The Parish Office will now be closed during this period of the COVID-19 Coronavirus emergency, and will re-open as soon as public Sunday Masses re-commence.
Fr Hugh continues to be available for any emergencies that occur, and please contact Fr Hugh at 091 637154 if you prefer to re-arrange anniversary Masses, etc. Otherwise, it will be assumed that Mass will be offered in private for the intention on the date originally booked.

Again this Sunday, 29th March 2020, Mass will be streamed live on the Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes Facebook page.

Please note also that St Colman’s Church, Ballinderreen and St Joseph’s Church, Kinvara remain open for personal prayer during the COVID-19 emergency, but please maintain a physical distance of at least 2 metres from any other person, and only a small number of people may be in the Church at any one time.

As the Stations of the Cross cannot be held again today due to the restrictions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, here are the Stations of the Cross in St Kieran’s Church, Doorus, Kinvara, so you can meditate on them in order to follow the Way of the Cross.

Before each Station:

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.

After each Station:

I love you, Jesus, my love above all things. I repent with my whole heart for having offended you. Never permit me to separate myself from you again. Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

First Station: Jesus is condemned to death

Second Station: Jesus takes up his cross

Third Station: Jesus falls the first time

Fourth Station: Jesus meets his Blessed Mother

Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross

Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

Seventh Station: Jesus falls a second time

Eighth Station: Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem

Ninth Station: Jesus falls the third time

Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments

Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross

Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the cross

Thirteenth Station: Jesus is taken down from the cross

Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb

Pope Francis will give a special Urbi et Orbi blessing this Friday evening (27th March 2020) at 5pm Irish time. The ceremony will be carried live on the RTE News Now channel.
The ceremony will consist of readings from the Scriptures, prayers of supplication, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; and will conclude with Pope Francis giving his Urbi et Orbi (to the City [of Rome] and to the world) blessing. During this prayer ceremony the Pope will grant to participants all over the world a plenary indulgence in the context of the Coronavirus.
The Pope usually gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing on Christmas Day and Easter Sunday.

Mass will be streamed again here on Facebook Live this Sunday, 22nd March 2020 at 10.30am, as a help in having spiritual communion with the Lord in this time of the restrictions to guard against the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

To view the stream, go to Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes on Facebook or click here to view on the internet. 

As the Stations of the Cross cannot be held today due to the restrictions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, here are the Stations of the Cross in St Colman’s Church, Kinvara, so you can meditate on them in order to follow the Way of the Cross.

Before each Station:

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.

After each Station:

I love you, Jesus, my love above all things. I repent with my whole heart for having offended you. Never permit me to separate myself from you again. Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

First Station: Jesus is condemned to death

Second Station: Jesus takes up his cross

Third Station: Jesus falls the first time

Fourth Station: Jesus meets his Blessed Mother

Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross

Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

Seventh Station: Jesus falls a second time

Eighth Station: Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem

Ninth Station: Jesus falls the third time

Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments

Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross

Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the cross

Thirteenth Station: Jesus is taken down from the cross

Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb

Fr Hugh continues to celebrate daily Mass for Ballinderreen and Kinvara Parishes, but without a congregation, during this period of restriction due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. We look forward to when we can all be together for Mass again, and in the meantime, we pray for God’s protection and that he may help and guide medical personnel and scientists, and all who are working for the good of the community during this time.

Solemnity of Saint Joseph, 19th March

‘Joseph was the specially chosen man through whom and under whom Christ entered the world fittingly and in an appropriate way. So, if the whole Church is in the debt of the Virgin Mary, since, through her, it was able to receive the Christ, surely after her, it also owes to Joseph special thanks and veneration.’ – St Bernardine of Siena, Sermon 2, on St Joseph

The RTE News Now channel will broadcast daily Mass on weekdays at 10.30am from Letterkenny Cathedral during this period of the COVID-19 Coronavirus restrictions.

See the announcement by clicking here:

The presentation for Church Readers due to take place this week, and the child safeguarding training due next week are now postponed until further notice, due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus situation. Stations of the Cross will not take place in St Joseph’s Church on the Fridays of Lent.