Everywhere in this archdiocese except in my parish......

......it's the feast of the (first) dedication of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.



In my parish this feast will be tomorrow, because it gets nudged by an even more local solemnity, about which more later.

Here are two links to a homily on why we have cathedrals and what we do when we dedicate them, given at the third dedication, in 2002, of this wonderful place of God we celebrate today (or tomorrow).

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Audio file [19:00 minutes], requires RealAudio
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