mass intentions for the week ahead 22nd December 2024

Saturday 21st December   Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm

1.  Andy McHugh (Months Mind Mass)     2.    Breege Lee

3.  Deceased members of Lee and O'Malley families.  4.  Michael and Bridget Mongan

Sunday 22nd December    4rd Sunday of Advent

10.00 am   Thomas, Thomas Jnr, Mary, Ann and Annie Hayden.

11.30 a.m.   Noel Costello (Months Mind Mass).       2.   Maura and Michael O'Callaghan

                 3.  Cait and Bernard Ward.      4.  Sheila O'Dea     5.   Kay McGrath

                 6..  John Mongan and deceased members of Mongan/Ward families.

Baptism:   Celeste May Kelly 

Monday 23rd December    10am  1.  Cepta Casserly (Birthday remembrance).

                                                         2.   Tom Jackson.           

Tuesday 24th December     (Christmas Eve)                

10am   1.  Sick    

5.30 p.m.  Christmas Vigil Mass and Blessing of the Crib

                 Mass offered for the People of the Sacred Heart Parish  

Wednesday 25th December    The Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ   (Christmas Day)

10.00am   Mass offered for the People of the Sacred Heart Parish

11.30 am  Mass offered for the People of the Sacred Heart Parish

Friday 27th December    

10am   Stephen and Barbara McDonagh and deceased members of McDonagh families.                                                

Saturday 28th December   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm    1.   Bernie O'Flaherty

2.  Desmond Donovan and deceased members of Donovan/Burke families.

Sunday 29th December    the Holy Family of Jesus , Mary and Joseph.

10.00 am   

11.30 a.m.   1. Sean Jordan

2.  Tom Hackett and deceased members of Hackett family.

3.   Bridget, William and Sean Canavan and deceased members of Canavan family.

Monday 30th December 

10am

Tuesday 31st December

10am    Sick

Wednesday 1st January Mary, the Holy Mother of God

10am.   1.   Frank Moloney (birthday remembrance)

             2.  John McDonagh   (1st Anv).

Friday 3rd January

10am

Christmas Liturgies and Confessions in the Sacred Heart Church

 Confessions   Monday 23rd December     3.00 pm  -   4.00 p.m.

                       Tuesday 24th December

                        (Christmas Eve)                  3.00 pm  -   5.00 p.m.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses.

Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve)   Morning Mass  at 10 am

                                                                      Christmas Eve Vigil:    5.30 pm

Wednesday 25th December   

 (Christmas Day)                                           Mass at 10 am and 11.30 am

Mass intentions for the week ahead 15th December 2024

 Saturday 14th December   Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm

1.  Des McNeill (Months Mind Mass)     2.    Mary Fahy (1st Anv)

3.  Martin Sharry (1st Anv) and Mary and Roisin Sharry.

4.  Tom Ruffley       5.   Noel Murphy (birthday remembrance)

Sunday 15th December    3rd Sunday of Advent

10.00 am  1.   Mary and Dolly Gavin.       2.   Patrick and Mary Francis

3.  Vinny Byrne.      4.   Ann Jackson and her mother Lena Foley.

11.30 am   1.   Gerard Monaghan     2.   John and Eileen O'Toole

                  3.   Michael Hoare    4.  Deceased members of Colohan family.  

5.  Deceased members of Murphy family.   6.  Special Thanksgiving Intention.

Monday 16th December    10am  1.   Special Intention.   2.   Thanksgiving Intention.           

Tuesday 17th December                     10am   1.  Sick       2.  Special Intention

Wednesday 18th December               10am  

Friday 20th December    10am  1.  Bridget, Willie and Martin Corcoran & Stephen Quinlan.

                                                      2.  Joe and Babs Davis.

Saturday 21st December   Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm

1.  Andy McHugh (Months Mind Mass)     2.    Breege Lee

3.  Deceased members of Lee and O'Malley families.

Sunday 22nd December    4rd Sunday of Advent

10.00 am   Thomas, Thomas Jnr, Mary, Ann and Annie Hayden.

