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Message regarding the Phone First Service: We are emailing you about an update to the Phone First service which is being trialled across a number of Emergency Departments (ED) and Minor Injuries Units in Northern Ireland. The Phone First service is about improving patient safety and reducing the risk of Covid-19 infection and transmission by reducing overcrowding and long waits ...
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PIPS (Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide) Hope & Support (Newry) will broadcast their annual Christmas Service of Remembrance, Hope & Healing from the Church of the Assumption, Drumalane (Middle Killeavy) on Sunday 13th December at 3pm (link: http://www.newrymiddlekilleavy.com/index.php/live-broadcast/). This year, the service will be online only. &...
Read MoreSr Pam Thimmes OSC, Poor Clares, Faughart, will lead an Advent Day of Reflection on Saturday, 19 December from 10 am – 4 pm, hosted by Drumalis via Zoom. For most of us 2020 has been an unprecedented time – a time of change, loss and grief, confusion, discovery, wonder and uncertainty. In some ways it has been an extended advent (arrival, emergence). Isaia...
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With the beginning of Advent last Sunday, preparations have begun in earnest in parishes across the country for the celebration of Christmas – albeit in a very different context this year. Priests working with Parish Pastoral Councils are making decisions at a local level on how best to celebrate Christmas in a safe manner. We extend our sincere gratitude to parish teams t...
Read More"Advent is the season of hope, which holds the key to ‘saving Christmas’ and unlocking its true and powerful meaning. The season of Advent is a four week ‘circuit-breaker’ in preparation for Christmas, a call to come back to God” – Archbishop Eamon Martin The First Sunday of Advent is the Church’s New Year’s Day an...
Read MoreOur thoughts and prayers are with the Reid family at this sad time following the death of Brian. Brian's funeral will leave his home, 9a Derrygarve Park, Newbridge, on Tuesday, 1st December at 10.30am for 11.00am Requiem Mass in the Church of St. Trea, Newbridge. Interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Sadly, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, Bri...
Read MoreThe Church of St. Trea has been closed from Monday, 23rd November to enable the heating system to be replaced. We hope to have the work completed before Christmas. There will be no public Masses from Friday, 27th November until Friday, 11th December due to the new COVID-19 restrictions. It is hoped to livestream the Sunday Masses on 29th November and 6th December on the Parish Fa...
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Ahead of the beginning of Advent on Sunday, Archbishop Eamon Martin has encouraged people to ‘share hope’ this Advent season. The Primate of All Ireland has renewed his call for everyone across the island to turn towards hope, and away from despair, saying, "the season of Advent offers us a new beginning and a promise of hope for better times.&n...
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Cathedral to be lit up in red to honour martyrs who have died in prison for the faith (see pictures attached) "The threat of unjust imprisonment is one of the most prevalent and frightening forms of intimidation and persecution of Christians throughout the world. This year our Red Wednesday prayer service calls it out” – Archbishop Martin &nbs...
Read MoreArchbishop Eamon Martin has launched the 2020 online Advent Calendar, which will go live on the first Sunday of Advent, 29 November. The Advent Calendar can be accessed from the www.catholicbishops.ie website at the link below: Advent Calendar Now in its seventh year, the unique online Advent Calendar offers resources for the parish, school and for families wh...
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