Exultation of the Cross

Sep 14, 2021 | Feast Days

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Early in the fourth century, Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search of the holy places of Christ’s life. She razed the second-century Temple of Aphrodite, which tradition held was built over the Savior’s tomb, and her son built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher on that spot. During the excavation, workers found three crosses. Legend has it that the one on which Jesus died was identified when its touch healed a dying woman.

The cross immediately became an object of veneration. 

To this day, the Eastern Churches, Catholic and Orthodox alike, celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on the September anniversary of the basilica’s dedication. The feast entered the Western calendar in the seventh century after Emperor Heraclius recovered the cross from the Persians, who had carried it off in 614, 15 years earlier.  

RCIA

RCIA

RCIA has now resumed for 2025.

We gather in the undercroft at 7:30pm (following Holy Hour) and this week we are discussing Jesus, Conceived by the Spirit, Born of the Virgin.

All are welcome.

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St Blaise

St Blaise

Blessing of Throats
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The traditional Blessing of Throats in honour of St Blaise will take place at the end of the 5:45pm Mass.

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