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

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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

Wednesday 24th June
Mass
Thursday 25th June
Mass
Friday 26th June
Mass
Saturday 27th June
Mass | Holy Hour
Sunday 28th June
Mass
Monday 29th June
Mass | Exposition
Tuesday 30th June
Mass | Exposition
Wednesday 1st July
Mass | Exposition
Thursday 2nd July
Mass | Exposition

Friday 3rd July
Mass | Exposition
Feast of St Thomas - School Leavers' Mass
Saturday 4th July
Mass  | Exposition
Sunday 5th July
Mass
Monday 6th July
Mass
Tuesday 7th July
Mass
Wednesday 8th July
Mass
Thursday 9th July
Mass
Friday 10th July
Mass

Saturday11th July
Mass
Sunday 12th July
Mass | Albert Lawes Ordination
Monday 13th July
Mass
Tuesday 14th July
Mass
Wednesday 15th July
Mass
Thursday 16th July
Mass
Friday 17th July
Mass
Sunday 18th July
Mass
Monday 19th July
Mass

Albert Lawes - Ordination

This weekend on July 12th at 2pm, we look forward to celebrating the Ordination to the Diaconate of Albert Lawes at Plymouth Cathedral.
This would usually be such a well-attended occasion in our diocese but this of course is not possible due to restrictions during the Coronavirus pandemic. We would like you to kindly encourage as many you to watch the event live on Sunday as a relatively rare opportunity to witness such a significant, life changing and heart-warming event. It is a good way for our young people to understand more about vocation and witness on an encouraging and beautiful day.

Many of you will already have seen Albert serving alongside Bishop Mark at daily Mass so I am sure you would wish to take this opportunity to congratulate him as he is ordained to be a deacon before, God willing, becoming ordained as a priest. The work of a deacon is very noble and it is one of the areas of service in our church that is really blessed because it involves serving others. We pray to our Father in heaven to bless Albert and give him wisdom that comes from above so that he can touch many lives of all that comes across him as he serves in the church as a deacon.

Albert has been ushered in to a new role that God has prepared for him, so we all offer our warm congratulations on this ordination day. May our good Lord use him mightily in the vineyard as he serves others.

To View Ordination

Welcome Back

It was lovely to welcome back some of our parishioners for our first public mass since March

Return from Exile

“Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Jerusalem.
Shout with gladness, daughter of Sion.” (Zechariah 9:9)

These words of the prophet Zechariah echo in us all. They are from the first reading we will hear, when we are able to return to the public celebration of Mass next weekend. In it, the prophet is describing the time of the return of the Jewish people back to Jerusalem following many years spent in exile, in Babylon. With this return from exile the people were able to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. They had the possibility once more of worshipping God in that holy place.

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

Private Prayer with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Private Prayer with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
Live Streamed- for those unable to attend.
3-4pm Saturday – Friday
During these days of Private Prayer we have been blest to have priests from around the Deanery who have been available for you. Next week will not ask the priests to come to the Cathedral as they will be making arrangements for the opening of their respective churches for the celebration of public Masses. We are enormously grateful to the priests for giving us their generous time to be here and to hear confessions.
Next week we will introduce a Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 3-4pm. The Blessed Sacrament will be placed on the Lady Altar for people to pray in the socially distanced spaces which are available in that part of the cathedral.
We will Live Stream this for those who are Housebound.

A Message from the Metropolitan Archbishops of the Catholic Church in England

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. On Tuesday we heard the announcement that, from the 4th July this year, places of worship will be able to reopen for prayer and services. We welcome this news with great joy. Since the lockdown began, members of all faiths have faced restrictions on how they have been able to celebrate important religious festivals. Our own experience of Easter was unlike any other we have known. Now, in our churches, and with our people, we can look forward again to celebrating the central mysteries of our faith in the Holy Eucharist. The recent reopening of our churches for individual private prayer was an important milestone on our journey towards resuming communal worship. Our churches that have opened have put in place all the measures needed to ensure the risks of virus transmission are minimised. This includes effective hand sanitisation, social distancing, and cleaning. We remain committed to making sure these systems of hygiene and infection control meet Government and public health standards. .......................

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"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:

Churches re-opening

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

Listen to his piece on Radio Devon

Canon Mark's message for the re-opening of the Cathedral

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Feast of the Sacred Heart

On Friday this week we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart. The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind".

Albert Lawes
Deacon Elect -Plymouth Cathedral

Albert Lawes announces the good news that he has been selected for ordination to the diaconate. The ordination will here at the cathedral on Sunday 12th July.

Hear Our Prayer

An inspirational piece of music and a prayer -

Featuring the staff, residents, relatives and Sisters of Nazareth House Plymouth

An interesting take on quarantine through pictures....

Sharing the Good News

Click image to view the pictures

Thank you to all our Plymouth CAST Schools for their great work and giving others hope -Click on the rainbow to see more.

Keeping the Faith

Helping families stay connected
As Masses are restricted throughout the world, many parish and school communities are asking what they can do to keep their families connected to their faith.
CathFamily can help with our online resources which are available free of charge.

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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.