Faughart Parish Newsboard

8th March 2026

Our Priests: Fr. Vinod Kurian, Fr. Oliver Stansfield and Deacon George Kingsnorth

Parish Website: www.faughartparish.ie
Facebook: Faughart Parish
Email: info@faughartparish.ie
Phone: 042 933 4410

Weekly Envelopes

Your contribution last week towards the upkeep of the Parish:

Castletown: €538.10
Kilcurry: €612.24
Brid-a-Chrin: €165.00
Faughart: €146.00
Non-Envelope Contributions: €552.42

Thank you for your continued generosity and support.

We Pray For The Happy Repose Of

Francis O’Neill
Patrick Hoey
Briege Hughes
Pat Martin
Sean Finnegan

May they rest in peace.

Welcome Into Our Christian Community

We welcome into our parish community:

Luke Harry Taaffe
Joseph Henry O’Connell
Arthur Terence O’Connell

who were baptised recently.

Lenten Devotions

Stations of the Cross take place during Lent:

Sundays: Faughart at 5:30pm
Fridays: After 7:30pm Mass in Brid-a-Chrin

Easter Dawn Mass

A Dawn Mass will take place at 6:00am on Easter Sunday at Faughart Graveyard (summit of the Hill of Faughart).

Community Notices

Scoil Eoin Baiste

School Productions 1980–1981
If anyone has photographs of school productions or school shows from these years, please contact Maria on 042 933 9221.

Faughart Lourdes Committee

The annual fundraising coffee morning and draw will take place in Kilcurry Resource Centre on Sunday 19th April.

Draw cards are now in circulation.

A meeting will take place on Wednesday 11th March at 7:30pm in the Parochial House.

Balance of fares is now due.

Kilcurry Tidy Towns

The Annual Spring Clean will take place on Saturday 21st March.

Bags can be collected at the Community Centre from 9:00am onwards.

We greatly appreciate the help of neighbours who keep their areas litter-free and those who collect litter along local roads.

For queries please contact 086 367 5828.

Roche Emmets GFC

Table Quiz & St Patrick’s Day Draw
📅 Monday 16th March
🕗 8:00pm

Following Sunday’s game, the club was delighted to present €1,500 each to two local charities:

Liam’s Friends
Louth Disability Cycling Group

Funds were raised through the recent 7-a-side fundraiser. Many thanks to everyone who supported these worthy causes.

Result:
Senior Men – Roche 2-20, St Mary’s 1-21

Fixture:
Senior Men vs John Mitchels in Roche – Sunday at 11:00am

Faughart Social Group

The AGM will take place Monday at 7:00pm in the Resource Centre.

All members are encouraged to attend.

St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk

The Transition Year production of “The Addams Family – School Edition” will take place on:

10th March
11th March
12th March

📍 Chapel Hall, St Louis Secondary School
🕢 7:30pm nightly

Tickets: €12
Available via the school website:
www.stlouisdundalk.ie

It promises to be a spectacular evening of spooky entertainment.

Mass Intentions

Kilcurry

Sunday – 11:00am
Harry Reilly (3rd Anniversary) & Sinead Reilly
Margaret Alderson (Anniversary)
Veronica Sheils (Anniversary)
Tom & Olive Craig (Anniversary)
Larry & Bridie Craig (Anniversary)
Mary Finnegan & deceased family members

Next Sunday – 11:00am
Peter McArdle (Month’s Mind)
Peter & Mary McDermot and deceased family members
Edward Haughey (Anniversary)
Kay, Seamus & Thomas Murphy
Hugh & Katie Nash and deceased family members
Winnie McArdle (Anniversary)

Brid-a-Chrin

Friday – 7:30pm
Therese and Kevin McKeown (Anniversary)

Sunday – 10:00am
Johnny McShane (Month’s Mind)
Paddy, Mary & Cathy McGowan and deceased family members

Castletown

Saturday – 6:00pm
Francie & Maura Martin
Patsy Rogers (Birthday Remembrance)
Maura McCourt (Anniversary) & deceased family members
Fr Aidan Kennedy IC
Michael & Alice Farrell

Sunday – 12:00 noon
Tom & Joan Kinch
Marian Sheridan & Maureen Rajasingam (Kinch)
Siobhan Clarke (née Kinch)

Monday – 7:00pm
Daniel Martin (Anniversary)
Kathleen Rooney (Anniversary)

Wednesday – 10:00am
Eileen & Michael Laverty (Anniversary)

Saturday – 6:00pm
Fr Aidan Kennedy IC
Michael & Alice Farrell
Betty Sands (Anniversary)
Ian Brown (Anniversary)
Megan O’Connor (Anniversary)
Una McEvoy (Anniversary)
Tommy O’Connor (Birthday Remembrance)

Sunday – 12:00 noon
Sandra Gorham (5th Anniversary)
Kathleen Kelly (Anniversary)

Faughart

Next Saturday – 7:30pm
Patricia & Dennis McCreesh and Baby Callan
Gerry & May Savage (Anniversary) and deceased family members