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.
Scoil Mhuire Students made a Presentation Gift to Clane Children’s Grief Space in Rememberance of Kedagh Moore RIP, a lovely gesture🙏
Golden With Hope
Be each hour of your life Golden with love,
each deed Golden with Grace,
be the words you speak to a Soul
in each hour of need Golden
with peace be the way you walk.
When all your paths are trod Gracious
…
Lenten Journey
Baptised and Sent This Lent, come join a shared weekly journey of prayer,
Gospel reflection and conversation.
These 5 weekly gatherings invite all to
rediscover who we are in Christ, listen to the Holy Spirit, and live our baptismal
calling more deeply as we continue the Church’s…
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
February 11th
On this day in 1858, Our Lady first appeared to the fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous. Later Bernadette was to learn that the mysterious lady was the blessed Virgin and to hear from her lips,
’I am the Immaculate Conception’.
In 1992 Pope John Paul…
Planting Lily Bulbs on St Brigid’s Day with Fr Paul and Rathcoffey First Communion Children🙏
Celebration Mass with Scoil Mhuire Staff and Students marking 250 Years of Nano Nagle Presentation Sister the Lady with the Lamp 🕯