St Mary's Parish - Lucan
We are a suburban community of 5,000 homes with a population of approximately 13,000 people. The Parish is an old one. The church was built in the early 1800's when Lucan was a small rural village. Since the 1960's Lucan has been part of the expansion of the population of Dublin and has seen a massive transformation, from a small village to a densely populated suburb. Despite the rapid expansion, Lucan has retained much of its charm and the Village itself has retained the character which makes it so endearing. Lucan House in the centre of the Village, is the residence of the Italian Ambassador to Ireland.
There are now three Parish communities in Lucan. Ourselves, St. Patrick's Esker-Dodsboro and the Divine Mercy Parish in Lucan South. We are grouped together as a pastoral area and work in close co-operation with one another.
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 McDonald 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- Friday: 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.
St. Mary’s Young Peoples Choir
Come September we will be recruiting young people for our Youth Choir in St. Mary’s.
The Choir meet for rehearsal each Friday Evening at 6.00pm in the Parish Church, and sing at the 9.45am Family Mass each Sunday.
The Choir director is Aideen Cooney, a professional Music Teacher assisted by Conor Young.
Membership is open to young people from First Communion Class up, and we particularly welcome teenagers.
Anybody interested in joining should come along to the practice, which will resume in September, or speak to Aideen any Sunday Morning after the 9.45am Mass.
Sunday Readings
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 14th October, 2018
GOSPEL: Mark 10:17-30
Jesus was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put...Read more
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7th October, 2018
GOSPEL: Mark 10:2-16
Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his...Read more
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 30th September, 2018
GOSPEL: Mark 9:38-43.45.47-48
John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting...Read more
Parish Blog
Halloween
Visiting a local DIY store I noticed an entire floor area devoted to Halloween paraphernalia. There’s obviously money in Ghoulish skeletons,...Read more
School for Prayer…..
Some months ago I wrote a piece here about the obvious failure in our approach to preparing children for the Sacraments of First Communion...Read more
A Prophetic Voice…
In 1969 a young priest gave an interview to a radio station in his native country. Read with the benefit of hindsight that interview...Read more
Welcome to Lucan
