Notices


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Bambinelli Sunday

This Sunday, the third in the Advent season is also known as Bambinelli Sunday, when all parishioners & especially children, are invited to bring the baby Jesus figure from their home crib to be blessed at all Masses in the parish as a blessing to you and your family for Christmas. On returning home after the blessing, the blessed figurines

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Season of Advent

Season of Advent: In this season the Church is preparing to celebrate the Birth of Christ. As we remember, so also we look forward in faith to his Second Coming at the end of time. It’s a period of joyful hope. The hope of Advent is expressed in the first part of Advent with the concentration on the Second Coming

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Abbey Pastoral Area Advent Penitential Service

Abbey Pastoral Area Advent Penitential Service will take place on Monday 15th December with the opportunity of individual Confession in the Cathedral at 7.30pm

Advent: Next weekend we begin a four-week preparation for the feast of Advent. The season of Advent gives us the opportunity to prepare spiritually for the season of Christmas. First Sunday of Advent: The blessing of

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Retirement Mass

On Friday 28th Nov the community and parish of Clooney will gather in St John XXIII Church at 6pm for a Mass of Thanksgiving to mark the retirement of Mary Gleeson and Eibhlin Walsh from the teaching staff of Clooney National School. Both Mary and Eibhlin have given 67 years of service in our parish and it is an opportunity

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Sacraments 2026

Sacraments 2026: Confirmation will be celebrated in the parish on Friday 15th May in St Mary’s Church Quin at 11am and in St John XXIII Clooney at 2.30pm. First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Friday 15th May at 2.30pm in St. John XXIII Clooney and on Saturday 23rd May at 11am in St Mary’s Church Quin. Enrolment ceremonies for