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Welcome to Ashbourne Donaghmore Parish
Welcome to the Ashbourne Donaghmore website. We see ourselves as a parish without walls, a parish that reaches out to and welcomes everybody. While the parish has to attend to day to day things, essentially it is about deeper things of the heart. Read More »
"Go deeper than love, for the soul has greater depths, love is like the grass, but the heart is deep wild rock molten, yet dense and permanent". (DH Lawrence, taken from "Dive Deeper" by Michael Paul Gallagher.)
We look forward to hearing from you because we want to listen and engage with you and your concerns and issues. We hope you will get the information you need on this website, but also that all of us will hear the good news of God's great love for us.
While all of us want to share the kind of parish we want -
"The real pastoral problem is simply to make a parish want the right thing, to instil in it a yearning for Christ. Then the rest will follow". (Carlo Maria Martini)
The real question is what kind of parish does God want Ashbourne Donaghmore parish to be.
Diocese of Meath Annual Assembly
On Tuesday 24 April, the clergy of the Diocese of Meath took part in the annual assembly, organised by the Council of Priests. The event was facilitated by Fr Harry Bohan, who founded the Céifin Centre in 1998. The Centre has evolved from practical experience of developing communities across Ireland in an effort to counter the growth of cities. Read the full post »
Good Friday Reflection and Prayer
People around the world, since long before the coming of Christ, have observed traditional spring rites for a season of new growth and fertility begins. Symbols and myths go back far into the distant past of humanity. The Romans had the proverb — Omne vivum ex ovo / All life comes from an egg. Read the full post »
Gallery: Easter 2012
Here are some photos taken in Ashbourne Church over the Easter period. The altar display includes an egg created and painted by students Ciarán Rooney, Eoin Hayes, Oisín O’Byrne, Niall Moriarty and Patrick McDonald under the guidance of school Chaplain, Frances Gildea. Read the full post »
Ashbourne-Donaghmore Parish Annual Altar Server Awards
At Masses recently, Altar Servers were awarded the St. Patrick’s Medal, St. Michael’s Medal and St. Stephen’s Medal appropriate to the commitment, service at the Altar, and length of service. Read the full post »
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