The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface - Plymouth Cathedral

Welcome to Plymouth Cathedral

Mass

Mass will be streamed daily from the Cathedral at 10am each morning and available on YouTube. Click on the direct link below to access the Plymouth Diocese channel where you can find the Masses.
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DAILY SERVICES

Sunday 20th September
Mass
Monday 21st September
Mass
Tuesday 22nd September
Mass | Chrism Mass
Wednesday 23rd September
Mass
Thursday 24th September
Mass - Fr. Danny Longland
Diamond Jubilee
Friday 25th September
Mass
Saturday 26th September
Mass
Sunday 27th September
Mass
Monday 28th September
Mass

Tuesday 29th September
Mass
Wednesday 30th September
Mass
Thursday 1st October
Mass
Friday 2nd October
Mass
Saturday 3rd October
Mass
Sunday4th October
Mass
Monday 5th October
Mass
Tuesday 6th October
Mass
Wednesday 7th October
Mass
Thursday 8th October
Mass

Friday 9th October
Mass
Saturday 10th October
Mass
Sunday 11th October
Mass
Monday 12th October
Mass
Tuesday 13th October
Mass
Wednesday 14th October
Mass
Thursday 15th October
Mass
Friday 16th October
Mass
Saturday 17th October
Mass
Sunday 18th October
Mass

Father Danny Longland
Diamond Jubilee Mass

On Thursday 24th September 2020, Father Danny Longland will be celebrating Mass here at the Cathedral on the occaision of his 6oth Anniversary of his Ordination to the priesthood in East Bergholt.

Everybody here at the cathedral would like like to offer Father Danny our sincere and warm congratulations on this special occasion . All welcome to attend Mass and celebrate with him - in line with Covid regualtions- however, if you are unable to attend please use the link above to view online.

Photographs

Chrism Mass

Today in the Cathedral Bishop Mark celebrated the Chrism Mass which was delayed from Holy Week due to the pandemic. In attendance were the Canons of the Cathedral Chapter and the Deans as well as others from the diocese

Select links to view the Chrism Mass and read Bishop Mark's Homily

View Chrism Mass

Bishop Mark's Homily

Covid Measures
(Rule of six)

You will be aware that the Government has announced new measures banning social gatherings of more than 6 people in a range of settings. We would like to reassure you and confirm that these new measures do not apply to places of worship as we are following the guidelines as outlined below.

For Further information click below

Further details

Face masks to be worn

Please note in line with new government regulations it is now mandatory to wear facial coverings when attending places of worship.

You are expected to wear a face covering immediately before entering and it must kept on until you leave.

For further details see link below.

DETAILS ON FACIAL COVERINGS

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA),

The Cathedral Parish will be running a programme for those interested in exploring the Catholic Faith. The first meeting will take place on Monday 12 October at 7:30pm. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), is a possible way for you to learn more and consider joining the Church, which would be next Easter 2021. We will be using the Sycamore course, an interactive resource beautifully produced in locations around the UK, which presents a great opportunity to ask more, learn more and experience more of our Catholic Faith.

Please contact the parish office email: plymouth-cathedral@prcdtr.org.uk or telephone 01752 662537 to find out more.
If you know of anyone who would like to consider this please encourage them to join us.
On our website (Plymouth Cathedral) we have an introduction to the history of the RCIA – look under Sacraments and see the YouTube link.

Clergy Calling

We have put together a new form which will help us with an update for contact details which will be distributed at Masses and also online. Please take time to fill this in, as we found that during lockdown we were unable to contact many parishioners as the information we had was out of date.

Contact details

The saying is “it never rains, but when it does, it pours”!

On Thursday we had a flash flood through the door of the Sacred Heart Chapel in the cathedral. Subsequently we have had to remove the carpeted area surrounding the chapel, as it was soaking and rotten with the flood. We will be looking into a replacement solution, but in the meantime please avoid that area in the cathedral.

A Note of Thanks

A note of thanks and appreciation: Refurbishment of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Congratulations and a BIG THANK YOU! Last week we asked for help in raising funds for the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The great news is that people have been extremely generous, another large benefactor came to us with a cheque to match the original benefactor, so we have more than we asked for, which is excellent news. For those that would still like to contribute we would still like to accept your gift, we are hoping to purchase a set of “outside Stations of the Cross” for the Bishop’s/ Cathedral Garden. We estimate these to be in the region of £600. So any extra fund raising will contribute to this project.

Busy, Busy Busy.

Even if our clegy cannot get out into the community at present they are working non stop to enure the Cathedral and its garden are restored to its very best, cleaning, cutting, digging etc.

Reflection

Message from Canon Mark
The Public Celebration of Masses.

It is very good news that we are now able to have public celebrations of Mass.
So that we can comply and keep safe in these times of Covid19 we have been issued guidelines from the Bishop’s conference.
I will highlight the necessary points which will govern our celebrations of Mass and ask that we all learn to adapt and ensure that we all can come together for our celebrations.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you here in the parish.

DAILY WORSHIP

Mass will continue to be streamed online at 10:00 daily and also said publicly from Saturday 4th July. Masses will be celebrated in the Cathedral 10:00 am Monday—Saturday , Sunday Masses—8:00 am, 10:00 am and 6:00 pm— (St Josephs– Devonport 11:30am) Due to social distancing Sunday obligations are carried through to all weekdays, please attend weekday Mass if possible in order to allow key workers priority to attend Sundays.

Guidelines

"Let us now open the doors of God’s House "

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
For 85 days, since the 20th of March our doors have been closed as a result of the Pandemic. Today with great joy we are once again opening our church doors for private prayer to our faithful and all those who would like to find quiet and peace in the House of God. We read in sacred scripture the words: For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. Conscious that our people have missed being able to attend this house of prayer, let us commend ourselves to the Lord as we pray:

“Bishop Mark speaks about Opening of our Churches and about St Boniface, Patron of the Diocese”

Listen to his piece on Radio Devon

Welcome to the website of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Boniface, Plymouth, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth.

The Dean, Canon Mark O’Keeffe, is assisted by Father Oscar Ardila, Cathedral Priest;
both are resident in Cathedral House.
Bishop Mark O’Toole, the 9th Bishop of Plymouth, is also resident.

Everyone is welcome here, no matter who you are or where you are on your faith journey.
If you have lost touch with us for a while we would be delighted to see you again
and listen to your story.