Commentary on 4th Sunday of Advent A, 21.12.2025

TEXT: MATTHEW 01: 18–25 Mary is pregnant 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; 19 and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to
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Christmas Arrangements 2025

Wednesday, 24th December 2025Christmas Eve Masses: 6:30pm-Vigil Mass9:00pm-Vigil of Readings;9.30pm-Night Mass;12:00 Midnight-Mass in Polish Thursday, 25th December 2025Christmas Masses: 8:00am; 10:00am; 12:00 Noon; 4:30pm (in Polish) Friday, 26th December 2025St. Stephen’s Day: 10:00am; 11.15am (in Polish); 1:00pm Saturday, 27th December 2025 10:00am; 7:30pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday, 28th December 2025 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00 noon, 6:00pm
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Adwent i Boże Narodzenie 2025 (Advent and Christmas for Poles)

Msze święte w języku polskimw czasie Adwentu i Bożego Narodzenia: Niedziela, 30 grudnia o godz. 16.30(przeniesiona z 7 grudnia z powodu Carol Service) Niedziela, 21 grudnia o godz. 16.30 Wigilia Bożego Narodzenia, 24 grudnia o godz. 24.00 (Pasterka) Boże Narodzenie, 25 grudnia o godz. 16.30 Św. Szczepana (2-gi dzień Świąt), 26 grudnia o godz. 11.15
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Advent Penance Service

Tallaght Deanery - ADvent Penance Service. A celebration of God's Forgiveness with the Celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Monday, 15th December 2025 at 7.30pm in St. Mary's Priory
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Process of Synodality in our Parish – Questionnaire

Our parish is beginning what has been called a ‘listening exercise’.Pope Francis has revived an ancient tradition in the Church — the practice of listening respectfully to one another and to the voice of God speaking through each other. Here in St Mary’s, we are now beginning this journey of listening. After all Masses on
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Christmas Carol Service 7.12.2025

The annual Carol Service will take place at St. Mary’s Priory on Sunday, 7th December 2025 at 4.00pm with the participation of the Tallaght Choral Society. Refreshments afterwards.  All are welcome! Please note:Because of the Carol Service, the Polish Mass normally held on the first Sunday of December is moved to Sunday, 30th November at
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Immaculate Conception at St. Dominic’s Tallaght

Monday, December 8th at 10am. Special guest celebrant: Fr David Barrins OP, Promoter of the Rosary for the Irish Dominicans
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Advent Night: A Parish Journey to Christmas

In the stillness of the Manger: Preparing our hearts for Christ. St. Dominic's Parish Tallaght, D24T262, Wednesday December 3rd, 10th, 17th at 7pm. * Week 1, December 3rd - Fr Stephen Cummins OP, Prior of St Mary's Priory, Tallaght * Week 2, December 10th - Fr Joseph Ralph OP, Dominican Retreat House, Tallaght * Week 3, December 17th - Fr John Harris OP, Provincial Penitential service for Christmas. Each day: prayer, reflection and music all by candlelight.
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Online Advent Retreat – Priory Institute

Fr. John Harris OP, Prior Provincial of the Irish Dominican Province. Join us for the Four Sundays of Advent to reflect upon "The wistom of Waiting". Starting on Sunday 30th November 2025. Reguster at prioryinstitute.com
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Commentary on Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 9.11.2025

Fr. Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie: ‘St John Lateran’ is a church in Rome, not a person.  In the words carved in front, it is the “mother of all churches.”  It is the pope’s official ecclesiastical seat in Rome (St Peter’s in the Vatican is not a cathedral), and the popes resided there for many centuries.  It
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