Notices

Given that County Louth is now under a Status Orange Rain warning, our parish churches are now closed for the remainder of the day.

Dromin church will remain closed tomorrow (Friday) and will re-open on Saturday morning.

St. Brigid’s Church in Dunleer will (hopefully) open for the usual 10am Mass Friday morning and then close again for the remainder of

On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Monday February 2nd), blessed candles are available from St. Brigid’s Church to take home as a symbol of welcoming the light of Christ into our homes and into our hearts.

They will be available in the church today and then again at all Masses this coming weekend.

The Vocations Directors of the North of Ireland have arranged for a Residential Vocational Discernment Weekend which will take place in Drumalis Retreat Centre, Larne from March 6th to 8th. Anyone interested in attending are asked to contact the Archdiocese of Armagh Vocations Director – Fr Barry Matthews on armaghpriest@gmail.com to book a free place.

We encourage parishioners to pray

The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme is now open for applications. The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme provides financial payments and health supports to eligible people who spent time in a Mother and Baby or County Home in the Republic of Ireland.
For more information, please visit

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-children-disability-and-equality/campaigns/mother-and-baby-institutions-payment-scheme/

If you have a St. Brigid’s cross to be blessed, please bring it to any of our parish Masses this coming weekend (Saturday evening / Sunday morning) and it will be blessed after Mass.

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On the memorial of St. Blaise, bishop & martyr, the Blessing of Throats will be celebrated at 10am Mass in St. Brigid’s Church, Dunleer.

There will also be a short liturgy in the same church at 7pm that evening where the Blessing of Throats will also be celebrated.

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