As we prepare to celebrate St. Patirck’s Day, we remember our Emigrants and offer this prayer:- Bless all those who have left our country and now live in other lands. Give them a strong faith so that they will always put their trust in you and make you known by the example of their lives. […]
The children from Scoil Treasa Naofa, St. Catherine’s and Griffith Barracks will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on Tuesday March 10th at 11 a.m. The main celebrant will be Monsignor Paul Callan. What happens in Confirmation? The Sacrament of Confirmation marks us as a full member of the Catholic Church. In Confirmation the soul of […]
Sunday January 19th is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The theme is ‘Church without Frontiers: Mother to All’. May we all walk together in prayerful solidarity with migrant people – both at home and abroad. To read the message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 101st World Day of Migrants and Refugees, please […]
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed from 18th to 25th January. In Dublin, it begins with an interdenominational Service in St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, Clyde Road on Sunday January 18th at 3pm. This year’s theme is ‘Give me to drink’ (John 4:7). The encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan Woman invites […]
A very happy and healthy new year to all our parishioners and all who visit this website. Despite the potential lift in the econcomy, times are still difficult and many people are finding their lives and their finances a struggle. Hopefully, as Irish people, we can re-discover the importance of a caring community. During 2015 […]
Father, we kneel before you, grateful in our hearts for your many gifts to us. An old year has come once more to a close. We face with confidence and hope the beginning of a New Year with all the promise that it holds, the mixture of grief and blessings which it now keeps hidden […]
Donore Avenue Parish uses a parish-based programme of preparation for First Reconciliation and First Communion called Do This In Memory. The programme is designed as a means of helping the child, their parents/guardians and family and the wider parish community to become actively involved in the preparation for these sacraments. Do This In Memory is […]
It’s that time of year again! We ask God’s blessing on all our schools, our students, our teachers and other staff members as they prepare to begin another school year. Prayer for the New School Year Father, Bless the students who are beginning another school year or starting school for the first time. Give them […]
The annual Croagh Patrick or Reek Sunday pilgrimage this takes place this year on Sunday 27 July. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will begin on the summit at 7:30am and continue until 2:00pm. The first Mass on the summit will be at 8:00am and every half hour thereafter until the last Mass which commences at 2:00pm. […]
Tuesday 24th of June is the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist. John’s mission had two facets. First of all he called people to repentence and baptism. Secondly, he prepared the way for Jesus. In a way he was God’s spokesperson. But that is not where it all ends. God’s project of salvation […]