CHURCH of

ST. CRONAN

Welcome to

BRACKENSTOWN PARISH

Welcome

PARISH REGISTRATION FORM

DAILY MASS READINGS

We hope that all residents, visitors and especially those new to the catholic parish of St. Cronan's will find something of interest and take a few minutes to explore our site.

We are striving to ensure that the site evolves into a useful and used resource containing information on all aspects of our parish life and community and we welcome your views. Check out our News & Events page to find out what's happening.

We encourage you to provide your own input and ideas so that we can be certain that we're meeting the needs of our community.

We love to welcome new parishioners into our Church, and hope that you would make yourself known to us if attending Masses at St. Cronan's Church.

Fr. Paul Thornton Adm.

FUNERAL NOTICES

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

Click on the Diary to view all upcoming dates for St. Cronan's Church and Parish Pastoral Centre events.

PARISH WEBCAM

Please note the webcam in the Church is only switched on when a Mass/Service is happening in the Church. This is due to the new Data Protection regulations.

WEEK 1

“So stay awake, because you do not know the day when

your Master is coming”

WEEK 2

“I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who follows me is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to carry His sandals”

PRAYER BY TEXT

Under GDPR legislation we cannot keep the phone numbers of those who took part last year. If you wish to partake, please fill in your details on the purple cards on the tables in the Church and put them into the white letterboxes at the doors.

MASS INTENTIONS FROM SUNDAY 8th December 2019

Refurbishment of the Sanctuary

Over the past few months our Architect Colm Redmond and Gavin Duignan from Irish Contract Seating who will make the furniture, have taken our basic ideas and worked them into something worthy of our Church.

A display of all the elements and prices is at the back of the Church. If you would like to make a donation towards the new furniture envelopes are available. Already the Scripture Group have fundraised the cost of the Ambo. Other pieces of furniture are credence table, offertory table, sanctuary lamp. A cover will be put over the radiator that runs along the wall.

BRACKENSTOWN

BIBLE STUDY 2019

FIRST CORINTHIANS

In January 2020, 36 people will commence our 11 week study of St Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. The Scripture Study group meets from 7.30 to 9pm on Monday nights in St. Cronan’s Pastoral Centre. New members are always welcome even if it is just to attend for a week or two to see if it might suit you.

St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians addresses many of the same topics in the news headlines today: scandals, promiscuity, debates and controversies, and issues related to prosperity versus poverty. Clearly, the struggles faced by the early Christians are in many ways similar to our own.

First Corinthians: The Church and the Christian Community explores the key elements of the gospel message that Paul introduced to a new and growing Church. Presenter Tim Gray examines Paul’s advice for living an authentic Christian life in a pagan culture, as well as his teachings about the nature of grace, the Church as the body of Christ, and the most powerful gift of all—the Eucharist.