Mass intentions for the week ahead 14th April 2024

Saturday 13th April

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm   1.   Noel Murphy (Months Mind Mass)

2.  Michael Lee    3.   Michael, Patricia and baby James Conneely and deceased members

                                   of Conneely/O'Meara families.

4.  Fintan and Deborah O'Flynn and decd. members of O'Flynn, Ferguson 

     and Duggan families.

5.   Queenie Ward and deceased members of Ward family.    6.  Bartley Griffin.

Sunday 14th April

10.00 am  1.   Patrick, Dorothy and Anne Gavin     2.   Tom Jackson

11.30 am  

1.  Bridget Corcoran (1st Anv), Martin and Willie Corcoran and Stephen Quinlan.

2.  Gerard Francis and his grandparents Margaret and Patrick Conway

3.   Jimmy Silke           4.   Rosemary Maher

Monday 15th April    10am

Tuesday 16th April    10am  1.   Sick

2.  Barbara and Stephen McDonagh and decd. members of McDonagh family.

Wednesday 17th April      10am  Linda McNally

8.00 pm Parish Pastoral Council Meeting in St. Pios Room at 8.00 pm

Friday 19th April      10am    Tom Jackson

Baptism:  4pm :  Ann Bridget Ward

Saturday 20th April

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm    1.   Charlie Ward

2.  Deceased members of O'Brien/Kelly families.

Sunday 21st April  (Diocesan Collection:   Vocations)

10.00 am

11.30 am

Baptism:  Cillin James McNamara

Mass intentions for the week ahead 7th April 2024

 Saturday 6th April

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm   1.   Mick Grealish    2.  Esther & John Higgins

3.  Maureen Lynch (nee Hogan)    4.  Martin Qualter and decd. members of Qualter family.

Sunday 7th April

10.00 am

11.30 am  1.   Mary Purcell (1st Anv)    2.   Thomas and Babs Rea

3.  Billy, Grace and Tommy Joyce.   

4.  Michael Molloy and Bridie and Patrick O Donohue.

Monday 8th April

10am  Paddy Sweeney (1st Anv)

Tuesday 9th April

10am   1.   Sick   2.  Bill and Biddy Powell

Wednesday 10th April

10am  Nicholas Barrett and Marie Collins

Friday 12th April

10am  1.  Ann Parke Scott             2.   Tom Jackson

Saturday 13th April

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm   1.   Noel Murphy (Months Mind Mass)

2.  Michael Lee    3.   Michael, Patricia and baby James Conneely and deceased members

                                   of Conneely/O'Meara families.

4.  Fintan and Deborah O'Flynn and decd. members of O'Flynn, Ferguson 

     and Duggan families.

5.   Queenie Ward and deceased members of Ward family.    6.  Bartley Griffin.

Sunday 14th April

10.00 am  1.   Patrick, Dorothy and Anne Gavin     2.   Tom Jackson

11.30 am  

1.  Bridget Corcoran (1st Anv), Martin and Willie Corcoran and Stephen Quinlan.

2.  Gerard Francis and his grandparents Margaret and Patrick Conway

3.   Jimmy Silke

Mass intentions for the week ahead 31st March 2024

 HOLY THURSDAY   28TH MARCH

CONFESSIONS:  5PM - 6 PM

MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER:   7.00 PM

GOOD FRIDAY    Diocesan Collection:   Holy Places  29th March

CONFESSIONS    1 PM - 2 PM

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S PASSION  :    3.00 PM

STATIONS OF THE CROSS:                                  8.00 PM

HOLY SATURDAY  30TH MARCH

CONFESSIONS:   5 PM - 6 PM

EASTER VIGIL AND CEREMONIES;                  7.00 PM

Easter Sunday 31st March

10.00 am

11.30 am   1.   Angeline Cooke (1st Anv)     2.   Chris Flaherty

Easter Monday 1st April 

10am  Deceased members of McLoughlin/O'Malley families.

Tuesday 2nd April

10am   1.   Sick   2.   Desmond Donovan

Wednesday 3rd April

10am  

Friday 5th April

10am   Gerry Delargy

Baptism:  4pm  Michael Joseph Gerard Coffey

Saturday 6th April

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm   1.   Mick Grealish    2.  Esther & John Higgins

3.  Maureen Lynch (nee Hogan)    4.  Martin Qualter and decd. members of Qualter family.

Sunday 7th April

10.00 am

11.30 am  1.   Mary Purcell (1st Anv)    2.   Thomas and Babs Rea

3.  Billy, Grace and Tommy Joyce.   

4.  Michael Molloy and Bridie and Patrick O Donohue.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 24th March 2024

 Saturday 23rd March

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm   1.   Paul Ryan (Months Mind Mass)

