Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice


Congratulations to Fr Martin Blake who celebrated 20 years of Priesthood on 3rd May. Fr Martin was ordained on 3rd May 2003 in the Church of Mary Assumed into Heaven in Doonbeg. Bishop Willie who ordained Martin shared in the cutting of his Jubilee cake to mark the occasion. Please pray for Fr Martin and…

We congratulate the Reverend Canon Kevin O’Brien, St Columba’s Church, Bindon Street, who has been appointed Rector of Adare and Kilmallock Union of parishes by the Bishop Michael Burrows, Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Limerick, and Killaloe.
Canon Kevin will be installed as a Canon of St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick on Sunday 7th…

We congratulate Mary Kennedy resident of Ennis Nursing Home, who celebrates 100th birthday on 1st May. Mary was born into the Doohan Family in Pitfield, Lissycasey, on 1st May 1923. She came to Ennis to work in Currans Confectionary, Abbey Street where she met her future husband, the late Jimmy Kennedy, from the Causeway in…


This year the Abbey Pastoral Area Dawn Mass was hosted by the parish of Clooney, Quin, and Maghera, in the sacred space of Quin Abbey.
Bishop Fintan was the principal celebrant, joined by priests from the pastoral area.
Our thanks to all who made the occasion special and sacred through the organisation of…

On Holy Saturday night the Cathedral was filled to capacity as Bishop Fintan, the priests of the parish, and the Franciscan Friars, joined together for the Easter vigil. During the vigil, Easter Holy Water was blessed and Nicolas from Zimbabwe was received into the Church and received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, and…

Parishioners from Poland and other Eastern European Countries gathered in the Cathedral in Ennis on Holy Saturday for the annual celebration of the Blessing of the Easter Food.
Our thanks to Maggie O’Brien for organising the ceremony and to Bishop Fintan for the photos.

Fr Ger and parishioners in Cloughleigh organised outdoor Stations of the Cross. With the help of Fr Martin and others, they brought the Gospel to the streets. Our thanks to Bishop Fintan for the photos.

People & priests gathered from all over the Diocese of Killaloe on Spy Wednesday evening at the Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul. During this Mass, Bishop Fintan blessed the oils used in the Sacraments and priests renewed their commitment to the priesthood. Our thanks to Pat Hanrahan for the photos.
