Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption – Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
In the Care of the Redemptorists
Welcome to Our Parish Website
“They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32
Sharing Responsibility on the Journey of Faith
The Parish Pastoral Council aims to promote a parish with Jesus at the centre of its mission; making welcome searchers and believers. We strive to reach out to all in our community, sharing responsibility on the journey of faith.

Welcome
Our Sunday Masses times are as follows:
Vigil on Saturday at 7pm, and 9.30am & 11.30am on Sunday mornings.
(There is also a Saturday Vigil Mass at 8.15pm in Cherry Orchard Hospital Chapel)
Weekday Masses, Monday to Saturday, are at 10am.
Holydays of Obligation: Vigil Mass for the feast at 7pm on the evening before & 10am on the day itself (However, if the holyday falls on a Monday there will not be a 7pm Vigil Mass on the Sunday evening before but there will be two Masses at 10am & 7pm on the Monday itself).
Funerals will normally be at 11am (sometimes 11.15am). However, in the rare event of two funerals needing to be held on one day, the regular 10am Mass may be cancelled, and the funerals could be at 9.30am & 11.30am. Please check www.rip.ie beforehand, or ring the parish sacristy to be sure.
All our Masses can also be viewed live, online, via our webcam at www.assumptionballyfermot.ie
Webcam Difficulties – If you ever have difficulty accessing our webcam through our parish website, try this link, via the Church Services site, for an alternative way of getting to the same place.
Baptisms are held on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays, and the 2nd & 4th Sundays, of the month, normally at 1pm or 1.30pm. Please contact the sacristy at least a month in advance to check availability. A copy of the civil birth certificate of the child is required when making the booking. If living outside the parish, a letter of recommendation is usually required from the parish where you live.
Weddings are by arrangement and a minimum of six months notice required. Please make contact with the priest in the parish where you live to begin the preparation process as early as possible. Couples are expected to partake in an ACCORD Pre-marriage Course as part of their preparations
The church is open most days from about 8.30am to 6pm. It closes earlier on Friday afternoon for cleaning.
Please use all the available exits when leaving the church.
If people wish to donate towards the maintenance and upkeep of our parish and church, there is a facility to do that via a link on our website and Facebook page. Just press on the ‘Donate’ button and follow the instructions. Otherwise, people can post, or drop a donation in via the letterbox, to The Parish House, 197 Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin D10 P659.
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Notices & News
Building Hope Novena to the Holy Spirit – 21st to 29th May, 2023
A period of Prayer, Reflection and Planning for the renewal of the Church in the Archdiocese of Dublin
Click here for Novena Prayer Booklet
Click here for Holy Spirit Novena Prayer
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Building Hope In Parish Partnership
The Parish Partnerships were shared with parishes in the first week of Advent, along with a Timeline and Pastoral Aids which will be used in the next stage of Building Hope. These are now available at https://dublindiocese.ie/parish-partnerships-2022/.
A video of Archbishop Farrell reading his Advent Pastoral Letter The Time Has Come can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Aq1VLwIIbow/.
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Working Document for the Continental Stage
On Thursday, the Press Conference for the presentation of the Document for the Continental Stage of the Synod: “For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission”, took place. The Document for the Continental Stage is the fruit of the Syntheses resulting from the consultation of the People of God in the first phase of the synodal process and will be the focus of the time of listening, dialogue and discernment of the Continental Synodal Assemblies (January-March 2023).
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Synthesis of the Consultation in Ireland for the Diocesan Stage of the Universal Synod 2021 – 2023
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Click here for Irish Bishops Conference News
Click here for Archdiocese of Dublin News
Click here for Synod News
Click here for Building Hope News
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DIOCESAN UPDATES & ADMINISTRATION NOTICES
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ACCORD
ACCORD Dublin has launched a new website. For Sacramental Marriage Preparation Courses or for Marriage and Relationship Counselling please visit www.accorddublin.ie