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.
*The Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help began Monday, April 13th at 7.30pm and will continue for nine Mondays at 7.30pm each Monday. No 9.30am Mass on Mondays during the novena.
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
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Announcements before this Weekend’s Masses, April 18/19, 2026
Today is the Third Sunday of Easter, Year A. Welcome and welcome to everyone who joins us by radio on 98.5FM.
Please continue to return your Trócaire Boxes to the sacristy or parish office. Please do not leave them in the church.
The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore Safeguarding Newsletter for 2026 is available in the church and porches. Among other things, it tells of the work being done by Local Safeguarding Representatives throughout the diocese. Please take a copy with you.
Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament continues each Thursday after the 9.30am Mass until 4.00pm.
The Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help continues this Monday at 7.30pm. No 9.30am Mass on Mondays during the novena.
The Annual Blessing of Graves takes place after the Vigil Mass on Saturday, May 30th.
This year’s May Procession will take place on Sunday May 24th at 3.00pm. Volunteers are needed to help organise the procession. A meeting of those willing to help will be held this Tuesday, April 21st at 8.00pm in St Mary’s Parish Pastoral Room. Alternatively, you can give your name and contact number to the parish office.
The new boxes of yearly envelopes for 2026 – 2027 are being prepared at present. If you are not already receiving a box of the parish’s weekly and priests’ collection envelopes and would like to contribute in this way, you can do so by completing a form which is printed on the back of each of this weekend’s missalettes and is also available in the church.
Next Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday and Day of Prayer for Vocations. A collection for the Support of our Seminarians will be taken up as a second collection next weekend, 25th/26th April. We are blessed to have three seminarians. It now costs about €30,000 annually to support the formation and education of each seminarian. Envelopes are available in the church which you can take home and return next weekend.
Copies of the April Newsletter are available in the church and in the porches.
(12 noon 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 forwarded each week to the two local newspapers.
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Newspaper Notes 20/04/2026
Lenten Trócaire Boxes
Please continue to return your Trócaire Boxes to the sacristy or parish office. Please do not leave them in the church.
Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help
This Novena continues this Monday at 7.30pm. No 9.30am Mass on Mondays during the novena.
New Boxes of Weekly and Special Collection Envelopes, 2026 – 2027
These boxes are being prepared at present. If you are not already receiving a box of the parish’s weekly and priests’ collection envelopes and would like to contribute in this way, you can do so by completing a form which is printed on the back of each of last weekend’s missalettes (April 18/19) and is also available in the church. For further information please contact the parish office at 42374 or email parishofficedungarvan@gmail.com
May Procession
This year’s May Procession will take place on Sunday May 24th at 3.00pm. Volunteers are needed to help organise the procession. A meeting for those willing to help will be held this Tuesday, April 21st at 8.00pm in St Mary’s Parish Pastoral Room. Alternatively, you can give your name and contact number to the parish office.
Safeguarding Newsletter for 2026
The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore Safeguarding Newsletter for 2026 is available in the church and porches. Among other things, it tells of the work being done by Local Safeguarding Representatives throughout the diocese.
Blessing of Graves
The Annual Blessing of Graves takes place after the Vigil Mass on Saturday, May 30th after the 7.30pm Vigil Mass.
26th April: Good Shepherd Sunday
Next Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday and Day of Prayer for Vocations. A collection for the Support of our Seminarians will be taken up as a second collection in St. Mary’s parish Church, next weekend, 25th/26th April. We are blessed to have three seminarians. It now costs about €30,000 annually to support the formation and education of each seminarian. Envelopes are available in the church which you can take home and return next weekend.
Parish of Kilgobinet – Colligan – Kilbrien
The Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 25th 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.