Details of the Blessing of the Graves and annual Cemetery Masses in the Pastoral Area.

SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS: Congratulations to all the children receiving First Holy Communion or Confirmation.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTER TO THE SICK: We need you!! Would you be interested in helping the sick of our Parish by bringing communion to them in the comfort and privacy of their own homes

NEW CHRISTIANS We welcome Aengus Charles, Ava Kate, Edith Lucia and Oisin William, who joined our community through the waters of Baptism recently.

BLESSING OF THE GRAVES AND ANNUAL CEMETERY MASSES: See Blessing of the Graves in the Pastoral Area

HOLY ROSARY SOUP & SANDWICHES: Wednesday 31 May in Kilian House Family Centre: 12.15 – 2pm. Suggested donation €5 (for local charities).

HOLY FAITH CONVENT, KILCOOLE: An open afternoon for anyone who has had connections with the old convent or school in Kilcoole is scheduled for Wednesday, May 31st from 2:30 – 4:30pm.

MAY PROCESSION All children who have recently made their First Holy Communion along with their families are invited to take part in the May Procession on Wed 31st May. We will assemble in Holy Rosary

YOUTH INITIATIVE MEETING: Our hope is to get a youth club up and running for September in our parish for 12-14 year olds. We need your help to do it. Our next meeting is for Wednesday 14th June at 7.30pm in Kilian House. Watch this space.

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Every Sunday we will have a Liturgy of the Word for the younger members of our community at the 12.15pm Sunday Mass.

The Family Mass Choir sing at this mass except on the last Sunday of the month when Solstice the Gospel Choir sing.

Please encourage your younger family members to join in.

All welcome.

Starting in 2017 the Pope will present only one prepared prayer intention per month, rather than the two presented before this year.

He plans, however, to add a second prayer intention each month related to current events or urgent needs, like disaster relief. The urgent prayer request will help mobilize prayer and action related to the urgent situation.

Read on to see those monthly prayer intentions.

The details of the preparation programmes for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation are now available.

Click below for detail on dates of ceremonies and parental preparation resources.

We are introducing a new approach to preparation for the Sacrament of Baptism here in the pastoral area of the parishes of Greystones and Kilquade.

The purpose of the preparation programme is to support parents in reflecting on the significant step they are taking in bring their child to be baptised into the Christian Community.

The Pope now has a mobile application called Click To Pray for his worldwide prayer network.

The app invites you to pray together with millions of others around the world for the Pope’s monthly prayer intentions which address current challenges facing humanity.