Christmas Triduum of Masses
will be celebrated on 26, 27 & 28th December. Signed cards available from the Parochial House or sacristy after Masses.
will be celebrated on 26, 27 & 28th December. Signed cards available from the Parochial House or sacristy after Masses.
for families of all who have died in our parish during the year, will be offered in Athboy Church on Friday 4th November 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend.
November is the month that is especially dedicated to remembering and praying for our loved ones who have departed this life and have gone before us into Eternal Life. Visits to the cemetery and to the church, the Indulgences for the Faithful Departed, compiling the List of the Dead, the Feast of all Saints on…
Next weekend a new Parish Financial Year commences. Boxes of envelopes, a List of the Dead envelope and a letter will be distributed to homes during the week. Thank you for your generous support during the year, it helps maintain the three churches in our parish.
Celebrating Penance and Holy Communion for the First Time
Do this in Memory – dates for 2022 – 2023
Enrolment Saturday & Sunday 1st/2nd October
Saturday & Sunday 12/13th November
Saturday & Sunday 10/11th December
Saturday & Sunday 14/15th January
Saturday & Sunday 25/26th February
Sacrament of Penance 7/8th March
Saturday & Sunday 22nd/23rd April
…Parents of children attending parish schools in Athboy, Rathmore & Rathcairn and whose children will celebrate the sacraments in 2023, are invited to meetings as outlined below.
For parents of children receiving Confirmation on Tuesday 20th September 8pm Athboy Church.
For parents of children receiving Penance & Holy Communion, Wednesday 21st September 8pm, Athboy Church
This week we celebrate two feast days of Our Lady……
Monday 15th August the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: a Holyday of obligation.
“The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption into heaven makes clear to us that there is room for our humanity in heaven. Mary’s Assumption assures us that what Jesus accomplished in rising from…
will take place in:
Rathmore, 3pm Sunday 19th June
Hill of Ward, 7.30pm Saturday 25th June
Athboy, 3pm Sunday 26th June
Rathmore Abbey, 7.30pm, Wednesday 10th August.
A reminder to please take home withered flowers, wreaths and other waste material from your family plot.
Please refrain from dumping in the grounds or neighbouring grounds of…
Holy Week is the most revered week in the year for Christians. During the week we follow in the footsteps of Jesus. We are led through the moments of Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem, his betrayal by Judas, the Last Supper, his arrest in Gethsemane, his trial and crucifixion,…
Thank You for your generous response to our appeal for help for victims of the war in Ukraine, €6,800 has been donated.
“I would like to thank you for the noble gesture of charity and generosity that you have made in the name of faith, that of supporting the Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war,…