Parish Contacts –
Fr Peter Finnerty, PP, Ph: 01-832-3150.
Fr Séamus Connell, Ph: 087-702-5120.
Fr Godfrey Sunday, Ph 089 206 4610
Janice Dornan, Parish Sec, Parish Office, Ph 01-839-0433.
Email info@kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
www.kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
Mass times – Mon-Wed 10am; Thurs, 7.30pm; Fri 10am. Sat 6pm. Sun 9.30am and 12 noon. Bayside– Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri &-Sat 10am; Sat 7pm. Sun 8am and 11.00am
Our parish is part of the partnership in the Howth Deanery as follows – Baldoyle, Bayside, Howth, Kilbarrack/Foxfield, Sutton. Registered Charity Number 20016166.
| Masses for the coming week | ||
| Day | Date | Time |
| Mary Geraghty-McDonnell (A) and her son Jim McDonnall | Mon. 9th | 10am |
| Funeral Mass for Margaret Doherty, RIP | Tues. 10th | 10am |
| Vincent O’Donovan (A) | Wed. 11th | 10am |
| Paula McNally (Birthday Rem.) | Thurs. 12th | 7.30pm |
| Tommy Bolger (3rd A) | Sat. 14th | 6pm |
| Kevin Cuddy (2nd A) | Sat. 14th | 6pm |
Recently Deceased
We remember in our prayers
Anne O’Connor (RIP) late of Foxfield Park.
Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and neighbours. May she rest in peace. Amen.
Spend time with the Lord in the wonderful ministry of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in our Church from 11am- 3pm Tuesdays to Fridays each week. Please leave your name and time/day available on a card from back table and put in envelope on Adoration table.
Pope Leo XIV this Week
Pope Leo XIV has called for urgent peace in the Middle East following 28 February strikes on Iran, urging diplomatic dialogue over violence. He expressed “deep concern” over escalating violence, urging, “stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss”.
Journey Through Lent – Invitation
Will you journey with us for one hour each Tuesday through Lent, in the Parish Centre, as we reflect on the Word of God in preparation for a more personally meaningful Easter season
Tuesdays in Lent, 7.30 – 8.30pm – hope you can join us on all or any of these. All welcome!
Reflection on Sunday Readings
God’s love has been poured into our hearts
From this Sunday onwards, our Lenten Gospels come from John and focus on very personal encounters with Jesus. Today, Jesus risks scandal by approaching a Samaritan woman at a well. Seeing her deepest need for healing, he invites her to draw from the well of living water. He is the Messiah she has been waiting for, and her response is a model of Christian discipleship. She believes, and with joy-filled faith, invites others from her community to encounter Jesus (Gospel).
The First Reading stands in stark contrast to this image of faith and surrender. Moses has led God’s chosen people out of slavery from Egypt. Years of exile in the desert causes them to grumble and doubt. They are tired and thirsty. God hears their cry and provides a spring of water.
The Psalm reflects on this painful part of Israel’s history and encourages us to be joyful and faithful; always listening to the voice of God and not hardening our hearts towards him.
The Second Reading is a beautiful letter of love, reminding us that God’s love is forever poured into our hearts. Graced with so much love for us, we must never lose hope, no matter what trials we might face.
Filled with this love and sustained by living water, we, too, are called to go out beyond our comfortable boundaries to pour out God’s love on others. This week, let us pray for the grace to respond generously to this love, and like the Samaritan woman, invite others to believe and be transformed by the healing love of God.
Novena of Grace continues until 12th March. Copies of Novena prayer are available on the back table.
St. Patrick’s Day Mass Times
Kilbarrack/Foxfield Parish:
Tuesday 17th 9.30am and 12pm.
Bayside Parish:
Vigil Monday 16th 7pm and Tuesday 17th 10am.
Trócaire – Lent 2026
Vanessa, age 12, and Ineza, age 7, who are on the Trócaire box this Lent, attend school about a 30-minute walk from their house, walking up one of the many steep hills to start class every morning at 8am.
For Uwamahoro, the problem seems to be too much water in the wrong place. It would be a great help to her family if somebody would fix her roof. But their real need is for the kind of authentic development that solves problems at their source. Imagine the difference it would make if sufficient funding were invested in drainage. Imagine what it would be like to have clean water coming from a well in the centre of every village, and local people who were trained to install those wells and to repair them.
