Parish Lotto Results for Weds. September 4th.  Numbers drawn were 6:8:23:32:   No Jackpot winner.   9 match 3′ winners – €112 each! No Mountmellick Winner.   The next draw will be on Wednesday September 11th, 2024 for a J/Pot of €13,000.  Many thanks to the business and individual sellers of our weekly Lotto tickets and…

Masses available this week from St. Joseph’s Church on our parish radio and parish webcam services.

Mon. September 2nd, 10am;  Tues. September 3rd, 7.30pm;  Wed. September 4th, 10am;  Thurs. September 5th, 7.30pm;  Fri. September 6th, 10am;  Sat, September 7th, Vigil Mass at 7.30pm; Sun. September 8th, 11am.

Changes to morning mass…

“Future generations will never forgive us if we miss the opportunity to protect our common home. We have inherited a garden; we must not leave a desert for our children.” Joint statement from Pope Francis, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury.

Theme: “To Hope and Act with Creation”

In the…

Blessed Carlos Acutis relic to visit Portlaoise Parish Church.  This September a relic of blessed Carlo Acutis will be brought to Ireland by 3 Franciscan friars from Assisi where his mortal remains repose.  Sts. Peter & Pauls Church, Portlaoise, is one of the venues chosen to host this visit and will do so on the…

September  For the cry of the Earth  We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world…