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 |
| Marie O’Brien (A) | Mon. 24th | 10am |
| Jim McDonald (A) | Mon. 24th | 10am |
| Jimmy Donnelly (A) | Tues. 25th | 10am |
| Mark O’Reilly, RD | Wed. 26th | 10am |
| Brendan Browne (A) | Sat. 29th | 6pm |
| Elizabeth Geoghegan (A) | Sat. 29th | 6pm |
| Christopher and Mary O’Reilly (A) | Sun. 30th | 12pm |
| Con Colbert (4th A) | Sun. 30th | 12pm |
Four Seasons Collection
Our First Collection of 2025 will take place next weekend 29th/30th March to raise funds to replace our current sacristy bathrooms and small kitchen area. At present they are not functioning properly, causing blockages and leaks throughout the sacristy area, destroying the carpet. This collection plays a vital role in achieving the completion of these projects. Please support this collection on the 29th/30th March.
Reflection on the Scriptures
Our Zoom reflections are held on Mondays 7.30-8.30pm. Insight and understanding are gained as we reflect on the readings for the following Sunday. All are welcome. Contact Phyllis 086 890 9488 with email address.
Journey Through Lent – Invitation
Journey with us for one hour each Tuesday through Lent as we reflect on the Word of God in preparation for a more personally meaningful Easter season. Led by Fr Séamus in our Parish Centre. Tuesdays 7.15–8.15pm – All most welcome
The booklet ‘God’s Influencer’ about Carlos Acutis, who will be canonised shortly, is available in the Parish Office from Monday 17th at special offer of €10 if 15 copies are ordered – more can be obtained if necessary.
More ideas for Lent
- Give a donation to a local charity.
- Attend morning prayer in our Church
- Go on retreat for a day.
- Let God choose your cross. Pray about this cross then embrace it as the will of God – to the best of your ability.
‘Let it alone this year also, until I dig round it …’
The readings this week encourage us to repent. Reflecting on what happened to the people of God in the Old Testament can help us to avoid making the same errors.
In the First Reading Moses is drawn towards a burning bush, where God reveals himself as the creator of all things and indicates his name: ‘I am who I am’.
St Paul (Second Reading) reminds the Corinthians of how their forebears failed to please God in the desert. This should be a warning to them: they must always be on their guard. Being baptised is no guarantee against falling into temptation.
The Psalm expresses our gratitude to God for being loving, patient and compassionate.
This same compassion is exemplified in the Gospel. After a call to repentance, the parable of the fig tree illustrates how patient God is, even when, like that tree, his people – us – do not bear fruit over a long period of time.
As Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee year, we pray to that we show greater compassion and forgiveness towards those who repent of their trespasses against us. Perhaps we can.
Trócaire 2025
LIma, the mother of the family on our Trócaire box this year, says: ‘We have noticed the weather changing in the last few years. It is now hotter, and we have more droughts. Then it starts to rain, and it won’t stop raining. A more intense rain, more frequently.” Read more about LIma and the Climate Crisis at www.trocaire.org
Trócaire boxes are on the back table in our Church – please take one and return during Holy Week.
Please come into the Parish Centre after Mass Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat or Sunday during Lent to donate to Trócaire and take some books. All book donations will be given to Trócaire Lenten Campaign.
A Message from Pope Francis
“Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path and let go of the path others have chosen for you. Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely! And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
Congratulations
Congratulations to the children of ABACAS School who received the sacrament of Communion last Friday in our Church, celebrated by Fr Finbarr.
Ministers of the Eucharist needed in Beaumont Hospital. No experience needed. Training provided. Call 01 8528164 or email chaplaincy@beaumont.ie
New Pilgrim Path – Poems for Lent
A beautiful Lenten resource is “Ecce Homo: Poems for Lent and Holy Week.” The daily Lenten poems include those of lamentation and pain – reminders of Jesus’s suffering – as well as of contemplation, praise, and thanksgiving. The poems and reflections are rich and varied – from many poets e.g. George Herbert, Dylan Thomas, St Thomas More, Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Mary Oliver, Isaac Watts etc. Access www.newpilgrimpath.ie.
What’s On
- SVDP monthly outdoor collection this weekend.
- Chairobics every Tuesday 11.30am, Parish Centre.
