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Confessions will be heard on Saturdays from 10.30am to 11.30am in the Adoration Chapel, entry from Our Lady’s Chapel.

Feast days this week: Sunday 13th St. Lucy, Patron Saint of the blind and visually impaired. (Not celebrated liturgically this year); Monday 14th St. John of the Cross (1542- 1591) a Carmelite who, despite opposition and imprisonment, worked for spreading…
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Anniversaries around this time: David Conway, Mary Fitzgerald, Bea Cashman, Dermot Sheedy, Brian Sheedy, Jim Lane, Marie Hennessy, Eileen O’Keeffe, Fritz Schafer, Sam Bolton, Gerard Murphy.

I am looking at Chapter One nn.9-24 today. The title of the chapter is ‘Dark Clouds-over a Closed World’. The headings within the chapter give a sense of how it develops — ‘Shattered Dreams’; ‘Lacking a Plan for Everyone’; ‘Globalization…
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Quote: “we are the objects of undying love on the part of God. We know: he has always his eyes open on us, even when it seems to be dark.” John Paul I, from the Angelus reflection on Sunday 10…
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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays and Fridays has re-started. There is a problem this week due to the First Communions being celebrated. The ceremonies take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons and the Church is reserved for those…
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Monday 7th St. Ambrose (340-397), was successful in public life becoming governor of the Roman province whose seat was in Milan. In 374 the laity of Milan insisted on his becoming bishop even though he was still not baptised. Baptised…
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Pope Francis, “Fratelli tutti” — the encyclical can be found on the internet at www.vatican.va; when you enter the site, if it is in Italian, there is a chance to change the language to English given in the top right…
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When we return to Masses with a congregation, the number at any Mass should be no more than 50, or subgroups of no more than 50. These subgroups must be 4 metres apart. In order to comply with this guideline,…
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