St. Mary’s Parish Church Dungarvan
PLEASE NOTE: The Parish Church is open for the celebration of public Masses and Masses continue to be broadcast on 98.5FM.
Mass Times
Monday to Friday – 9.30am Mass, with the exception below;
Since Tuesday 3rd October 2023 we returned to the pre-Covid practice of one morning Mass at 11.00am only on the occasion of funerals.
Saturday – 7.30pm Vigil Mass (Please note: There will be no 11.00am Mass on Saturday mornings)
Sunday – 10.00am & 12.00 noon Mass
All Masses broadcast on 98.5FM
Other Notices:
Please use hand sanitizers on entering and exiting the Church.
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The Parish Office
The Parish Office is open each day from 9.00 am – 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm – 4.30 p.m.
For Information on Baptisms please contact the Parish Office.
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Announcements at this Weekend’s Masses, April 20/21, 2024
Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B. Also, Good Shepherd Sunday and Day of Prayer for Vocations. Welcome and welcome to everyone who joins us by radio on 98.5FM.
Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Sunday, May 5th next. Poster on church noticeboard.
Parish Walk will take place in Mt. Melleray on Saturday next, April 27th. Beginning at 2.00pm with prayers with the community in the monastery church. It will conclude by 4.30pm. Tea and coffee will be provided after the walk. Pilgrims are advised to make their own transport arrangements on the day. If you are interested in attending, please contact the Parish Office in Dungarvan on 058-42374, or email parishofficedungarvan@gmail.com before Wednesday next, 24th April. Further information on the Parish Walk can be found on the Parish Website www.dungarvanparish.ie/ Also posters in church and porches.
40 Hour Adoration for Vocations will continue here in St. Mary’s next Thursday, April 25th from 9.30am Mass until 7.30pm.
The Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help continues this Monday, April 22nd at 7.30pm and will continue each Monday at 7.30pm until Monday, June 3rd. No 9.30am Mass on Mondays during the novena.
With just a few envelopes left in this year’s box of weekly envelopes, please return them over the next few weeks. The weekly envelopes are a vital part of parish income. If you are not already receiving a box, we encourage you to do so. Please complete a Weekly Envelope Request Form which are available in the church.
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. Day of Prayer for Vocations. A second collection, immediately after the offertory collection, will be taken up at all Masses this weekend, for the preparation of our students for the priesthood. Thank God, we have three students in formation. Please, pray for them. It costs about €25,000 per year for each student. Envelopes for this collection are available around the church, you might prefer to take one home and return it next weekend or to the parish office during the week. Thank you for your continuing generosity.
These announcements may be read on the parish website: www.dungarvanparish.ie
Parish notes are included each week in the two local newspapers.
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Newspaper Notes, 22nd April 2024
Parish Walk
This will take place in Mt. Melleray on Saturday next, April 27th. Beginning at 2.00pm with prayers with the community in the monastery church. It will conclude by 4.30pm. Tea and coffee will be provided after the walk. Pilgrims are advised to make their own transport arrangements on the day. If you are interested in attending, please contact Dungarvan Parish Office, 058-42374, or email parishofficedungarvan@gmail.com before this Wednesday, 24th April. Further information can be found on the Parish Website www.dungarvanparish.ie/ Also posters in church and porches.
40 Hours Adoration for Vocations
This continues in St. Mary’s this Thursday, April 25th from 9.30am Mass until 7.30pm.
The Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help
This Novena continues each Monday at 7.30pm until Monday, June 3rd. No 9.30am Mass on Mondays during the novena.
Weekly Envelopes
With just a few envelopes left in this year’s box of weekly envelopes, please return them over the next few weeks. The weekly envelopes are a vital part of parish income.
Church Collections
The number of church collections has been increasing in recent years. As the number attending church and the number contributing continue to decrease, the burden has fallen on fewer and fewer people. It is a tremendous testimony to that faithful group of people that the yearly contributions to all of the collections have held up, and in some cases, increased. Of course, we are there for people, but it is understandable that we would like people to show some level of appreciation by contributing to the parish and to the support of the priests. The recent collection for the education of our seminarians is a most worthy cause. It now costs about €25,000 per year for each student. Thank God, we have three students in formation. Please, pray for them. Envelopes for this collection are available in the church. You are welcome to take one home and return it to the parish office during the week. Thank you for your continuing generosity.
Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine
This pilgrimage will take place on Sunday, May 5th next. Poster on church noticeboard.
Parish of Kilgobinet – Colligan – Kilbrien
The Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 27th will be celebrated in Kilbrien Church at 7.30pm.
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Prayers
Pope Francis’ Prayer to Our Lady
O Mary,
You shine continuously on our journey
as a sign of salvation and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,
who, at the foot of the cross,
were united with Jesus’ suffering,
and persevered in your faith.
“Protectress of the Roman people”,
you know our needs,
and we know that you will provide,
so that, as at Cana in Galilee,
joy and celebration may return
after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love,
to conform ourselves to the will of the Father
and to do what Jesus tells us.
For he took upon himself our suffering,
and burdened himself with our sorrows
to bring us, through the cross,
to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God;
Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always
from every danger, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.