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KILRUSH/ASKAMORE CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS 2022

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION - Parish Penitential Service

Thursday December 22nd

Askamore 6:30pm.
Kilrush 7:30pm.

CHRISTMAS MASSES

Saturday 24th December - Christmas Eve

Kilrush 6pm.
Askamore 7:30pm.

Sunday 25th December - Christmas Day

Kilrush 10am.
Askamore 11am.

Monday 26th December - St. Stephen’s Day

Kilrush 10am.

We hope you have known the love and care of God for you this year.
We welcome you and your family to Kilrush & Askamore to join us, in a warm, safe and welcoming space, for our Advent and Christmas liturgies.
Thank you for your continued support throughout the year.
Nollaig Naofa, Beannachtaí Íosa,
Nollaig chroíúil, is bliain nua mhaith.
From
Fr. Joe

CHURCH LIVE STREAM NOW AVAILABLE

We are now providing a live stream feed of St. Brigid's Church in conjunction with churchmedia.ie

To view the feed, simply access the link below.

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ST. BRIGID'S CHURCH LIVE STREAM

HOLY WEEK / EASTER TIMETABLE 2022

This next week marks the sacred days of the church calendar.

Holy Week is a special time of celebration when we commemorate those last days of the Lord’s earthly life, his passion, death and resurrection.

Penitential Service Monday 11th April.

Askamore 7pm.
Kilrush 8pm.

Chrism Mass Tuesday 12th April.

Cathedral Enniscorthy, 8pm.

Holy Thursday 14th April: Mass of the Last Supper.

Askamore 6:30pm.
Kilrush 8pm.

Holy Thursday celebrates the night before his death, when Jesus gathered around him those special friends and instituted the Eucharist. It is an opportunity for the Christian community to come together to consolidate faith in the Eucharist and to strengthen the bonds of communion among us. The Solemn celebration of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday night incorporates the ritual washing of feet. Jesus on that night took on the role of a servant and washed the feet of his disciples. In those times visitors to a home were greeted by a servant who would wash their dusty feet before they were shown in to join the family. In assuming this role, Jesus was making an important statement. He was giving an example of humble service that the disciples were to emulate. In choosing his moment at the last supper Jesus made a link between Eucharist and the call to service of others, a call that we are all called to answer. The whole celebration of Holy Thursday prefigures the events of the following day when self-sacrificing love would express itself in total giving. The Holy Thursday liturgy ends with the removal of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose. This recalls the time spent by the Lord in the garden at Gethsemene.

Good Friday: Friday 15th April: The Lords Passion.

Kilrush 3pm.
Askamore 5pm.

Good Friday remembers that day on which Jesus made the supreme sacrifice of his life on the cross for us.

Stations of the Cross: Friday 15th April: Kilrush 7.30pm

Holy Saturday - 16th April: Easter Vigil Mass.

Askamore 6pm.
Kilrush 7:30pm.

Holy Saturday night sees the celebration of the Easter Vigil, when we gather to keep vigil in preparation for the celebration of the triumph of Christ’s Resurrection. The Paschal Candle is blessed and lit. John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it”. Tonight, we renew our Baptismal commitment and embrace our faith renewed by the light of the Resurrection.

Easter Sunday Mass 17th April.

Kilrush 10am.
Askamore 11am.

NOTICE DURING THIS PERIOD OF COVID-19 SHUTDOWN

Mass will continue to be celebrated privately in our Parish; and the intentions of our parishioners will be remembered at these masses. If you have booked a Mass intention – months mind or anniversary – over the coming weeks, these intentions will be honoured at private mass. We can rearrange to have the intentions announced and prayed for at a later date when normal service resumes. If you wish to have a mass offered, please contact Fr. Joe Power or the Parish Office at 053-9377262. The Parish Office is open Mon, Wed and Fri from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

In these unusual times when we cannot gather as a Christian Community to celebrate Holy Mass, let us unite ourselves spiritually to the Mass as it is being celebrated in our Churches. You can do this by joining broadcast Masses on radio or television. Let us continue to pray for each other and our people that we believe and accept the words of the Good Lord "that I will be with you at all times till the end of the world". If interested there are some copies of prayer sheets that you and your family can participate in prayer together at home and seek the Lords protection for your and all families in our beautiful world.

Continue to treat the virus with extreme caution and follow advice given by authorised personnel rather than pure rumours from individual sources.

MAY GOD GLESS AND PROTECT US ALL

If we can help in any way during this time, please feel free to give us a call on 053-9377262 / 086-3397991. We will continue to keep each other in prayer, and ask God’s protection for our families and our country.

We would appreciate if you could forward this information to your family, friends, neighbours and the wider parish community. Thank you.

PRAYERS AT HOME, WHEN GATHERING FOR MASS IS NOT POSSIBLE

Welcome to the Kilrush/Askamore Parish website, Co. Wexford!

We hope you the visitor find our parish website to be of use in keeping up to date with all aspects of parish life.

Our goal is to facilitate all types of visitor such as

Parishioners wishing to keep up to date on upcoming events.
Past members of our community living elsewhere who still like to keep up to date on current parish affairs.
Potential visitors to our parish who may be looking for information about attractions and facilities in the area.

We are always looking to improve the visitor experience and welcome any feedback.

Go raibh míle maith agat!

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