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On Thursday, May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope in the fourth round of the conclave, taking the name Leo XIV. Deo gratias!

The city pilgrimage to St. John Sarkander will take place on Tuesday, May 6th, at 6 PM. The Holy Mass will be celebrated by General Vicar P. Ladislav Švirák. All residents of the city and surrounding areas are warmly invited.

On Saturday, May 3rd, a diocesan pilgrimage to St. John Sarkander will take place at the Olomouc Cathedral. The Mass at 10:00 will be celebrated by the Olomouc Archbishop Josef Nuzík. During this service, significant diocesan members will also be recognized for their service.

Watch the live broadcast of the Mass for the deceased Pope Francis from the Olomouc Cathedral. The Mass begins on Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m. Celebrated by Olomouc Archbishop Josef Nuzík.

Watch here

A requiem mass for the late Pope Francis will be celebrated by Archbishop Josef Nuzík at the Olomouc Cathedral on Thursday, April 24, 2025. He will also participate in the holy mass at the Prague Cathedral the following day and then attend the pope's funeral in the Vatican on Saturday.

On Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 in the Vatican.

Dear parents, but mainly dear campers, we would like to invite you to the Parish camp:

Odysseus' Journeys.

August 16 - August 23, 2025

The parish pastoral council has its next meeting scheduled. The meeting will take place on Monday, March 31st at 6:00 PM at the rectory.

On Sunday, March 30, don't miss the unique music project The Stations of the Cross, which will start at 7 PM in the Olomouc Cathedral. It consists of 14 stations of the cross and interestingly combines choral compositions, improvisations on the organ by Karel Martínek, and also a movement interpretation by the choir Ensemble Versus. Entrance is voluntary.

During the literary-musical evening, the authorial and sibling duo of brothers Jan and Stanislav Zatloukal will present the "French" exile reflections of the writer Jan Čep and the very first monograph dedicated to the multifaceted personality of the priest and poet Jiří Víchy.

The Holy Mass with expression of regret for past and recent sins in the church, as well as a plea for the victims of abuse, will be celebrated on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 10:00 in the Olomouc Cathedral of St. Wenceslas by Archbishop Josef Nuzík.

On Wednesday, March 19 at 6:00 PM, you are cordially invited to the cathedral for the celebration of St. Joseph. The pontifical mass will be celebrated by the Archbishop of Olomouc, Josef Nuzík.

In the Olomouc Cathedral of St. Wenceslas, on Saturday, March 8, 2025, during the Holy Mass with the participation of Archbishop Josef Nuzík, the catechumens will be presented. They will affirm their willingness to fully participate in the life of the Church of Christ, to be baptized, confirmed, and to partake in the Eucharist. Afterwards, they will be solemnly received by Archbishop Josef among the candidates for baptism.

On Ash Wednesday, we enter the Lenten season. Come to begin this gracious period of forty days of preparation for Easter at the cathedral on Wednesday, March 5th at 18:00.

The Olomouc Cathedral of St. Wenceslas will become the place on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, where two new candidates will be sent for the service of military chaplain: P. Vojtěch Radoch and Deacon Josef Záboj. The service on this occasion will be led here at 5:00 PM by Bishop Antonín Basler, Bishop Zdenek Wasserbauer, and also by the representative of the Ecumenical Council of Churches, Tomáš Tyrlík. The service will be available to watch online.