Confirmation Mass

Bishop Lynch will be coming to minister the sacrament of Confirmation during Mass on Thursday 25 March. All are welcome to come to the Mass. Candidates are asked to be in the Small Hall at 7pm. Others coming to the Mass are asked to be in their places by 7.15pm. The Mass will begin at 7.30pm.

There will be a reception for all in the Large Hall after the Mass.

Confirmation Rehearsal this Friday

The rehearsal for Confirmation candidates and their sponsors will be this Friday 19 March after the Stations of the Cross. Candidates and sponsors are encouraged to come for the Stations at 7.30pm and stay on afterwards. The rehearsal itself will begin shortly after 8pm.

If the sponsor is unable to come to the rehearsal, the candidate will need another adult to stand in for the sponsor during the rehearsal.

Confirmation 2010

Bishop Patrick Lynch will celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation in the parish on Thursday 25 March 2010 at 7.30pm Mass. The programme of preparation will begin after Christmas. The initial meeting for parents and candidates will be on Monday 18 January at 7.30pm in the Church.

Green registration forms (for young people in Year 8) are available at the back of the Church. Please read the information carefully and return the forms as soon as possible.

Confirmation classes cancelled this week

The Confirmation class for girls this evening, Tuesday 3 Feb is cancelled owing to the adverse weather conditions.

The class for boys on Thursday 5 February is also cancelled.

Classes will resume as usual next week.

Confirmation

Bishop Patrick Lynch will be coming to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation next year on Thursday 26 February at 7.30pm Mass.

Young people in Year 8 or above are invited to join the Confirmation programme. Please take a form from the back of the Church and return it as soon as possible before the meeting for candidates and parents on Tuesday 16 December at 8pm in the Church.

It is very important that those preparing for the sacraments should be coming regularly every week to Mass.

Confirmation programme

The Confirmation programme will begin after Christmas. This programme is open to young people in Year 8 of school. There are programmes and application forms available at the back of the Church. Please return these as soon as possible and certainly before Christmas.

The initial meeting is for candidates and their parents and will be in the Church at 8pm on Friday 18 January.

Young people who wish to be confirmed should be coming to Mass regularly every week.

Arrangements for Confirmation

Bishop Pat Lynch will be coming to the parish to celebrate Mass and administer the Sacrament of Confirmation this Thursday 8 March. The Mass will begin at 7.30pm. All are welcome to come to the Mass. Please be seated in the Church by 7.15pm so that we can begin Mass on time and have a clear path for the procession of the Bishop, Ministers and servers.

After the Confirmation Mass, there will be a reception in the parish's Large Hall, prepared by the Union of Cathoic Mothers.

We have 39 young people to be confirmed this year. Please remember them in your prayers.

All parish altar servers are welcome to come and serve at the Mass. We will have a practice at 4.30pm on Tuesday and the "special jobs" will be allocated then. Servers who cannot make the practice are still welcome to come and serve.