11.30 a.m.   Noel Costello (Months Mind Mass).       2.   Maura and Michael O'Callaghan

                 3.  Cait and Bernard Ward.      4.  Sheila O'Dea     5.   Kay McGrath

                 6..  John Mongan and deceased members of Mongan/Ward families.

Baptism:   Celeste May Kelly

Mass intentions for the week ahead 8th December 2024

 Saturday 7th December  Vigil Mass:   5.30 pm

1.  Bridget and Colman Hernon.     

2.   Deceased members of Lynskey, Ward and Mannion families.

3.   Nonie Creighton      4.   David and Robert Keane.

5.  Cepta Feeney (birthday rem) and Brian Alderson.  

 6.  Timothy and Mary Kyne.

Sunday 8th December  2nd Sunday of Advent

10.00 am  1.   Joe Daly (1st Anv) and deceased members of Daly family.

                 2.   Tom Jackson.

11.30 am  1.  Theresa and Winnie Rabbitte and deceased members of Rabbitte family.

                 2.  Tim Naughton.      3.   Patrick Ward.

Monday 9th December  The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

10am  1.   Patrick Ward (1st Anv)             

Tuesday 10th December

10am   1.   Sick    2.   Tom and Kathleen Casserly

Wednesday 11th December

10am  1. Deceased members of Coleman family.

           2. Paddy and Mary Lenihan and Marty Lee.

Friday 13th December    10am  Michael, Annie and their son John McDermott

Saturday 14th December   Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm

1.  Des McNeill (Months Mind Mass)     2.    Mary Fahy (1st Anv)

3.  Martin Sharry (1st Anv) and Mary and Roisin Sharry.

4.  Tom Ruffley       5.   Noel Murphy (birthday remembrance)

Sunday 15th December    3rd Sunday of Advent

10.00 am  1.   Mary and Dolly Gavin.       2.   Patrick and Mary Francis

                 3.  Vinny Byrne.

11.30 am   1.   Gerard Monaghan     2.   John and Eileen O'Toole

                  3.   Michael Hoare    4.  Deceased members of Colohan family.  

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception has the rank of a Solemnity and is celebrated on 8th December, but when that date is the second Sunday of Advent, it is transferred to the following day, the 9th December, 2024.  On its ordinary dating it is in Ireland a Holy Day of Obligation , but not when transferred to the following day.  This year the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on Monday, 9th December and is not a Holy Day of Obligation.

Live Crib in Galway Cathedral

 There will be a Live Crib in the Galway Cathedral on Thursday 12th December 2024 

from 11.30 am to 4.00 pm.

Advent Talks

 

Mass intentions for the week ahead 1st December 2024

 Saturday 30th November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm  1.     Michael Wallace.           2.  Kitty and Mattie Duggan

                                       3.    Josephine Delaney.

Sunday 1st December        1st Sunday of Advent                         

10.00 am   Mary Waddill and decd. members of Hession/Waddill families.

11.30 am    1.  Justin Shaughnessy.         2.   Gary Collins (1st Anv).

3.  Liam Whelan (1st Anv).                     4.  John and Mary McDermott.

5.  Frank and Mary Barrett & decd. members of Barrett/Ward families.  

Monday 2nd December      10am    1. Mary and John Connell   2.   Special Intention.

Tuesday 3rd December      10am   

1. Sick        2. Bridget Ward and decd. members of Ward/Mongan families.                   

Wednesday 4th December      

10am    1.  John Jennings (1st Anv)

             2.  Michael Molloy and Bridie and Patrick O'Donohoe.    3.  Tom Jackson.

 Friday 6th December       10am      

Saturday 7th December   Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm      

1.  Bridget & Colman Hernon .  2.  Deceased members of Lynskey, Ward and Mannion families.       

 3.  Nonie Creighton     4.   David and Robert Keane.  

5.  Cepta Feeney (birthday rem) and Brian Alderson.  6.   Timothy and Mary Kyne..

Sunday 8th December        2nd Sunday of Advent                         

10.00 am  1.   Joe Daly (1st Anv)  and deceased members of Daly family.  2.  Tom Jackson

11.30 am  1.  Theresa and Winnie Rabbitte and deceased members of Rabbitte family.  

Mass intentions for the week ahead 24th November 2024

 Saturday 23rd November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm      Anthony Keane and his sons David and Robert.

