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The Shape of Parish – week 3
Amazingly after many decades of Catholic education, there are still many parishioners who struggle to know what their faith says about a particular topic, and to understand it. This is especially true about topics such as Sexuality and Morality. While there are a huge number of resources available for faith formation individually, or as a Read more
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The Shape of Parish – week 2
The Shape of Parish: As we prepare for returning to public worship, Fr. Paddy would like to offer an opportunity for parishioners to engage about what it might mean to come back to Mass, and what effects the Covid pandemic might have as we go froward. The recently retired Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin spoke Read more
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Vocations Sunday
Sunday 25th April is the 58th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations also known as “Good Shepherd Sunday.” The purpose of this day of prayer is to publicly fulfill the Lord’s instruction to, “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest” (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). As a climax to a Read more
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Holy Week 2021 – Hallowing the Domestic Church
There have been so many difficulties and challenges associated with the Pandemic, that sometimes we forget to look for the blessings; Hopefully, we’ve all found support through the practical help of others, even receiving a card or a phone call. It’s a reminder that we don’t have to be doing great things to make an Read more
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Prayer for the Anniversary of 1st Covid-19 Lockdown
We remember that it is a year since an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s announcement (‘I need to speak to you about coronavirus’) from Washington at 6pm on the 12th March, 2020. In it he said that Ireland would go into lockdown, with schools etc being closed. Little did we know then, about what lay ahead – Read more
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Stations of the Cross
On Friday 19th February, members of the Parish Pastoral Council took part in a ‘Zoom’ Stations of the Cross. This recording is now available for you to use, if you would like to follow the Stations for Lent. Please click here for a link to the video How to Pray the Stations Before each station Read more
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