Feast of St Blaise: The blessing of throats will take place on Tuesday, 3 February at the following times:

• after 9.30am Mass in The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Newmarket-on-Fergus;
• at 11am in the Church of Our Lady of the Wells, Clonmoney;
• and at 7pm in The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Using two crossed, blessed, unlit candles the minister touches the throat of each person using the following prayer of blessing: Through the intercession of St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, may the Lord preserve you from aliments of the throat and every other illness. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen