Notices

Praying and supporting the Missions

In the Month of October as a church we pray and support the Missions. In his World Mission message for 2022 Pope Francis highlights the personal call of each of us to be witnesses to Christ.  “You shall be my witnesses“, the Holy Father recalls the bond between every missionary and Christ himself, “the first…


Supporting Ukrainian Refugees living in our Community

Fáilte Isteach is a group of volunteers offering English language support to refugees from the Ukraine living in our communities who don’t speak English. It has been running in Shannon for some time and now with the arrival of Ukrainian refugees to Bunratty and Newmarket they are…


Sacraments 2023 Dates

The following link show the dates for Confirmation, First Penance and First Holy Communion 2023.

Sacrament Dates 2023


Day of Prayer for Ukraine – 14th Sept

The Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe has proposed a day of prayer to be held across Europe on Wednesday 14th September, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, for Ukraine. Prayer for Ukraine (composed by Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski)

Beginning of a New School Year.

Our thoughts and prayers are very much with our teachers and all the boys and girls from our parish who commenced their new school year this week. We pray that it will be a year filled with blessings for their families, themselves, their teachers and their schools. The beginning of a new school year also…


Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday 15th August

Mass times are as follows:

09.00 St. Conaire’s, Carrigerry

10.00 Our Lady of the Rosary, Newmarket

19.00 Our Lady of the Wells, Clonmoney


Killaloe Pilgrimage to St Patrick’s Purgatory, Lough Derg

You may have heard the phrase ‘they had their purgatory done on this Earth’! On the Holy Island, the Donegal Lough Derg people are proactively immersed into a bit of purgatory on earth. This is done through prayer, fasting, sleep deprivation and penance. Madness, you might say…

Killaloe Diocesan Appointments

Fr Michael is appointed Vicar Forane (VF) for the Tradaree Pastoral Area and will offer Catechetical assistance to complement the work of Fr. Harry Bohan in Sixmilebridge Parish.  We wish him every blessing in his new role.

We also extend best wishes to Fr. Francis Xavier Kochuveettil, CC, Tradaree Pastoral Area,  to be Co-PP, Ollatrim Pastoral…


Fr. Michael on Annual Leave

Fr.  Michael will be on annual leave until Friday the 29th of July. The Priests from Shannon Parish will be taking care of essential services such as Masses,

Baptisms and Funerals. In the case of an emergency they can be contacted at the following numbers.

Fr. Arnold Rosney 087 8598710

Fr. Francis Xavier 089 4494090


Prayer for Students sitting the Junior and  Leaving Cert Exam.

Dear Lord, we pray for all the students of our Parish who will be sitting State Examinations at this time.

Help them to see that their value as a person is not based on their performance, but on your great love for them. Come into their heart so that they may know that they…