Newsboard – 13th September 2026
Parish Information
Our Priests: Fr Vinod Kurian, Fr Oliver Stansfield and Deacon George
Parish website: www.faughartparish.ie
Facebook: Faughart Parish
Email: info@faughartparish.ie
Telephone: 042 933 4410
Weekly Envelopes
Thank you for your contributions last week towards the upkeep of our parish:
- Castletown: €177.00
- Kilcurry: €387.60
- Brid-a-Chrin: €191.80
- Faughart: €120.00
- Non-envelope contributions: €746.45
- Faughart Shrine: €115.00 and £32.70
We Pray For
We pray for the happy repose of Gene Nash and Cathal McManus, who died recently.
May they rest in peace.
Second Collection
A second collection will be taken up in all churches next weekend for the maintenance and repair of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
Welcome Into Our Christian Community
We welcome Sonny James Patrick Quinn, Lexie Marie Gaffey, Zach George White and Emmanuel-Niall Keenan, who were baptised recently.
Thank You, Fr Oliver
Fr Oliver, please accept our most profound gratitude for all your loyal, faithful and dedicated service to us, the people of Faughart Parish, over the past six years.
We wish you good health and happiness in this next phase of your life.
Go raibh maith agat.
Farewell Gathering for Fr Oliver
All parishioners are invited to give Fr Oliver a warm send-off in Kilcurry Community Resource Centre after the 11.00am Mass in Kilcurry on Sunday, 11th October, before he takes up his new role in Rome.
Everyone is most welcome.
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting
The Parish Pastoral Council will meet on Tuesday, 15th September at 7.30pm in the Parochial House.
Faughart Lourdes Committee Meeting
The Faughart Lourdes Committee will meet on Wednesday, 16th September at 7.30pm in the Parochial House.
Faughart Social Group
A pharmacist will visit the Faughart Social Group to give a talk on health and wellbeing on Monday evening at 7.30pm.
MS Ireland Church Gate Collection
The MS Ireland Church Gate Collection will take place on the weekend of 26th and 27th September.
Parent and Toddler Group
The Parent and Toddler Group meets on Fridays from 9.30am to 11.00am in the Community Resource Centre.
Irish Dance Class
Irish dance classes take place on Mondays from 5.00pm to 6.00pm in the Community Resource Centre.
Pilates Class
Pilates classes take place on Tuesdays at 6.00pm in the Community Resource Centre.
Rhyme N Shine
Rhyme N Shine takes place on Wednesdays from 9.45am to 10.45am and is suitable for children aged from six months to four years.
Craft Group
The Craft Group meets on Tuesdays from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in the Community Resource Centre.
Masses During the Week
St Brigid’s Church, Kilcurry
Sunday – 11.00am
- Joe Thornton
- Fr Malachy Loughran (IC)
- Pat and Margaret Mulligan (Anniversary)
Next Sunday – 11.00am
- Patty Marmion (Anniversary)
- Pat Murray (Anniversary)
- John and Margaret Murray
- Peter and Annie Murray
- John and Julia McShane (Anniversary)
- George and Darragh Craven (Anniversary)
- Mary Coburn
- Phyllis Malone (Anniversary)
Brid-a-Chrin
Sunday – 10.00am
- May Rice (Month’s Mind)
- Esther and James O’Hanlon; their son Patrick; Kathleen O’Hanlon and her son Brendan O’Hanlon
Friday – 7.30pm
Next Sunday – 10.00am
St Joseph’s Church, Castletown
Saturday – 6.00pm
- Peadar McEneaney Jnr (Anniversary)
- Brendan Harrison and the deceased members of the Harrison family
Sunday – 12 noon
- John Lally (First Anniversary)
- Peter Heffernan (Anniversary)
Monday – 7.00pm
- Kevin and Mollie McKenna (Anniversary)
Tuesday – 10.00am
Wednesday – 10.00am
Thursday – 10.00am
- Sheila Berrills (Birthday Remembrance)
Friday – 10.00am
Next Saturday – 6.00pm
- Bridget and Jim Califf and deceased family members
Next Sunday – 12 noon
- Ryan McGeown (Anniversary)
- Thomas, Margaret and Michael McArdle; Vera Woods and deceased family members
- Francis Duffy, late of Castletown Cross, who died in England
Faughart
Saturday – 7.30pm
- Baby Seamus Casey (Anniversary)