On Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th July there will be a Liturgy of the Word Service at 10am each morning in Holy Rosary Church as there will be no mass on these days in this Church. Looking forward to you joining us in prayer.

Weekday Mass Times in the Pastoral Area

The World Meeting of Families has invited thousands of volunteers to join them for the once-in-a-generation event.

This six-day festival of faith will take place from 21 to 26 August next year with the theme: “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World”.

NEW CHRISTIANS: We welcome Angela Manweiler ,Michael O Neill and Bridget Campbell who joined our community through the waters of Baptism recently.

PARISH OFFICE CHANGES: During the summer months beginning the 1st Friday of July the parish office will be closed on Fridays.

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. Please contact the Parish office if you can help.

WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES: The World Meeting of Families has invited thousands of volunteers to join them for the once-in-a-generation event.

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

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.

A significant amount of the preparation work with children preparing for the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation is carried out through the school, however the home remains the primary place of nurture for Faith development.

We, the pastoral team of the parish, recognise the role we have in supporting families, especially at these times of preparation for the Sacraments. We put in place a preparation programme for parents as a means of achieving this.

The registration form and an explanation of the parish approach to preparing for the sacraments in 2018 will be available on this website from the beginning of August 2017.

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.