Celebrating 150 years of St Mary's

Pictures of Celebrations

150 Years of Faith and Worship in Saint Mary's Church

Join our celebrations: Saturday 23rd June-Sunday 1st July 2007

Saturday 23rd June: 'A Pilgrim people'
10am -7pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Walk from Clonmacnois to St. Mary's
2.15pm Assemble at monastic site for prayer
2.30pm Walk begins
7.30pm Concluding prayer and renewal of baptismal promises in St. Mary's

Sunday 24th: 'Remembering deceased parishioners'
Masses at 10am; 11.30am; 12.45pm; 6pm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 2-6pm

Monday 25th: 'Celebrating our Native Missionaries'
10am-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
7.30pm: Mass with our missionaries and their families
Speaker: Sean Farrell (Trocaire)

Tuesday 26th: 'By their fruit shall you know them'
10am-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
7.30pm: Mass of Thanksgiving for the Pastoral Care groups of the parish. Speaker: Brian O'Reilly (SVP).

Wednesday 27th: 'Touched by the healing hand of God'
10am-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
7.30pm: Mass with anointing of the sick
Speaker: Eddie Stone

Thursday 28th: 'Marriage and Family Life'
10am-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
7.30pm: Mass with renewal of marriage promises
Speaker: Aileen Walsh

Friday 29th: '150 years of Church music'
10am-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
8.00pm: Festival of Sacred Music with St. Mary's choir and friends

Saturday 30th: 'A Church of many nations'
10am-7pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
7.30pm: International Mass
Speaker: Shay Casey

Sunday 1st July: 'Give thanks to the Lord for he is good'
Usual Masses at 10am; 11.30am; 6pm (no 12.45pm today)
1.00pm: Principal Liturgical celebration--Solemn concelebrated Mass with Bishop Colm O'Reilly
Speaker: Fr Frank Gray

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each day. Timesheets are available in the Sacristy of St Mary's so that people may volunteer to give an hour to the Lord during this time of celebration.

Details of our Speakers