PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. October 24/25, 2026.

Fr. Robert Mc Namara PP, 065 7074142 087 0949030

lisdoonpp@galwaydiocese.ie

Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Peter Wiliams, 20th anniversary. Peadar, Nance, and Johnny Williams. Carmel Finn, anniversary. John, Bridget, and Dennis Queally.

Next week: Mary Mc Namara nee Burke, 20th anniversary. Ann Hogan, Rooska, and Mai Hogan, Lisdoonvarna, and deceased family members.

Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Thank you for last week's collection: €954.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in November:

Doolin 7th: Wally Burke, 1st anniversary. Deryk Gillam. Johnny Dunleavy, Aughavinna.

Kilshanny 14th: Mary O' Leary, Caheramore. Thomas Mc Mahon, Ballydeely. JaneAnne Mc Mahon. Andy, Brendan, and Mai Thynne. Dan and May O' Leary, Ballymacraven.

Toovahera 21st: no booking as yet.

GUEST SPEAKER: As we begin the month of Our Lady's Holy Rosary and of Mission, we welcome our one and only seminarian for the diocese, Cathal Hickey, as our guest speaker at Masses this weekend. May Cathal remind us to keep up our prayers for vocations, and then we may discover our own vocation and live it to the full (John 10:10).

WORLD YOUTH DAY 2027 will be in Seoul, South Korea, from July 27-August 12th. If you're interested in going, contact Fr. Declan Lohan on dlohan@clonfertgalway.ie it's for those aged 18-30.

NOVENA OF MASSES FOR THE HOLY SOULS: begins on Monday morning, November 2nd, the Feast of All Souls, at 8.30am until Tuesday November 10th. There will be no 9.30am or 7pm Masses for this week, and no 9.30 on Monday the 9th. Weekend Masses will remain the same, i.e.., 7pm Mass in Doolin on Saturday 7th and 10am in Lisdoonvarna on Sunday.

"Sit with me privately for our hour per week and unload your burdens onto me and I will refresh you", says Jesus, as He invites us to adore Him in the Blessed Sacrament. You will hear more about this on the weekend of November 7/8th.

NORTH CLARE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS The Bridges of the West Clare Railway, transport, heritage, and tourism, guidelines for conservation, a talk by Edel Barry at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, on Tuesday, October 27th at 8pm. 

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION:

Thursday, April 8th, 2027, 11am, Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION:

• St. Enda's National School, Lisdoonvarna: Sunday, May 2nd, 2027, at 10am, in Corpus Christi Church.
• St. Augustine's National School, Kilshanny: Saturday, May 8th, 2027, at 11am in St. Augustine's Church. No evening Mass that day.
• Doolin National School: Saturday, May 1st, 2027, at 11am in Holy Rosary Church, Doolin. No evening Mass that day.