Dedication of the Mother Church of Sydney and Australia: St Mary’s Cathedral. This celebration ranks as a Solemnity in the cathedral and a Feast in parishes of the Sydney Archdiocese. The Cathedral was Solemnly Dedicated in 1905 by special permission from the Holy See, as the building was then incomplete but was ready to serve the needs of the growing Catholic community of Sydney. Two stones in the temporary back wall were anointed and set aside for incorporation in the completed cathedral. Once a year dedication candles are lit to mark where the walls were ...

Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major – 5th August 2023

On Saturday 5th: here in St Mary’s we will commemorate the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major, one of the Four Major Papal Basilicas in Rome. It is considered the oldest church in the West built in honour the Blessed Virgin Mary the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome. The Council of Ephesus in 431 formally proclaimed the mother of Jesus as the Mother of God, and the church (basilica) of St Mary Major on the Esquiline Hill in Rome was built shortly afterwards to celebrate her motherhood. As a papal basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore is often used by the pope. The Holy Father presides over the rites for the annual ...

Anniversary of the Dedication of St Mary’s Cathedral (1928)

  Cathedral Schedule Mass - 6:45am; Sacrament of Reconciliation - 12pm; Mass - 1:10pm; Vespers - 5pm; Sacrament of Reconciliation- 5pm; Mass - 5:30pm;

Anniversary of the Dedication of St Mary’s Cathedral (1928) – Solemn Vespers, Benediction and Vigil Mass

Solemn Vespers and Benediction - 5pm; Vigil Mass - 6pm

Cathedral Bulletin and Notices – 2nd September 2018 – Anniversary of the Dedication of St Mary’s Cathedral

Cathedral Bulletin and Notices 02.09.18

Anniversary of the Dedication of St Mary’s Cathedral (1928)

SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2018 MASS TIMES 7am 9am 10:30am - Solemn Mass with Institution of Acolytes 6pm