As a unique Advent prayerful resource, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has provided its online Advent 2017 Calendar which can be enjoyed by people of all ages.  The calendar is available online, and on your smartphone, on catholicbishops.ie.  This year’s Advent Calendar focuses on the theme of family as we prepare together for…

 A Beautiful Advent Tradition: The Blessing of the Christ Child. Each year on the Third Sunday of Advent families gather in St. Peter’s Square in Rome for “Bambinelli Sunday.” Join us on the third Sunday of Advent/Saturday Vigil Masses16/17th December for our Bambinelli Sunday. Families are invited to bring along…

Scoil Chríost Rí Cloughleigh is holding a clothes collection fundraiser. If you are throwing out any old clothes before or after Christmas, unwanted clothes will be recycled to raise much needed funds to finish off our new school. These clothes are then sent to countries in the developing world. Bags can be left in the Hall adjoining Cloughleigh Church after Sunday Mass, after…

On Friday 8^th December a Candle Light Concert will take place in the Cathedral at 8pm.
The concert features:
Karoline O’Sullivan;
Cathedral Choir; Cantare Chamber Choir;
The Burren Trio; Quin & Tonic Choir;
Forever Young choir,
Andrea…

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be holding a blood donor clinic in the West County Hotel, Ennis, on Tues 5^th Dec, from 2pm – 5pm, Wed 6^th Dec, Thurs 7^th Dec, Mon 11^th & Tues 12^th Dec from 5pm – 8pm.

 The popular Community Challenge at Clare Garden Festival ‘Pop-Up Garden Community Challenge’ is now open for applications. The festival asks groups to create a small garden based on their interpretation of the theme ‘Gardeners Friends’ Garden’(the friends of course being all the beneficial animals and insects in the garden that help the gardener…

An Advent Giving Tree is situated in the Cathedral at the side of the Altar. Any of the following can be donated: Tea, coffee, sugar, Tayto, selection boxes, minerals, biscuits,

soup, jam, baked beans, cornflakes, custard, peas,…

Triduum Mass Cards (Triduum of Masses offered on Christmas Day) and Parish Christmas Cards are now available from Parish Office.
Proceeds from cards towards: Cathedral Organ restoration fund.

Abbey Cluster Christmas Reconciliation Service

Forgiveness  Is Born

Monday 18th December

7.30-8.30pm Ennis Cathedral

 As part of our  next year, Cloughleigh Connect group have invited Mali & Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.  They are from An Cheathrú Rua in Connemara and have been involved in marriage preparation at Esker Monastery, near Athenry, for the last eighteen years. They have five children,…