Christmas Arrangements 2018
Communal Celebrations of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, with individual Confessions:
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St. Mary's Church: |
Monday 17th December 7.30pm |
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Church of the Divine Mercy, Lucan South: |
Tuesday 18th December 7.00pm |
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St. Patrick's Church, Esker: |
Wednesday 19th December 7.00pm |
Confessions: St. Mary's
Saturday 22nd December -
10.30am - 12.00noon and 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Christmas Eve -: Monday 24th December
6.00 pm: Children’s Vigil Mass with Blessing of the Crib.
8.00 pm: Vigil Mass
10.00 pm – Vigil Mass
Please note that there is NO Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve
Masses on Christmas Day: Tuesday 25th December
8.45am, 9.45am, 11.00am, & 12.15pm
There is NO Evening Mass on Christmas Day
Wednesday 26th December: - Saturday 29th December
11.00 am Daily Mass in place of 10.0am
Baptisms on Saturday 29th at 12Noon
Sunday 30th December Masses
6.30 pm Vigil (Saturday Evening 29th December)
Sunday Morning 8.45am, 9.45am, 11.00am, 12.15pm, & 7.00pm
Monday 31st December to Thursday 3rd January 2019
11.00 am daily*
Friday 4th January (First Friday)
11.00am Mass and 7.30pm
Saturday 5th January:
11.00am, & 6.30pm Mass (Vigil for Sunday)*
Baptisms at 12.00 Noon*
Sunday 6th January Masses Feast of the Epiphany - Holy day
Morning 8.45am, 9.45am, 11.00am, 12.15pm, 7.00pm
Please Note: Normal schedule 10.00am Morning Mass will resume on Monday January 7th 2019
Christmas Eve Village Green at 1.00 pm
Ecumenical Reading of the Nativity including Christmas Carols, with members of Lucan Presbyterian Church,
Lucan Church of Ireland, Lucan Methodist and St. Mary's Catholic church:
Come and join us in celebrating our common faith.
Parish Office
All other parish business should be directed to the Parish Office located in the Parish Centre Our Parish Secretary is Deirdre Dowling and she is there on Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri from 9.45 am to 2.00 pm
Phone: +353 (0)1 621 7041
Sacristy
If you want to book a special occasion Mass or to obtain a Baptism / Confirmation or Marriage certificate; or indeed to book a wedding or baptism, you can call to the Sacristy before or after any Mass and Mary Douglas or Don MacDonald will look after you.
Phone: +353 (0)1 628-1487
Mass Times
Saturday Vigil: 6.30 pm
Sunday: 8.45 am, 9.45 am,
11.00 am, 12.15 pm and 7.00 pm
Monday- Saturday: 10.00 am
(First Friday Extra Mass 7.30 pm)
Confessions:
Saturdays after the 10.00 am and after the 6.30pm evening Mass.
Thursdays before First Fridays after 10.00 am Mass
At other times on request.
Sunday Readings
Sunday Homily 2nd Sunday of Advent, 9th December 2018
Gospel: Luke 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod tetrarch...Read more
The First Sunday of Advent, 2nd December 2018
Gospel: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth...Read more
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Sunday, 25th November, 2018
GOSPEL: John 18:33-37
‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked. Jesus replied, ‘Do you ask this of...Read more
Parish Blog
Save us from a Christmas that begins in November……
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ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS APPEAL
Christmas is a happy and peaceful season for most people, thank God. But we at St. Vincent de Paul are well aware that it...Read more
The Church using ‘the net’
A few weeks back I received an email from a lady in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada. She wrote to thank St....Read more
