A short video with Archbishop Farrell on the events in Saggart this week
A short video with Archbishop Farrell on the events in Saggart this week can be found on YouTube here and on the Archdiocese of Dublin’s Facebook and Twitter/X pages.
Upcoming Concerts in Archdioese
PALESTRINA CHOIR
The Palestrina Choir is travelling to Rome in November. The choir will have the great honour of giving a joint concert with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia – the Sistine Chapel Choir. They will take part in the Jubilee of Choirs, give a concert hosted by the Ambassador to the Holy See Her Excellency Frances Collins, and give a concert in the town of Palestrina as part of Palestrina 500 celebrations. This is a very significant trip: one in which the Palestrina represents Ireland abroad in a special way and it will be extremely educational and inspiring for the boy choristers and everyone who is singing and travelling. We are working to make this affordable for families and are asking for your support in this fundraising concert.
Upcoming Palestrina Events:
24th October – Fundraising concert for Rome trip in St Francis Xavier Church on Gardiner Street. See above.
10th November – Scheduled broadcast date for Palestrina Choir feature on Nationwide on RTÉ
14th November – Pro-Cathedral Bicentenary Mass at Pro-Cathedral
16th November – Concert at 3.30pm celebrating the Bicentenary of Pro-Cathedral at Pro Cathedral. Vivaldi Gloria, Mozart Laudate Dominum, Ave Verum Corpus, Handel Hallelujah Chorus and other choral favourites. Palestrina Choir and St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir, members of Marlborough Baroque Orchestra and soloists Eva Waters and Sarah Richmond.
18th to 23rd November – Rome trip to take part in the Jubilee of Choirs in the Vatican and celebrating Palestrina 500. This includes a prestigious joint concert alongside the Sistine Chapel Choir.
13th December – ‘The Joy of Christmas with the Palestrina Choir’ National Concert Hall. Poster attached.
21st December – Carol Service at 3.30pm at Pro-Cathedral
HOPE CONCERT
Come join us for an unforgettable evening filled with music, joy, and hope at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. Get ready to be moved by this uplifting evening of amazing music performers, dancing, adoration, and thanksgiving, marking two centuries of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral’s legacy. This in-person event promises to be a night to remember, with an opportunity for fellowship, with tea, coffee, and light refreshments served, allowing guests to connect and celebrate together. Eventbrite.
Upcoming Special Prayer Services/Masses/Pilgrimages in the Archdiocese
UNIVERSITY CHUCH
Remembrance is on Friday, November 14, at 7pm in University Church. An evening of prayer, reflection, and song in honour of the faithful departed. In lieu of admission we will be collecting donations for Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services after the service.
Our weekly Taizé services resumed on Tuesday, September 16, at 6pm. You can join in person for some prayer with tea & biscuits and chats afterwards or you can join on our YouTube channel.
AUGHRIM STREET CHURCH
Church of the Holy Family, Aughrim Street
DOMINICAN RETREAT CENTRE
Upcoming Retreats/Courses within the Archdiocese
#YouthCon
BALALLY – JOHN MAIN SEMINAR
This November, The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) hosts the John Main Seminar 2025 at Balally Parish in Dublin, with the theme Integral Christianity: The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century. The event will also be available live online, with access to recordings
This year’s Seminar will be enriched by contributions from the key speakers but also from the participants. We want it to be like an immersion in a stream of hope and the remembrance of a living legacy—recovering an inspirational form of Christian faith but for our very present needs today. This will come together as we conclude with a ‘synodal’ experience, sharing in small groups and as a whole what the Spirit has taught us and seeing more clearly where it is leading us.
MANRESA JESUIT CENTRE OF SPIRITUALITY
DOMINICAN RETREAT CENTRE
International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty, 17-Oct-25
2025 marks 25 years of commemorating October 17 in Dublin – the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Throughout the world and in local communities throughout Ireland, this day is marked through different events and initiatives highlighting the daily, lived reality of poverty.
A special commemoration to mark 25 years of this event in Ireland will take place at the Human Rights and Poverty Stone, Custom House Quays, Dublin 1, on the October 17 this year. It will include testimonies from those with lived experience of poverty, speeches, songs and a creative common gesture. We will have refreshments and a moment to gather afterwards at Sheriff Street Youth Hall. Everyone is welcome.
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