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 – 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 – we 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…
Welcoming Families – Last Saturday we welcomed the First Holy Communion children and their families to the evening Mass as one of the eight Do This in Memory Masses from last October to next May. Next Saturday, we will welcome the Confirmation candidates and their families to a second Mass in the church as part…
January
The old phrase that ‘January is a long month’ is so true this year. The children are back at school for two weeks already and there are two more weeks remaining in the month. However, this long wait, will make February all the more welcome as we look forward to brighter and warmer days…
Still Christmas
The crib is still in place in the church and the Christmas decorations remain as well as we reach the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord this weekend. In fact there is a great comfort in these during the past few days of cold and damp. While the schools re-opened very early…
Praying for Peace
We have crossed the threshold into 2026, a time of hope and new beginnings. On last Thursday, New Year’s Day, we celebrated World Day of Peace. A few years ago, we would have done this somewhat ‘in passing’ as we didn’t get any sense that our world was changing and…
Happy New Year
We have celebrated Christmas wonderfully here in St. Michael’s this year. It has helped to lift the gloom that can surround us towards the end of the year as well as the stress of having to do so much in preparation for Christmas. This weekend, we are in a much quieter…
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…
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