9.15pm-Stripping Of The Altar- Holy Thursday- 2nd April 2026 -St. Patrick's Cathedral Parramatta

Holy Thursday - Stripping Of The Altar- 2nd April 2026- St Patrick's Cathedral Parramatta - Celebrant: Most Rev Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Cap DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Deacon: Rev Mr David Dowling Music: St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir Parramatta Director of Music: Bernard Kirkpatrick KSS HonFGCM Assistant Dir. of Music: Eric Grella Assistant Organist: Patrick Newman Stripping of the Altar Psalm 22; Compline (Night Prayer) at 10.30pm Adoration until 12.00 Midnight. ______________ Daily Weekday Mass & Solemn Sung Catholic High Mass 11am Sunday with St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir, featuring traditional & contemporary hymns, sacred polyphony, gregorian chant propers. Choral & congregational Music in Latin & English. Hear the 1898 Norman & Beard Pipe Organ play preludes, interludes, improvisations and voluntary postludes. St. Patrick's Cathedral Parish Parramatta in Western Sydney, the heartland of multicultural Australia, is a large, dynamic community which comes together for Prayer and Praise. The Cathedral has a strong liturgical and music tradition, offering dignified worship drawing on ancient and new Catholic ritual and ceremonial practice. Further info https://stpatscathedral.com.au/