Parish Contacts –
Fr Peter Finnerty, PP, Ph: 01-832-3150.
Fr Séamus Connell, Ph: 087-702-5120.
Fr Cathal Price, Ph: 01-832-3683.
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 |
| Frank McGarry | Wed. 16th | 10am |
| Helen Whelan (A) | Sat. 19th | 6pm |
| Tom Doherty (A) | Sun. 20th | 12 noon |
| Pauline Byrne, (A) | Sun. 20th | 12 noon |
Recently Deceased
Betty Flood R.I.P. late of Howth Junction Cottages
Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and neighbours. May she rest in peace. Amen.
Journey Through Lent – Invitation
The final Tuesday in our journey through Lent is next Tuesday 8th April as we reflect on the Word of God in preparation for a more personally meaningful Easter season? Led by Fr Séamus in the Parish Centre
Holy Week Timetable 2025 Kilbarrack/Foxfield and Bayside.
Palm Sunday 13th April Blessing of the Palms at all Masses in both parishes.
Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th April.
Mass 10am & Sacrament of Reconciliation Rite III during Mass each day both parishes.
Thursday 17th, Friday 18th and Saturday 19th April
Morning Prayer at 10am. No Morning Mass both parishes.
Holy Thursday 17th April. Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Kilbarrack/Foxfield 7.30pm followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11pm. Watch & Pray Hour 10–11pm.
Bayside Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper. 8pm
Good Friday 18th April A Day of Fast and Abstinence
Kilbarrack/Foxfield Stations of the Cross 12noon.
Bayside 7pm.
Solemn Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion at 3pm
both parishes.
Holy Saturday 19th April.
Kilbarrack/Foxfield Easter Vigil 6pm. Bayside 8pm.
Easter Sunday 20th April Masses
Kilbarrack/Foxfield 9.30am and 12 noon
Bayside 8am and 11.30am.
Reflection on Sunday Readings
Jesus emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in human likeness
Today, as we begin Holy Week we try and put some time aside to enter it as attentively as possible. Palm Sunday begins with a processional Gospel (Luke 19: 28-40) recounting Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The disciples are overjoyed and lead the cries of ‘Hosanna.’
Then the Gospel of the Mass itself gives us Luke’s account of Jesus’s Passion and death. Jesus is betrayed and handed over to be crucified.
The prophet Isaiah (First Reading) presents a disciple, the Suffering Servant, often identified with Jesus, who suffers without offering resistance.
The Psalm follows the same theme, echoing elements of the Gospel narrative. But the last verse becomes a hymn of praise to God, who brings victory out of defeat.
Our Second Reading is an ancient liturgical hymn of praise. Here Jesus is presented as one who is divine but humbles himself, in obedience to the Father. He empties himself and accepts death on the cross, and so he is exalted as Lord by all those in heaven and on earth.
Jesus ‘taking the form of a servant’ or of a slave, leads us to consider all those in our world who suffer modern forms of slavery. May our prayers and actions in this Jubilee year give them hope and lead to justice.
Note for Holy Week |
We ask people to bring plants and flowers during Holy Week for the Easter Garden and mini eggs or small chocolate bars for distribution after Masses on Easter Sunday.
Preparations are ongoing for Holy Week and Easter. One is the Stations of the Cross for all at 12 noon Good Friday 18th April, and we invite children and young people to come along to the Parish Centre at 11am to prepare to participate in this moving ceremony.
Note for all Ministries!
At the 7.30pm Mass Holy Thursday, members of all our ministries are invited to renew their commitment. This includes Baptism teams, Choir, Collectors, Counters, Church cleaning group, Funeral team, Ministers of the Eucharist, PPC, Readers, Sacristans.
Easter Dues envelopes may be returned to the Church or left into 54/56 Foxfield St John
Trócaire
Suggested prayer service for the blessed palm at home. As a family, decide where the palm will be placed. Gather at home. Ask an adult/teen to read the account of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Invite each person to name one event, relationship, or thing for which they are grateful to God. Finish with an ‘Our Father’. NB: Please remember to return your Trócaire boxes this week!