                                       2.   Winifred, John and Anthony McDonagh

Sunday 24th March   Palm Sunday

10.00 am

11.30 am  1.  Maeve Hanley   

2.  Thomas Cooney and decd. members of Cooney family.

3.  Ann Mongan and decd. members of Mongan/Ward families.

Monday 25th March   10am

Tuesday 26th March    10am  1.   Sick   2.  John Whelan

Wednesday 27th March     10am  Special Intention (Wedding Anv)

HOLY THURSDAY   28TH MARCH

CONFESSIONS:  5PM - 6 PM

MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER:   7.00 PM

GOOD FRIDAY    Diocesan Collection:   Holy Places  29th March

CONFESSIONS    1 PM - 2 PM

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S PASSION  :    3.00 PM

STATIONS OF THE CROSS:                                  8.00 PM

HOLY SATURDAY  30TH MARCH

CONFESSIONS:   5 PM - 6 PM

EASTER VIGIL AND CEREMONIES;                  7.00 PM

Easter Sunday 31st March

10.00 am

11.30 am   1.   Angeline Cooke (1st Anv)     2.   Chris Flaherty

Mass Intentions for the week ahead 17th March 2024

 Saturday 16th March

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm  1.  Michael Higgins (1st Anv)    2.   Freda Flaherty

3.  Matt McCarthy.    4.   Michael and Margaret Walsh.    5.   Margaret Birmingham.

Sunday 17th March   St Patricks Day   (Diocesan Collection :   Emigrants)

10.00 am   1.   Des Fitzpatrick and Jackie Allen    2.  Patrick O'Halloran

11.30 am         Thomas Rea

Monday 18th March    10am

Tuesday 19th March    10am  1.   Sick  2.   John and Sara Sullivan     3.   Eddie Duggan

Wednesday 20th March     

10am   1.  John, Anna and John Nestor and Fr. Billy Pilkington.

            2   John Pilkington.

Friday 22nd March

10am  John Merrick and deceased members of Merrick family.

Saturday 23rd March

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm  1.  Paul Ryan  (Months Mind Mass)

                                     2.  Winifred, John and Anthony McDonagh

Sunday 24th March    Palm Sunday

10.00 am

11.30 am  1.  Maeve Hanley

2.  Thomas Cooney and deceased members of Cooney family.

3.   Ann Mongan and deceased members of Mongan/Ward families.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 10th March 2024

 Saturday 9th March

Vigil Mass :  5.30 pm  1.   Hubert Creaven.     2.   Cathriona Cullina     

3.   Deceased members of Deeney family.

Sunday 10th March

10.00 am        Special Intention

11.30 am  1.   Sr. Mairead Rabbitte (Months Mind Mass)

2.  Ivan and Thomas Canavan     3.      Eamon Corban

4.  Bernard Trill and deceased members of Trill family.

5.  Martin Coyne

Monday 11th March

10am   1.  Thanksgiving Intention     2.    Michael O'Reilly

3.   Mai Concannon and deceased members of Concannon/Diamond families.

Tuesday 12th March

10am   Sick

Wednesday 13th March

10am   John and Katie Murray

Friday 15th March

10am   1. John and Mary Connell

2.  Bridget, Martin and Willie Corcoran and Stephen Quinlan

3.  Paddy and Edel Hession and deceased members of Hession/Flesk families.

Saturday 16th March

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm  1.   Michael Higgins (1st Anv)

                                     2.   Freda Flaherty

Sunday 17th March :  St Patrick's Day   (Diocesan Collection :Emigrants )

10.00 am  1.   Des Fitzpatrick and Jackie Allen   2.  Patrick O Halloran

11.30 am   Thomas Rea

Exit Statement from gathering of Priests at Spanish Point

 

Together Towards Tomorrow

Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora

Parish Restructuring and Renewal – Update

 

 

In the past week, Bishop Michael and priests of the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, together with a number of delegates from the Diocese of Clonfert along with lay-staff from both Diocesan Offices, met in Co. Clare to discuss and decide on the next steps in our ongoing process of parish renewal and restructuring in the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora.

 

The gathering explored and acknowledged the challenges facing faith communities across the Diocese. Parishes now stand at a crossroads, where old structures and old ways of doing things are often no longer viable. A new vision is required for which new steps urgently need to be taken. Those present expressed energy and openness for this very significant task. Conversations will need to be had with parishioners on how new groupings of parishes might be created and maintained to enable faith communities across the diocese to actively work together, to share resources and to cooperate closely at all levels. A group of parishes can do more together than they could do on their own.

 

New Norms for Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Finance Committees were published and an invitation is soon to be issued to each parish to reconstitute these important bodies. A programme of formation for participants in these Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Finance Committees will be offered. Bishop Michael plans to meet members in their respective parish groupings in the coming months to begin the necessary conversation.

