Announcements
3 November 2024
ANAM CARA
Anam Cara – supporting parents after bereavement, are hosting their penultimate Online Bereavement Information Evening of 2024. The month of November, can be very difficult for bereaved parents and is the month of Remembrance.
This online event will take place on Thursday 7th of November at 7pm. Our guest speaker will be Diane Clabby. www.anamcara.ie
3 November 2024
NOVEMBER REMEMBRANCE MASSES
St Anne’s Church, Bohernabreena:
Wednesday 13th November at 7.30p.m
St Martin De Porres Church, Aylesbury:
Saturday 16th November at 7p.m. (Vigil Mass)
Holy Rosary Church, Ballycragh:
Sunday 17th November at 10.30a.m.
27 October 2024
TEAM HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
Would you like to give a little joy and love to a needy Child this Christmas? Well you can, you can send them a Christmas Shoebox gift. Explanation leaflets are available on the tables in the Church.
Please return your filled shoe box to the Parish Office for collection before 8th November. Team hope would be very grateful if you have small toys or colouring books, copies etc to donate. Items may be left in the Parish Office.
27 October 2024
FIRHOUSE PARISH BETHANY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
The Bethany group has arranged a special Prayer Service of Remembrance for all those, whose funerals took place in our parish during the past year, on Friday 8th November at 7.30p.m. Deceased family members and friends will also be remembered. All are welcome.
27 October 2024
HOLY DAY – SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
Friday 1st November Masses: 10.a.m. and 7.30p.m.
27 October 2024
Synodal Reflections 2024 Newsletter for this Sunday, October 27 from the Archdiocese
Please find attached the Synod 2024 Newsletter for this Sunday, October 27, click here.
Further Synod resources can be found at www.dublindiocese.ie/synod2024/
27 October 2024
Synodal Reflections for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 27) from the Archdiocese
Reflections for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 27), the last of a series of four texts being offered for each of the October weekends. A podcast of these reflections can be listened to here. These texts link Synodal themes with the readings of the Sundays.
20 October 2024
Synodal Reflections 2024 Newsletter for this Sunday, October 20 from the Archdiocese
Please find attached the Synod 2024 Newsletter for this Sunday, October 20 – click here.
Further Synod resources can be found at www.dublindiocese.ie/synod2024/
20 October 2024
FEAST OF ST. MARTIN DE PORRES
Triduum in Honour of the Feast of St. Martin De Porres Friday 1st to 3rd November. (Blessing of the Animals in the Courtyard at 11a.m on Sunday 3rd November.) Please see notice board for more information.
20 October 2024
ST BERNADETTE – RELIC PILGRIMAGE
In October, the relics of St Bernadette will visit churches in Dublin: Mary Immaculate, Inchicore, October 23-24; and Adam & Eve’s, Merchants Quay, October 25-26. For more information, visit www.stbernadette.ie
20 October 2024
NOVEMBER ALTAR LIST OF THE DEAD
Envelopes with an Intention Sheet are available on the tables around the church. Please return the Envelope with the Intention Sheet and Offering enclosed placing them in the boxes at the doors of the Church before the 31st of October.
20 October 2024
TEAM HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
Explanation leaflets are available on the tables in the Church. Please return your filled shoe box to the Parish Office for collection before 8th November.
20 October 2024
ANNUAL PARISH RAFFLE
Christmas is fast approaching and we hope to hold our annual Parish Raffle, if there are any companies or Parishioners who would like to donate or sponsor a prize for the raffle it would be gratefully appreciated.
20 October 2024
FIRHOUSE PARISH BETHANY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
The Bethany group has arranged a special Prayer Service of Remembrance for all those, whose funerals took place in our parish during the past year, on Friday 8th November at 7.30p.m. Deceased family members and friends will also be remembered. All are welcome.
23 September 2024
Youth Adult Ministry
A new and exciting opportunity is beginning with the establishment of the Diocesan Certificate in Young Adult Ministry – #YML.
