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Parish of Blaris – Online version of our weekly Parish Missalette
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER
Mass at 11.00am
N.B. No 10.00am Mass on Monday
CAROL SERVICE
ST ALOYSIUS PS – CAROL SERVICE FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER -11.00AM
All parishioners are most welcome to join the P4-P7 Carol Service at 11.00am in St. Patrick’s Church.
CHANGE OF MORNING MASS TIMES
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF MORNING MASS TIMES THIS WEEK TO FACILITATE SCHOOLS
Tuesday 9th December: Mass at 9.30 am
Wednesday 10th December: Ministry of the Word & Holy Communion: 9.30 am
Friday 12th December: Mass at 9.30am
ADVENT RETREAT
ADVENT RETREAT: Recharge Young Adult Group for those aged 18-35. Join us this Advent to prepare well for Christmas but also for the future. Saturday 13 December10am-6pm, St Colmcille’s Church, Belfast.
Free Event – Register via Event- brite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/quo-vadis-a-retreat-by-recharge-tickets-175833768835
LAY LEAD FUNERAL MINISTRY TRAINING
Diocesan enrolment for the next Lay Funeral Ministry Training is now open. If you would like to be trained for this Ministry, please leave name in Parish Office.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 17th December at 12 noon.
COUNTRY CHURCHES MASS TIMES
St. Joseph’s Magheragall: 10.00am Sunday 14th December
St. Colman’s, Reilly’s Trench: 10.00am Sunday 21st December
Bl. Virgin & St Brigid’s, Magheramesk: 10.00am Sunday 28 December
ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE
ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE – SUNDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2025 AT 3.00PM
Confession without fear – a celebration of Christ’s forgiveness.
It’s not the sin that matters… it’s the joy of being welcomed back home.
Everyone young and old, those regularly at Church and those not, is cordially invited.
We look forward to seeing you there.
THE ADVENT WREATH
Today we light the 2nd Purple Candle –
The Bethlehem Candle or the Candle of Preparation.
Help us be ready to welcome you, O God!
HOLY TRINITY NURSERY SCHOOL
Open Day Thursday 11th December 2025, from 4pm to 6pm
Recently Deceased
Dominic Ginesi
Months Mind
Anniversaries
Andrew Irvine: Mary Ursula Gorman: John & Mary Ann Jordan: Rose Hannon: May Doran: James O’Hagan: Sean McPoland: Annie Kelly: Jimmy Drake: Pat & Mary O’Hare: John McAvoy: Gerald Watters: Aaron Webb: Mary Fanning: Elizabeth & Henry McKeown: Margaret (Maggie) Mulholland: Frank Catney: Jean Sheridan: Michael Hughes: Margaret Byrne: Patrick & Esther McLarnon: David, Mary & Bernadette McGurnaghan: Michael Cappa: Dermot & Sean Dixon.
May they rest in peace.