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Notices and News from Mitchelstown Parish

Happy Easter To You All. 

May Christ whose life blesses us always be the shining guidance in our everyday hopes, prayers, actions and legacies.

From

Canon Michael Leamy P.P. & Fr. Tommy Lane C.C. 

 

Ash Wednesday: 18 February 2026

Confessions:

  • Monday 30th March -   Confessions 7:30pm to 9pm - Parish Church
  • Tuesday 31st March -   Confessions 10:30am to 11am - Parish Church
  • Wednesday 1st April - Confessions 10:30am to 11am - Parish Church

Wednesday 1st April – Chrism Mass – St. Colman’s Cathedral - 7:30pm

Perpetual Adoration closes on Wednesday, 1st April at 6pm and resumes again after the 11:30am Mass on Easter Sunday, 5th April.

Masses during the week in the Parish Church 30th March to 4th April:

  • Monday 30th March to Wednesday 1st April - Mass: 10am

Holy Thursday - 2nd April:

  • Mass of the Lord’s Supper                   7:30pm – Parish Church
  • Adoration of the Lord at the Altar of Repose after Ceremony until 11pm.

All Eucharistic Ministers are asked to be present at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday to renew their Commitment.

Trócaire Boxes can be handed in at the Church Door on Holy Thursday & will be presented at the Offertory of the Mass.

Good Friday – 3rd April:

A Day of Fast & Abstinence (We are to abstain from eating meat and to fast in honour of the Lord’s Suffering).

  • Stations of the Cross:                                                             12noon–Killacluig           12noon - Ballygiblin    
  • Celebration of the Lord’s Passion & Holy Communion:     3pm – Parish Church

The Annual Collection for the Christian Shrines in the Holy Land will be taken up. We ask for your support.

  • Stations of the Cross:                           7:30pm – Parish Church

Holy Saturday – 4th April:

  • Easter Vigil Mass:       9pm – Parish Church (candles will be provided)

Please note that there will be no 7:30pm Mass on Holy Saturday Evening.

Easter Sunday – 5th April:

                   8:30am           -   Mass       -   Parish Church  
                   10am              -   Mass       -   Ballygiblin
                   10am              -   Mass       -   Killacluig
                   11:30am         -   Mass       -   Parish Church. 

Easter Offerings for the Priests of the Parish will be taken up on Holy Saturday night and on Easter Sunday. Your support and generosity is very much appreciated.

Easter Monday, 6th April:

Bank Holiday – Morning Mass at 11am only

Masses during the week in the Parish Church 7th to 10th April:

  • Tuesday 7th – Friday 10th April Mass at 10am.

Masses during the week in the Parish Church 13th to 17th April:

  • Monday 13th – Friday 17th April Mass at 10am.

Parish Office CLOSED Thursday 2nd  April to Friday 10th April inclusive

Ashes will be distributed on Ash Wednesday

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Church of Our Lady Conceived Without Sin

at the 10am and 7.30pm Masses

Ash Wednesday: 18 February 2026

Welcome to the new website for the Parish of Mitchelstown!

Built from scratch, the new website launched on Friday 30 January 2026 sports a new layout that should make it easier to find relevant information

Do you see something that needs editing or adding?

Please Contact Us

New website is launched!New website is launched

The Feast of St. Colman of Cloyne

V. Rev. Canon Michael Leamy, PP, VF

24th November 2025

Today we gather to celebrate the feast of St. Colman of Cloyne, one of the remarkable saints who helped weave the fabric of our Christian heritage here in Ireland. His life, marked by conversion, courage, and pastoral zeal, offers us an inspiring example as we strive to live out our faith in 2025 and beyond.

We are also celebrating this year - The Jubilee Year of Hope. 

The logo shows four stylized figures, representing all of humanity, coming from the four corners of the earth. They embrace each other to indicate the solidarity and fraternity which should unite all peoples.

The figure at the front is holding onto the cross. It is not only the sign of the faith which this lead figure embraces, but also of hope, which can never be abandoned, because we are always in need of hope, especially in our moments of greatest need.

There are the rough waves under the figures, symbolising the fact that life’s pilgrimage does not always go smoothly in calm waters. Often the circumstances of daily life and events in the wider world require a greater call to hope. As a Diocese and as a church we are in a time of great change and enormous challenges. The waters are not smooth but choppy.

St ColmanPhoto taken in St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh

 

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Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal is an annual campaign that delivers gifts straight into the hands of children affected by poverty

Often these shoebox gifts are the only gift that a child will receive at Christmas and the joy that they bring is incredible. Since 2010, with your help, we have delivered over 2.5 million Shoebox gifts to Vulnerable Children across the world.

You can make a child’s Christmas in less well-off countries by filling a shoe box with practical items i.e. something to WRITE with (pen, copybook, markers, crayons etc.), something to WASH with (toothbrush, toothpaste, facecloth, soap), something to WEAR (hat, scarf, gloves, socks) and WOW a treat or a toy (sunglasses, skipping rope, small doll or cuddly toy, a toy car).

Team Hope Christmas Shoebox AppealTeam Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal

When closing the box; please include €5 in your leaflet envelope either on top of the gifts or taped to the inside of the lid. Please secure the box with elastic band - please don't seal with tape as we need to check contents to comply with regulations.

The Drop-off Point is; Farrells Supervalu Mitchelstown  Location

If you would like to help a poor child this Christmas please visit the Team Hope website, teamhope.ie

or contact your local co coordinator António Da Silva on 086-0630225.

The closing date this year is 9 November 2025.

 

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