Parish Newsletter 18 May 2025
The Parish Office will be closed this Monday 19 to Thursday 22 May. It will reopen on Friday 23rd at 9.30am.
Lay Ministry Collection – A special collection for Lay Ministry will be taken up at all Masses this weekend. It will replace the Share collection. Your support will be very much appreciated. A Lay Ministry brochure is available at the church doors. Please take one.
Catholic Class Service of Light will be celebrated this Monday 19 May at 7pm. Confirmation will be celebrated on Friday 23 May at 5pm. The parish welcome the children as they come to be sealed with the Holy Spirit. We wish them a wonderful day of celebration.
St. Patrick’s Boys School Confirmation will be celebrated this coming Thursday 22 May 11.00am in Donabate Church. The parish welcome the children as they come to be sealed with the Holy Spirit. We wish them a wonderful day of celebration. There will be no 10am Mass.
Catholic Class First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Saturday 24 May at 11am. The parish welcome the children to the table of the Lord.
The St. Vincent de Paul will hold a church gate collection next weekend 24/25 May. Your support will be very much appreciated.
Donabate Teen Youth Group – Our teen youth group is starting the Alpha course this May at our online youth group sessions on Friday evenings from 8-9pm via Zoom. If there are any teens who’d like to join us, you’d be more than welcome. A parent/guardian can register their interest by emailing: donabateparishcm@gmail.com
Exam Prayer Space Our Exam Prayer Space is located on our youth notice board at the back of Donabate Church where we invite you to write your name, or the name of anyone you know who is studying/taking exams at this time. We also encourage parishioners to pray for our students at this time.
Weekly Contemplate Prayer groups – Come and join our weekly contemplative prayer groups in the library room of Donabate parish hall (little room to right hand side of main door of parish hall):
Tuesday evenings: 7pm-8pm (must be 18+)
Friday mornings: 7am-7:25am (must be 18+, or else be accompanied by a parent/guardian)
Get to know Carlo – a Saint in his teens Donabate youth group invite young people aged 13-18 to join them online on Friday evenings as we start to learn about Carlo Acutis, the teenager due to be canonised as a Saint this year. We meet via Zoom from 8pm-9pm most Fridays (other than First Fridays when we have Maranatha). For any young person interested in joining us, a parent/guardian can register their interest by emailing donabateparishcm@gmail.com
Upcoming Diocesan courses – Information evening Mon 26th May – Dublin Diocese will be commencing new terms of two of their courses – the Diocesan Catechist Certificate Course and Pathways – this Autumn. As booking commences they are holding an information evening for both courses on Mon 26th May at 7:30pm in St. Paul’s church Arran Quay. To register follow the link: https://forms.office.com/e/tZbAUJikR3
ROSARY RALLY KNOCK, SATURDAY JUNE 7th
Bus leaves Donabate Church at Time: 7.30am. Cost: €30.
To book: Lóirín 087.241.2611 Details on notice in church porch
Donabate Portrane Dramatic Society proudly presents “Dead Man’s Bells” by MÉABH DE BRÚN and “Towpath” by ROBERT ILES at the Parish Hall on Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th May @8:00PM. and matinee 3:00 PM on Saturday 17th (No Sunday Performance) tickets €12 at door, TicketSource.eu, or Ph 087 6369721
Jubilee Tour to Westport, Knock & Co Mayo, 08th June 2025. €699.00 pps. Price includes return train, 4 nights’ in 4* Castlecourt Hotel, Westport with Dinner, Bed & Breakfast. Guest speaker Marion Carroll who was cured at Knock. All entertainment, excursions and transport included. Visit Knock, Kylemore Abbey, Croagh Patrick. Limited single rooms €150.00. Contact 094 900 6426 or 087 1890 236 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com.
Prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory every Friday after the 10am Mass. All welcome.
AnamCara Supporting Parents after Bereavement Online Bereavement Information Evening on Thursday 22 May at 7pm. Guest Speaker Diane Clabby Contact to Register info@anamcara.ie
Tap & Donate – Thank you to all who use the Tap & Donate contributing to the First & Share collections.
The amount collected for January and February 2025 was €784.
The Family Offering for April 2025 amounted to €4979. Thank you all for your support.
Donabate Memory Café at the Donabate Portrane Community Centre on the last Wednesday of Each Month 11am to 1pm.
RADIO MARIA Here’s how you can listen Saorview Channel 210 Download App “Radio Maria Ireland” Website www.radiomaria.ie