 

In his closing remarks to the gathering, Bishop Michael said: “I am convinced that the God who guided us in the past is now prompting us and provoking us. He is “doing something new” – inviting us to step  into a bright and hope-filled future. I compliment those present for your input here these last days. I would like to thank all those who made it possible.”

 

 

22^nd February 2024

 

Mass intentions for the week ahead 25th February 2024

 Saturday 24th February

Vigil Mass:  5.30 pm  Sr. Mairead Rabbitte

Sunday 25th February    Diocesan Collection :   Trocaire

10.00 am 1.  Tom Jackson       2.  Special Intention

11.30 am  1.  Brendan Guilfoyle (Months Mind Mass)

                 2.  Josephine Murphy      3.   Austin Dowling

Monday 26th February      10am

Tuesday 27th February       10am    1.   Sick   2.  Maria and Thomas Jackson

3.  Mary & Christy Shaughnessy and decd. members of Shaughnessy family.

Wednesday 28th February

10am  1.  Joe Daly   2.  Deceased members of F.U.N. Womens Club.

Friday 1st March

10am   1.  Jacinta Divilly   2.   Tom Jackson   3.   Herbert Trill  

            4.  Special Intention.

Saturday 2nd March

Vigil Mass :   5.30 pm  1.  Herbert Trill (Months Mind Mass)

2.  Jack Doyle      3.    Tommy and  Mary Murphy

Sunday 3rd March

10.00 am  Bert McDonagh and Caroline Feeney

11.30 am   Anne Fitzpatrick  (Months Mind Mass)

NO MASS ON TUESDAY 2Oth FEBRUARY AND WEDNESDAY 21ST FEBRUARY.

 NOTICE TO PARISHIONERS

NO 10.00 AM MASS ON TUESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY AND WEDNESDAY 21ST FEBRUARY

IN SACRED HEART CHURCH.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 18th February 2024

 Saturday 17th February

Vigil Mass:  5.30 pm   1.  Geoff  Brennan (1st Anv)    2.   Colie Naughton

3.  Bridie and Cyril Whelan.     4.   Martin Mongan     5.   Vincent McEntee

6.  Mark Thomas Byrne-Flaherty.

Sunday 18th February

10.00 am  1.   Margaret Whelan      2.   Tom Jackson

11.30 am  1.  Mary Warde      2.   Peter and Bridget Coyne

                 3.  John Murphy     4.  Jack and Kathleen Phelan

Monday 19th February

10am  1.   Jimmy Ward     2.  Tom Jackson

           3.  Patrick and Ellen Hession & decd. members of Hession/Fahy families.

NO 10 AM MASS ON TUESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY AND 21ST FEBRUARY 2024

Friday 23rd February 10am  1.   Margaret Pillay  (1st Anv)

2.  John Mongan & decd members of Mongan/Ward families.    3.  Special Intention

Baptisms (2)  @ 4 pm   1.   Alannah Grace Ward      2.   Adriana Marki

Saturday 24th February

Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm    Sr Mairead Rabbitte

Sunday 25th February     Diocesan Collection  :   Trocaire

10.00 am  1.  Tom Jackson     2.   Special Intention

11.30 am   1.  Brendan Guilfoyle  (Months Mind Mass)

                  2.  Jospehine Murphy

Mass intentions for the week ahead 11th February 2024

 Saturday 10th February

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm   1.  Michael Creaven   

2.   Patrick and Mary Furey, their son John and their granddaughter Patricia

3.  Myles Joyce       4.   Ronan Haverty   (1st Anv)

Sunday 11th February

10.00 am   Rose Sheehan and decd. members of Sheehan family.

11.30 am   1.  Michael and Mary Kelly

                  2.  Tommy Anderson

Baptism:  Cillin James McNamara

Monday 12th February   10am    Colman Keane

Tuesday 13th February   10am   1.   Sick    2.   Joe, Nora and Tony Gray.

Wednesday 14th February    Ash Wednesday

10am.   1.   Bridget, Martin and Willie Corcoran and Stephen Quinlan.

             2.   Baby Edward Colie Barrett.

Friday   16th February     10am

Saturday 17th February

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm    1.    Geoff Brennan   (1st anv)

2.  Colie Naughton    3.   Bridie and Cyril Whelan.     4.   Martin Mongan

5.  Vincent McEntee        6.   Mark Thomas Bryne-Flaherty.

Sunday 18th February

10.00 am   Margaret Whelan

11.30 am   1.   Mary Warde      2.   Peter and Bridget Coyne

                  3.   John Murphy

Baptism:    Michael McGinley.