📢Date for Your Diary: Thursday, 2 July, at St. Fintan’s Church in Sutton at 7 p.m.
We will host Fr. John Paul Gurripuru speaking about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. All are welcome, with a community gathering afterwards.🙏
Another Life in the Spirit seminar is just starting, this time close to Blanchardstown. It's so worth it if you're from the area—amazing speakers, great crowd, and, most importantly, the tangible presence of the Holy Spirit! God bless! 🙏🏻❤️
Today, we celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus, when He revealed His divine glory on a mountain. With apostles Peter, James, and John praying, Jesus’ face shone like the sun, His clothes dazzling white. Moses and Elijah appeared, discussing His coming death in Jerusalem. A cloud enveloped them, and God’s voice declared, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to Him!” This event affirms Christ’s divinity and mission.
Honoured on August 6 as the Feast of the Transfiguration, it’s also the fourth Luminous Mystery of the Rosary, calling us to reflect on His divine nature and obey His teachings.
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Today's Gospel — the feeding of the five thousand, in which five loaves and two fish fed five thousand men, besides women and children, with twelve baskets left over — is the only miracle of Jesus recorded in all four Gospels, a sign of how significant it is. What is easily missed is its setting: Jesus works this miracle with a sorrowful heart, mourning the death of His cousin, John the Baptist. He knew that John's death had come about for the Father's glory and according to His permissive will, yet that divine perspective did not erase His human grief. https://t.co/JVdvvdp2lL
Today the Church celebrates the parents of the Virgin Mary, the grandparents of Jesus, Saints Joachim and Anne. Pray to this holy couple today, especially asking their intercession for your grandparents or your grandchildren. https://t.co/CujSJi1DTM
Date for your Diary: Donnycarney Church, the last in the series of Life in the Spirit Events, Tuesday 7th July at 7:30PM. One of the best Catholic Events in Dublin North.🙏
Date for your diary: Next Saturday, 11 July, in Sutton we will be hosting our last Community Rosary before the end of summer, dedicated to Our Lady of Medjugorje.
Banners are up at Sutton Cross and in front of St. Fintan’s Church. We have also printed more than 100 messages from Our Lady, delivered through the visionaries in Medjugorje, as personal invitations to the Rosary. These will be available in a small basket next to the Statue of Our Lady tomorrow (Sunday).
We had a great presentation about Aid to the Church in Need by Brandon Scott and Michael Kelly today. Parishioners were very receptive, and Brandon had a number of people engaging with him on the way out of church. He was also kind enough to help promote our event about persecuted Christians in Nigeria this upcoming Thursday (July 2nd) with Fr. John Paul. @ireland_acn@MichaelPTKelly
Today the Church in Ireland honours the Blessed Irish Martyrs. On 20 June we remember seventeen men and women — bishops, priests, friars and lay people — beatified by Pope St John Paul II in 1992, chosen to represent nearly 300 Catholics who gave their lives for the faith in Ireland between 1579 and 1654. The date marks the martyrdom of Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley of Cashel in 1584. From well-known figures like O'Hurley and Margaret Ball to the Wexford sailors whose names are almost all that survives, they witnessed to Christ unto death. Blessed Irish Martyrs, pray for us. 🇮🇪 #IrishMartyrs
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The Donnycarney Life in the Spirit seminar last Tuesday was mind-blowing, with Roisin Doherty as a special guest speaker. Join the crowd every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. 🙏🏻❤️
The Cemetery Mass in Sutton is a unique annual event, with the blessing of the graves bringing families together from the area and from afar. God bless you all.
Another major event taking place in Dublin North is the Cemetery Mass and Blessing of the Graves at Sutton Cemetery. Please plan ahead as traffic restrictions and delays are expected around Sutton Cross.
Cemetery Mass and Blessing of the Graves
A Cemetery Mass and Blessing of the Graves will take place tomorrow, Sunday 14th June, at 12:00 PM in Sutton Cemetery.
All are welcome to join us for this special celebration of prayer and remembrance for our departed loved ones.
Please note: Traffic restrictions and delays are expected around Sutton Cross. Please take this into account if you are planning to attend.
An amazing Life in the Spirit Event took place yesterday at Donnycarney Church in Dublin. There are six more events planned, every Tuesday at 7:30 PM. You are warmly invited!
On the Solemnity of Pentecost, which brings the Easter season to its close, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, reflecting on the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of peace, mission, and truth. The Pope said the Paraclete continues to “enlighten minds and instill new vitality in our hearts,” transforming history and opening it to salvation. He reminded the faithful that the whole Church is called to bear witness to the Gospel with joy and hope. Concluding his homily, Pope Leo prayed that the Holy Spirit may save humanity from war, misery, and sin through the omnipotence of love.
Pentecost Sunday
Tomorrow we celebrate the solemn feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” — Acts 2:1–4 (NIV)
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love.
May the same Spirit that birthed the Church renew our parishes and strengthen us in faith.
📅 Date for your Diary!
One of the most important events in the Howth Deanery and Dublin North – the Annual Blessing of the Graves and St. Fintans Cemetery Mass will take place on Sunday, 14 June 2026 at 12pm.
⚠️ Traffic restrictions and obstructions will be in place. Please come early to avoid disappointment.
A very special day of prayer and remembrance for our loved ones. All are welcome. 🕊️
Happy Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord! 🙏✨
Today we celebrate the glorious moment when Jesus Christ, forty days after His Resurrection, ascended into Heaven in the sight of His apostles. He who came down from Heaven has returned to the right hand of the Father, not to leave us, but to prepare a place for us and to send the Holy Spirit.
As the angels told the disciples: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:11)
May the Ascended Lord lift our hearts and minds to Heaven, strengthen our hope, and fill us with courage to live as His witnesses on earth.
He is risen, and He reigns! 🕊️