Mass is live-streamed from the Cathedral at www.galwaycathedral.ie/webcam
See also Facebook at www.facebook.com/galwaycathedral and Youtube (search 'Galway Cathedral')
See lower down the page for full contact details and other information for the Franciscan Abbey.
W. www.franciscans.ie/friaries/galway
Clergy
Very Rev. Monsignor Peter Rabbitte, PP, VG
Rev. John Gerard Acton, CC
Rev. Anastasius Ezenwata, CC
The Cathedral, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 563577
E. info@galwaycathedral.ie
Parish Office
Secretary: Noreen Hanley
Office hours: Monday to Thursday 10.00am–1.00pm & 2.00pm–5.00pm; closed an hour earlier on Friday afternoons.
T. +353 (0)91 563577
E. info@galwaycathedral.ie
Parish newsletter submissions: newsletter@galwaycathedral.ie
W. www.galwaycathedral.ie
Cathedral Bookshop
Open Monday–Saturday, 09:30–17:00; open Sunday between morning Masses.
Sacred Music
Director of Music: Raymond O'Donnell
E. music@galwaycathedral.ie
W. www.galwaycathedral.ie/music
Summer concerts: recitals.galwaycathedral.ie
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Monday–Friday: 17:30–17:50
Saturday: 19:00–19:30
Sacrament of Baptism
Sundays at 13:30; four weeks notice required.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Monday–Friday: 11:30–18:00
Sunday: 13:30–18:00
Prayers for the Sick & Dying, with Vespers
Monday–Friday: 17:00–18:00
Novena in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mondays, during the 6pm Mass
Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting
Wednesdays from 7pm. (Currently on Summer break until September, 2024)
Bethany Bereavement Support Group
The Bethany bereavement Support Group can be contacted in confidence on +353-85-2258827.
The parish of St Francis merged with the Cathedral parish on 1 March 2019. Requests for sacramental certificates should be addressed to the parish secretary in the Cathedral.
Clergy
Rev. James Hasson OFM, Guardian
Franciscan Abbey
8 Saint Francis Street, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 562518
E. galwayabbey@franciscans.ie
W. www.franciscans.ie/friaries/galway
For current arrangements for Mass, Confession and the Friary Office, please phone the Friary.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Tuesday–Saturday: 10:00–12:30
Saturday 15:00–17:00
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is not celebrated during Mass.
Devotions
Padre Pio Prayer Group: third Tuesday of the month at 19:30
Saint Anthony: Tuesdays at 10:30
Secular Franciscans Order: first Thursday of the month at 10:30 Mass
Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament: Saturday 13:40–17:00
Schools
Primary School
Scoil an Linbh Íosa
St Francis Street, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 566452
Principal: Norena Jordan
Post-Primary Schools
St Joseph's Secondary School (The Bish)
Nuns Island, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 565980
Principal: John Madden
St Joseph's Special School
Thomas Hynes Road, Newcastle, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 521895
Principal: Sarah McGinley
Our Lady's College
Presentation Road, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 563495
Principal: Clíona Ní Néill
Coláiste Muire Máthair
St Mary's Road, Galway
T. +353 (0)91 522369
Principal: Betty Hernon