The Matt Talbot Prayer Society has been created to pray for people who are suffering from any form of addiction; to pray for all those affected by addiction, gambling, pornography to less acknowledged addictions.
To join Matt Talbot Prayer Society, you are invited to enrol the name of the person to be prayed for,…
There will be a guided tour of the medieval Franciscan Friary of Ennis on Sunday 4th October, the 800th anniversary of St Francis’ death. Learn about Francis’ early life, the arrival and growth of the Franciscan Order in Ennis, and the friars’ fate after the dissolution…
Friday 2nd October is the First Friday of the month. The priests of the parish will visit housebound parishioners with the sacraments. If you know of any housebound parishioners who would like to receive the sacraments, please contact the Parish Office.
The Sisters of Mercy have had a presence in our Parish for the past 172 years. During a Parish Mission in 1853, Dean John Kenny the parish priest was asked by parishioners to approach the Sisters in Limerick with an invitation for the Sisters to come to Ennis to provide education in the town.
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On Friday 25th September, we join the Diocese of Killaloe in wishing Bishop Fintan Monahan a very happy 10th Anniversary of his episcopal ministry. Bishop Fintan was ordained Bishop of Killaloe in the Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul, Ennis, on Sunday 25th September 2016. We give thanks for ten years of dedicated service, steadfast…
Bishop Fintan will lead our Autumn Pilgrimage to Lourdes from Monday 28th September to Saturday 3rd October. If you would like a petition placed at the grotto on your behalf, please leave it in to the Parish Office by 5pm on Friday 25th September.
Work will begin on Monday 28th September on the pavement in front of the Cathedral. This will necessitate
the closure of the main door of the cathedral for the duration of this phase of the work.
There will be four entrances to the Cathedral open each day:
Grotto Door
Columbarium Door
We congratulate Rev Vicky Lynch of St Columba’s Church of Ireland, Bindon Street, Ennis, on her appointment as Archdeacon of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Tuam.
We wish her every blessing in her new responsibilities.
4th September is a significant date for the Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Ennis. On this day in 1842, Dean Terence O’Shaughnessy celebrated the first Mass in the newly constructed Church. Since then, it is impossible to count the number of people who have come to the Cathedral to pray, as they still do…
This weekend we bid farewell to two friars here in Ennis who will take up new appointments. Both friars have had a very visible presence in our town, whether in the Friary or in our streets and are now answering the call of God to begin again in new fraternities. Fr Liam is moving to…
