Christmas Family Mass

This year, as usual, the Christmas Family Mass, on Christmas Eve at 6.00.pm, was “packed,” with adults and children “hanging from the rafters.” What an amazing celebration of the birth of Jesus (God with us) at Bethlehem, mingled with the excitement of expectation of...

Memorial Corner

In November we arranged a memorial corner in our church, in memory of those who died in the previous year and whose funeral services took place here. This memorial corner is located beside the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel near the main door of the church. Here,...

Death of Fr. Martin Murnaghanan

2017 Sad Announcements At Mass on Monday 14th November Fr. Peter announced the sad news of the sudden death in Kenya of Fr. Martin Murnaghan. Fr. Martin retired from parish work in Sandymount this autumn and came to live in Firhouse.   From here he went to Kenya just...

Death of Jimmy Whelan

Sadly, the death has occurred of Jimmy Whelan, our much-loved, long-serving (22 years) and retired sacristan. Jimmy was very involved in the parish and the local community over the years, as was his wife Bridie, R.I.P.   He was a regular contributor to parish...

Not One Benemerenti Medal but Two

Click on Images to Enlarge While the Benemerenti Medal is a rare honour awarded by the Pope to members of clergy or laity for service to the Catholic Church, it is a source of great joy and pride for our parish that two of our parishioners have received this award....

Phase II of Refurbishment Work Complete

We now have a universal-access toilet beside the “main entrance porch of the church. In addition, the nearby meeting rooms were upgraded to make them more comfortable and more suitable for evening activities for smaller groups.   A kitchenette was also...