During the week the Government announced the next level of stepdown with regard to the wearing of masks in hospitals and health care settings. As a parish we too need to move in line with the broader society with regard to living with Covid-19. While there is no requirement for us to wear masks while…
Monday – Wednesday 3rd – 5th April
Daily Masses will be celebrated at 10.00.
Holy Thursday: April 6th
There will be no morning Mass on Holy Thursday. Mass of the Lord’s Supper will be at 19.30 in Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Newmarket on Fergus. Following this Mass there will be Exposition…
On Tuesday evening last, Bishop Fintan hosted and evening at the Inn at Dromoland to share in a conversation with parishioners of this Pastoral Area. Bishop Fintan and all involved were hugely encouraged by the gathering of some 150 people. All interested to hear and to contribute to the future faith life of our Diocese and…
In this excerpt Pope Francis reminds us that dramatic experiences of faith alone, will not bring us through the experience of Good Friday to the real joy of Easter. We too must meet and encounter Jesus in the reality of our lives. On hearing the Father’s voice, the disciples “fell prostrate and were very much…
On the Monday evenings of Lent, Fr. Michael is hosting an “Introduction to Praying with Scriptures”. Each week we will be praying with the Gospel for the next Sunday. No previous
experience of praying with the scripture is need. Come along from 19.00-20.00 on Monday in the Day Chapel of Our Lady of the…
This Lent Pope Francis is using the Gospel for this Sunday, The Transfiguration as the focus of his reflections for Lent. Over the weeks of Lent we will include sections of his reflection.
The Gospel of the Transfiguration is proclaimed every year on the Second Sunday of Lent. During this liturgical season, the Lord takes…
On the Monday Evenings (except Monday 13th March) of Lent from 19.00-20.00 in the Day Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Newmarket on Fergus. Fr. Michael will be hosting an “Introduction to Praying with Scriptures”. Each week we will be praying with the Gospel for the next Sunday. Firstly, we will listen to…
A sincere thank you to all who contributed so generously to our collection for the victims of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake. Last weekend the Parish of Newmarket on Fergus collected €6375.31. Yet another mark of the generosity of this community. During the week additional monies were donated which we will add to this sum. We would…
Wednesday next the 22nd of February is Ash Wednesday and it marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. This is the day when we wear ashes on our foreheads as a sign that we belong to Jesus Christ. It also represents an awareness of our sins but sins we believe that Jesus Christ gave his life…
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