“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 Wednesday, 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…
Fr. Niall Coll, a native of Donegal, will be ordained Bishop of Ossory in succession to Archbishop Dermot Farrell in Saint Mary’s Cathedral Kilkenny on Sunday next, 22nd January 2023 at 3.00pm. Over the weekend we are asked to hold Bishop-elect Niall in our prayers. May his ministry in our diocese be blessed and fruitful…
In mid-winter as we are now, only the barest signs of Spring are visible. But we have no doubt that Spring is just around the corner even though the ground still carries many of the dead leaves of last Summer.
We continue to live in a time of change, in society, in political life,…
On Sunday 25th December we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity. We are celebrating how the Son of God came among us as one of us. In a humble stable a fragile child, the promised Messiah, came among us. In time the light of the Risen Christ would overcome the darkness and fear of the…
Christmas Masses: Our Masses in the Parish are as follows:
Rosbercon: Saturday – Christmas Eve, Vigil Mass: 8.00 p.m.
Sunday – Christmas Morning: 11.00 a.m.
Mullinarrigle: Christmas Eve, 6.00 p.m.
Tullogher: Christmas Morning: 9.30 a.m.
The Rosbercon – Mullinarrigle – Tullogher Christmas Draw to help meet the cost of the Renovations of the Churches and the Parish Hall was a fantastic success and Fr Dan and the Parish Finance Committee thank you very sincerely for your generosity and loyalty to the Parish. The Draw took place on Sunday last, 11th…
Over the centuries there have been many powerful leaders in our world. In the last 100 years we have had Tzar in Russia, Hitler in Germany, Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Idi Amin in Uganda and Mussolini in Italy. Some of these leaders seize power but many of them were elected and were popular in their own…
The Annual Giving Tree makes a welcome return to Rosbercon Church this year. Through the tree, gifts are brought to the patients of the two local hospitals in New Ross. Parishioners are asked to take a tag from the tree and return the gift requested with the tag on or before the 31st December 2022.
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…
