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
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.
The Parish Office will close at 4.00pm this Monday, Dec. 23rd until 9.00am on Thursday, 2nd January 2025.
For Information on Baptisms please contact the Parish Office.
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Announcements at this Weekend’s Masses, December 21/22, 2024
Today we celebrate The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C. Welcome and welcome to everyone who joins us by radio on 98.5FM.
Look: An activity page for children based on today’s gospel is available in the side porch and in the church. It has activities, a short summary of today’s gospel and a prayer.
The December 2024 Newsletter is available in the church and porches. It focuses on Advent as a time of preparation for Christmas. In Advent we prepare. At Christmas we celebrate. For the few days which remain it is right that we focus on Advent waiting.
Eucharistic Adoration on Thursdays will resume on Thursday 9th January at the end of the 9.30am Mass.
Masses this Monday and Tuesday, 23rd & 24th December at 9.30am each day.
Christmas Masses begin with Christmas Eve Mass at 9pm. Carol singing from 8.30pm. Christmas Day. Masses as on Sundays, 10.00am and 12noon. On the weekdays after Christmas until January 7th, Mass at 11.00am each day.
Copies of the schedule of celebrations until the 7th January next are available in the church and porches. Please take one with you and keep it safe over the next few weeks.
The Parish Office will close at 4.00pm this Monday, Dec. 23rd until 9.00am on Thursday, 2nd January 2025.
(12noon Mass Only) You are reminded that the main churchyard gates and the CBS Primary School gates are locked immediately after this Mass.
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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Schedule of Masses for Christmas and the New Year
Christmas Masses Newsletter 2024
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Dungarvan Youth Club
More information on our notice boards or at the email address: youthclubdungarvanparish@hotmail.com
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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.