Holy Land Pilgrimage 23rd to 31st October 2018. We have two places available on the pilgrimage due to last-minute cancellations. This promises to be a wonderful pilgrimage, and if you would you like to join it, or would like to find our more information, call MAP Travel at 01 878311, or visit www.maptravel.ie.
Archbishop Martin has appointed Fr Joe Mullan as Administrator of Clonskeagh Parish effective immediately. Fr Joe will continue as Parish Priest of Rathgar. Some amendments to the Mass schedule may be necessary during this transition period and will be advised through the Newsletter and Website. We wish Fr Joe well as he takes on these additional responsibilities.
Update from the Parish Finance Committee
Summer 2018
Outline of major works proposed for Three Patrons Church
Just over a year ago the parish sold No. 50 Rathgar Road. At that time the Parish Finance Committee outlined for parishioners the possible benefits to the parish being considered from the funds arising and invited suggestions from parishioners. The text of the presentation made in the Church is still available on the parish website.
Since then the Parish Finance Committee has been
Tickets for the Papal Mass in the Phoenix Park on Sunday 26th August 2018, will be available online
from 25th June.
Tickets are free, but everyone attending must have one.
Please see summary leaflet on the board in the side aisle for details of how to apply, or go to www.worldmeeting2018.ie
and if you have any difficulty, please contact the Parish Office at 01 4972215
Our parish employs four part-time staff members, each with their particular area of responsibility: Caroline Nolan is our Parish Administrator, and looks after the parish finances, buildings, and general administration; Cepta Lyons is our Parish Pastoral Assistant, and she organises the sacramental life of the parish and manages the sacristy; Jackie Hearne is our Pastoral Worker and Sacramental Co-coordinator, working on the organisation of the Communion and Confirmation programmes, the Family Mass, and other youth-related activity; Derek O’Reilly is our
There are 26 hours of Adoration from which to choose, and pledge cards are available at the back of the Church; just fill in your contact details and put the card in the safe beside the Pieta Shrine. The schedule is available below, but times my be changed to facilitate Baptisms, Weddings, or Funerals. Thank you.
Pope Francis delivered his closing address to the Synod of Bishops on the Family on Sunday 24 October saying: “Certainly, the Synod was not about settling all the issues having to do with the family, but rather attempting to see them in the light of the Gospel and the Church’s tradition and two-thousand-year history, bringing the joy of hope without falling into a facile repetition of what is obvious or has already been said. It was about urging everyone
Note: Applications for Volunteers are now being sought by the organisers. See the Newsletter for further details:
Pope Francis has announced that the 9th World Meeting of Families will take place in 2018 in Dublin. Held every three years and sponsored by the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for the Family, the World Meeting of Families is the world’s largest Catholic gathering of families. It has been described as a celebration of family life and of the Catholic Church’s commitment