Happy Jubilee
We have crossed the threshold from the old year into the new one this week. The new year is a time of hope and a fresh start. 2025 is also a Jubilee Year in the Church, a time of celebration and gratitude for the great gift of the Incarnation and of…
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…
November Novena for the Dead will continue until Sunday 10th November. Novena Mass on Mon – Friday this coming week @ 9.30am. November Lists and Envelopes remain available in the church.
Blessing of Graves in St. Michael’s Cemetery on this Sunday 3rd November @ 3pm.
Sacrament of Confirmation 2025…
It already looks as if November will be as expected, wet, windy and the kind of weather that mirrors our liturgical time of remembrance and prayer for the faithful departed. The falling leaves mirror the cycle of life and death. As always, Jesus Christ guides us to places where He has already gone Himself. That…
A Prayer Service to celebrate the Season of Creation will take place in Holy Cross Church Mahon on Thursday 3rd October @ 9.30am
The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all of creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. The season starts on 1 September, the World Day…
Autumn – We are already into the middle of September and school life has fully returned. We are grateful that all these things take place without all the interruptions and concerns that we experienced during the Covid pandemic. So much changed during those years of restrictions and trauma.
Things also changed in our parishes. We…
Welcome – Schools in the parish re-opened during the past week and normality has returned for families. Best wishes to all the children, their families, teachers, schools and so many grandparents who are ‘back on duty’. It’s a lovely time of the year filled with excitement and energy.
Parish Life – will return to normal…
“Do you also wish to go away” has a very contemporary feel to it, as so many have indeed gone away. It does raise questions: Why am I still here? What still draws me? Our personal response very likely takes some form of “we have come to believe and we know.” We should not be…
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