Welcome to Ashbourne-Donaghmore Parish
Sunday, February 21st 2021

Our Parish office is contactable to the public from Monday – Friday 9.30am – 2.30pm by telephone: 01 8353149
or e-mail: ashbournedonaghmoreparish@gmail.com

Masses are celebrated in line with the current restrictions and they can only be viewed live from Ashbourne Church via our ‘Parish Cam’ Webcam: Click here to view the Webcam:
http://www.ashbourneparish.ie/news/church-services-tv/

Sunday: 10am & 12.30pm via webcam only
Monday – Friday: 10am via webcam only
Webcam: Click here to view the Webcam: http://www.ashbourneparish.ie/news/church-services-tv/
Church opens after cleaning Monday – Saturday at 11.15am. (Funeral permitting) & on Sunday after final morning Mass.
Church Closes each evening at 8pm.

————————————————————————————————————–Please note that a limited number of people can only access the church during Weddings/Funerals or other various celebrations in line with current restrictions.

Financial Support
A number of people have asked us to give financial support online.
For this we have added this DONATE button (below) for people to make their contribution, if they are in a position to do so.

Emergency Phone Number only
Tel: 087 3519516

All Mass bookings, Mass Cards & Enquiries should be made by telephone or email:
Tel: 01 8353149
Email:  ashbournedonaghmoreparish@gmail.com

The Toilets in the Parish Office remain Closed at this time of emergency for obvious reasons of hygiene.

Prayer for the Lenten Journey
Lord, be with me during my Lenten journey.
Let me be honest with myself, let me see everything that is wrong with my soul and my heart and admit my shortcomings and sins.

Lord, show me what I should change in my life and please fill my heart with patience, gratitude, and peace.
Please teach me to accept others and show my love to them.

Heavenly Father, please give me the strength to keep my promises and to get closer to you through prayers and good works.
In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Lenten Wilderness Space – Week 1
The Lenten Journey: (1st Sunday / Week of Lent)

This area (see photo below) represents the desert.

Traditionally in the Bible the desert is seen as a place of disorder and chaos.
Each of us comes to Lent with our own disorder and chaos.

We ask the Lord through our Lenten promises to focus our minds so our own deserts will change and blossom.

Lenten Wilderness Space – Week 2
The Lenten Journey: (2nd Sunday / Week of Lent)

Cactus appears in our Lenten Wilderness space.

As each of us makes our way through Lent green shoots of positive change rise up within us as a result of our Lenten promises. 

Change is always difficult.  The Cactus symbolises the sparse nature of this change at first and how thorny it can feel. 
Nevertheless we journey on in trust.

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