St. Marys Pro-Cathedral Christmas Arrangements 2003 Sunday 21st December 3.30 pm CAROL SERVICE The Palestrina Choir Director Blainaid Murphy. Organist Professor Gerard Gillen. Presiding Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Collection during service in aid of Crosscare Christian Outreach Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December Mass Times 8.30 a.m., 10.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation After each of the morning Masses and from 1.15 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Church closes at 4.00 p.m. and re-opens at 9.00 p.m. 9.30 p.m. Christmas Carols with The Palestrina Choir. Conducted by Blainaid Murphy. Organist Professor Gerard Gillen. 10.00 p.m. Christmas Midnight Mass Principal Celebrant: Cardinal Desmond Connell with the priests of the Pro-Cathedral. Christmas Day Thursday 25th December MASS TIMES 10.00 a.m. Sung Mass with Christmas Carols 11.00 a.m. Mass during the day with the Palestrina Choir. Principal Celebrant: Cardinal Desmond Connell with the priests of the Pro-Cathedral. 12.45 p.m. Sung Mass with Christmas Carols. Church closes after 12.45 p.m. Mass. No evening Mass Friday 26th December Mass Times 11.00 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. Church Closes after 12.45 p.m. Mass Saturday 27th December Mass Times 11.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. (vigil) Sunday 28th December Mass Times 10.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m., 12.45 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Penitential Services Saturday 20th December 11.40 a.m. Monday 22nd December 1.10 p.m. Individual Confessions Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd December After the 8.30 a.m., 10.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. Masses Wednesday 24th December After each of the Masses and from 1.15 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. MOST REV EAMONN WALSH, AUXILIARY BISHOP OF DUBLIN On Christmas Day, Most Rev Eamonn Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin will celebrate Mass at at Mountjoy Men's Prison at 9.30 a.m. and in the Medical Unit at Mountjoy Prison at 10.45 a.m. MOST REV RAYMOND FIELD, AUXILIARY BISHOP OF DUBLIN Bishop Field will be paying a Pastoral visit to the Irish Troops engaged in the KFOR Mission in Kosovo.- (Yugoslavia). Many of the soldiers are from the Greater Dublin Area and are cared for by a Dublin priest, Father Eoin Thynne, CF., who is their Chaplain. Ends December 2003 |