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Parish Office Opening Hours
St. Anne's Parish Office
Bohernabreena, Dublin D24 C651Wed & Fri 10.00am to 12.30am
- Secretary: Ann Barnes
- Phone: 01 4626 893
- Email: stannes.bohernabreena@gmail.com
Holy Rosary Parish Office
Old Court Ave, Ballycullen D24 A2C5Mon & Tues 10.00am to 2.00pm
- Secretary: Deborah Brown
- Phone: 01 4141 838
- Email: holyrosary.bohernabreena@gmail.com
Mass Cards are available from the parish offices and sacristy in churches
Parish Grouping
St Anne's Church, Bohernabreena
Holy Rosary Church, Ballycullen
St Martin de Porres Church, Aylesbury
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse
MASS TIMES IN OUR PARISH GROUPING
Saturdays
7pm Vigil St Martins
6pm Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Sundays
8.30am - St Anne’s
10.30am - Holy Rosary
12.30pm - St Martins
9.30am & 11.30am
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Weekdays
Mon 10am - Holy Rosary
Fri 10am - St. Anne's
Tues to Thur 10am - St. Martins
Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri
10am Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Eucharistic Adoration
There will be Eucharistic Adoration at the following times and all are invited to attend:
Holy Rosary Church every Monday morning for one hour following the 10am mass St Martin de Porres Church Mon 7.00pm - 8.00pmWed after 10am Mass until 12 noonThu 7.00pm - 8.00pm
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GROUPING MASS TIMES
EASTER WEEK
Monday 21st to Friday 25th April
No Masses on Monday 21st April 2025
11.00am Mass daily in St Martin de Porres Church.
No Fri mass in St Anne’s Church.
Saturday 26th April
7.00pm Vigil Mass in St Martin de Porres
Sunday 27th April - Divine Mercy Sunday
Usual Sunday timetable resumes
Our Churches are open for public worship and we also live stream our masses
(live streaming from St. Anne's cannot be guaranteed as we only have access to a mobile signal which can be unreliable).
GAMES EVENING FOR CHILDREN FROM 5TH and 6TH CLASSES:
As a way of connecting with young people in our parish, we are hosting a games evening for children from 5th & 6th classes on Thursday May 8th, 7-8pm in Roseanna Hall. The evening will end with pizza.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
ROSARY AT ST. ANNE’S GROTTO during MAY: May is the month of Mary and as a way of celebrating the great gift of Mary in the Church – we will pray the Rosary at St. Anne’s grotto
each Wednesday evening during the month of May commencing
Wednesday May 7th at 7pm.
EASTER DUES ENVELOPES
Easter Dues Envelopes are available at the back of our Churches or from the Parish Offices. This is a Diocesan collection, part of the Common Fund, which supports priests in Parishes and helps supporting sick and retired priests of the Diocese. Your continued support and generosity is very much appreciated.
SVP MONTHLY COLLECTION
The SVP monthly collection is due to be taken up at masses this weekend, 26th and 27th April. We are very grateful for the continued generosity of parishioners.
Rosary rally on Firhouse green:
The annual national rosary rally will be held throughout Ireland on Saturday May 10th at 4pm. The intention is to beg God, through Our Lady, to bring Ireland back to the faith and to Christian values.
We in Firhouse parish will hold our local rally on Firhouse Green (beside the church of Our Lady of Mt.Carmel), and all are welcome to join us, particularly if you don't have your own local rally.
If the weather is inclement, the rosary will be said inside the church.
HOLY ROSARY CHURCH SHOP
We have a selection of rosary beads, gifts, prayer cards, baby gifts and cards, and children’s book for sale in Holy Rosary Church. Items are available from the parish office on Monday/Tuesday mornings or from the Sacristy after mass. Mass cards are also available from the Sacristy and office.
CHURCH UPKEEP
We are looking for volunteers please. If you can spare an hour on a Tuesday morning to help clean and maintain Holy Rosary Church we would love to hear from you. At the moment we have two wonderful ladies who clean the Church every Tuesday morning and keep it to the high standard we’ve all become used to. Unfortunately due to other commitments one now won’t be available, so we are seeking more help please. If you can spare an hour (or even half an hour!) please contact Deborah in the Parish Office or come along on Tuesday morning.
