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Masses will be celebrated on St. Patrick’s Day at 10.00am and 11.30am. 

are available in all the porches, please take one home with you. This annual Lenten Collection is vital for the work that Trocaire does.

The latest Safeguarding Newsletter from the Dublin diocese may be found here

• Pope Francis invites us to ‘journey together in hope’ for Lent 2025 

Lent 2025 began on Ash Wednesday, 5 March.  For Christians, Lent is the time of preparation for Easter and it commemorates Jesus’ forty days of fasting in the desert before He began His public ministry.  During Lent – through prayer, sacrifice and charity – we are called to renew our Christian life in preparation for Easter:

Prayer
The Stations of the Cross, a devotional commemoration of Christ’s carrying the Cross and of His execution, are often observed.  As well as giving something up it is becoming more common to take something up as well and this may include taking time to volunteer, or spending more time in prayer.
Sacrifice
Sacrifice (penance) is an essential part of the lives of all Christ’s faithful.  It arises from the Lord’s call to conversion and repentance.  Christians undertake penance: in memory of the Passion and death of Jesus; as a sharing in Christ’s suffering; as an expression of inner conversion; as a form of reparation for sin. 
Charity
Traditionally during Lent many of the faithful commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxuries as a form of penitence, the money saved from this can be donated to charity, for example, contributing to their Trócaire box.  

The Meaning of Lent
The English word ‘Lent’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Lencten, meaning ‘Spring’.  In other languages the word comes from the Latin, Quadragesima – a period of 40 days.  In the Christian tradition the forty days is understood to refer to a time of intense prayer and preparation; we remember the biblical stories of Noah and the flood of 40 days, the forty years the Israelites spent wandering in the wilderness and Christ’s forty day fast in the desert in preparation for his earthly ministry.

Glasnevin Grouping Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place from August 19th to 23rd. Check out the posters & more details in the Church Porches, phone Our Lady of Dolours Church Office, 01 797 9153 or contact Marian Pilgrimages, www.marian.ie

Emmanuel is a project of the Dublin Diocesan Liturgical Resource Centre and promotes the use of Sacred Music in Secondary Schools. A unique collaboration of deaf and hearing students will raise their voices and hands on the stage of the Helix on 11th/13th March as part of the Emmanuel concert series. 

Book now from the Helix 01 700 7000 or www.thehelix.ie Bring your family, your friends, your music group

We would like to say a huge “thank you” to John O’Dea, who has recently retired from our Family Offering Team of Counters. John has been an integral part of this team for many years and has been a huge support, as a volunteer, to our parish. We wish both, John & Angela, continued good health and happiness.

Belated Birthday greetings to our parishioner and former longstanding volunteer, Ena Condell, who celebrated her 100th Birthday on Christmas Day.  A marvellous occasion to celebrate!

Due to the red level weather warning, there will be no 7.25am Mass or 10.00am Mass on Friday 24th January.

The Church will remain closed.

Due to CODE RED Weather Warning

The Parish Team would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas.
Thank you to all who support our work in the Parish of Ballygall and
May the kindness of God be your strength in the year ahead.
Christmas times here

Fr. Kevin, Fr. Harry & Fr Paul. 

Greetings to the following families and friends away from home this special occasion as we bring to a close our 60th Jubilee of Our Mother of Divine Grace parish.

To Geraldine and family in Jordan, love from Sarah, & Charlie

To Jackie & John Heron, Long Lake New York

Greetings to the Tevlin family and the Whelan Family

Paddy & Monica Carr and Anne-Marie Gregory and family in Scotland.

Sadie Farrelly in England

Triona Lonergan, Denver, Colorado late Ferndale Ave

Greetings to the Nestor “Quilty” family in London, New York, Salmon Arm and Vancouver in Canada and various family members throughout Ireland.

Saoirse O’Shaughnessy and Aidan Giles in Sydney.

Glenn & Elise Cunninghan & family in Boston

Dorothy & Francis Vollmer & family in France

Audrey & Colm Corcoran & family in Australia

Mary Killalee-Schubert, Virgin Islands.

Sean Mulhall & Aoife O’Grady, Sydney.