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Knock Shrine to host special online faith discussions during Lent

  Ash Wednesday falls on 17 February and heralds the beginning of Lent 2021.  This year Knock Shrine will host a new series of online discussions to help engage Christians during Lent, under the title ‘Living Christian Faith - Lenten Conversations’.   What nurtures our faith and what challenges it today? Where do we find hope and joy in our lives? How...

Sharing the Good News – Issue 61 January 2021

  Please see below issue 61 of Sharing the Good News, the newsletter of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference.   The current issue can also be downloaded from the home page of www.catholicbishops.ie.  The January 2021 issue features articles on: the publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Report;  Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Dermot F...

Harry Gribbin's Funeral Mass

  Our thoughts and prayers are with the Gribbin family at this sad time following the death of Harry. Sadly, due to the new government restrictions, the House and Funeral will be Strictly Private (immediate family only). Harry's Funeral Mass can be viewed on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. on the St Treas - Parish of Newbridge & Ballymaguigan Facebook page at the link below. ...

Statement by Archbishop Eamon Martin on the publication of Research Report on Mother and Baby Homes

    Statement by Archbishop Eamon Martin on the publication of Research Report on Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland   The month of January 2021 will go down in history as the time when the people of Ireland - north and south - came face to face with a stark reality of our past which we preferred would remain hushed and hidden – the way ...

Statement by the Northern Catholic Bishops on the extension of the Covid-19 shut-down to 5 March 2021

  We encourage parishes to continue to broadcast the celebration of Mass – and other devotions and prayer services – online and on other media, knowing that faith and prayer can be a tremendous support to individuals and society during these difficult times. We ask for prayers for the sick, the bereaved and all those whose livelihoods have been particularly impa...

Carmel Quinn's Funeral Mass

  Our thoughts and prayers are with the Quinn and McCreanor families at this sad time following the death of Carmel. Sadly, due to the new government restrictions, the House and Funeral will be Strictly Private (immediate family only). Carmel's Funeral Mass can be viewed on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. on the St Treas - Parish of Newbridge & Ballymaguigan Facebook page at the lin...

Statement of Archbishop Eamon Martin on the publication of the Mother & Baby Homes Report

  "Above all we must continue to find ways of reaching out to those whose personal testimonies are central to this Report” – Archbishop Eamon   I welcome the publication of the Mother & Baby Homes Report.  As a Church leader today, I accept that the Church was clearly part of that culture in which people were frequently stigmatized, judged and rejected. ...

Mary Ward's Month's Mind Mass on Tuesday, 12th January at 10:00am

    Mary Ward's Month's Mind Mass on Tuesday, 12th January at 10:00 a.m. can be viewed on the St Treas - Parish of Newbridge & Ballymaguigan Facebook page at the link below. If there is no sound when the video starts, you should click on the Volume icon at the bottom of the video to enable sound. St Treas - Parish of Newbridge & Ballymaguigan Facebook page Th...

Public attendance at all Masses in the Parish is suspended until Saturday, 6th February

  Due to the current high levels of the COVID-19 virus, the Northern Bishops have decided that public attendance at all Masses and other church liturgies should be suspended from midnight on Thursday, 7th January until Saturday, 6th February. However weddings, funerals and baptisms may still take place, subject to the current regulations. Individual visits to the Church fo...

Anahorish Primary School - School Admissions 2021-2022

    If your child is beginning P1 in September 2021, the admissions process opens from the 7th January until the 29th January.   Please contact Mr Quinn on 02879650825 or dquinn433@c2kni.net if you have any questions or require assistance in completing this process. Further information can be found on the Anahorish Primary School Facebook page.  ...