Our Lady Queen Of Peace Church Dublin - Merrion Road Church Dublin D4

Mass Times

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

Our Lady Queen of Peace
Merrion Road, Dublin 4,
D04 NX33, Ireland

Tel: +353 (0)1 269 1825

info@merrionroadchurch.ie

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Thank you for the generous donation of €6,673 for East Africa on 22 & 23 July 2017

We are very happy with the very generous response in Our Lady Queen of Peace to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's appeal for support of the National Church collection for Trócaire relief in East Africa.

The appalling situation facing the people has reached a critical stage. There are severe food shortages in South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia brought about by drought and conflict.

Over half the population of Somalia (6.2 million people) is experiencing food shortages and malnutrition. There have also been major outbreaks of cholera across the country. South Sudan is on the brink of famine, with drought and conflict affecting millions. Millions of people in south-eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

On behalf of Irish Catholics, Trócaire is doing all it possible can – currently helping over 150,000 people across the region with emergency food, water and sanitation.

Solemn Mass honouring St Josemaría Escrivá on Monday 26 June 2017 at 8pm

On Monday 26 June, Fr Justin Gillespie, Opus Dei's vicar for Ireland celebrated a Solemn Mass in Our Lady Queen of Peace - on the Feastday of St Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, who died on that day in 1975.

A large congregation, which included many families with young children, braved the rain to honour St Josemaría. One parishioner commented that he had arrived for the Mass, quite tired from work, and that the beauty of the liturgy had lifted both his energies and his spirit.

The homily given by Fr Justin can be downloaded below.

More photos here. Photo album here.

Downloads

1. Homily given by Fr Justin Gillespie

Parish Corpus Christi procession, Sunday 18 June 2017, 3-5pm

Our parish Corpus Christi procession began in Our Lady Queen of Peace and then proceeded along the Merrion Road to St Mary's Chapel in Elm Park. Following a station there the procession returned along the Merrion Road back to Our Lady Queen of Peace for the final part of our liturgy.

Other photos from this year's procession here.
Photo album for 2017.

We are very grateful to the Religious Sisters of Charity for allowing us to use their beautiful chapel.

We wished to honour Our Lord in the Blessed Eucharist and live out these words of St John Paul II:

Our faith in the God who took flesh in order to become our companion along the way needs to be everywhere proclaimed, especially in our streets and homes, as an expression of our grateful love and as an inexhaustible source of blessings. (Mane nobiscum Domine, 7 October 2004, no. 18)

St Michael's College, First Holy Communion, Saturday 6 May 2017 at 12 noon

We congratulate students of St Michael's College who made their First Holy Communion in Our Lady Queen of Peace on Saturday 6 May 2017. More photos here.

We invite them to reflect on these words of Pope Francis to a group of first communicants on 26 May 2013

What does Jesus do when he walks with us? Louder! First: he helps us. He leads us! Very good. He walks with us, he helps us, he leads us and he teaches us to journey on. [...]

Adoration on Easter Monday, 10.30am - 9pm

We are very happy in Our Lady Queen of Peace to be part of the Jesus Youth Awakening initiative.

It comprises of 100 days of Eucharist Adoration in various European countries for the following intentions:

Revival of the Faith in Europe
Vocations to the priesthood, religious, consecrated and family life
Persecuted people all over the world

It is a wonderful opportunity to pray for these intentions and to continue our own thanksgiving for the graces of Easter.

Confirmation of St Michael's College students, 12 noon, Wednesday 22 March 2017

Students of St Michael's College received the Sacrament of Confirmation in Our Lady Queen of Peace on Wednesday 22 March, at the 12 noon Mass.

The boys were confirmed by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Paul Callan, Moderator of the Curia and Vicar General of the Archdiocese, who is a former pupil of St Michael's.

Syro-Malabar Mass in honour of St Joseph, 18 March 2017, at 14.00

Parishioners from India held a special Mass in honour of St Joseph, in the Syro-Malabar Rite, on Saturday 18 March at 14.00.

After Mass, despite a strong wind and a little rain, the statue of St Joseph and a relic of St Alfonsa were brought in procession through the Church grounds.

More photos here

National Transport Authority proposal to run road through Our Lady Queen of Peace car park

The National Transport Authority has recently published a Public Consultation Document, for a section of the Sutton-Sandycove Cycleway, which includes their Scheme to fix the Merrion Gates bottleneck.

See Appendices to Public Consultation Document here.
See Irish Times report here.

Public Consultation with National Transport Authority

Our Lady Queen of Peace engaged planning, engineering and traffic consultants and made a comprehensive submission to the National Transport Authority.

Our objective was to seek a better solution for the Merrion Gates problem - while not depriving our parishioners of irreplaceable ground-level parking spaces, when attending Mass in our church.

The Emerging Preferred Option has a very significant impact on Our Lady Queen of Peace, taking over half of the side carpark. It would also seriously affect Phase 3 of our parish development plan: to provide a day-chapel, offices & meeting rooms, wheelchair-friendly WCs and easier access to the Upper Room for older people. Map and satellite photo with overlay of proposed road here.

Requiem Mass for Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei (1932-2016)

See photo album here.

November Indulgences for the Holy Souls

From 12 noon on 1 November until midnight on 2 November

By visiting a church or oratory and there reciting one Our Father and the Apostle's Creed, One Plenary Indulgence, applicable only to the Holy Souls, may be gained, by all those who:

Have confessed (at any time within the week preceding or the week following 1st November)
Received Holy Communion (any day from 1-8 Nov)
Prayed for the Pope’s intentions (one Our Father, and Hail Mary or any other prayer of one’s choice)

1 — 8 November

The Faithful who visit a cemetery and pray for the dead may gain One Plenary Indulgence, applicable only to the Holy Souls.

The above conditions regarding Confession, Holy Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions apply also for this.

For more information on Indulgences and nearest Cemetery to Parish click HERE.

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St. Raphael ArnĂĄiz BarĂłn, monk (1911-1938)