Dugongism: St. Mary's Cathedral

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

St. Mary's Cathedral

Went for the mass there on Christmas Day. The experience was easy to sum: awesome church, horrible congregational choir and sermon.

We were there on Christmas Eve as well and heard the church's official choir with gorgeous six-string accompaniment, complete with the french horn and other such instruments (look at me, the expert, hehe), and they were amazing.

I know going to church isn't supposed to be like going to a party (for Catholics anyway, and my Sunday school teacher would argue otherwise having taught us that not going to church was equivalent to turning down Jesus' party invitation), but they could make it not so sombre. It is a celebration after all.

Anyway, enough with the mass and here are some piccies of the church:

That's me in Hyde Park.

A statue of Pope John Paul II outside the church.

That's the choir on Christmas Day mass.

That's me lighting a candle.

Organ boy.

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Have decided not to go watch Wall-E tonight at Sydney Olympic Park, but instead will go for Sydney Festival. So many mini-gigs! Working tomorrow :(

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