“We sing a song to Brigid, Brigid brings the Spring,
Awakens all the fields and flowers, and calls the birds to sing”.
We celebrate Saint Brigid’s Day on Tuesday 1st February, traditionally, the first day of Springtime. We have noticed the lengthening evenings and the increase of light in recent mornings. The old people…
Many people are attracted to silence and solitude. They find the peace and quiet of nature very much to their liking. Some people are attracted to the sea shore to gaze on the vast ocean. Others find their way to the great outdoors. Others again take up hill walking or mountain climbing. All these activities…
We have left the Christmas season behind for another year. We have entered the period in the Church’s Year known as Ordinary Time. These calm weeks until Lent provide us with time to strengthen our faith and to nourish our spiritual lives.
In the gospel this weekend we meet Jesus at the Wedding Feast of…
On Thursday, 6th January 2022 we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. We are celebrating how the Three Wise Men or Magi saw a new and different star in the sky and decided to follow it. Prompted by the Holy Spirit, that star led them on a remarkable journey to a humble stable where they…
Christmas is the season when we have time to be together, what we might call ‘family time’.
Bro Richard Hendrick OFM Cap has written a beautiful poem about how to enjoy a winter walk in nature and especially in the woods. The following is an extract from that poem and I hope you find it…
Rosbercon:
Friday – Christmas Eve, Vigil Mass: 8.00 p.m.
Saturday – Christmas Morning: 11.00 a.m.
Mullinarrigle:
Friday – Christmas Eve, Vigil Mass: 6.00 p.m.
Tullogher:
Saturday – Christmas Morning: 9.30 a.m.
While our stewards will do their best to accommodate as many people as possible in the Church, it is inevitable…
The Rosbercon-Mullinarrigle-Tullogher Christmas Draw took place in the Church of the Assumption on Sunday 12th December 2021. The Draw was very successful and realized €8,420.00. We thank all parishioners for your generous contribution and your continued loyalty to the Draw and to the Parish. Special thanks to the Promoters, and to those who sold and…
Over the centuries there have been many powerful leaders in our world. In the last 100 years we have had the Tzar in Russia, Hitler in Germany, Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Idi Amin in Uganda and Mussolini in Italy. Some of these leaders seized power but many of them were elected and were popular in their…
The Nativity Scene or the Christmas Crib is first of all a beautiful Christmas decoration. But, of course it is much more. Its origins go far back in history. St Francis of Assisi, on a visit to Rome, had been struck by the mosaics, showing the birth of Jesus, in the Roman Basilica of Saint…
