Third Sunday of Advent
WHAT’S ON AT CHRISTMAS
SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER
A Ceremony of Carols at 3.00pm
The Cathedral choristers sing Benjamin Britten’s famous carol sequence, accompanied by harpist Elizabeth McNulty.
Free Admission
SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER
Festival Carol Service and La Nativité du Seigneur – Messiaen at 5.00pm
Join the cathedral choir and clergy for a mix of seasonal music, readings and congregational carols. Immediately following the carol service, there will be a performance of Olivier Messiaen’s monumental organ work La Nativité du Seigneur given by the cathedral organist, Richard Lea. In composing the nine meditations, Messiaen was inspired by the nativity narrative, mountains, birdsong, and stained-glass windows.
Free Admission
CHRISTMAS EVE
8.00am Mass
3.00pm Blessing of Crib and First Vespers. All families welcome. (This is not Mass).
6.00pm Vigil Mass
Midnight Mass
The congregation are asked to be seated by 11.30pm. No tickets required.
Anyone wishing to attend, and wanting a Car Park Pass can apply on a first-come-first-served basis up until Friday 20 December.
CHRISTMAS DAY
9.00am Mass
10.00am Family Mass
11.00am Solemn Mass
The Cathedral closes at 1.00pm.
BOXING DAY St Stephens Day
10.00am Mass
FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER
10.00am Mass
SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER
Usual Timetable
SUNDAY 29 DECEMBER
Usual Timetable
MONDAY 30 DECEMBER
10.00am Mass
TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER
10.00am Mass
WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2025
10.00am Mass
THURSDAY 2 JANUARY 2025
Usual Daily Timetable Resumes
Monsignor Anthony O’Brien
Cathedral Dean
