Notices

HAPPY EASTER ~ 5th April 2026

Happy Easter – we have been blessed with beautiful Holy Week ceremonies in recent days.  There was a lovely sense of a parish faith community gathered in our beloved church walking in the footsteps of Jesus from the glorious entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, through the Upper Room and the Garden of Gethsemane on…


‘Truth, what is that?’ ~ 29th March 2026

‘Truth, what is that?’ –  I am always struck by the words of the Passion Reading on Good Friday afternoon when Pilate says ‘truth, what is that’.  These are words for our time and our world.  Increasingly we find it hard to believe what we hear at many levels not to mind the fundamental Christian…


Let Us Walk Together ~ 22nd March 2026

Let Us Walk Together – The spring sunshine over the last few days has raised our hearts and our spirits.  We all needed that this year.  In a sense, we all need the special time of Holy Week and Easter just as much.  Holy Week and Easter is a beautiful time of the…


Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day ~ 15th March 2026

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

We look forward to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Masses @ 9am & 11am in St. Michael’s and @ 10am in Holy Cross next Tuesday.  For a good few years now, the faith significance of St. Patrick’s Feast Day has been less obvious.  However, we will still…


Praying for Peace ~ 8th March 2026

Praying for Peace

Our world has changed in front of our eyes over the last few years.  We are told that we now live in a world of ‘big power’ where military and economic dominance has become the norm.  International political leadership depends less on diplomatic skills and more on force.  In contrast to ‘big…


Supporting the Bereaved ~ 1st March 2026

Supporting the Bereaved

There have been an exceptional number of bereavements in both Blackrock and Mahon Parishes since the start of the year.  We have gathered on many occasions to celebrate a Requiem Mass and travel to the cemetery or the Crematorium.  Bereaved families deeply appreciate the prayerful support of a parish…


Celebrating our Faith ~ 22nd February 2026

Celebrating our Faith

Many people have remarked on the large attendances at Masses on Ash Wednesday morning in both St. Michael’s and Holy Cross.  It’s interesting that many also remarked on excellent Mass attendances in both churches over Christmas and the New Year.  In St. Michael’s, we have also been blessed with a great…


LENT ~ 15th February 2026

Lent

Ash Wednesday will be celebrated this week and is the beginning of the Lenten Season.   Of course, the world is changing rapidly and while Lent was once a significant period in peoples lives now it is often reduced in the public consciousness to Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.  However, that is…


Young People & Families ~ 8th February 2026

Young People & Families – over the last two years we have worked towards building up the participation and involvement of young people and families at weekend Masses and in the life of the parish.  We have worked closely with our parish schools nurturing the long-standing relationships of family, school and parish.  These things just…


Lá Fhéile Bríde ~ 1st February 2026

Lá Fhéile Brídewe have finally reached February giving us brighter days and a sense of a new beginning after such a long January.  Also this year there have been many bereavements in both Blackrock and Mahon Parishes and in the wider Family of Parishes.  Families have gathered for Funeral Masses, stood…