Sundays:
6pm Vigil (on Sat night);10am; 12 noon; 9pm
Holydays (Mon-Fri):
6pm (Vigil) - no 6pm Mass if vigil falls on Sunday;
7.30am; 10am; 12 noon; 9pm
Mon-Fri: 7.30am; 10am; 12 noon
Saturdays: 10am; 12 noon; 6pm (Vigil for Sun)
Bank Holidays: 10am; 12 noon
We were privileged to have been asked to be a Host Church during the Eucharist Congress. That historic week was a time of grace and growth for us in the parish and also for the many pilgrims who visited our newly renovated church.
There was a great sense of the universality and youthful vitality of the Church in our parish that week. We had concelebrated Masses in Spanish and Chinese, a large group of French-speaking pilgrims from the island of Guadalupe, in the Caribbean, various groups from North and South America, as well as bishops and priests from the United States, Kenya, India and the Czech Republic who concelebrated on various occasions. And we had a talk from Cardinal Robert Sarah, born in Guinea and now President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum in Rome.
Our thanks to Rosemary Swords, Pat Reynolds of the IEC Eucharistic Adoration Committee; to Luison Lassala, Colm Duff, Peadar & Antoinette Moynihan and the other members of the parish IEC project team which worked so hard to make the Congress events in our church such a success; to Eddie Hannigan, who looked after fundraising to cover costs of hiring the marquee and other equipment; to the scores of volunteers who generously gave of their time and kindness during the week, day and night.
We are very grateful to Declan Quinn and the team at Aid to the Church in Need for their encouragement and support, especially with signage and texts for free distribution; and to our benefactors, in particular to Mike Kumar for his very significant contribution.
A special word of thanks to Albert Noonan, our architect, and the builders who met the deadline and transformed our church in the space of 2 short months in time for the Congress; and to the generosity of the various cleaning teams who spent long hours getting rid of the accumulated dust etc. of the building works - putting the finishing touches to the renovation project.