Family of Parishes NewsletterLast September, Bishop Fintan invited us to join with him in a Year of Prayer, Listening, and Discernment across the diocese.
During the year, following our information meetings, there was a series of gatherings in each of the 16 Families of
Parishes, with religious communities, the new Irish communities as well as engagement with our school communities.
The gatherings focused on the themes of:
These gatherings gave us an emerging sense of what God is calling us to do, what we should strive for, and what we must prioritise in this time. Bishop Fintan would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who engaged in the journey so far and to those who supported it with their prayer. The Bishop has written an initial response to what has emerged from the gatherings and invites us to read this
Bishop Fintan - Pastoral Letter
You can also read the following:
Thematic Summary from our Family of Parishes
Detailed Responses from the Family of Parishes
Year of Prayer, Listening and Discernmenton
This Mass is weather dependent
If it's raining Mass will celebrated in St. Mary's Church
Passage West Cemetery Mass - Fri 29 Aug 2025Full Financial Reports from P.F. Lynch were presented along with summaries for this website.
Monkstown Parish Accounts Summary 2024
Passage West Parish Accounts Summary 2024
Following the approval and signing off of the Reports the Accounts were then forwarded to the Diocesan Office.
Monkstown: There will be ongoing correspondence with the Diocese around the matter of the Bulging Wall on Church Hill.
Ringaskiddy: Continued contact with the Diocese regarding a derelict site
Passage West: Attention will centre around the upkeep of the Presbyteries until such time as they are likely to be sold.
I would like to express my sincere thanks the members of the Committees for their great help and support.
Fr Dave O'Connell
Harbour Parish Financial Reports
We aspire to be an inclusive, welcoming, caring, worshipping Christian community in which the values and teachings of Jesus are lived, shared and celebrated
Fr Dave O'Connell