Following a recent Chapter of Friars, we bid farewell to Frs. Ailbe and Paschal and we welcome back to Ennis Frs. Hugh, Liam, and David.
Fr. Paschal McDonnell is from Tyrone and has been a member of the Fraternity here in Ennis for the past six years. We thank Fr. Paschal for his ministry…
As work continues on the cathedral, it is interesting to note that on Monday 4th September 181 years ago, Dean Terence O’Shaughnessy celebrated the first mass in the cathedral. On the same date 118 years ago, Bishop Michael Fogarty was consecrated Bishop of Killaloe in the cathedral and on his death in 1955 was buried…
The past week has seen a gathering of Franciscan Friars from Ireland and Britain at Dromantine Retreat Centre Co Down for the Provincial Chapter of Friars. A time of prayer and discernment where friars elect their new Leadership Team.
We congratulate Fr Aidan McGrath who was re-elected as Provincial and his new Vicar is…
Ennis parishioner and Killaloe diocesan Priest, Fr Paschal Hanrahan Head Chaplain of the Irish Defence Forces, is currently serving as Chaplain with the 122nd IrishPol Batt on UNIFIL.
Today Friday 11th August he was presented with the Peacekeepers Medal and the UNIFIL by Lt Col Cathal Keohane OC IrishPol Batt.
We congratulate Paschal…
Our pilgrims have arrived home safely after a very successful pilgrimage to Lough Derg. Our thanks to Tikki Daly and Geraldine Cummins who organised the pilgrimage and to Bishop Fintan for the photographs.
On Sunday 6th August the Bishop of Tuam, Limerick, and Killaloe, Rt Revd Michael Burrows, announced the appointment of the Revd Vicki Lynch as Priest in Charge of the Drumcliffe Ennis with Kilnasoolagh Group of Parishes. The Introduction will take place at St Columba’s Church, Bindon St., Ennis on Friday 8th September 2023 at 7:30pm.
In the year 1212 a light was kindled in a little monastery outside the walls of Assisi. Clare whose name means “Clear Light” had begun a new way of life under the guidance of her friend, Francis of Assisi. From then onwards a new light shone in the church and throughout the centuries, countless women…
World Youth Day is the largest youth event in the world and will be held in Lisbon, Portugal this week from Tuesday 1st August to Sunday 6th August. Pope Francis will attend the event next weekend. Since the beginning of World Youth Day in 1986 by the late Pope John Paul II, it has been…
The latest publication from St Michael’s Villas telling the story of the past seventy years is now on sale at the parish office for €5
Also available is a specially commissioned fridge magnet of St Michael’s for €3 each or two for €5 When they are gone, they are definitely gone and will not…
This weekend St. Michael’s Villas celebrates seventy years since the construction of the estate in 1953. The seventy-six houses and two shops were built by Clare County Council and cost €100,000 to construct.
St. Michael’s was built for rural people primarily and most of the people who took up residence there in September 1953…