Sunday 24th November    Diocesan Collection:  Diocesan Family Services.                                 

10.00 am    Sarah Walsh.

11.30 am    1.  Tom Hackett (Months Mind Mass).         2.   Marie Phillips

                   3.  May and Dan Carr and their son Danny..

                   4.  Brian Tierney and deceased members of Tierney/Smith families.  

Monday 25th November      10am    Tom Jackson

Tuesday 26th November      10am   Sick                           

Wednesday 27th November      

10am    1. Josephine Delaney

             2.  Ann Marie Moloney and decd. members of  Hession/Moloney families.

 Friday 29th November       10am      James and Peter Scally.

Saturday 30th November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm      Michael Wallace.

Sunday 1st December        1st Sunday of Advent                         

10.00 am   Mary Waddill and decd. members of Hession/Waddill families.

11.30 am    1.  Justin Shaughnessy.         2.   Gary Collins (1st Anv).

3.  Liam Whelan (1st Anv).                     4.  John and Mary McDermott.

5.  Frank and Mary Barrett & decd. members of Barrett/Ward families.  

Mass intentions for the week ahead 17th November 2024

 Saturday 16th November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.  Mary Comerford (Months Mind Mass)

2.   Peggy Smith (1st Anv).     3.  Mike Long    4.   Bridie and Stephen Lally.

5.  Ray Doyle.   

Sunday 17th November                                     

10.00 am    Penny Coen.

11.30 am    1.  Jimmy Kerin (1st Anv).         2.   Margaret Gallagher

3.  Angelina Cooke, Bernard and Kathleen Cooke, their son Bernard and Mary Hughes.

4.  Winnie Mongan and decd. members of Mongan/Ward families.  

5.   Angela Murphy  

Monday 18th November      10am  

Tuesday 19th November      10am   Sick           2.                

Wednesday 20th November      

10am    Cecelia and John McDonagh and their son John (birthday remembrance)

Thursday 21st November   Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

10am      Mary Boyle   

 Friday 22nd November       10am      1. Keith Feerick    2.   Tony Geraghty.

                                                              3.  Sheila O'Gorman.

Saturday 23rd November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm      Anthony Keane and his sons David and Robert.

Sunday 24th November    Diocesan Collection:  Diocesan Family Services.                                 

10.00 am    Sarah Walsh.

11.30 am    1.  Tom Hackett (Months Mind Mass).         2.   Marie Phillips

3.  May and Dan Carr and their son Danny..

4.  Brian Tierney and deceased members of Tierney family.  

Mass intentions for the week ahead 10th November 2024

 Saturday 9th November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.  Patsy O'Neill (Months Mind Mass)

                                                 2.   Tony Gilmore (Months Mind Mass).   

3. Novena Mass for all those who have died in our Parish over the past year.

Sunday 10th November                                     

10.00 am    1.  Finian Fahy                         2.  Novena

11.30 am    1.  Sr Carmel Molloy.       

                   2.  Terry Colohan

                   3.   Shirley Maher

Baptism:   Logan James Maughan  

Monday 11th November      10am  Novena 

Tuesday 12th November      10am   1.   Sick           2.  John McDonagh (Months Mind Mass)              

Wednesday 13th November      

10am    Tom Jackson.   

 Friday 15th November       10am      1. Peter and James Scally

                                                              2.  Keith Feerick.

Saturday16th November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.  Mary Comerford (Months Mind Mass)

2.   Peggy Smith (1st Anv).     3.  Mike Long    4.   Bridie and Stephen Lally.

5.  Ray Doyle.   

Sunday 17th November                                     

10.00 am    Penny Coen.

11.30 am    1.  Jimmy Kerin (1st Anv).         2.   Margaret Gallagher

3.  Angelina Cooke, Bernard and Kathleen Cooke, their son Bernard and Mary Hughes.

4.  Winnie Mongan and decd. members of Mongan/Ward families.  

Mass intentions for the week ahead 3rd November 2024

 Saturday 2nd November   All Souls Day

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.  Grainne Murphy    

                                                  2.  Mary and Joseph Quirke     3.   Novena

Sunday 3rd November                                     

10.00 am    Novena

11.30 am    1.  Una Walsh (Months Mind Mass)       2.   Therese O Brien.   

