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Christmas 2003 - Diocesan Ceremonies

Archdiocese of Dublin


 
St. Mary’s 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

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