St. Michael's Parish

Happy Christmas

As we reach the Fourth Sunday of Advent, we can begin to wish one another ‘Happy Christmas’ though it’s still nice to hear those words on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning in the church.  These words of greeting are most meaningful when gathered to pray, to sing and to look…

Gaudete Sunday – we have reached the third Sunday of Advent and preparations are well progressed for us to celebrate Christmas in our church, parish and Family of Parishes this year.  The Church Crib is now in place and Christmas decorations are well under way.  The parish schools have been here in the…

Celebrating Together – our church and parish centre has been very busy in recent times as we continue through Advent and approach Christmas.  We had a wonderful concert in the church last Sunday evening which was very well attended. We were delighted to facilitate and welcome the Polish Community to the Parish Centre last weekend…

Confirmation – The Confirmation candidates from Scoil Barra Naofa Cailliní, Scoil Barra Naofa Buachaillí, Scoil Ursula and St. Michael’s NS participated in wonderful retreat day in the Parish Centre and the church last Thursday.  The retreat was facilitated by a team of eight young people from NET Ministries.  Our Confirmation candidates had a very good…

Praying Together

In the coming weeks, we will gradually introduce a number of small changes as to when we stand and when we kneel during the celebration of the Mass.  Bishop Fintan Gavin has said that ‘during our Year of Prayer, Listening and Discernment, people shared a desire for a deeper and more united experience…