31 Oct 2026 – Saturday of Week 30 Optional Memorial: Bl Dominic Collins (Feast in Cloyne), born c. 1566 in Youghal, Co Cork, became a Jesuit brother, captured by the English, condemned to death for his faith, hange din Youghal on 31 Oct 1602. 1st Reading: Philippians 1:18-26 Paul takes everything in stride, so that…
Presider’s Page for Sunday 1 November (All Saints Day) Opening Comment Today and tomorrow we remember all the dead, those in heaven and those still be on the way there: God alone knows where each soul is. Today’s feast celebrates the saints in heaven, the holy men and women of every time and place: we…
30 Oct 2026 – Friday of Week 30 1st Reading: Philippians 1:1-11 Paul longs and prays for the spiritual good of his converts From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:Grace to you and peace from God our Father…
29 Oct 2026 – Thursday of Week 30 Optional Memorial: St Colman (Feast in Kilmacduagh): from Kilmacduagh, Co Galway in the 7th century; studied in Árainn (Inismór) and founded two churches there before he returned to Kilmacduagh to make a foundation. 1st Reading: Ephesians 6:10-20 Putting on the armour of God, for the struggle of…
28 Oct 2026 – Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22 God has appointed apostles so that his people’s needs will be served So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the…
27 Oct 2026 – Tuesday of Week 30 Optional Memorial: (Feast in Waterford) St Otterman, descendant of Conall Gulban and identified with Odhran who preceded Columba in Iona. Died in 548, grave revered in Iona. Chosen as patron saint of Waterford City in 1096 by the Vikings an dlater patron of teh diocese. 1st Reading:…
26 Oct 2026 – Monday of Week 30 1st Reading: Ephesians 4:32—5:8 Be kind to one another, forgiving as our merciful Father is Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us…
25 Oct 2026 – 30th Sunday, (A) Our Gospel celebrates the great commandment of love. To love our neighbour as God does, prejudices based on race, religion or colour have to go. The revelation at Mount Sinai prompted a sense of fairness towards others, deeper than specific commandments. Jesus demonstrates a life of utterly unselfish…
24 Oct 2026 – Saturday of Week 29 Optional Memorial: St Anthony Mary Claret, 1807-70, founded teh Claretians in Spain for missionary work. 1st Reading: Ephesians 4:7-16 The church led by apostles and evangelists, to teach and unify its members Each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it…
23 Oct 2026 – Friday of Week 29 Optional Memorial: St John of Capistrano, 1386-1456, Franciscan, civil and canon lawyer, served four popes, died at Belgrade. Patron of jurists and military chaplains. 1st Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6 One body and one spirit, a warm ideal of church unity I, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you…
22 Oct 2026 – Thursday of Week 29 Optional Memorial: St John Paul II, pope 1978-2005, native of Kraków. Visited Ireland 29 Sept-2 Oct 1979. 1st Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21 May you grasp the depth of Christ’s love, beyond all knowledge I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on…
21 Oct 2026 – Wednesday of Week 29 1st Reading: Ephesians 3:2-12 Paul preaches to the gentiles the rich mystery of Christ Surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in…
20 Oct 2026 – Tuesday of Week 29 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:12-22 God has broken down all barriers, to form one new people Remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and being without God in the…
Presider’s Page for 25 October (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time) There’s a reminder of the two great commandments in today’s celebration: we are called to love God and our neighbour: friend, visitor and stranger alike. Penitential Rite Let us call to mind times we have failed to show love, remembering that God never fails to love…
19 Oct 2026 – Monday of Week 29 Optional Memorials: St John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues + six Jesuit companions, slain by Huron anf Iroquois Indians in 1647/8. St Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775, founded the Passionists in Rome, preaching on the Passion and tending the sick, dying and lapsed. 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10 We are God’s…
18 Oct 2026 – 29th Sunday, (A) World Mission Sunday Today’s Christians are called to live in a very pluralist world, that presents us with huge challenges. Only the grace of God and the depth of our convictions will enable our faith to survive and to thrive in a secular society. But then, throughout history…
17 Oct 2026 – Saturday of Week 28 Memorial: St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr, died in Rome c. 107. Urged Christians to unity through the Eucharist and around their local bishop. 1st Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 May God enlighten your vision to see the hope you are called to I have heard of your…
Presider’s Page for Mission Sunday, 18 October (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) As God’s family in this place, we gather to worship, one in Christ, united in Mission: • Today is Mission Sunday. [A collection will be taken up to support missionaries.] Penitential Rite Let us call to mind our sins and God’s great mercy for…
16 Oct 2026 – Friday of Week 28 Optional Memorials: St Hedwig, 1174-1243, Duke’s wife, mother of seven, devoted herself yo charitable works. St Margaret Mary, 1647-1690, visionary and ascetic, devoted to teh Sacred Heart, exemplary in patience and trust. St Gall, a monk of Bangor, went to the continent with Columbanus. Stayed in Switzerland, a hermitage, which later became the…
15 Oct 2026 – Thursday of Week 28 Memorial: St Teresa of Avila, 1515-82, contemplative, yet active and practical, established Carmelite convents under a reformed rule, wrote on prayer and the spiritual life. Patron of Spain. 1st Reading: Ephesians 1:1-10 God chose us in Christ before the world began, to be holy in his sight…
