Pope Francis on the Jubilee Year of Hope Pope Francis highlights the Jubilee as a time for a new beginning, rooted in the transformative power of God’s Kingdom, drawing on the example of John the Baptist, a “great prophet of hope.” Hope, is not merely “a habit or a character trait”, but a…
Catholic Schools Week 2025 will be celebrated from 19th to 25th January, with the theme of Catholic Schools: Alive in Christ. Christ calls us together as a living faith community so that our schools, parish and families may support and animate one another . Our…
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January 2025 The year 2025 marks the 1,700th anniversary of the first Christian Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea, near Constantinople in 325 CE. This commemoration provides a unique opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the common faith of Christians, as expressed in the…
Christmas Crib: Visit the crib this weekend and with the three wise Kings who arrived on the Feast of the Epiphany on Monday last, offer to God our worship, praise and thanks. It is a tradition to bring home A Piece of Straw from the crib and place it in the…
Date for Diaries Parish Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help will be held on the 4 Tuesdays of February 4th 11th 18th and 25th in Mucklagh church at 7.30pm with 4 visiting speakers. Lots of nice singing , prayers, readings and reflections .Please keep Tuesday nights of February free.
Our…
Parish Pilgrimage from 2nd – 9th October 2025 will be to Venice, Padua, Treviso and Burano .Cost €1,060 to include all dinners boat trips, coaching tours, and return flights . We will be joined on the Pilgrimage by 40 members of the Meath Diocesan Choir. 40 places are also available to…
Mucklagh Cemetery After discussion with many parishioners local undertakers and in order to preserve the life length of Mucklagh cemetery for present and future generations we have decided that from now on only single graves will be allocated to people wishing to purchase a grave in Mucklagh cemetery. A single grave will accommodate…
Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Among the holy people who lived in Rahan-Mucklagh-The Island parish is the Jesuit priest Fr Willie Doyle whose cause for beatification and canonisation was opened within the Diocese of Meath in November 2022.
Fr Willie was born in Dalkey, Co. Dublin, on 3 rd March 1873. Raised in a devout Christian…
