Author Archives: Nenagh Parish

Bishop Fintan Monahan will return to Nenagh Parish this weekend where he will celebrate a special Mass commemorating 160 years of the Christian Brothers in our community. Please join us in person or online from 12 noon at St Mary of the Rosary Church, Nenagh.

Medjugorje Pilgrimage from Shannon to Mostar, 28 August to 4 September 2024.Contact 067 23160

Wishing all our parishioners a very Happy New Year. The Parish Office will re-open on Tuesday 2nd January at 9am.

In preparation for Christmas you are invited to the Annual Advent Reconciliation Service which will take place in St. Mary of the Rosary Church, Nenagh on Sunday 17th December @ 4 pm, Saturday, 23 December, Confessions in St Mary of the Rosary from 10.30am to 2.30pm.

It is that time of year again and, after much burning of the midnight oil and too many cups of coffee, we are delighted to unveil the Odhran Pastoral Area Christmas Schedule for 2023. We are so excited to see all our friends, old, new, and not-so-new, at some of our Christmas ceremonies this year.Continue reading “Odhran Pastoral Area – Christmas Schedule 2023”

Today we welcome a new friend to Nenagh Parish and the Odhran Pastoral Area. After some two-and-a-half decades working as a teacher in Roscrea, Fr Lorcan Kenny begins a new adventure as he takes up residence in Portroe Parish as a priest of the Odhran Pastoral Area.Fr Lorcan will, of course, celebrate Mass here inContinue reading “Welcome, Fr Lorcan!”

It is with a world of sadness that we in Nenagh Parish have learned of the passing of Christina Hoctor of Melrose, Nenagh. For three decades, Mrs Hoctor served as the Sacristan at St Mary of the Rosary church where she undertook her duties with enormous reverence, diligence and a smile. In late-2018 she wasContinue reading “RIP Mrs Hoctor: Former Sacristan of St Mary of the Rosary”

Nenagh Parish is delighted to announce that the doors of St Mary of the Rosary Church will open at 3.45am on Saturday, 6 May, just ahead of the Darkness Into Light walk through Nenagh. Whether you are a regular Mass-goer or not, whether you are a person of the Catholic/Christian faith or not, whether youContinue reading “Nenagh Parish Welcomes Darkness Into Light Walkers”

Following our initial introduction to the necessity of lay involvement in church ministry, we are holding a meeting of all interested members of our parish community, in the meeting room in St. John the Baptist Church on Tuesday 7 February at 7.30pm. Fr. Michael Collins will speak on the situation that exists in the churchContinue reading “Where are we going? An Invitation.”

It is with enormous sadness we have learned of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ascended to the Papacy during challenging times for the world and those whose trust was betrayed by some members of the church. He became Pope during a time of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.Continue reading “Pope Benedict XVI – 1927-2022”