Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption – Ballyfermot, Dublin 10

In the Care of the Redemptorists

Registered Charity Number 20016166
Revenue Number CHY7424

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).

Click here for the English Version

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Synthesis of the Consultation in Ireland for the Diocesan Stage of the Universal Synod 2021 – 2023

“The strong sense of shared responsibility that has guided our synodal process so far, from the local to the national level, has been a great encouragement. It is hoped that this will continue to to motivate us to develop our skills of deep listening and discernment, as we reflect on the significance of our national synthesis, and the different voices of the church around the world, asking what God wants of us in light of what we have heard.”
Dr Nicola Brady, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Irish Synodal Pathway
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Click here for Synod News

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DIOCESAN UPDATES & ADMINISTRATION NOTICES

Click here for the latest news and updates for the Archdiocese of Dublin

ACCORD

ACCORD Dublin has launched a new website.  For Sacramental Marriage Preparation Courses or for Marriage and Relationship Counselling please visit www.accorddublin.ie

Recent Parish Death Notices

Liam (William) McCord, RIP

Mary Keeley Caswell, RIP

Christopher (Christy) Lawlor, RIP

Derek Keating, RIP

Michael Chrystal, RIP

James O'Connor, RIP

Josephine (Joanie) Costello, RIP

Gary Walsh, RIP

William (Will) O'Connor, RIP

Christina (Dina) Tuohy (née Traynor), RIP

Thomas (Tommy) Lyons, RIP

Carol Sheil (née Darcy), RIP

Patrick (Pat) Walsh, RIP

Francis O'Reilly, RIP

Siobhan Egan, RIP

Raymond (Ray) Reid, RIP

Margaret Savage (née Hearne), RIP

Marie Ralph (née Donoghue), RIP

Paul Dixon, RIP

Bridget Hanbury (née Savage), RIP

Kenneth (Ted) Dunne, RIP

Margaret Murphy (née Hyland), RIP

Kathleen (Kay) Catherine Hatchell (née Harvey), RIP

Brendan (Thomas) O’Connor, RIP

Patrick (Sam) Courtney, RIP

Margaret Downes (née Brough), RIP

Mary Glynn (née Keeler), RIP

Aileen Darcy (née O'Connor), RIP

Letitia (Letty) Carter (née Murphy), RIP

Tony (Anthony) Hughes, RIP

Aidan O' Rourke RIP

Damien McCabe, RIP

Patrick Purcell, RIP

Marian O'Rourke (neé Russell), RIP

Raymond (Ray) Stritch, RIP

Mary (May) McMahon (née Nolan), RIP

Laurence (Larry) O'Toole, RIP

Dolly Doyle (Anne Burchill), RIP

Pamela Brady (née Collins), RIP

Marie Lynch (née Delves) RIP

Helen Redmond (née Bolger), RIP

Vincent Maher, RIP

John (Johnny) Mitchell, RIP

Thomas (Tom) Reynolds, RIP

James (Seamus) Bolger, RIP

Theresa Molloy (née Quinn), RIP

John McSherry, RIP

Patrick (Joe) Dorrington, RIP

Theresa Purcell (née Kane), RIP

Ina Marie Vanecek (née Reilly), RIP

Alice Nugent (née Murphy), RIP

Francis (Fran) Phipps, RIP

Patrick Sweeney, RIP

Thomas (Tom) Doherty, RIP

Bernard James Dunne, RIP

Kathleen Martin (née Neil), RIP

Patricia (Patsy) Leyden (née Carthy), RIP

Mary Harris, RIP

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Parish Contacts

Priests:
Fr. Adrian Egan, C.Ss.R. (PP), Fr. Seamus Devitt, C.Ss.R.;
Tel: 01-6264789

Pariah Secretary:
Mildred Healy;
Tel: Working from home; contact by email.
email:parishcentreballyfermot@gmail.com

Sacristans:
Ann Marie Murray & Margaret Killeen;
Tel: 01 – 6264691 (9am to 12 Noon)

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