Day after day, St Patrick’s Cathedral welcomes members of our Melbourne community as well as countless visitors from afar, who marvel at the beautiful space created by several generations of the Melbourne Catholic community. The doors open wide—symbolise our Christian mission which invites people to gather, pray and proclaim the Good News of Jesus to the ends of the earth.
Holy Week/Easter Mass times
- Palm Sunday (24 March): 11am*
- Holy Thursday (28 March): 7.30pm* (please note: “The Watch” will continue via our Archdiocesan YouTube channel)
- Good Friday (29 March):
- Stations of the Cross (in Cathedral): 9am
- Ecumenical Stations of the Cross (across churches the city): 10am
- The Passion of our Lord: 3pm*
- Tenebrae: Friday (29 March) 7.30pm
- Easter Vigil (30 March): 7.30pm*
- Easter Sunday (31 March): 8am, 9.30am, 11am*, 6.30pm
*These liturgies will be livestreamed and televised on Community Channel C31 (Channel 44 on digital television).
Download the booklet for the 2024 Easter Triduum | Tenebrae
Regular Mass times at St Patrick’s Cathedral
We look forward to welcoming you to St Patrick’s Cathedral. Our regular Mass times are as follows:
- Monday to Friday: 7am and 1pm*
- Wednesday: 5:30pm (Latin Mass)
- Saturday: 8am* and 6pm (Vigil Mass)
- Sunday: 8am, 9:30am, 11am* and 6:30pm
*The 1pm Mass (Monday to Friday) and 8am Mass (Saturday) are livestreamed to the Archdiocesan YouTube Channel. On Sundays, the 11am Mass is livestreamed and televised on Community Channel C31 (Channel 44 on digital television).
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday at 12pm in Cathedral. Download the Stations of the Cross booklet.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed each Friday at the conclusion of the 1pm Mass until 2:15pm in the Sacred Heart Chapel. Six30 Holy Hour is every Thursday from 6.30pm.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available from Tuesdays to Fridays at 12pm and Saturdays following 8am Mass. Please note, no Reconciliation is offered on Mondays or Sundays.
Please note NO Reconciliation will be offered on Public Holidays.
Our Cathedral
The chief draw card might be the ascending basalt columns, the gleaming mosaics and marble which highlight architect William Wardell’s wonderful design. But for the Catholic community this building holds Archbishop Peter A Comensoli’s chair (Latin: cathedra) on the sanctuary, which represents his prayerful leadership of our sacramental celebrations and pastoral life. Our parishes are connected to, and look towards, the cathedral for spiritual inspiration and connection to the Church of Rome.
Our cathedral is dedicated to St Patrick, the pioneering Irish bishop who faithfully and courageously led the Church in Ireland and who initiated many changes to that society.
Our cathedral also enjoys a rare distinction in design. The windows in the nave, unlike the usual stained-glass style, are made of translucent alabaster that gives the body of the building a golden glow. The lay people who pray and celebrate the sacred mysteries at ‘St Pat’s’ are placed in a luminous clearing and bathed in a glorious tint. The dignity of their baptism, friendship with Christ and membership of his body is affirmed in this unique hue.
The central spire is no longer the tallest structure in the Melbourne cityscape, nevertheless, for the friends of Christ, everything we celebrate about God’s love for us in the cathedral is meant to be heard throughout our city and state.