- Pilates classes for over 18s.30-10.30am. Tuesdays. Parish Centre. €25 for 6 classes. Prof coach. Contact Sean.cleary@dublincity.ie.
- Country Market Coffee Morning. Next Thursday 10.45am-12.15pm. All Saints Hall, Raheny. Proceeds in aid of the Irish Cancer Society.
- Manresa – Lenten online prayer, 4pm. also Wednesdays. 7pm- 8:30pm 26th March. 2nd April. 9th April. See www.manresa.ie. Call 01 5529448 email: reception@manresa.ie.
- Healing of the Generations, Family Tree Mass next Sunday 30th Mass at 7pm.
- Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration. Pilgrimage to Knock. 5th/6th Email eucharisticadoration.ie See www.eucharisticadoration.ie. Local bus 8am 6th April. Contact Karen 086 086 8004.
- Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock. Information via –knockpilgrimage@dublindiocese.ie
- Two retreats Dominican Retreat Centre Tallaght. Springtime in the Soul preparing for Holy Week. 5th April 10am-4pm. Reflections on the Easter Triduum with the Women in the Scripture 11th-13th Contact on 01 4048189 for details.
St John’s Corner Book Stand
Books are for sale on the stand in St John’s Corner. It will be replenished every few months. If you want a particular book, please let Janice know in the Parish Office and she will order it for you. Prices are on each book. Please put money in the safe on the wall beside the book stand or give it to Janice or Aishling in the Sacristy/Parish Office.
Safe Harbour has produced two books for children bereaved by suicide. Printed copies can be ordered at Getting a copy of Safe Harbour – Irish Childhood Bereavement Network. Or download at
childhoodbereavement.ie/safeharbour.
Accommodation for Ukrainian Family
Ukrainian mother with two children wishes to return to Ireland and is seeking to rent accommodation.
Irish references are available.
Contact Steve Hogue 087 256 7206. stevedhogue@gmail.com
No Adoration
There will be no Adoration next Friday 28th March due to the Sacrament of Confirmation for Gaelscoil Míde. Adoration will commence on Thursday 27th March at 12.30pm to facilitate their practice for Friday.
Barnardos
Administrative Volunteer needed in their Head office, Christchurch Square, 9am-1pm Wednesdays. Full training given. Suitable for someone with office experience. Contact Lisa Tobin lisa.tobin@barnardos.ie
Life Is Strange
Life is strange. We come with nothing and fight for everything, and in the end, we leave everything and leave with nothing.
Life is a fleeting journey, a cycle of gaining and losing. We arrive empty-handed, yet we spend our days chasing, building and holding on, as if we could outrun time itself.
We grasp for love, success, meaning – desperate to make something of the fleeting moments we are given.
But no matter how much we gather, there comes a day when we must let it all go. But maybe the beauty of life is not in what we hold, but in what we give, in the love we share, the kindness we leave behind, the lives we touch along the way.
You’ll Be Back
Right now, you’re living in survival mode. You’re numb, lifeless, exhausted. Now and again, you feel that panic, when you realise how far you’ve sailed from your old self. But this is temporary.
You’re doing what your human instinct told you to do. You’re hunkered down, getting through, enduring It’s not permanent.
When your world feels safe again, when you take the first tentative steps back out there, you’ll resurface. Your spark will reignite. Lightly at first but then brighter than ever before.
Right now, you’re living in survival mode and that’s okay my friend.
You’ll be back. You never really left.
Do It Now
Don’t leave anything for later. Later, the coffee gets cold. Later, you lose interest. Later, the day turns into night. Later, people grow old. Later, life goes by.
Later, you regret not doing something… when you had the chance.
For Feast of St. Joseph 19th March
Silent Knight – in honour of St Joseph
Silent Knight, Holy Knight
Always calm and upright
Joseph who is gentle and kind
Cares for Mary and Her Child
They felt safe and at peace. They felt safe and at peace.
Silent Knight, Holy Knight
Help all broken families reunite
Give strength and courage to all fathers and men
To have faith and do the right thing
Hold us like you held Jesus, Hold us like you held Jesus.
Pat O’Keeffe
Thought for the Week
The idea that some lives matter less is the root cause of all that is wrong with the world.
