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.
For Information on Baptisms please contact the Parish Office.
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Announcements at this Weekend’s Masses, December 7/8, 2024
Today we celebrate The Second Sunday of Advent, Year C. Welcome and welcome to everyone who joins us by radio on 98.5FM.
An Advent Penance Service in preparation for Christmas will be celebrated here in St. Mary’s Parish Church on Monday, 16th Dec. at 7.30pm.
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.
These weeks of Advent are an opportunity to prepare ourselves spiritually and prayerfully for Christmas. Advent Calendars, Prayer Leaflets and Reflections for Advent are available on a table at the back of the church, in the porches and at St. Joseph’s Altar. You are welcome to visit the church and see the Advent Wreath, Jesse Tree, Advent Prayers, and Reflections.
Dungarvan Youth Group. Explore the Joy of our Catholic Faith. For ages from 13 to 17. Faith, Fun, Friendships, Games and Outings. This group meets on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month. They will meet next Friday, 13th December in the Parish Pastoral Room in the building next to the Déise Day Centre – X35 DE98. More information on our notice boards or its own email address: youthclubdungarvanparish@hotmail.com
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception has been transferred to Monday next, 9th December. It is a holyday but not of obligation. When the celebration is transferred the obligation does not transfer with it. However, it is always a special feast in honour of Mary during Advent. Masses on Monday in St. Mary’s at 11.00am and 7. 30pm. Mass in the Friary at 10.00am on Monday. No Vigil Mass.
(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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Newspaper Notes, 9th December 2024
Ways to Live the Advent and Christmas Seasons (Cont’d):
- Celebrate the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation by going to confession. The Advent Penance Service in preparation for Christmas will be celebrated in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan on Monday, 16th December at 7.30pm. Other times for confession will also be available.
- Draw, buy or download a picture of the Holy Family, and display it in your home.
- Set up a Christmas Crib. This is a great way to send a message about what is most important for Advent and Christmas in your home. To make the display especially meaningful, wait until Christmas Eve to place the baby Jesus into the crib.
- Put a Christmas candle of welcome (battery operated) in your window. It is a traditional Irish custom for welcoming and guiding the Holy Family safely on their way through your parish community at Christmas.
- Collect clothes, toys, or food from your home or elsewhere to donate them to a local charity so that through the kindness of people those on the margins can have the light of Christ in their lives this Christmas.
- Visit family and neighbours over the Christmas holidays – especially those who live alone. Bring them a gift of some home cooking or a Christmas card that will remind them of the birth of the baby Jesus. (Adapted from Fr. Sean Corkery, Diocese of Cloyne’s: Ways to live the Advent and Christmas Seasons.)
December 2024 Newsletter
This 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.
Parish of Kilgobinet – Colligan – Kilbrien
The Vigil Mass next Saturday, 14th December 2024 will be celebrated in Colligan Church at 7.30pm.
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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.