Notices

Welcome – Witamy – Fáilte & Parish News ~ 16th February 2025

Welcome – Witamy Fáilte – The Polish Mass on last Sunday afternoon in Holy Cross Church was very well attended as was the Mass there on Friday evening at 7.30pm.  The Polish Community have indicated that they are delighted to have the opportunity to gather in Holy Cross Church and in our Family of…


Sacrament of Confirmation & Local Churches News ~ 2nd February 2025

Sacrament of Confirmation

Welcome to the Sixth Class Confirmation candidates and their families to our Vigil Mass this weekend.  Their enrolment for the Sacrament is celebrated as a parish this year by gathering for this Mass.

We all realise that life is increasingly complicated and we gather to pray for our young people…


CELEBRATE BAPTISM & PARISH NEWS UPDATES ~ 12th January 2025

Celebrate Baptism

This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord as Jesus is baptised in the River Jordan by John.  Jesus enters into the waters of baptism in the same way that we celebrate the baptism of so many children in our own parishes.  He ‘joins the line’ with…


HAPPY JUBILEE ~ 5th January 2025

Happy Jubilee

We have crossed the threshold from the old year into the new one this week.  The new year is a time of hope and a fresh start.  2025 is also a Jubilee Year in the Church, a time of celebration and gratitude for the great gift of the Incarnation and of…


Happy Christmas ~ 22nd December 2024

When we will kneel in front of our Church Crib on Christmas Eve, Christmas morning, or at another time, we will have our own thoughts. We may be thinking of the people who are not with us this year, thinking of our families, thinking of the year gone by, thinking of health, perhaps saddened by…


The Children’s Voices ~ 15th December 2024

The Children’s Voices

Our church is a very busy place these days as schools rehearse and celebrate their Christmas carol concerts and nativity plays.  It’s great to hear the voices of the children and young people in the church.  We are grateful to their dedicated teachers and school staffs who give so much…


DECEMBER PARISH NOTICES ~ 8th December 2024

Year of Listening, Prayer and Discernment – Representatives from our parish participated in a diocesan gathering last Sunday in the Rochestown Park Hotel.  Representatives of Blackrock Parish and the other three parishes in our Family of Parishes will meet in the Spring to reflect on the central questions as to how can we make baptism…


NOVEMBER PARISH NOTCES ~ 1st November 2024

November Novena for the Dead will continue until Sunday 10th November.  Novena Mass on Mon – Friday this coming week @ 9.30am. November Lists and Envelopes remain available in the church.

Blessing of Graves in St. Michael’s Cemetery on this Sunday 3rd November @ 3pm.

Sacrament of Confirmation 2025…


NOVEMBER ~ 25th October 2024

It already looks as if November will be as expected, wet, windy and the kind of weather that mirrors our liturgical time of remembrance and prayer for the faithful departed. The falling leaves mirror the cycle of life and death. As always, Jesus Christ guides us to places where He has already gone Himself. That…


A Prayer Service to celebrate the Season of Creation ~ 3rd October 2024 @ 9:30am

A Prayer Service to celebrate the Season of Creation will take place in Holy Cross Church Mahon on Thursday 3rd October @ 9.30am

The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all of creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together.  The season starts on 1 September, the World Day…