Notices

A Message from Fr Dan: Easter 2022:

In the Easter Season, the Readings at the weekend Masses focus on the Mission of the followers of Jesus. At first, they had failed to grasp the meaning of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. Once the truth dawned on them, they felt duty bound to share their faith with others. When they find their courage,…


Holy Week & Easter Mass Times:

Rosbercon Church:

Holy Thursday:  7.00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper.

Good Friday: 3.00 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Holy Saturday:  8.00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass.

Easter Sunday:  11.00 a.m.

 

Mullinarrigle Church:

Holy Thursday:  8.00 p.m.  Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Easter Sunday:  9.30 a.m.  Mass of the Resurrection

 

Tullogher Church:

Good…


A Message from Fr Dan: Holy Week 2022 Part 2:

The celebration of Holy Week, the most sacred time in the Church’s year, begins on Palm Sunday with the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Jesus enters Jerusalem as its king. He is greeted with shouts of acclamation. However, Jesus entering Jerusalem as king leads to confrontation between Jesus and Jerusalem’s present rulers. The result…


A Message from Fr Dan: Holy Week 2022:

This has been a Lent overshadowed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the nightly reports of new and more terrible atrocities and suffering.

 

On the first Holy Week, Jesus experienced all the horrors of life, culminating in his crucifixion and death. The waving palm branches, the joy and the Hosannas of Palm Sunday…


A Message from Fr Dan: A Blessing for Mother’s Day:

God of love, listen to our prayer for Mothers’ Day. We celebrate all mothers and grandmothers on this day.

 

We remember the great mothers of salvation history: Sarah, mother of Isaac; Rebecca, mother of Jacob; Ruth, mother of King David; Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, and especially Mary, Mother of Jesus whom we…


A Message from Fr Dan: Prayer:

We are constantly being encouraged to pray. It is very interesting to consider how people pray. There are as many ways to pray as there are people who pray. Many pray through thoughts, words, actions or before a crucifix. Some pray silently. Many like to gently sit or kneel before the blessed sacrament, spending quiet…


A Message from Fr Dan: Lent 2022 – Ash Wednesday:

This week marked the beginning of the Holy Season of Lent. This is the time every year when we make a special effort to fast, do penance, reflect on our faith and perform acts of charity.  In this way we prepare for the great celebrations of Holy Week; the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ.…


A Message from Fr Dan: Beauty:

Outside a Metro Station in Washington, DC, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. The man playing the Bach pieces was Joshua Bell, playing incognito as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities, organized by the Washington Post.


A Message from Fr Dan: The Synodal Journey:

Every so often the Church across the world needs to renew itself. Over the last year, Pope Francis has been asking Catholic Christians across the world to look on the Church in a new way. The name he has given to this new way is ‘the Synodal Way’. The word ‘synod’ means ‘walking together’. What…


A Message from Fr Dan: The Sermon on the Mount:

Jesus with His newly chosen apostles have just come down from the mountain. He is quickly surrounded by a large crowd who are interested in his teaching. The crowds want to know from Jesus, how they can live, how they can love, how they can be happy.

 

Because the people feel rejected, they think…