Parish Newsletter – Sunday 14th December 2025. 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Glin, Co. Limerick.
Fr. Liam Enright: 087-7415603. Fr. Francesco Okonkwo: 087-7151260
Sacristan Michael Fennell: 087-9828711
Diocese of Limerick Website: www.limerickdiocese.org
Eucharistic Ministers: Sunday 14th December: Marie Shine, Marie McKenna
Sunday 21st December: Betty Ann McSweeney, Michael O Connor
Readers: Sunday 14th December: Seán Flanagan. Sunday 21st December: Desiree Dore
Christmas Masses: Christmas Eve Mass: 7:00pm. Christmas Day Mass: 11:00am
Please note there is NO MASS on Friday 19th December.
Confessions will be held on Friday evening, 19th December at 7:30pm.
On Saturday & Sunday 20th & 21st of December, all parishioners, and especially children, are invited to bring the baby Jesus figure from their home crib to be blessed at all of the masses in our unit. On returning home after the blessing, the blessed figurines should be ‘gift wrapped’, placed either under the tree, or in another suitable location. On Christmas Day it should be the first gift to be opened, helping the children to make the connection between the gifts they receive on Christmas Day and the greatest gift that any of us can receive, Jesus.
Shannon West Christmas Mass Times:
Christmas Eve 24th December: Glin 7:00pm. Loughill 5:00pm. Coolcappa 5:00pm. Foynes 7:00pm
Christmas Day 25th December: Kilcolman 9:30am. Ballyhahill 9:30am. Robertstown 9:30am. Shanagolden 11:00am. Glin 11:00am.
St. Stephens Day: Robertstown 11:00am. Glin 11:00am. No Mass in Kilcolman on the 26th December.
Glin Defibrillator: Emergency Number 068 59590. Please save the Glin defibrillator number to your mobile and/or near your landline. In the case of an emergency, call the number, give your location and a defibrillator will be brought to you by a trained responder. Please share with your family and friends within Glin.
Baptisms & Anniversary Masses: can be booked in the Sacristy.
Funerals: All funerals arrangements can be directed to the following: Fr. Enright or Fr. Francesco.
Weddings: Pastoral Area Secretary Ann Dore, Foynes on (069) 65561 during office hours: Wednesday: 10a.m. to 1p.m., & 2p.m to 5p.m. Thursday & Friday: 9a.m. to 1p.m. & 2p.m. to 5p.m.
Mass Cards: Signed Mass Cards for the deceased are available at Glin Church. Please enquire from our Sacristan Michael after any of the Masses.
Anniversary Masses: Sunday 14th December: Patrick & Tess Stack, daughters Margaret Stack and Mary O Rourke. Peg Wallace late of Kinnard. Patrick & Eileen Dalton late of Glengragra. Josie & Michael Fitzgerald late of Half way, Killacolla. Mary O Brien lateof London. Jimmy & Mary Shanahan late of Clounlehard.
Sunday 21st December: Brendan Mulvihill 1st anniversary late of Ballygoughlin.
Glin Whist Drive Results:
Glin Library: Every Tuesday 11:30 Community Singing. Alternate Wednesdays 10:30 Craft Club.
Every Thursday 2:30 Scrabble for all. No booking is needed for any of these. All welcome.
Open Tues-Fri 10-1 & 2-5. 068 26910.
Community Games AGM: Athea/Glin Community Games AGM will be held on Wednesday 17th December at 8:00pm in Athea GAA Clubhouse. If you would like your child to participate in next years games you are asked to attend the meeting.
St Fergus National School: Congratulations to the St. Fergus NS, girls football team who received their West Cumann na mBunscol Division 1 runners up medals today.
St. Fergus were honoured to welcome past pupil Mairéad Sheahan to present the girls their medals.
Mairéad was celebrated by the pupils and staff for her wonderful achievements on the sporting field in particular receiving her Irish International Cap in October by the FAI with her teammates in acknowledgement for her participation in the WNT victory over Belgium in 1980.
Sweet Treats for Christmas: Jackie O Sullivan will be back in the Square next Friday 19th December with more lovely bakes and sweet treats. Mark in your diary.
Tarbert Comprehensive: The RE Department was delighted to support our local St Vincent de Paul by donating hampers again this December. We had a huge amount of donations so much so that to date we have been able to donate 17 hampers. This is all because of the tremendous generosity from staff and students in Tarbert Comprehensive. What a fabulous, generous and giving school community we have. A sincere thanks to all who gave so generously and a big thank you to our amazing SNAs who helped so much during their own time to arrange and wrap the hampers so beautifully
SEASON’S GREATEST FROM GLIN CHRISTMAS CARDS: On sale now at Glin Pharmacy, Hogans Shop and McNamara’s shop. €3 each. All proceeds go towards Feeding the native Irish red squirrels up the Knights Walk, Glin.
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Estuary Rollers: The biggest Christmas Spectacle hitting North Kerry and West Limerick this Sunday the 14th December.
Abbeyfeale District Search & Rescue – ADSAR
St. Gabriel’s Foundation
Nano Nagle Special School, Listowel.
Donations would be much appreciated for the three charities above:
Podiatry and Footcare: Next clinic Friday 19th December in Cloverfield Day Care Centre. New appointments welcome. To book appointment, text only to: 087-1689097.
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Dates for Your Diary: Sacrament of Confirmation: Tuesday 3rd March at 10:00am.
First Holy Communion: Friday 1st May 2026 at 11:00am
Parish Newsletter: If you would like any notice to be in this Church Newsletter, please email: office@stfergusns.ie by Thursday of each week. Next week is the last newsletter until next year.