Lenten Activities
Lenten Activities: Prayer Services on Sundays of Lent @ 5pm in Holy Rosary.
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Feast Days
Tuesday, April 1st, St. Ceallach (Celsus) was born in 1080. He became abbot of Armagh in 1105 and was ordained priest. He was influenced by the reform then in progress in Munster. He presided at the Synod of Rathbreasail in…
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“Prayer, Meditation and Contemplation: Tools for the Spiritual Journey”
The two nights with Fr. Gerard Condon went down very well with those who attended and we would like to thank him for his time and his work in opening up our hearts and minds to different ways of praying….
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Housekeeping
There are two items in the ‘housekeeping’ section this week. First Friday — At the turn of the year between New Year’s Day and the Feast of the Epiphany, there was a weekend with the usual Masses and the ‘First…
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Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina, a time of prayer, reflection and contemplation, as we continue to move through the season of Lent, will take place this coming Wednesday the 2nd of April at 7.30pm in the new parish pastoral centre. If you would…
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The Jubilee Year of 2025: Theme — “Hope does not disappoint” (Romans 5:5)
The last section of the document in relation to the Holy Year is entitled: Anchored in hope. In the first paragraph of it, he looks at the fact that hope is one of the three great theological virtues — faith,…
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Thought for the Week
(I always felt that I could) “confide something in him (Jesus); I could also complain, question him about his silence, and tell him that I do not understand. And then, within me, I found a word that he sent me,…
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Mass times
Sunday Masses: Holy Rosary, Vigil 6.10pm; Morning 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis 10.30am Weekdays: Monday to Friday, 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration Chapel opens from Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm.
Pope’s Intentions for March
For families in crisis: “Let us pray that broken families might discover the curefor their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences. ”.
Station Masses
The Mass for the Town Stations will be celebrated in Holy Rosary, on Monday 24th March @ 7.30pm
Lenten Activities
Prayer Services on Sundays of Lent @ 5pm in Holy Rosary.
First Confessions
Congratulations to all the children from St. John the Baptist and Educate Together schools who celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) for the first time last Tuesday evening. May the Lord bless them, their families and their teachers.
Feast Days
Tuesday, 25th March, The Annunciation of the Lord. “Giving her consent to God’s word, Mary becomes the mother of Jesus. Espousing the divine will for salvation wholeheartedly, without a single sin to restrain her, she gave herself entirely to the…
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Quote for the Week
“My life plan is to be always close to Jesus” Blessed Carlo Acutis