Please take a Trócaire box from the back table and donate as you can. We invite everyone to bring the boxes to the Church during Holy Week to be brought forward during the Mass on Holy Thursday for Trócaire
The superb Creighton Online Ministries website offers some very simple guidelines to help give Lent a new start in the days ahead. Access them at: www.newpilgrimpath.ie.
The Archdiocese is looking for a dynamic and motivated Parish Partnership Funding Support Officer to facilitate strategic fundraising initiatives across parish partnerships. This role is central to helping parishes adapt to evolving patterns of giving and ensuring sustainable financial development.
To apply, please submit your CV and Cover Letter (maximum one page) outlining your suitability for the role to: Cintia Mota, HR Administrator, at cintia.mota@dublindiocese.ie. Closing date for applications is Friday, 20th March 2026. Full details:
https://www.dublindiocese.ie/vacancies/
Formation Evenings for New and Existing Parish Ministers
Ministers of Holy Communion will gather in St Paul’s on 10th March. 7.30-9.30pm (refreshments from 7pm). Please book online by scanning the QR code on the poster in our Church Porch or email
saule.cameron@dublindiocese.ie or
What’s On
- Chairobics every Tuesday 11.30am Parish Centre.
- Reflection on Sunday’s readings on zoom Mondays from 7.30pm. Call Phyllis 086 8909488.
- Vocations Society St Joseph’s Holy Hour for Priests and Religious 2-3pm Tuesday 10th our Church. https://www.mcn.live/Camera/st-johns-church
- Young Adults Gospel Reflections: 5 Thursdays in Lent. 7 – 7.45pm from 26th on Zoom. Contact Natalie.doherty@dublindiocese.ie.
- Sacred Music Concert. St Mary’s Cathedral. Sun 15th 3.30-5pm. €20. Palestrina and St Mary’s Girls’ Choir etc. book Eventbrite.
- Film “Naoise & Frank”. Naomh Barróg. 30pm Mon 9th March. Admission free. English subtitles.
- Catholic Marriage Encounter weekend. 20th-22nd Venue: St Mary’s, Knock, Co. Mayo. Visit: www.marriageencounter.ie.
- Dominican Retreat Centre Tallaght. Go down to the Potter’s House. 14th March 10am-4pm; Self-kindness in difficult times. 18th March 10am-3pm. Holy Week retreat. 1st-4th Phone 01 4048123.or email dominicanretreats@gmail.com
- Taizé evening in Christchurch Cathedral. Br Jean Marie. 30pm. 23rd March. All welcome.
- Sofa to Saddle. Free eight-week course for over 55s who would like to relearn cycling skills. Red Stables, St. Anne’s, Raheny. from Monday, 23rd March 10.30am. Participants must register and have roadworthy bike. Register lally@dublincity.
- Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock. Sat. 25th Theme: ”Baptised and Sent.”
- Anam Cara. Free monthly Bereaved Parent Support Evening. Wed 18th 7.30pm. Hilton Hotel, Malahide Rd, Northern Cross.
Lenten Ideas for children this week (Alive Publishing)
Sunday – Say prayers with your family today.
Monday – Be kind to a lonely child in the school yard today.
Tuesday – Choose to be happy today instead of being cross.
Wednesday – Share how you are feeling with an adult.
Thursday – Take a break from phones and electronic games today – try a jigsaw or board game.
Friday – Make a ‘cuppa’ for your Mum or Dad today.
Saturday – Make breakfast for your family.
My Lenten Pause – Free downloadable Retreat
See website of St Peregrine’s Partnership of Parishes (Hartstown, Huntstown/Littlepace, and Mountview/Blakestown) to download “My Lenten Pause”. It is a retreat with Sunday Gospel reflections; Simple prayer prompts and practices; and Journaling ideas and weekly kindness tasks. Each Monday at noon, watch a 10-minute video on our Facebook page or website to settle into stillness and reflect on the week ahead. It’s for everyone –anyone needing a moment of calm. No cost. No registration. Just an open invitation.
Thought for the Week
“It is not with many words that God hears us, but in the silence of our longing”. St Teresa of Avila
