Thought for the Week: The secret of having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper planning of hours.
Broadcasting to the parish from Quin on FM 107.9 megahertz on Sunday at 11am.
Daily Mass this week: Tuesday to Friday at 10am in St Mary’s Church, Quin. Please note there will be no Mass on Bank Holiday Monday.
› read more about the church1st February 2026: Edwina O’Brien & Sarah Shally
8th of February 2026: Kate Mc Inerney & Imelda Mc Namara
› read more about the churchThis Friday 6th February with Mass at 10am in St Mary’s Church.
› read more about the churchToday Sunday 1st February is the feast of St Bridget, the Patroness of Ireland, a day of celebration of our faith and Irish traditions passed on from St Bridget. The St Bridget’s Cross is a reminder to us of the presence of God in our daily lives and work.
› read more about the churchOn Tuesday 3rd we celebrate the feast of St Blaise, whose intercession we seek with the blessing of our throats. Blessing of Throats will take place after all Masses this weekend and on Tuesday at the 10am Mass.
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The Diocesan Finance Committee has asked all parishes in the Diocese to hold 6 Priests Collections in the year to support priests working in parishes and Pastoral Areas of the Diocese. The dates of these collections are to be the same in all parishes of the Pastoral Area. We hope this will not inconvenience any of our parishioners and we
› read more about the churchThis weekend we start our new box of envelopes. Our thanks to the parishioners and team who prepared and distributed the envelopes in recent days. If you did not receive a box or would like to start using a box of envelopes, please contact Mary in the Parish Office 065 6825612. By using the envelopes, tax payers who contributed €250
› read more about the churchThe annual novena to our Lady of Lourdes and in preparation for World Day of the Sick will take place in the Cathedral Ennis from this Tuesday 3rd February to Wednesday 11th February – the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Weekdays at 7.30pm, Saturday at 11am & Sunday at 11.30am. The Novena can be viewed on Cathedral webcam ennisparish.com
› read more about the churchOur thanks to all the Readers from the Pastoral area who attended the course last Tuesday night. For those who didn’t get the chance to attend, the course will be repeated this Tuesday at 7.30pm in St Joseph’s Church Ennis.
› read more about the churchBuíochas: On this Easter day we gather to celebrate Resurrection. He is Risen Alleluia. As we do so, we pause to look back at the sacred journey of Holy Week that has brought us now to the glory of resurrection. Starting with the Blessing of Palm last Sunday, our thanks to those who supplied the palm, to the beautiful ceremony
Good Friday is day of fast and abstinence. No Mass is celebrated on this day but tradition shows that Christians gather at 3pm on Good Friday and recall the Passion of Jesus. This ceremony will take place in St Mary’s Church, Quin at 3pm.
Stations of the Cross will be prayed at 7pm in St Stephen’s Church Maghera.
Holy Saturday:
Céad míle fáilte to our parish website! We want to make our parish website an interesting and worthwhile location for both parishioners and visitors to keep up to date with what’s happening in our parish. We hope that all parish and community groups will see it as a useful resource for getting information out to people. We welcome your feedback!
The Parish of Quin Clooney Maghera is in the Diocese of Killaloe and forms part of the Abbey Cluster with the parishes of Ennis, Clarecastle and Doora/Barefield.
Broadcasting to the parish from Quin on FM 107.9 megahertz on Sunday at 11am.
Daily Mass this week: Tuesday to Friday at 10am in St Mary’s Church, Quin. Please note there will be no Mass on Bank Holiday Monday.
› read more about the church1st February 2026: Edwina O’Brien & Sarah Shally
8th of February 2026: Kate Mc Inerney & Imelda Mc Namara
› read more about the churchThis Friday 6th February with Mass at 10am in St Mary’s Church.
› read more about the churchToday Sunday 1st February is the feast of St Bridget, the Patroness of Ireland, a day of celebration of our faith and Irish traditions passed on from St Bridget. The St Bridget’s Cross is a reminder to us of the presence of God in our daily lives and work.
› read more about the churchOn Tuesday 3rd we celebrate the feast of St Blaise, whose intercession we seek with the blessing of our throats. Blessing of Throats will take place after all Masses this weekend and on Tuesday at the 10am Mass.
› read more about the church
The Diocesan Finance Committee has asked all parishes in the Diocese to hold 6 Priests Collections in the year to support priests working in parishes and Pastoral Areas of the Diocese. The dates of these collections are to be the same in all parishes of the Pastoral Area. We hope this will not inconvenience any of our parishioners and we
› read more about the churchThis weekend we start our new box of envelopes. Our thanks to the parishioners and team who prepared and distributed the envelopes in recent days. If you did not receive a box or would like to start using a box of envelopes, please contact Mary in the Parish Office 065 6825612. By using the envelopes, tax payers who contributed €250
› read more about the churchThe annual novena to our Lady of Lourdes and in preparation for World Day of the Sick will take place in the Cathedral Ennis from this Tuesday 3rd February to Wednesday 11th February – the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Weekdays at 7.30pm, Saturday at 11am & Sunday at 11.30am. The Novena can be viewed on Cathedral webcam ennisparish.com
› read more about the churchOur thanks to all the Readers from the Pastoral area who attended the course last Tuesday night. For those who didn’t get the chance to attend, the course will be repeated this Tuesday at 7.30pm in St Joseph’s Church Ennis.
› read more about the churchBuíochas: On this Easter day we gather to celebrate Resurrection. He is Risen Alleluia. As we do so, we pause to look back at the sacred journey of Holy Week that has brought us now to the glory of resurrection. Starting with the Blessing of Palm last Sunday, our thanks to those who supplied the palm, to the beautiful ceremony
Good Friday is day of fast and abstinence. No Mass is celebrated on this day but tradition shows that Christians gather at 3pm on Good Friday and recall the Passion of Jesus. This ceremony will take place in St Mary’s Church, Quin at 3pm.
Stations of the Cross will be prayed at 7pm in St Stephen’s Church Maghera.
Holy Saturday:
Trócaire: The hardest part of the Trócaire Lenten campaign is to get the Trócaire box from the kitchen table to the church. We ask you to return your Trócaire Lenten contribution as soon as possible so that we may pass it on to those most in need. Thanks to all who have done so already.
Each year some people sponsor a sick or assisted pilgrim to make their wish of travelling to Lourdes become a reality. The cost €890 per pilgrim. To sponsor or part sponsor a pilgrim, please contact Fr. Tom Ryan, Pilgrimage Director (087) 2349816
Bishop Fintan will lead both our Diocesan Summer and Autumn pilgrimages this year. Wednesday 24th to Monday 29th June cost €990 pps, and Monday 28th September to Saturday 3rd October cost €960 pps. Book directly with joewalshtours.ie or tel 01 241 0800. A limited number of assisted pilgrims will be accommodated in Accueil Notre Dame in the grounds of the