PLANNED GIVING APPEAL
New boxes of Planned Giving envelopes are now available for anyone who has already contributed in this manner. If you have not previously contributed to the parish we now appeal to your generosity. We rely solely on contributions from parishioners for the day to day expenses and bills in the parish. Money put into the baskets collected during Mass does not stay in the parish but goes directly to the Diocese and is used for payment of priests’ wages, looking after sick and retired priests and supporting parishes in need.
If you are in a position to contribute, however little, we would greatly appreciate your help. A donation of €5 per week (the price of a nice coffee!) equates to €260 per year, enabling us to also claim a tax refund effectively increasing your contribution. To reduce bank fees charged for lodgements etc. our preferred method of payment would be standing order, however boxes of envelopes are also available. Please contact the parish offices for further information on 4141838 Holy Rosary or 4626893 St Anne’s.
Parish Cell Communities
Prayer Requests can be put in the boxes in the church and will be prayed for at our cell prayer gathering on every second Monday at 8pm in Rosanna hall.
For more information please call:
Eugene 085 7330 191 (Holy Rosary Parish Cell)
Maeve 087 6681 331 (Holy Rosary Parish Cell)
Angela c/o parish office 01 4626 893(St Anne’s Parish Cell)
St Ignation Spiritual Exercises for Men
Friday 2nd May to Monday 5th May (Bank holiday) in An Tobar Retreat Centre, Ardbraccan, Navan. Cost €190 includes all meals and ensuite single bedrooms.
Call 087-3482148 or iveireland.ive.org
JUBILEE YEAR 2025 – PILGRIMS OF HOPE
Jubilee years – also known as Holy Years – occur every 25 years. These years are special years where we are asked to reflect deeply on our calling to reconciliation, conversion, solidarity, hope, justice, commitment to serve God with joy and in peace with our brothers and sisters. INFORMATON LEAFLETS ON THE JUBILEE YEAR together with the JUBILEE PRAYER are now available in our church to bring home.
JUBILEE YEAR – POCKETS OF HOPE: Pilgrimage is central during a Jubilee year – whether abroad or at home. The Archdiocese of Dublin is offering a pilgrimage to four churches in Dublin city: St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Our Lady of Lourdes, Sean McDermott St, Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, City Quay, and St. Andrew’s church, Westland Row. Another option is a pilgrimage to St. Kevin’s church, Glendalough. POCKETS OF HOPE INFORMATION LEAFLETS together with a map of the pilgrimage routes are now available in our church to bring home.
Laudato Si animators Course 2025.docxMen’s RITEs of Passage
Nowadays, the question of what it means to be a man can be perplexing, and to be a man of faith in Ireland today can be very difficult. Most men have a longing for the support and guidance of other men in their journey towards masculinity, maturity, and a deeper experience with the divine. Living a shallow unexamined life is an empty experience. Opening the door to this journey can start with the Men’s Rites of Passage (MROP), a five-day deeply spiritual experience that builds on the classic patterns of male initiation through profound rituals and teachings. It is the kind of experience that can help awaken men to the adventure and mystery of their own masculinity, their potential for leadership, and their life’s purpose. Join with other men on this journey in Kiltegan, Co Wicklow, 23rd-27th July 2025.
For more information, go to https://www.malesireland.ie/rites-2/ or phone 086-2326988 or email Chris at RITEs2025Applications@malesireland.ie
Upcoming Lenten Retreats - Dominican Retreat Centre
Details of both retreats are on the attached flyer. If you would like more information, or would like to book a place on either (or both!) retreats, please call us on 01 4048189 and we can take your booking over the phone.
Please feel free to share the information on our behalf with anyone you think might be interested in attending.
16-19 APRIL 2025 - THE SELF-EMPTYING OF CHRIST
With Fr Donagh O’Shea, OP
“Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Hesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. He emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death - even death on a cross.” (Phil.2:5-8)
Cost: €300 residential; €180 non-residential;
€65 one day attendees (Thur/Fri only, incl. lunch)
Retreat runs from 7.30pm Wed till 2pm Saturday.
