1st Vespers (St Mary MacKillop) & Diocesan Awards- 7 August 2026- St. Patrick's Cathedral Parramatta

Solemn Vespers & Diocesan Awards Ceremony on the Solemnity of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop) St. Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, Friday 7 August 2026 at 7.00pm __________________________________ Presider: Most Rev Vincent Long van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Clergy & Religious of the Diocese of Parramatta MC: Rev. Christopher del Rosario Liturgy Guide: Music: St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir Bernard Kirkpatrick KSS HonFGCM - Director of Music, St. Patrick's Cathedral Eric Grella - Assistant Director of Music Patrick Newman/Dominic Hart - Assistant Organists St. Patrick's Cathedral Music at Mass: Processional Hymn: On Penola's Plains (T: Thaxted) Psalmody: Plainsong Tones & chants Motet: Prayer of St. Patrick - M.J. Trotta Magnificat: Setting by D. Drury Postlude: ______________ 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/