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Advent

The First Sunday of Advent is the beginning of the Church’s New Year. With it comes a change in the cycle of readings for both Sundays and weekdays. Sunday readings are from Cycle B (the year of Mark) and weekday…
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Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina, translated as Divine reading continues this Wednesday night, 6th of December at 7.30pm in the parish office.

Feast Days

Monday 4th, St. John Damascene, priest and doctor of the Church, 675-749, was a Syrian Christian theologian. He became a priest in the monastery of St. Sabas near Jerusalem and was a leading figure in the defence of icons in…
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Quote for the Week

“The Lord was baptized, not to be cleansed himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ, which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.”

Mass Times

Vigil Mass: 6.10pm; Sunday 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis 10.30am. Weekday Masses this week: Monday to Friday 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am. Friday, the 1st December, is the First Friday of the Month, there will be Mass that evening…
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Anniversaries

Anniversaries: Billy O’Regan, John Moreen, Maurice & Helena Carroll, May Lynch, Eileen Hegarty, Eileen O’Mahony, Breda Fitzgerald, Jack Scannell, Vincent Maher, Mairead Williams (nee Sheehan), Frank Motherway, John Whyte.

Closing Time of the Church

Closing time for the winter will be 5pm unless there is an evening liturgy scheduled for after that time.

The Pope’s Intentions for December 2023

For Persons with Disabilities- “We pray that people living with disabilities may be at the centre of attention in society, and that institutions may offer inclusive programmes which value their active participation.”

Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina, which translates from the Latin to mean ‘Divine Reading’, is an ancient form of prayer in the Church which involves reading, listening to, responding to and resting in the Word of God. It has its origins from the…
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Feast Days

Monday 27th, St. Fergal, bishop and missionary, lived fist in France and then in Bavaria, where he founded the monastery of Chiemsee. He was appointed Bishop of Salzburg around 754 and died in 784, leaving a reputation for learning and…
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End of the Church’s Year

This week is the last week in the Church’s year. The New Year begins with the Vigil Mass of the First Sunday of Advent. From this last year we could pick out a number of things that are important and…
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Quote for the Week

“A dying man asked a dying man for eternal life; a man without possessions asked a poor man for a Kingdom; a thief at the door of death asked to die like a thief and steal Paradise. One would have…
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