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;
*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
15th August : Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Masses for Thursday, the 15th August (In St. Mary’s Parish Church and the Friary only).
Vigil Mass, Wednesday 14th August: 6.15pm, The Friary (only).
Thursday 15th August: St. Mary’s 11.00am & 7.30pm
Thursday 15th August: The Friary 10.00am
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, July 27/28, 2024
Today we celebrate The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Also, 4th World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. Welcome and welcome to everyone who joins us by radio on 98.5FM.
Copies of a Prayer for the Sick by St. Camillus de Lellis (1550 – 1614) who founded a Religious Order dedicated to the care of the sick, is available in the church and porches.
Please continue to return the Summer Collection Envelopes for the support of the priests of the parish.
The Youth 2000 Summer Festival 2024 will take place August 15th-18th at Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare. For more details and information, see notice in the porch and on www.youth2000.ie
The newsletter for August 2024 is available in the church and porches. There is more information and a prayer to Blessed Carlo Acutis and much more. Please take a newsletter home with you and you are also welcome to take one for a neighbour, relative or friend who may no longer be able to attend Mass regularly.
This Sunday, 28th July is World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. Part of Pope Francis’ Message for the 4th World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly is printed on page 4 of the July newsletter.
Next Friday is the First Friday of the month. During this week, the priests of the parish and Deacon Hugh will visit the sick and housebound. If you know someone who is unwell or elderly, a housebound family member, neighbour, relative or friend who is unable to attend Mass and would like a visit this week or at some other time, please let us know. Please confirm with them that they would like a visit before contacting the parish office at 058-42374. It is our privilege to bring Holy Communion, the Body of Christ, the Bread of Life to people who are no longer able to come to Mass regularly.
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 July 2024
Prayer to Blessed Carlo Acutis
O God our Father, we thank you for giving us Carlo, a model of life for young people, and a message of love for all.
You made him fall in love with your son Jesus, making the Eucharist his “Highway to Heaven”.
You gave him Mary as a beloved mother, and you made him, through the Rosary, a cantor of her tenderness.
Receive his prayer for us. Look above all upon the poor, whom he loved and assisted.
Grant me too, through his intercession, the grace that I need (mention your intention).
And make our joy full, raising Carlo among the saints of your Church, so that his smile shines again for us to the glory of your name. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.
20 Martyrs in 2023
20 Catholic missionaries around the world were killed for witnessing to their faith in 2023: 7 lay people, 1 novice, 1 seminarian, 2 men religious, 8 priests and 1 bishop. They witnessed to Jesus with their lives. They call us to faith and support us with their prayers. They came from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, USA, Philippines, Palestine and Spain. There were 18 in 2022 and 22 in 2021. ‘The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.’ Tertullian, 2nd Century.
Youth 2000 Summer Festival 2024
The Youth 2000 Summer Festival 2024 will take place August 15th-18th at Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare. It promises to be a great weekend, with lots of great activities each day as well as the usual excellent speakers, inspiring talks and fantastic workshops. There will be lots of time for prayer and time to chill out, meet new people and experience the best of what it means to be young and Catholic today! For more details and information on how to book go to www.youth2000.ie
Parish Newsletter for August 2024
This newsletter is available in the church and porches.
Parish of Kilgobinet – Colligan – Kilbrien
The Vigil Mass next Saturday, 3rd August 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.