When we will kneel in front of our Church Crib on Christmas Eve, Christmas morning, or at another time, we will have our own thoughts. We may be thinking of the people who are not with us this year, thinking of our families, thinking of the year gone by, thinking of health, perhaps saddened by…
The Children’s Voices
Our church is a very busy place these days as schools rehearse and celebrate their Christmas carol concerts and nativity plays. It’s great to hear the voices of the children and young people in the church. We are grateful to their dedicated teachers and school staffs who give so much…
Year of Listening, Prayer and Discernment – Representatives from our parish participated in a diocesan gathering last Sunday in the Rochestown Park Hotel. Representatives of Blackrock Parish and the other three parishes in our Family of Parishes will meet in the Spring to reflect on the central questions as to how can we make baptism…
Welcome
This weekend, we welcome two new priests to our area.
New Priests Weekend of 13th August 2023
Fr. John Denvir SMA is the new Co-Parish priest in SMA Blackrock Road and Fr. Rafal Zielonka will be the curate residing in Holy Cross. We look forward to meeting them in St. Michael’s as our new…
Monday & Wednesday in Holy Cross at 9.30am
Tuesday & Friday in St. Michael’s at 9.30am
Holy Cross Parish, Mahon on the first and third Saturday of each month at 4pm
St Michael’s Parish, Blackrock on the second and fourth Saturday of each month at 4pm
Up to three baptisms can be celebrated together i.e. three families
Easter greetings to all who are serving in the Church’s ministry of communication! Bishop Fintan has written to priests of the diocese about dedicating this month of May to responding to the invitation from Pope Francis to have a part in the Synod taking place next year. During May, a number of initiatives will be…
The national flag of Ukraine has two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow. The combination of blue and yellow as a symbol of Ukrainian lands comes from the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia used in the 12th century. As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour has been officially used since…
FitLine is Age & Opportunity’s volunteer telephone support line designed to help those over the age of 50 who want to feel a bit fitter and healthier, but perhaps don’t have the motivation, confidence, or information on where or how to take that first step. The service is completely free. We’re encouraging people to free…
Weekend Masses resume on Saturday 15th May @ 6pm and Sunday 16th May @ 9am & 11am. Baptisms will resume from Saturday, 15th May…
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