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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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St. Mary’s National School Enrolment

Enrolment of Junior Infant pupils for St Mary’s National School takes place now in November. Please contact the school. Further information is available, and applications can be submitted online by visiting http://stmarystallaght.ie/about-us/enrolment/ 
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St Albert And the Eagles: The early days of modern science

Inaugural Annual Webinar: St. Albert the Great, Faith and Reason. With Fr Conor McDonough OP. The Priory Institute
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Annual Mass of Remebrance

Wednesday 12th November at 7.00pm. You are all invited to our annual celebration of the Eucharist for our families, friends and neighbours who have died. At this Mass we will remember our parishioners and all whose funerals took place from St. Mary’s during the past years.
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A Sermon on All Souls’ Day

Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2003. Where Do We Go When We Die? The souls of the just are in the hand of God (Wis 3:1) Where do we go when we die? This is not a frivolous question. It has puzzled people of all cultures from the beginning of time, and
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Commentary on the feast of All Saints, 1st November 2025

Today’s commentary is given by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP (http://goodnews.ie). When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Modlitwa za zmarłych 2025 – Prayer for the dead (Polish)

Zgodnie z Tradycją Kościoła w listopadzie modlimy się za Naszych Drogich Zmarłych. W ich intencji odprawione zostaną Msze Święte w sobotę, 1 listopada (Wszystkich Świętych), o godz. 16.30, oraz w niedzielę: 2 listopada o godz. 16.30 Pół godziny przed niedzielną mszą (o godz. 16.00) będziemy się modlić za zmarłych podczas adoracji Najświętszego Sakramentu. Kartka wypominkowa do pobrania: wypominki2025
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Triddum in Honour of St. Martin de Porres

St. Aengus Church, Balrothery, Tallaght. Monday & Tuesday, 3rd & 4th November, 10am Mass. Healing Mass on Wednesday, 5th November at 10am. Preacher: Fr. Stephen Cummins OP, Prior in St. Mary's Tallaght. All are Welcome.
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Commentary on 30th Sunday of the year C 26.10.2025

TEXT: LUKE 18: 09–14 Addressees of Parable 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: Setting of Parable 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. Prayer of Pharisee 11 The Pharisee stood
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Commentary on 29th Sunday of the year C 19.10.2025

TEXT: LUKE 18: 01–08 Purpose of Parable 1 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. The Judge & the Widow 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; 3 and there was a
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