                   3.  Mary Flood. 

Monday 4th November      10am  Novena 

Tuesday 5th November      10am   1.   Sick           2.  Novena                   

Wednesday 6th November      

10am    1. Pa Delaney.    2.  Novena.   

 Friday 8th November       10am      Novena  

Baptism:   4.00 pm   Jason McDonagh

Saturday 9th November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.  Patsy O'Neill (Months Mind Mass)

                                                 2.   Tony Gilmore (Months Mind Mass).   

3. Novena Mass for all those who have died in our Parish over the past year.

Sunday 10th November                                     

10.00 am    1.  Finian Fahy                         2.  Novena

11.30 am    1.  Sr Carmel Molloy.       

                   2.  Terry Colohan

                   3.   Shirley Maher

Baptism:   Logan James Maughan  

Mass intentions for the week ahead 27th October

 Saturday 26th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             John and Catherine Deeney

Sunday 27th October                                     

10.00 am    1.    Kathleen Ward      2.    Tony Noone and decd. members of Noone family.

                   3.    Special Intention.

11.30 am    1.   Rita Regan.    2.   Michael Molloy          3.    Nancy Hernon.         

Baptisms:  1.  Marcus Nico Lacalamita         2.   John Gerard Ward

Monday 28th October           

10am 1. Charlie and Nora Ward and deceased members of Ward/Barrett families.   

          2.  Willie Ward        3.   Josephine and Pa Delaney. 

Tuesday 29th  October         

 10am   1.   Sick           2.  Hilda McHugh      

             3.   James Coleman and deceased members of  Coleman family.   4.   Special Intention.          .   

Wednesday 30th October      

10am    1. Michael and Martin Molloy.    2.  Martin and Patrick Mongan and deceased

                  members of Mongan/Ward families.   

 Friday 1st November       All Saints Day      

10am      Kate Ward  

Saturday 2nd November   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.  Grainne Murphy    2.   Novena

Sunday 3rd November                                     

10.00 am    Novena

11.30 am    Therese O Brien.         

 Saturday 19th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Mary Sheppard.      2.   Jimmy Kenny.

3.  John and Margaret Maybury.      4.   Paddy and Trevor O'Brien.

5.  Nicholas Hannon.       6.  Marie Tierney

Sunday 20th October        Mission Sunday                                

10.00 am    Tom Jackson

11.30 am    1. John Wade, his daughter Mary Fahy and deceased members of Wade/McNally

                       family.         

2.  Jack Ward and deceased members of Ward family.

3.  Martin Greaney

4.  Tom Corcoran and deceased members of Corcoran/Mongan families.

Monday 21st October           10am     

Tuesday 22nd October         

 10am   1.   Sick           2.  Enda O'Byrne      3.   Nell & Padraig Donnelly          .   

Wednesday 23rd October      10am    Thanksgiving Mass Intention.   

 Friday 25th October             10am        

Saturday 26th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             John and Catherine Deeney

Sunday 27th October                                     

10.00 am    1.    Kathleen Ward      2.    Tony Noone and decd. members of Noone family.

                   3.    Special Intention.

11.30 am    1.   Rita Regan.    2.   Michael Molloy          3.    Nancy Hernon.         

Baptisms:  1.  Marcus Nico Lacalamita         2.   John Gerard Ward

Croi Nua, Rosary Lane, Taylors Hill : Talk by Tomas Maher

 

Event: "Finding Hope in a Climate of Injustice & Inequality"

Facilitator: Tómas Maher

Where: Croi Nua, Rosary Lane, Taylor's Hill (H91WY2A)

Date: Wednesday, 23rd October

Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Fee: €20

 

Mass intentions for the week ahead 13th October 2024

 Saturday 12th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Elizabeth Griffin.      2.   Paddy & Annie Lee.

3.  Eddie Ward and deceased members of Ward family.

4.  Agnes Wade and deceased members of Wade family.

Sunday 13th October                                        

10.00 am    

11.30 am     1. Thomas and Ivan  Canavan and deceased members of Canavan/Rattigan families. 