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26 APRIL-1 MAY 2025 - COMING TO KNOW JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE
With Sean Goan
As disciples we seek to come close to Jesus and to recognise how he is both gifting us and challenging us in today’s world. In this retreat we will find focus on the person Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, and hope that through our reflection on this Spirit-filled and joyful Gospel will learn to follow him more faithfully on the way.
Cost: €530 residential; €350 non-residential
To book please contact the Dominican Retreat Centre on 01 4048189 or dominicanretreats@gmail.com
LOCAL LINK BUSES
There are two new Local Link buses operating on Saturdays -
the SD3 between Bohernabreena and Tallaght, and
the SD4 operating between Tallaght and Tibradden.
Timetables for these buses are available at the back of the Church or can be found at
http://www.locallinkkildaresouthdublin.ie/.
https://locallinkkildaresouthdublin.ie/timetables/
If these services are not used regularly, they may be cancelled so please give them your support. (Please note that free travel passes are accepted on these services.)
Please note that it is no longer possible to donate to St Anne's Church via this button. If you would like to make a donation to St Anne's Church, whether regularly or a once off donation, please contact the parish office or use the account details as per the standing order form (link below). We greatly appreciate all donations to our parish churches, and apologise for any inconvenience this change may cause.
Standing Order Instruction ST. ANNE'S
Standing Order Instruction HOLY ROSARY
PLANNED GIVING WEEKLY ENVELOPES
The Parish relies on the generosity of our Parishioners as the planned giving (Family offering) is the SOLE income which stays in the Parish for the day to day upkeep and running of our Churches - altar expenses, light & heat, wages, etc. If you are in a position to contribute to the planned giving, please contact our parish offices for a box of envelopes (which can be returned each weekend at mass). Every contribution is important to us, now matter how much you can give.You also have the option to pay online through EasyPayments on our parish website (www.bohernabreenaparish.com) or via monthly standing order. Forms are available from the parish offices and, due to lower bank costs, this would be our preferred option if possible. Please phone the parish office if you require any help or clarification on any of the above.Registered Charity No. 20016166
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
The Irish Hospice Foundation provides a free Bereavement Support Line. This National Freephone Service is available from 10am to 1pm, Monday to Friday, by calling 1800 807077. Visit www.hospicefoundation.ie for more information.
AWARE – Support & Self Care Groups
If you or those with whom you work wish to connect with people in relation to your mental wellbeing, consider using Aware’s phone-in and Zoom support and self-care groups, support line or support mail. For more information, visit www.aware.ie.
Prayer Before Holy Communion
– St. Thomas Aquinas
All powerful and everlasting God,
I ask that I might receive,
the Bread of Angels,
the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords,
with that reverence and humility,
with that contrition and devotion,
with that purity and faith which
is expedient for the salvation of
my soul. Amen.
Prayer after Holy Communion
– St Thomas Aquinas
Sweetest Jesus,
Body and Blood most holy,
be the delight and pleasure of my soul,
my strength and salvation
in all temptations,
my joy and peace in every trial,
my light and guide in every
word and deed,
and my final protection
in death. Amen.
We have copies of
“Living Words - A Booklet for renewal in the Holy Spirit”
written by our own Fr Michael Hurley.
This booklet helps you to see the spirituality in the daily life around you and grow a deeper trust in Jesus Christ’s love and goodness, leading to you living a more joyful and loving life. The booklets are €5 each and are available from the churches and parish offices. We welcome your support.
ACCORD Dublin Website
For Sacramental Marriage Preparation Courses or for Marriage and Relationship Counselling please visit www.accorddublin.ie
150th Anniversary Book
St. Anne's Church
The St Anne’s Church Committee produced a wonderful book to commemorate this special year in our parish. It looks back on the history of St Anne’s, records the celebration events and also reflects on the future.
It contains lovely accounts, photos, drawings, poems by the children and many friends of St Anne’s and it is a truly valuable record of our community and heritage. Every household in the parish should have one. It only costs €10 and is available from the parish office at St Anne's Church.
We, the people of God in Bohernabreena Parish, who worship in St Anne's and Holy Rosary, guided by the Holy Spirit and inspired by the love of Jesus Christ, are committed to creating a caring, welcoming community where there is justice for all.
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