Running over 6 Saturdays, the aim of this Diocesan Certificate is to build up the capacity of Youth Ministry and Youth Ministry Leadership throughout the Archdiocese of Dublin. It is a highly practical course where participants are given new experiences & key resources, including gaining vital skills to put into practice in their local context, while also being grounded in key church documents such as Christus Vivit.
Registration is open and can be accessed here: https://forms.office.com/e/WXSxEzXUQ7
For more information and to send on any queries, please contact natalie.doherty@dublindiocese.ie
Please offer your prayers for the successful establishment of this new Diocesan Certificate Course and Ministry in the Archdiocese of Dublin.
29 September 2024
SEASON OF CREATION 2024 – ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE
A Ecumenical Prayer Service will take place at 3 pm on Sunday, September 29th, in St. Anne’s Church, Bohernabreena, with Tea/coffee & refreshments
ALL WELCOME
SAFEGUARDING DAY 2024
Safeguarding Day 2024. Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell. Please click here
Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Firhouse Parish in 2025
There will be a concert here on Sunday, 20th October, at 3:00 pm. This is to raise funds for our celebration next year of the 50th Anniversary of our Parish.
The entertainment will be provided by:
- St John’s Gospel Choir,
- Firhouse Ukulele Band,
- Singer Molly Conway, and, of course, our very own:
- The Firhouse Singers.
There will also be a little bit of comedy and a raffle.
Tickets costing €10 per adult, €5 per child, will be on sale in the Parish Office later next week; and also after the Sunday Masses from next Sunday.
Many thanks to you all for your support.
21 August 2024
Medjugorje Day Firhouse 2024 (on the feast of the Assumption, August 15th)
In the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse, we had a wonderful day of prayer, modelled on the timetable for pilgrims in Medjugorje, with morning Holy Mass, Rosary for Healing and Peace, reflective and insightful Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy Chaplet, various testimonies, homilies and interviews by video, an afternoon of Eucharistic Adoration with prayers and music, 15 Decades of the Holy Rosary, evening Holy Mass and Holy Hour with prayers and music. There was prayerful participation by many people throughout this grace-filled day.
If you would like to see/hear any of the testimonies, homilies and interviews shared on the day just click on the following links to do so:
The Carmelite Sisters – Unveiling of Commemorative Plaque
The unveiling of a plaque commemorating and celebrating the presence of the Carmelite Sisters for 190 years in Firhouse took place on Sunday, 28 July 2024, in the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Please visit our Parish History page which gives a short history of the parish and further information about the Carmelite Order and the Monastery. There are images and short pieces about the nuns which you might find interesting, and these give an overview of the unique contribution by the Carmelite Order to the Parish of Firhouse over the years.
The nuns were very much an integral part of the community of Firhouse and the unveiling of the Commemorative Plaque is a token of our gratitude to them.
Pope Francis appoints Fr Donal Roche as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin
On, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, the Holy Father Pope Francis appointed Fr Donal Roche, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Please click here for an overview of the life and ministry of Fr Roche as well as the statements of Archbishop Farrell and Fr Roche.
4 October 2022
The Letter Film – A Message for Our Earth
Trócaire works with parishes and communities across the island of Ireland to educate, inspire and motivate people to take action for global justice.
“Faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet.” (Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, 3)
On October 4th 2022, a Laudato Si’ movie, The Letter – A Message for our Earth, was launched in Rome. In just three weeks it had 8 million views on YouTube! The Letter, produced by the Laudato Si’ Movement, together with the Oscar and BAFTA-winning team Off the Fence, is a film-documentary which follows 5 courageous changemakers from different parts of our world as they tell their stories and bring hope to the global conversation to care more deeply for our common home. This is a movie which explores the brutal situation our world is in right now as we try to address the climate and biodiversity crises, and how ordinary people are doing what they can to make a difference.
Millions of people around the world have already watched The Letter online and we need you to help us arrange community screenings around Ireland and begin the conversation where you are.