Category: Schedule
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Cemetery Blessings 2025
As a parish community, we prepare once again to gather in prayer at the resting places of our loved ones. The annual Blessing of the Graves is a deeply significant tradition in our faith — an act of love, remembrance, and hope. The Church teaches us that praying for the…
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Lent 2025
Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. These are the times of Masses for Ash Wednesday in the St. Colmcille’s Pastoral Area; Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It…
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Special Evening Mass for Exam Intentions – June 8th and 15th
Many young people are taking State Examinations, with special Masses held for them. The community is encouraged to offer names for prayer. A comforting exam prayer and biblical encouragement are shared, emphasizing that exam results do not define one’s worth. Stress is addressed with support and hope.
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Mass Schedule Changes
The Parish is restructuring Mass schedules to collaborate with neighboring parishes due to changing attendance patterns and declining numbers of priests. Starting June 15/16th, new Mass schedules will prioritize collaboration and accommodate changes in attendance. This is an interim schedule, subject to review in mid-September. Funerals, weddings, and baptisms can…
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May Devotions
The month of May is a special one for Catholics as we honour The Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ. Many people still have the tradition of erecting a May Altar in the hallway or front window-sill of their home. Other prefer to receive the…
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Holy Week
We should see this week as a single unit, summed up under the phrase “Paschal Mystery”. It includes the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, as well as his ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit. In fact, all these elements can actually be seen present on the cross…
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Gospel Choir to sing at Mass
The Mornington Gospel Choir was established in The Star of the Sea Church, Mornington in 2006. Joanne Kierans is the musical director and has composed a number of songs for the choir. Aileen Phelan has conducted and choreographed the choir for many years. The choir has performed at many Gospel…
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Confession for Christmas
As a child, I remember going to the ‘old chapel; in our town, and queueing for what seemed like ages in the quiet and semi-darkness of the Church; the silence peppered by the shuffling of parishioners along the pew, the opening and closing of the doors to the confession box…
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Carol Service
The Parish Carol Service will take place on Sunday 17th December 2023 at 5pm in The Church of The Immaculate Conception, Tenure. The service lasts about 45 minutes, and all are welcome. The Parish pastoral Council will be providing some light refreshments afterwards. The Adult and Children’s Choirs will lead…
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