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 27/28, 2024
Today, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B. 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.
40 Hour Adoration for Vocations will conclude here in St. Mary’s next Thursday, May 2nd, from 9.30am Mass until 7.30pm.
The Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help continues this Monday, April 29th at 7.30pm and will continue each Monday at 7.30pm until Monday, June 3rd. No 9.30am Mass on Mondays during the novena.
A May Procession in honour of Our Lady will be held in Dungarvan on Sunday, May 19th. Beginning at 4.00pm here in the Churchyard, and processing to the Friary Church, for prayers, Crowning of Our Lady, & Benediction. Concluding by 5.00pm.
The new boxes of weekly and special collection envelopes come into use next weekend. Boxes are being delivered at this time. We ask distributors who haven’t already collected their boxes to please do so as soon as possible. A number of boxes with names and addresses can be collected from the parish office. The number of households/individuals using the weekly envelope has decreased dramatically. Please consider taking a box of envelopes for the next year to support your parish and the priests of the parish. This also ensures that the parish benefits greatly from the Tax Rebate Scheme. The parish office will assist you and give you a Weekly Envelope Request Form which is also available in the church and porches.
Please continue to return your Good Shepherd Sunday Envelopes for the support of our seminarians.
The newsletter for May 2024 is available in the church and porches.
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, 29th April 2024
40 Hour Adoration for Vocations
The 40 Hour Adoration for Vocations to the Diocesan Priesthood will conclude in St. Mary’s this Thursday, May 2nd 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.
May Procession
A May procession in honour of Our Lady will be held in Dungarvan on Sunday, May 19th. Beginning at 4.00pm here in St. Mary’s Churchyard and processing to the Friary Church, for prayers, Crowning of Our Lady, & Benediction. Concluding by 5.00pm.
Boxes of Weekly and Special Collection Envelopes
The new boxes come into use next weekend. Boxes are being delivered at this time. We ask distributors who haven’t already collected their boxes to please do so as soon as possible. A number of boxes with names and addresses can be collected from the parish office. The number of households/individuals using the weekly envelope has decreased dramatically. Please consider taking a box of envelopes for the next year to support your parish and the priests of the parish. This also ensures that the parish benefits greatly from the Tax Rebate Scheme. The parish office will assist you and give you a Weekly Envelope Request Form which is also available in the church and porches.
Please continue to return your Good Shepherd Sunday Envelopes for the support of our seminarians.
The Newsletter for May 2024 is available in the church and porches. Its focus is largely on Mary, with a Prayer for Students doing examinations soon and information about the Weekly Envelopes, May 2024 – May 2025. You are welcome to collect a newsletter at St. Mary’s. Take it home with you. You are also welcome to take one for a neighbour, relative or friend who may no longer be able to attend Mass regularly.
Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine
This pilgrimage will take place on Sunday next, May 5th next. Poster on church noticeboard.
Parish of Kilgobinet – Colligan – Kilbrien
The Vigil Mass on Saturday, May 4th will be celebrated in Colligan 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.