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  Latest Newsletter - Sunday, 16th December 2018

LONGFORD COUNTY CHOIR “A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION CONCERT” in St Mel’s Cathedral on Sun 16th Dec at 7.30pm. Tickets €10 or family ticket €20, available from the Presbytery, Denniston’s and Farrell Coy.

LIVE CRIB an invitation is being extended to people to visit the live Crib, which will be held this year in the Crypt of the Cathedral from 3 to 5pm on Sun 23rd Dec.

ST MEL’S CATHEDRAL ADVENT PROGRAMME 2018

Sunday 16th Dec 7.30pm A Christmas Celebration Concert

Sunday 23rd Dec 3 - 5pm Live Crib in the Crypt

Monday 24th Dec 10.30am - 6pm Confessions

Monday 24th Dec 10.00pm Christmas Vigil Mass

Christmas Day Masses: 8am, 10am, 11.30am and 1pm.

Christmas Liturgies at the Cathedral: 

Family and friends around the world can participate in our Christmas liturgies by following our webcam link at www.longfordparish.com
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DECEMBER 2013
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Artist's Day Ceiling Frame Complete Choir in the Cathedral Chorus Angelorum Launch
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  Sights & Faces IV Windows And Frames  
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Barrel Vault Ceiling Archaeology Dismantling the Tower Crane Completion Of Roof
SEPTEMBER 2013
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  Open Day Preparations Open Day  
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Sights And Faces Part I Sights And Faces Part II Sights And Faces Part III Plastering Images
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Last Pillars Part I Last Pillars Part II Removing Temp Roof Side Roof
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Slating New Roof Vaulting Ceiling Preparation Views On High  
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New Bishop Announcement Removing Old Pillars 2013 Adding New Pillars 2013 Half-moon Windows 2013
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Two Roofs 2013 Roof Trusses 2013 New Chimney 2013 White Arches 2013
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On-Going Works 2013 Roof Building 2013 Apse Plastering 2013 Plaster Moulds 2013
Crypt Floor - Side Aisle Cathedral - Spring 2013 Parish Life : Jan-Mar 2013 Cathedral - Easter 2013
Capital Stones Coping Stones Plasterwork Pillars & Pilasters
John Donlon - Choir Cathedral Floor Concrete Floor Moving Pillars
Cathedral Works, Nov. 2012 Easter 2012 Limestone Quarry Portico Pre-Restoration
A Diamond Jubilee Corpus Christi (1) Corpus Christi (2) Cathedral Circle Draw
Repairs to the Portico Cathedral June to July Parish Life, June-August 2011 Trial Plastering
Cathedral Open Day Polish Community - Blessing of Food on Holy Saturday Sisters of Mercy 150th Anniversary, May 2011 Wedding Jubilees April 2011
St Mel's Cathedral - 360 Degree Panoramic

Some one once wrote that a picture can speak a thousand words. Well, how may words can 237 images speak - that's the number of images that have been taken and gelled together to give you a most magnificent 360 degree panoramic of inside St Mel's Cathedral in it's current state.

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Media in St Mel's 6th Feb 2011 Press Conference 6th Feb 2011 Midnight Mass, 2010 Star & Angel of Hope
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Crib Scenes Around Longford Before the Fire Christmas 2009 August 2010
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From the air July 2010 Corpus Christi 2010 May 2010
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Parish Day 2010 March 2010 February 2010 Setting Up St Mel's
     
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• St. Patrick's Day 2016
• 14th February 2016 Melinda Dumitrescu and Friends
• Christmas Eve Mass
• Christmas Day 2015 11.30am
• Christmas Day 2015 10am
• Rededication Mass 17th May 2015
• Easter Vigil 2015
• Good Friday 2015
• First Mass in New Cathedral Decenber 19th 2014
• The Passion 2014
• St Patrick's Day 2014
• Midnight Mass at St Mel's Longford
• http://www.youtube.com/embed/oFbytM1rxsk
• Christmas Day Mass
• http://www.youtube.com/embed/qSaZ7wBEh74
• Bishop's Ordination
• Announcement of New Bishop
• St Patrick's Day Mass, Longford 2013 - Video
• Greetings from Longford 2013 - Part 1 - Video
• Greetings from Longford 2013 - Part 2 - Video
• St Mel's - 360 Degree Panoramic before Restoration
 
Articles of Interest
• St. Mel’s Stained Glass Restoration in the Irish Times
• Cathedral Stained Glass Restoration on RTE Nationwide
• St Mel's on RTE News, July 2010
• St Mel's Cathedral, Six Months On - Tiernan Dolan
• Appointment of Project Managers for Catheral Restoration
• Presentation by OSG Chartered Loss Adjusters – pdf document
• Faithful to the Past - Building for the Future - pdf document
• Restoration Fund
• St. Mel's on RTE's Nationwide
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Top Left Image - “Inside St Mel's Cathedral - Before the Fire”
Parish of Longford, Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnois, Ireland.