MASS TIMES FOR EASTER WEEK 10.30am MASS ONLY IN THE CATHEDRAL MONDAY ‒ SATURDAY. NO Evening Mass on Tuesday 6th April in St. Mary’s Church. NO Evening Mass on Friday 9th April in St. Brigid’s Church. NO 7.30am Mass in St. Catherine’s Church from Monday 5th April. 7.30am Mass will resume on Monday 12th April. Vigil Masses as usual on Saturday 10th April in …
Holy Week
Good Friday (a day of Fast and Abstinence) Stations of the Cross – Webcam only The Stations of the Cross will not be prayed in public this year in any of the churches because of COVID ‒ 19 restrictions. They will be broadcast at 3.00pm on the Cathedral webcam. (See below for recording.) Outdoor Stations of The Cross from Dromantine At …
Resumption of Public Celebration of Mass
The celebration of Mass with congregations present in church will resume from Friday, 26th March. Is it safe for you to attend in person? Please think carefully about your personal safety and vulnerability when deciding if you will attend Mass in person. The virus is still spreading! Don’t come to church if you have these symptoms a high temperature a cough a …
Night Prayer for Palm Sunday with Saint Colman’s College Choir
Night Prayer for Palm Sunday with St. Colman’s College Choir was broadcast on the Cathedral Webcam and YouTube channel at 7.30pm on Sunday, 28th March.
Night Prayer for Fifth Sunday of Lent
Night Prayer for the Fifth Sunday of Lent will be broadcast from Newry Cathedral with the clergy of the parish and with music by The Morgan Family this Sunday, 21st March, at 7.30pm on Facebook Live and YouTube. Please spread the word!
Night Prayer for the Feast of St. Joseph
Friday 19th March at 9PM Night Prayer and Rosary for the Feast of Saint Joseph from Newry Cathedral. Click here to Tune in on the parish YouTube channel for our first Special Night Prayer Broadcast of Lent 2021.
Service for those who died during the Pandemic
Remembering loved ones who have died during the pandemic On Tuesday 30th March at 7.30pm there will be a special online service for all of our loved ones who died during the Pandemic. It will be led by the Sisters of St. Clare, Glenvale Convent and will be available on the Parish Facebook page and YouTube channel (See below). Those …
Saint Patrick’s Day
Please join us on the cathedral webcam at 10.30am on Saint Patrick’s Day for Mass in Irish and English with music. The cathedral joy bells will be rung by hand for the first time in many years at 12noon with hymns for our patron Saint’s Day like ‘Hail Glorious Saint Patrick’
Article: St Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland
St. Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and Bishop in Ireland. He was known as the “Apostle of Ireland”, and is the primary Saint of Ireland; the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. Patrick was never formally canonised, having lived prior to the current laws of the Catholic Church in these matters. Nevertheless, he is venerated as a Saint …