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, January 11/12, 2025
Today we celebrate The Baptism of the Lord, Year C. Welcome and welcome to everyone who joins us by radio on 98.5FM.
Eucharistic Adoration continues on Thursdays at the end of the 9.30am Mass until 4.00pm.
Jubilee of Hope 2025. Copies of Bishop Cullinan’s Pastoral Letter for the Holy Year are available in the church and porches. Information and prayer cards about the Jubilee are available at the Jubilee banner here at the edge of the sanctuary, in the church and porches.
The Alpha programme began in the Gold Coast Hotel last Thursday, 9th January 2025. It continues for 9 Thursday evenings from 6.30pm – 8.00pm.
Sundays and Weekdays in Ordinary Time or Of the Year. This Monday, January 13th we begin ‘Ordinary Time’ or ‘Of the Year’. It is Monday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time continues until Tuesday, March 4th, Tuesday of the 8th week on Ordinary Time, Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Green vestments are worn in ordinary time, as a sign of growth.
The Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins next Saturday, 18th January and continues until Saturday, 25th Jan. the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. This Week of Prayer has been celebrated since 1908.
2025 Parish Calendars are available in the church and in the porches.
(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 13/01/2025
Jubilee of Hope 2025
‘If you are worried about where the world going and if you are seeking meaning then you are just like St. Peter who once asked Jesus, “To whom shall we go?” But Peter answers his own question saying, “Lord, you have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” Our Lord Jesus Christ is why we have hope. Christian hope is not mere optimism or feeling good about the future. It is a virtue built on the solid foundation of God’s strength, on God’s mercy, faithfulness and love. The Jubilee Year of Hope is a wonderful opportunity to concentrate on the hope which Christ holds out to all, to celebrate our faith and be encouraged to pass it on to others. We are commanded by Jesus Himself to go and make disciples.’ (From Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan’s Pastoral Letter for the Holy Year, The Jubilee of Hope 2025).
Copies of Bishop Cullinan’s Pastoral Letter are available in the church and porches.
Sundays and Weekdays in Ordinary Time or Of the Year
Last Monday, January 13th we began ‘Ordinary Time’ or ‘Of the Year’. It was Monday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time continues until Tuesday, March 4th, Tuesday of the 8th week on Ordinary Time, Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Green vestments are worn in ordinary time, as a sign of growth.
The Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins next Saturday, 18th January and continues until Saturday, 25th Jan. the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. This Week of Prayer has been celebrated since 1908.
Eucharistic Adoration in St. Mary’s
Eucharistic Adoration continues on Thursdays at the end of the 9.30am Mass until 4.00pm.
2025 Parish Calendars
These calendars are available in the church and in the porches. Overleaf is the schedule of Mass times for the Friary and the six churches of the three parishes – Dungarvan, Kilgobinet, Colligan Kilbrien, An Rinn agus Sean Phobal.
Parish of Kilgobinet – Colligan – Kilbrien
The Vigil Mass on Saturday, 18th Jan. will also be celebrated in Kilbrien 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.