The Cathedral parish welcomes locals and visitors to the Cathedral and invites them to join them in prayer at any of the daily Masses. Many of the liturgies are accompanied by beautiful music provided by world-class organists, choirs and cantors.
Mass times
EASTER MASS TIMES
St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne
Chrism Mass Tuesday 15 April 10.00am
Holy Thursday 17 April 7.30pm
Holy Thursday -
Please note there will be NO 7.00am or 1.00pm Masses
and NO Confessions
Good Friday 18 April
Stations of the Cross 9.00am
(Cathedral)
Confession after the Stations of the Cross
Ecumenical Way of the Cross commencing St Francis Church 10.00am
The Passion of our Lord 3.00pm
Confession after The Passion of our Lord
Tenebrae 7.30pm
Holy Saturday
NO 8.00am Mass Saturday 19 April
Saturday 19 April Confession from 10.00am till 11.30am
Easter Saturday Vigil 19 April 7.30pm
Easter Sunday 20 April
8.00am
9.30am
11.00am
6.00pm
Easter Monday 21 April (Public Holiday 11.00am
St Augustine’s – Bourke Street, Melbourne
Holy Thursday 17 April 7.30pm
Good Friday Service 18 April
Ecumenical Way of the Cross commencing St Francis Church 10.00am
Good Friday 3.00pm
Easter Vigil 19 April 8.00pm
Easter Sunday 20 April 10.30am and 8.00pm
Young adult ministry
St Patrick’s Cathedral Young Adult Ministry (SPCYAM) invites people between 18 and 40 to join them every second and fourth Wednesday and the last Saturday of each month at 6pm for Mass, followed by a meal.
The meetings are in the Cathedral Room, Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne.
Please come along, or contact Fr Jaycee Napoles to find out more.
Records—request a certificate
To request a certificate of baptism or marriage, please contact the Cathedral parish office or email Cathedral@cam.org.au
Safeguarding
The Cathedral parish is committed to providing a safe environment for all. Please refer to the two new posters ‘Rights and Responsibilities’ and ‘Feel safe and be Safe at Our Church’ at the entrances of the Cathedral.
Further information about safeguarding can be found here.
Other parish churches
St Augustine’s
Location: 635–653 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Mass times:
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays, 1.05pm
- Sunday, 10.30am and 8pm
If you have any queries, please contact the church.
St John the Evangelist
Location: 594 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne
St John the Evangelist Church, located within the grounds of the Catholic Leadership Centre, has a long and rich history. A church of the St Patrick’s Cathedral parish, it can be booked for weddings, baptisms, funerals and Masses by appointment, along with adjacent meeting rooms, halls and a beautiful atrium garden.
To book St John the Evangelist Church, please contact the Cathedral parish office.
To book the meeting room and conference facilities, please contact the Catholic Leadership Centre via the booking form.
