Notices

Donnybrook Pastoral Area – Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock

​Archbishop Dermot Farrell will lead the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Knock on Saturday, April 27.This year we are celebrating 145 years since the apparition in 1879 and the Choir of Many Voices from throughout the Archdiocese will be back this year. A series of workshops with interesting and thought-provoking speakers is being planned.

The Donnybrook Parish…


Lay Ministry Diocesan Collection (27th/28th April)

The Annual Lay Ministry Collection will take place on the weekend of 27th/28th April next. This collection will replace the usual Share collection.  Click on the image below to read the letter from Archbishop Farrell.


Supporting Parish and Diocesan Finances

Henry Roche, a member of our Parish Finance Committee will speak at all masses this weekend (20th / 21st April) to provide parishioners with an update on parish finances.  There are a variety of methods of making contributions from the various envelopes, the ‘tap and go’ contactless terminals as well as online and standing orders. …


St. Vincent de Paul – Monthly Collection

Our local conference of St. Vincent de Paul will take up their monthly collection after mass this weekend (20th & 21st April). Donations can also be made through the Parish Office or online.

 


Vocations Sunday (Good Shpherd Sunday) 21st April 2024

This Sunday, April 21st is Good Shepherd Sunday (Vocations Sunday) when we pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.  This Sunday marks the close of the special Year of Prayer for Vocations to the Diocesan Priesthood – Take The Rick For Christ which commenced on Good Shepherd Sunday last year.  Mass for Vocations…


Prayer of the holy Father on Good Friday

On Sunday 7th April, Archbishop Dermot Farrell celebrated Mass here in Monkstown.

He used the following prayer at the end of the Prayer of the Faithful, which was taken from the Good Friday Prayer which Pope Francis composed. A parishioner asked for a copy of this, so I list it here for the benefit of…


Meals on Wheels in Monkstown – Volunteers needed

We need your support to continue Meals on Wheels in Monkstown

Meals on Wheels in Monkstown has been running for 55 years but right now we need your help. Can you spare 60-90 minutes once a month at lunchtime to deliver meals to people in the Monkstown area? If not Monday to Friday perhaps…


Parish Office Closed

Our parish office is closed and due to re-open on Monday 15th April.  If you need to contact the parish, please phone Fr Kevin on his mobile or via his email.  His details are:

Fr Kevin Rowan
Mobile: 087 224 2230
Email: revkevmonkstown1@gmail.com


Short Video Presentation on the Stained Glass Windows depicting the life of St. Patrick

The stained glass windows of Saint Patrick’s church are of a very high quality and date from the early years of the church. They were restored in the late 1990s. The windows were created by the  O’Connor Studios in London.

The main stained glass windows in the sanctuary area over the altar comprise several panels.…


Way of the Cross – Good Friday – Pheonix Park

The Annual Way of The Cross takes place in the Phoenix Park on Good Friday 29th March at 12 noon beginning at the Wellington Monument and finishing at the Papal Cross. It will be led by Archbishop Dermot Farrell.  All are welcome.