Christmas Arrangements 2024
Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24th December
- No Morning Mass
- 4:30 pm First Mass of Christmas (Family Mass Group)
- 6:30 pm Vigil Mass (Folk Group)
- 8:30 pm Night Mass (Parish Choir)
Christmas Day – Wednesday 25th December
- 10:00 am
- 11:30 am (Parish Choir)
Thursday 26th December
Why the Scaffolding in front of the Church?
Many of you have been asking about why there is scaffolding erected at the front of the church.
Annual Appeal for St. Vincent de Paul
The Annual Appeal for St Vincent de Paul will take place at the Masses on Saturday and Sunday next December 7th and 8th . The collection will be instead of the usual Share (2nd collection). In addition there will be SVP donation envelopes available in the church in the following weeks.
Archbishop Farrell’s Statement on the General Election is available at the back of the Church.
Statement on the General Election 2024 – Archbishop Farrell
It has been said that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose. It is certainly true that extravagant promises and self-promoting claims are the order of the day. That said, there are two slogans you will hear in these days, whose cynical falsehood is not…
Praying for Vocations with John Paul II Monstrance
Last Monday ( 18th November) Deacon Eric led an extended period of prayer for an increase in Vocations from 2:30 to 5 pm and then also in the evening a Holy Hour from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The Monstrance, which was blessed by Pope John Paul II on 24th November 2004 specifically to…
Men’s Rosary Ireland
Sat 7th December @ 2 pm – North Earl Street
We were contact by an organisation called Mens Rosary Ireland who promote the First Five Saturday Devotion. Details about this devotion are set out below. There is a meet in North Earl Street on Saturday 7th December a 2 pm. See poster at the bottom…
‘To be a people of hope!’ – The Irish Catholic Bishops published a statement for General Election 2024
The Irish Catholic Bishops published a statement for General Election 2024 which will take place on 29 November. Titled ‘To be a people of hope!’ the statement which includes questions for candidates has seven key takeaways outlined below:
- All eligible to vote should exercise their right to maximise the common good
- Homelessness is unacceptable. …
Mass of Remembrance – Saturday November 23 @ 6 pm
Our Annual Mass of Remembrance when we call to mind our loved ones who have died during the past year will take place on Saturday 23rd November @ 6 pm
The death of someone you love is always traumatic.
Their passing leaves a void in your life and home.
…
Vocations Monstrance Blessed by Pope St John Paul II
St Patrick’s – Monkstown, Monday November 18.
A monstrance, one of six, which was blessed in 2004 by the late Pope John Paul II on 24th November 2004 for the purpose of praying for an increase in vocations will visit Ireland and travel across 12 diocese from November 18 to 29. The Monstrance will be…