All donations for books in the Parish Centre will be given to Trócaire Lenten Campaign. So, call in, get some books, and donate after Mass Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat or Sunday.
Repository Shop
Communion Prayer Books, Cards, Rosary beads and bracelets are available in our Repository Shop. Open after Morning Mass or on request.
Easter Mailing
Our Easter mailing is on the back table. Each road is labelled with approximately 20 per road. Please help by delivering on your road.
Reflection on the Scriptures
Our Zoom reflections will resume after Easter.
New Tap and Go Machines
When you ‘Tap’ you now get the opportunity to put in your name, telephone number or email address. This in turn allows the parish to accumulate all donations from the tap device, and from family offering/Share/Common Fund or dues collections. Your information is only required once. Therefore, for all combined donations over €250 the parish can claim the tax back. Please choose a quiet day when the church is not busy to insert your contact details.
Today is my Gift to You
We are told that each of us is carved upon the hands of God. It means that everything we do is connected to God. Our Celtic ancestors sensed this so naturally. God has chosen us, we are loved, special and unique and He never forgets us. We will always be in God’s tender loving care. Even when life throws everything at us, we are not on our own. We will be helped to find balance and calm through everything we have to face each day. We may be off balance today for different reasons, but we pray to God to help us to be open to those whispers of God’s gentle presence all around us.
New Pilgrim Path – Radical alternative Theory of Atonement
Franciscan theology has offered an alternative, non-violent, atonement theory which states that Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity, he came to change the mind of humanity about God. Listen at www.newpilgrimpath.ie to 11 minutes interview on this with Pat Coyle, Director of Irish Jesuit Communications; read a reflection on ‘at-one-ment’ by Franciscan friar, theologian and author, Richard Rohr.
What’s On
- Chairobics Tuesdays 11.30am -12.30pm.
- Online Free of Charge Triduum Retreat. Priory Institute. Four short reflections. Holy Thursday: Hope in Servant Leadership. Good Friday: Hope In Suffering. Holy Saturday: Something New. Easter Sunday: “Christ My Hope Has Risen” See website com to register.
- Local Dementia Carers’ support group. 3pm. Monday 14th Baldoyle. Contact Paul 085 254 8244.
Feast of Divine Mercy will be celebrated in our Church on Sunday 27th April starting at 2.30pm with Blessing of the Image, followed by Divine Mercy prayers, testimony, Rosary, Healing of the Generations Holy Mass at 4.30pm.
Today is my Gift to You
We are told that each of us is carved upon the hands of God. It means that everything we do is connected to God. Our Celtic ancestors sensed this so naturally. God has chosen us, we are loved, special and unique and He never forgets us. Even when life throws everything at us, we are not on our own. We will be helped to find balance and calm through everything we have to face each day. We may be off balance today for different reasons but we pray to God to help us to be open to those whispers of God’s gentle presence all around us.
Another World is on Her Way
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power.
Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget… another world is not only possible, she is on her way.
On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy
Grief Is Endless
Grief is not a door you close,
Nor a path that leads you home.
It lingers in the silent nights,
A weight you carry all alone.
Some say that time will dull the ache,
Yet the heart still whispers pain.
It’s not the path you chose to take,
But here you stand, lost in the rain.
The echoes of a love now gone,
The laughter trapped in yesterday,
The ‘what-ifs’ that will never be,
The words you never got to say.
You move through life in hollow steps,
Smiling when the world expects,
Yet deep inside, the sorrow stays,
A shadow time cannot protect.
Grief is endless, it won’t fade,
It shifts, it bends, it rearranges.
Though some may say you’re strong enough,
Inside, you feel like nothing changes.
Grief is not a door you close,
It is a wound, unseen but deep.
It is the ghost of yesterday,
And all the dreams you couldn’t keep.
Thought For the Week
Be watchful. The grace of God appears suddenly. It comes without warning to an open heart.
