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The Annual Mass of Remembrance for all those that died in our parish this year, takes place on Friday 1st November @ 7.30pm.

led by Marie Dunne CHF, will take place on Saturday November 9th, from 10am – 3pm in the Margaret Aylward Centre, Glasnevin.
The workshop (for choirs/music groups, and interested individuals), will offer music for a variety of liturgical uses, including resources for the season of Advent.

Read the latest Synod Newsletter here 

Ballygall Legion of Mary meets on Mondays. Full details here

Open Tuesday to Friday after 10.00am Mass for all Mass Cards & religious goods.

We are currently looking for volunteers to open the shop after Masses at the weekend. If you are available, please contact the parish office

Archbishop Farrell’s Letter for Safeguarding Sunday 22nd September here

This year Archbishop Farrell has asked us to focus on all the things we do to make our parish a safe and welcoming place for children and vulnerable adults. The new child safeguarding policy for the Catholic Church in Ireland, launched in June of this year, is called A Safe and Welcoming Church. It replaces an earlier policy which was called Safeguarding Children.

The reason for the new title is that we have come to a point where we recognise that safeguarding can no longer be seen as a response to a crisis, brought about by abuse within the Church and the failure of many Church authorities to adequately address this abuse. Now we understand safeguarding as
deeply rooted in gospel values, scripture and church teaching. Further, we commit ourselves not just to the prevention of harm but to the promotion of good, to the creation of the material and spiritual conditions for children’s full development, as described by Pope Francis.

Pilgrimage to Ireland

Our Lady of Victories, Ballymun Road.

25th/27th September

Full details here

Congratulations to all the Boys and Girls who received Exam results last weeks.

Special mention to Rafael Dale, a pupil at our Parish Secondary School, St. Kevins, who achieved the maximum number of Leaving Certificate Points available.  Rafael, along with his mum Maria, is a Minister of the Word here in our Church and a regular reader at our Liturgies.

We congratulate Rafael and all the boys and girls and wish them good luck and God speed as they start on the next phase of their Life Journey.

We are delighted to extend a very warm Ballygall welcome to Fr. Kevin Bartley and wish him every success.

A Phibsboro native, Fr. Kevin initially served Glasthule, Baldoyle and Sutton Parishes as curate. He has very special memories of his time working with disabled children in St. Mary’s Hospital, Baldoyle. He was appointed Parish Priest of Clonskeagh Parish in 2009, and before moving to Rush in 2017, served briefly in DCU and Newman University Church, Stephen’s Green.

A member of the Dublin Preparatory Committee for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, Fr. Kevin has also been a member of the Dublin Diocesan Council of Priests.

With a long-standing interest in the history of his city and diocese, Fr. Kevin was asked by Bishop Raymond Field to undertake an editorial role on the Veritas publication, “Penal Places, Artefacts and People in the Archdiocese of Dublin.”

Please remember Fr. Kevin in your prayers as he embarks on his role as Moderator of our Partnership of Parishes with responsibility for Ballygall & Iona Road.

The Summer Dues has become an important initiative in recent years, helping to return the Common Fund to a healthy position, supporting priests in parishes, and sick and retired priests throughout the diocese. The Summer Dues has played a central role in restoring the priests’ stipend back to the level it was pre-COVID. Envelopes are available in the porch and can be returned over the summer period. This is also being supported through the ‘Tap & Go’ machine at the back of the church