St. Michael's Parish

Lent

Ash Wednesday will be celebrated this week and is the beginning of the Lenten Season.   Of course, the world is changing rapidly and while Lent was once a significant period in peoples lives now it is often reduced in the public consciousness to Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.  However, that is…

Young People & Families – over the last two years we have worked towards building up the participation and involvement of young people and families at weekend Masses and in the life of the parish.  We have worked closely with our parish schools nurturing the long-standing relationships of family, school and parish.  These things just…

Lá Fhéile Bríde – we have finally reached February giving us brighter days and a sense of a new beginning after such a long January.  Also this year there have been many bereavements in both Blackrock and Mahon Parishes and in the wider Family of Parishes.  Families have gathered for Funeral Masses, stood…

Welcoming Families – Last Saturday we welcomed the First Holy Communion children and their families to the evening Mass as one of the eight Do This in Memory Masses from last October to next May.  Next Saturday, we will welcome the Confirmation candidates and their families to a second Mass in the church as part…

January

The old phrase that ‘January is a long month’ is so true this year. The children are back at school for two weeks already and there are two more weeks remaining in the month.  However, this long wait, will make February all the more welcome as we look forward to brighter and warmer days…