Let us pray that as we begin the season of Lent we embrace the opportunity to:
Fast from hurting words and say kind words.
Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude.
Fast from anger and be filled with patience.
Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope.
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Thresholds of Transformation
Thresholds of Transformation for Seekers and Searchers is offered as a 15-session spiritual journey that invites participants into a deeper relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation. Rooted in Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’, the programme explores faith, integral ecology, and hope in…
My Prayer on Lighting a Candle
Lord,
May this candle be a light for you to enlighten me in my difficulties and decisions.
May it be a fire for you to burn out of me all pride, selfishness and impurity.
May it be a flame for you to…
Safeguarding Sunday
Sunday, February 22, is Diocesan Safeguarding Sunday. It is the first Sunday of Lent and appopriately so, as we enter the Penitential Season and seek forgivenesss for past failings. In his address at the January Consistory Pope Leo XIV reminded all that ’abuse itself causes a deep wound, which may last a lifetime;…
Trócaire
Lent is what we do
In Rwanda, the rains fall harder every year, and families like Uwamahoro’s are left to pick up the pieces.
What used to be rare, once-in-a-generation storms now return every year, before families can even recover from the last.
In 2024, severe weather across Rwanda killed nearly 200…
PARISH LOTTO DRAW—Tuesday 17th February 2026
11, 13, 29, 30
No winner of Jackpot
3 x €50 prize winners
Nathan Fagan, Nicola Barry, Darragh O’Brien
Promoters Draw – 2 x €50 prize winners
Brendan Travers, Mags Brilly
Next Jackpot: € 2,400
Weekly Lotto tickets are available from your local Promoter, the Parish Shop, or online…
Lent and Ash Wednesday
Lent 2026 begins this Ash Wednesday 18th February and ends on Holy Thursday morning April 2nd. Lent comes from the old English word meaning Springtime.
It is a time of renewal and reflection in preparation for the great Feast of Easter on April 5th.
Please collect a Trócaire Box from…
CONFIRMATION 2026
Clane
Friday 6th March 2026
10.30am and 1pm
Rathcoffey
Saturday 7th March 2026
11am
A Prayer to Begin my Lenten Journey
Loving Jesus,
As I receive on my forehead the sign
of your saving cross, you say to me,
repent and believe in the Gospel.
Walking into Lent my heart is set on you.
May my fasting fill me with hunger for…
Bishop Denis Nulty has written a
Pastoral Letter outlining the challenges and changes taking place in our Diocese now.