#YouthCon 2025 – Encountering Christ Together
On Saturday, November 22nd 2025 from 10am to 6pm make your way to St Patrick’s College – DCU, Drumcondra to join with other young adults looking to share and connect with each other. The morning features our keynote speech and workshop with Fr Joe McGrath on the theme of ‘Encountering Christ Together’. After lunch, there are breakout sessions, opportunities to learn where you can live out your faith locally from speed inputs, along with space to spend some time together in prayer, and most important, network & make new connections. The day finishes with the celebration of Mass for the feast of Christ the King. It is set to be a fantastic day that you would be mad to miss. The day is open to all young adults aged 18-35. Tickets are limited, and include lunch and refreshments on the day. So head to Eventbrite and snap your ticket up today before it’s too late! Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1814418838589?aff=oddtdtcreator
All queries can be sent to natalie.doherty@dublindiocese.ie .
Upcoming Special Prayer Services/Masses/Pilgrimages in the Archdiocese
ST. MARY’S PRO-CATHEDRAL
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.
MONASTERY OF ST ALPHONSUS
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
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:
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.
St Brigid’s GNS Enrolment for September 2026.
Enrolment is now open in St Brigid’s GNS for September 2026.
Application forms are available on our website www.stbrigidspalmerstown.com or from the school office.
The following documents must be submitted along with the fully completed application form:
- 1. Original Birth Certificate
- 2. Baptismal Certificateif applicable
- 3. Utility Billdetailing postal address (dated within the last three months)
- 4. You will require your daughters PPS Numberto complete the form
Relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux 15-16 Nov 2025
Visit of relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux and her parents, St Louis and Zelie Martin, to Laurel Lodge Parish, D15 CA4V
Make a Donation to the Parish