                    2.  Patricia Murphy.

Monday 14th October          10am     Joe McDermott

Tuesday 15th October          10am     Sick           .   

Wednesday 16th October      10am    Special Intention.   

 Friday 18th October           10am   1.  Tim and Mary Murray.      2.  Sean Divilly.

                                                            3.  Martin and Francie McDonagh     

Saturday 19th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Mary Sheppard.      2.   Jimmy Kenny.

3.  John and Margaret Maybury.      4.   Paddy and Trevor O'Brien.

5.  Nicholas Hannon.

Sunday 20th October        Mission Sunday                                

10.00 am    Tom Jackson

11.30 am    1. John Wade, his daughter Mary Fahy and deceased members of Wade/McNally

                       family.         

2.  Jack Ward and deceased members of Ward family.

3.  Martin Greaney

4.  Tom Corcoran and deceased members of Corcoran/Mongan families.

Youth 2000 Connaught Autumn Retreat

 

The Youth 2000 Connaught autumn retreat will take place in the College of the Immaculate Conception, Summerhill, in Sligo town on the weekend of November 8^th to 10^th. Join us for talks, testimonies and workshops. Donation only. Bring a sleeping bag! For more information, visit www.youth2000.ie or email connaught@youth2000.ie

 

Mass intentions for the week ahead 6th October 2024

Saturday 5th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Rosaleen Healy (1st Anv).      2.   Henry Duggan.

3.   Deceased members of Ryan family.     4.   Bridie Wallace        5.   Esther Geary.

Sunday 6th October                                        

10.00 am    1.    Thomas, Margaret and John Conneely and Nora Keady.

                   2.    Mary Kate O'Connor and deceased members of Carr family.

11.30am      1.  Bernard Trill  (birthday remembrance)       2.  Peter Ryan

Monday 7th October          10am     Myra Dolan

Tuesday 8th October          10am  1.     Sick           2. Holy Souls.   

7.00 pm:   Parish Pastoral Council Meeting in St Pios Room

Wednesday 9th October      10am    Special Intention.   

 Friday 11th October           10am    Holy Souls.      

Saturday 12th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Elizabeth Griffin.      2.   Paddy & Annie Lee.

Sunday 13th October                                        

10.00 am    

11.30 am      Ivan  and Thomas Canavan and deceased members of Canavan/Rattigan families.         

Mass intentions for the week ahead 29th September 2024

Saturday 28th September   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Nora Scally.     

 2.  Mickey Costello and his grandson Cian Tierney.

3.   Josephine Delaney.     4.   Daniel Craughwell

Sunday 29th September      Diocesan Collection (Cope Galway).                                  

10.00 am     Anna, Jack and John Nestor and Fr. Billy Pilkington.

11.30am       1.   Thomas and Mary Griffin.

                     2.   Nora, Martin and Peter Flaherty. 

Monday 30th  September          10am     Tom Jackson

Tuesday 1st October   

10am  1.     Sick    2. Thomas and Marie Jackson & deceased members of Jackson family.   

Wednesday 2nd October        

10am   1.  Della and Denis Hynes.   

2.   Kathleen and Martin Murphy and deceased members of Murphy/Lawless families. 

3.   Michael and Bridget Mongan.

7.30 pm:   Parish Finance Committee Meeting in St Pios Room

Friday 4th October   10am   

1.   Michel, Annie and their son John McDermott.      2.    Holy Souls.      

Saturday 5th October   

Vigil Mass:    5.30 pm             1.   Rosaleen Healy (1st Anv).      2.   Henry Duggan.

3.   Deceased members of Ryan family.     4.   Bridie Wallace        5.   Esther Geary.

Sunday 6th October                                        

10.00 am    1.    Thomas, Margaret and John Conneely and Nora Keady.

                   2.    Mary Kate O'Connor and deceased members of Carr family.

11.30am       Bernard Trill (birthday remembrance)          

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)

 

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)

Are you interested in the Catholic Faith? The RCIA is a process for adults interested in the Catholic faith, or desiring to receive the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, or First Holy Communion. Please contact the parish or the Diocese (091 563 566 / rcia@anghailil.ie) for further information.