Fr.Fachtna McCarthy will retire as Administrator in St. Mary’s and take up the  new appointment as Parish Chaplain here, taking effect from 1^stJuly 2025 also. We thank Fr.Fachtna for his many years of dedicated service as Administrator in the parish and wish him well in his new ministry.

• Nine lay people (a process of discernment will take place);
• Two lay people who are personal nominees of the Archbishop
• A female religious;
• A male religious or permanent deacon;
• Director of the Office of Mission and Ministry (ex-officio);
• Area Episcopal Vicars (ex-officio);
• Vicars General (ex-officio);
• Auxiliary Bishops (ex-officio);

December Deanery Meeting

A presentation explaining the discernment method will given. Those gathered will be asked to think of people who meet the criteria for membership of the DDPC. They will be asked to prayerfully reflect, and to ask those who come to mind if their name can be put forward at the special Deanery gathering.

Special Deanery Gathering

The members of the Deanery are asked to come to a special Deanery gathering to prayerfully discern the name(s) of suitable member(s) of the DDPC. This will be a time of prayer, lasting about an hour, during which members of the Deanery will be asked to place the consideration forms in the box. This will take place within a week of the Deanery Meeting

Deanery Committee Discernment

Within a week of the special Deanery gathering, the VF and the Deanery Committee will meet and open the box and go through the names. Following the discernment process they will choose three names from the Deanery Gathering to go forward from those placed in the box, to the next level of discernment. The candidates will be invited by the VF to complete the personal reflection form.

Pastoral Area Discernment

In mid-January the Auxiliary Bishops/Area Episcopal Vicars will meet with the VFs and a member of the Deanery Committees of their area. Following the discernment process, they will choose five names from the nine sent forward from the Deanery discernment to go forward to the next level of discernment.

Diocesan Discernment

In early February the Archbishop will call the Moderator of the Curia, the Auxiliary Bishops/Area Episcopal Vicars and five lay people to the final discernment meeting. Following the discernment process, they will choose nine people from the twenty five sent forward from the Pastoral Area discernment for membership of the DDPC. Following an orientation workshop the DDPC will be commissioned at a Diocesan celebration.

Source: https://dublindiocese.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DDPCweb.pdf

9 Lessons and Carols with

Lassus Scholars
Piccolo Lasso and
St Mary’s Choir.

Christmas with Cuore 2024

Join us for an uplifting evening of choral music from around the world and across the ages at 7:30pm on Saturday 14th of December in the beautiful acoustic of St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Tickets €10-20 from Eventbrite or on the door. Buy now for early bird discount!

A beautiful venue, stunning new music, and festive favourites performed by an award-winning choir. The perfect way to start your Christmas!
https://www.cuore.ie

Content source: The Cuore Chamber Choir website

Music by Bruckner, Bodley, Chopin and others.

UCD Philharmonic Choir

Climate Generation – Awakening to our Children’s Future
to be given by
Dr Lorna Gold

will take place at
Location: St Mary’s Parish, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Eircode: D04 AV25
Date/ Time:   Thursday, 03 October 2024 at 7.30 PM.

Dr Lorna Gold is the Board Chair of the Laudato Sí Movement, the global network of Catholic organisations working for climate justice. She previously worked as CEO of FaithInvest, a UK- based NGO that supports faiths to invest their assets for the benefit of people and the planet.

Prior to her current role, she led Trócaire’s Policy, Research and Advocacy for almost two decades, until April 2020. She holds a PhD in Economic Geography from the University of Glasgow and was a member of the Vatican Commission on the post-COVID world taskforce on economy.

Her 2018 book Climate Generation – Awakening to our Children’s Future, re-published in 2023 by Beehive Books, was described by Canadian author and activist, Naomi Klein, as “an anguished journey into the heart of the climate crisis.”  It tells her personal story of waking up to the reality of the ecological emergency as a parent, activist and person of faith.