Announcements

The Cathedral will open at 9am on Thanksgiving, November 27, and close after the 10am Mass (the only Mass of the day). The rectory office is closed Wednesday (November 26) at 2pm, and Thursday (November 27) and Friday (November 28). We wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Masses for the federal holiday observed, Veterans Day, November 11, 2025 | 7:30am & 12:10pm (no Confessions or Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament) Cathedral Hours | 7am – end of 12:10pm Mass The rectory office is closed.

The Cathedral is celebrating 185 years serving the people of Washington!

Saturday, November 1. This year, All Saints' Day is not a holy day of obligation. Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am and 12:10pm.

Sunday, November 2. We will have our regular schedule of Sunday Masses. Cardinal McElroy will be the principal celebrant at the 11am Mass, with Monsignor Jameson as concelebrant. The 11am Mass will be livestreamed.

Read Cardinal McElroy's homily from the 73rd Annual Red Mass on October 5, 2025.

Read Cardinal McElroy's Homily for the Mass for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on the Archdiocese of Washington's website! Click on this announcement for the link.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025, marks 10 years since Pope Francis came to the Cathedral for midday prayer during his visit to Washington D.C.!

We’re excited to share that our parish is upgrading our online giving platform from Faith Direct to ParishSOFT Managed Giving.

The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle will celebrate a Mass for Peace throughout the world on Friday, August 22, 2025 at 5:30pm.