Ballyroan Parish, Dublin

Bambinelli Sunday was celebrated in our church on Sunday 15th December. We blessed our infant Jesus figures for our cribs –  and Santa popped in to see us Bambinelli Sunday is a strong tradition among families in Italy, when children (and adults) bring their Baby Jesus figure from the crib in their homes to St....

  Advent is the season of preparation to celebrate of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas as well as the return of Jesus at the second coming. The four Sundays of Advent in Christian churches, the Bible readings and prayers concentrate on preparing congregations for the coming of Christmas. Often on Advent Sunday, the Sunday...

We had a wonderful night as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin concelebrated Mass as eight candidates for the permanent diaconate receive ministry of Lector / reader and one for candidacy for priesthood.   Thank you to all who made this a special occasion  

Our new Parish Priest Fr Peter attends his first Ballyroan Parish Pastoral Council meeting, working together to support our parish community

Well done to Jack and Katie pictured with their families on lovely colouring drawings    

SeniorLine is urgently looking for women and men aged 55+ to train as telephone line volunteers. Training begins in September. SeniorLine is a national service for older people who may be lonely, unsupported, or with specific problems. For further information, please phone: Anne at 087-7450721  

  The office of Evangelisation and Ecumenism present a new course called Activ 8. This course involves 8 practical sessions aimed at people who are between 30-55 years of age so they can help to build the capacity of parishes to share faith. Course Outcomes: Learn about how your faith can grow Become familiar with...

  Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news from the Catholic Church in Ireland. Episode 50 of Faithcast features an interview with John Hayes, a Volunteer Marriage Preparation Course Facilitator with Accord Catholic Marriage...