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• Blackrock Road Parish

   

     Photos from 1 May 2013 - St Joseph's Day

  Winnie the Pooh teaches us...

  Fr Tommy Wade SMA PP Tel: 4616366

  Read our Parish Bulletin  here     Fr A J Butler SMA Tel: 4616363

  Fr Kevin Conway SMA Tel: 4616361

   

  Origin of St Joseph's SMA Parish, Blackrock Road, Cork

  The first establishment for the SMA in Ireland (April 1877) was Lough View on the Old Youghal Road, Cork. In October 1877 the SMA moved to a larger premises at Elm Grove, Mayfield, where a Secondary School for those who wanted to be missionary priests opened.

  In June 1879 a property was purchased on the Blackrock Road from Madame Maria McCarthy who lived in France. She was the widow and executrix of John McCarthy (probably one of the McCarthy's of the McCarthy Monument on the Blackrock Road, opposite the African Missions House). Fr Francois Devoucoux SMA began building a College and chapel, aided by a donation from a wealthy Yorkshire farmer, Mr Thomas Hinsworth.

  The College cost £2,400 to build and was completed by April 1880. In 1881 the students were transferred from Elm Grove to the new College.

  The Chapel - today known as St Joseph's Church - was completed in 1881 at a cost of £1,499-3s-2d. The contractors were John Sisk & Sons.

  The Church, which is intimate in scale and Victorian-Gothic in style, is cruciform in plan with a seating capacity of approximately 500. The walls are constructed in coursed square necked limestone blocks with clay bricked dressings around the doors and windows. The steep pitched slate-covered roof with ornate terra cotta ridge tiles is supported on exposed decorative trusses resting on the external walls and embossed corbelled pad stones. Gothic style porches give access to the building.
  
  The design and painting of the stained glass windows was carried out by Cormac Mehegan in 1950 and the fabrication and installation by Tom Henley took four months. The windows portray St Joseph, Our Lady and St Therese.
  
  The Church is Ireland's National Shrine to St Therese of the Child Jesus, the Little Flower, Patroness of the Missions.
  
  The Parish is created...
  St. Joseph's SMA Church became a Parish Church on 6th September 1988, with Fr Owen McKenna SMA as the first Parish Priest.

  Fr James O'Kane SMA succeeded him in 2001.

  He handed over, in 2005, to the present incumbent, Fr Tommy Wade SMA who is assisted by Fr Anthony J Butler SMA.

   

  

  SUNDAY
  Vigil Mass (Saturday): 7pm
  Sunday Masses: 10am and 12noon
  
  HOLY DAYS
  Eve of Holydays: 7pm Vigil
  Holyday: 7.15am, 10am, 12noon and 7pm

   

  WEEKDAYS
  Monday - Saturday: 7.15am, 10.00am
  The Rosary is recited each morning before the 10am Mass.

  During Lent and November: Mass at 6pm.
  During Novena in honour of Our Lady (May): Novena Mass @ 7.30pm (except Saturday 7pm)
  During Novena in honour of St Therese of Lisieux: Novena Mass @ 7.30pm (except Saturday 7pm)

   

  The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) is available every Saturday at 10.30am and 6.15pm.

   

  Parish Office phone numbers: 021-4616327 or 4616328
  Fax number: 021-4292890      Urgent Sick Calls: 086 8214709
  E-Mail Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  PARISH SCHOOL

  Baptisms - by appointment with the Priests of the parish. Three weeks notice required.

  Weddings - by appointment with the Priests of the parish. A minimum of three months notice is required by Church and State. PreMarriage Course required.

   

  Benediction & Devotions: Every Sunday evening at 5pm.
  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday - Friday 1.30pm - 3pm.

   

• Wilton Parish

  The Parish Team An tAth Cormac Breathnach SMA PP   Rev Tom Harlow SMA Sr Nora Lucey OLA Tel: 021 - 4341362 Fax: 021 - 4343940

  

  Mass schedule

  Monday to Friday: 7.25am, 10am & 5.35pm.
  Saturday: 10am.

