Mass Times
Sunday 8am, 10am and Noon; Monday to Saturday 10am. Night Prayer — every night 8pm Church opens after 10am Mass (unless there is a funeral) and closes at 7pm, except for Saturday evening when it closes at 5pm.
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Anniversaries
Nealey Horgan, John Williams, Rita Williams, Dan & Eileen Lehane Michael Mennis, Paul Donegan, Jane Donegan, Joan McCarthy, Joan O’Driscoll, Kathleen Crowley, Sidney & Alice Fraser and Gretta Savage.
Feast Days during the week
Tuesday 27th, St. Asicus, Patron of Diocese of Elphin, he accompanied St. Patrick on his journeys. He was left in charge of the Church in Elphin which Patrick is said to have founded. Wednesday 28th, St. Peter Chanel (1803-1841) is…
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Fratelli tutti
This week we look at the third sub-section ‘Local and Universal’ (nn142 – 153). This sub-section deals with the fact that all of us are born into a local community and become aware of the global sense of the world….
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The Year of St. Joseph
In the list of the feast days during the week St. Joseph is recognised as ‘the worker’. He was a carpenter and had to work to put food on the table. The understanding of the dignity of work was something…
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Answers and Questions
Answers to the Five Questions last week: 1. Five; 2. The Road to Emmaus; 3. 16; 4. St. Joseph of Cupertino; 5. Kerry Questions this week: 1st May is a feast of St. Joseph. When is the next feast of…
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Quote of the Week
“God has created my heart only for himself. He asks me to give it to him that he may make it happy.” – St John Vianney
Mass Times
Sunday 8am, 10am and Noon; Monday to Saturday 10am. Night Prayer — every night 8pm Church opens after 10am Mass (unless there is a funeral) and closes at 7pm, except for Saturday evening when it closes at 5pm.
Anniversaries
Sr. De Sales Walsh, Michael Duggan, Mikey Heaphy, Eddie Fitzgerald, Eileen Foley, Jerry Connors, Tom Savage, Joan O’Driscoll, Kitty Daly, Mary Lyons, Aidan (Bun) Donovan, Dommy Heaphy, Kevin Dunne, Liam Stack, Eoin Goode.
Feast Days during the week
Wednesday 21st, St. Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church. From Lombardy, he joined the monastic school at Bec in Normandy in 1059 under the direction of Lanfranc whom he succeeded as Archbishop of Canterbury. He was exiled twice and…
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Pope’s Intention for April
We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and even in democracies in crisis.
Bible Corner
The first readings on Sundays and weekdays at the moment are taken from The Acts of the Apostles. This book is attributed to Saint Luke the Evangelist and looks at the first years of the Church. Up to the conversion…
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Fratelli tutti
In the second sub-section to Chapter Four, ‘Reciprocal Gifts’ (nn. 133 to 141) the Pope looks at how different cultures coming into contact with each other can be a positive thing and not negative as is often seen by people….
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The Year of the Family
The Sacrament of Matrimony is dealt with in the Catechism from paragraphs 1601 to 1666. N.1601 is the definition of the sacrament taken from The Code of Canon Law: “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish…
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Answers and Questions
Answers to the Five Questions last week: 1. Our Father 2. Simon and Saul 3. 50. 4. Slane. 5. 94 Questions this week: St. Thomas Aquinas gave a number of proofs {known as ‘ways’) of God’s existence. How many ‘ways’…
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