In answer to the question sent to me: “Why is the Bishop coming?”. Well the Bishop is travelling through the diocese meeting the people, listening to what they have to say and becoming familiar with each parish and curacy in a personal way. He is from Co Clare and we are lucky in the interest […]

Saint of the Day for August 19th. (November 14th, 1601 – August 19th, 1680).

Our new Bishop Ger Nash will visit our Parish of Crossabeg and Ballymurn this weekend 20/21 Aug. He has spent the last year visiting parishes, organisations and people, listening to and engaging with people of all ages, children, youth and adults. Beginning with Mass at 8.15pm on Saturday evening in Ballymurn, followed by meeting people […]

August 18th – St Helen (c. 250–330) mother of Constantine.

Happy Birthday, Saint Anthony of Padua15th August.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryMonday August 15th 2022––––––––––––––––––––––––––Almighty ever-living God, Who assumed the Immaculate Virgin Mary, the Mother of your Son, body and soul into heavenly glory, grant, we pray, that, always attentive to the things that are above, we may merit to be sharers of her glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, […]

St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!Feast Day: August 14th–––––––––––––––––––––––HOMILY AT THE CANONIZATION OFST. MAXIMILIAN MARY KOLBEBy Pope St. John Paul IIOctober 10, 1982 “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). From today on, the Church desires to address as “Saint” a man who […]

St. Jane Frances de Chantal.

(July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253) Saint Clare of Assisi.