We mark the feast of St Thomas à Becket with mass on Saturday 29th December at 17.30. The special preacher will be Father Marcus Holden, an expert on the English Saints. ​After the mass there will be a buffet in the Corry Hall in thanks for those who have helped the parish during the year in whatever capacity including servers, singers, sacristans, musicians, cleaners, readers, Eucharistic ministers, catechists, ushers, counters, other volunteers, etc, etc. Please come along and enjoy what promises to be a most convivial evening.

St Joseph's School will be holding their Nativity Play in the Church at 14.00 on Thursday 13th December. All welcome.

The Parish Christmas Dinner will take place at 19.30 on Saturday 15th December. Tickets now available at £12.50.

The statue of the Sacred Heart has now been restored and returned to us. It is now looking much better. It is believed to be about 100 years old.

We are holding a Parish Race Night on Saturday 6th October at 19.30 with a Bar and Ploughman’s Supper. Tickets only £5 on sale after both weekend Masses. £50 to sponsor a race and £5 to sponsor a horse. Eight races and eight horses in each race. Come along for a fun evening. Good luck!

If any young person in Year Nine or above would like to make their Confirmation in the coming year they should sign the list on the table at the back of the Church. Details of classes to be announced. Adults who have not yet been Confirmed are also most welcome.

Please sign the list on the table at the back of the Church if you wish to enrol your child for First Communion classes. They must be in Year Three or above. The classes will take place after the Sunday Mass beginning in the first week of November.

The Feast of the Assumption which falls on Wednesday 15th August is a Holyday of Obligation. Masses will be at 9.30 and 19.00. 

Families from all over the world will meet in Dublin from 22-26 August 2018 to share their experiences, to reflect on the different challenges they face and to grow together in faith. Thousands of families and individuals from Ireland and the world will be attending. Pope Francis will celebrate mass in the Phoenix Park on Sunday 26th August. For more details look up www.worldmeeting2018.ie

Each University and Higher Education Institute in the country has a dedicated Catholic Chaplain based either in the University or in the parish.

The Catholic Chaplaincy is a place for you to explore your faith, to meet people with similar interests from a great range of backgrounds, and to get involved in activities and social outreach.

If you already have a strong faith, this is a chance to deepen it. If you are full of questions and doubts, this is a chance to share them and search for some honest answers about life and faith. Everyone is welcome. For addresses see the special website www.catholicsatuniversity.org.uk