                                         Sunday
  Vigil Mass (Saturday): 6pm & 7.30pm.
  Sunday: 9am, 10.30am & 12 noon.

                             Holydays of Obligation 
  1 - Work days
  Vigil Mass: 6pm & 7.30pm
  Holyday: 7.25am, 10am, 12 noon & 5.35pm.

  2 - Non-working days
  Vigil Mass: 6pm & 7.30pm
  Holyday: 9am, 10.30am & 12 noon.

                
                  Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturday 
                      10.30am - 11am and 5pm - 5.30pm

   

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  The Parish includes Lower Bishopscourt, Donscourt, Cardinal Court, Wilton Court & Manor, Clashduv & Riverview Estate, Sandymount, Southbury Road, Summerstown, Green Park, Wilton Lawn & Villas, part of Glasheen Road, Wilton Park Villas, part of Bishopstown Road.
  

  St. Joseph's Church, Wilton was built in 1897. It was attached to the adjacent St Joseph's College which for many years was a house of formation for students of the Society of African Missions (SMA) preparing for priesthood in Africa. It is now a retirement house for missionaries as well as a house of mission animation.

  Celebrating 25 years as parish :            1982 - 2007

  The Parish was formally erected in 1982 by the Bishop of Cork & Ross, Rt Rev Michael Murphy. On 1 December 2007 the Parish celebrated its Silver Jubilee. The occasion was marked by a special Thanksgiving Mass at which the then Bishop of Cork & Ross, Rt Rev John Buckley, was the principal concelebrant and was joined by a number of SMA and diocesan priests. Among them was the Provincial Superior of SMA, Fr Fachtna O'Driscoll, the Vicar General of the diocese, Canon Kevin O'Callaghan and the Dean of Cork, Canon Denis O'Connor.

  The Parish Priest of Wilton, Fr Cormac Breathnach SMA welcomed the large attendance and preached the homily in which he outlined the history of the parish and the SMA presence.
  Brother Jim Redmond SMA was at the organ and singing was led by the Church choir. The Mass was followed by a refreshments and a social gathering in the Community Hall.

  Four Parish Priests have served the parish:

  • Fr James O'Kane SMA : 1982-1992
  • Fr Maurice Kelleher SMA : 1992-1998
  • Fr John O'Brien SMA : 1998-2004
  • Fr Cormac Breathnach SMA : 2004 to date.
• Walthamstow Parish

  

  Our Lady of the Rosary and St Patrick
  61 Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, London E17 7AS

   

  Parish Priest           Fr John Brown SMA PP              This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Parish Phone: 020 8520 3647 Parish Secretary: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Canonesses of St Augustine 35 Maude Terrace Walthamstow London E17 7DG Phone: 0208 521 0231

   

  The Church and Parish of Our Lady and St Patrick, Walthamstow is in the Diocese of Brentwood.
  
  The Parish was established in 1908 and the Church was consecrated 1986.
  
  The Parish has been in the care of the SMA Irish Province since 1990. The first Parish Priest was Fr Donal O'Connor SMA, assisted in turn by Fr Pat O'Mahony, Fr Freddie Warner and Fr Tom McNamara.
  Several SMA deacons were assigned to the parish before ordination and assignment to Africa: Derek Kearney, Kevin Mulhern, Noel Gillespie.
  On 27 January 2007 the pastoral team of Fr John Brown SMA and Fr Eddie Deeney replaced Fathers O'Connor and McNamara.
  In 2009 Fr Deeney retired to the SMA House in Dromantine, Newry, Co Down.

   

  MASS TIMES

  Sundays
  Vigil Mass (Saturday): 7pm
  Sunday: 9am, 11.30am, 1pm (Polish) & 6pm  
  
  HOLYDAYS: 9.30am & 7.30pm
  
  Weekdays:
  Monday - Friday :   9.30am
  Saturday: 10am

  Other Services

  Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession):
  Saturday:  10.30 - 11am, 6.15pm - 6.45pm
  
  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:
  Tuesday :    7.30pm - 8.30pm
  Friday:        after 10am morning Mass
   

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