Parish of Clane & Rathcoffey

Lighting a Candle

Loving God, as we light the candle
May it be symbol of your light and love
in our home and in our lives today.
We ask a special blessing on all of us,
on our neighbours, on our friends,
on the lonely, and on all…

PARISH LOTTO DRAW—Tuesday 4th August 2026

4, 21, 24, 30

No winner of Jackpot

3 x €50 prize winners

Pat Timmons, Tadhg Dunne, Brendan Langan

Promoters Draw – 2 x €50 prize winners

Cathal Cullen, Joe Campbell

Next Jackpot: € 7,000

Weekly Lotto tickets are available from your local Promoter, the Parish Shop, or online…

Happy 90th!
Congratulations and Best Wishes to
Fr. Barney McGuckian S.J. Who celebrated his 90th Birthday recently.
Fr. Barney is based at Clongowes Wood College
and is a wonderful support to Fr. Paul and to all of us in The Parish.
Ad Multos Annos!

Special thanks to Fr. Mike Bracken O.M.I
retires from the missions in South Africa for
his recent support with Masses in the Parish.

Prayer of Self-Dedication

Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous:
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To labour and not to…

House Blessing

Opening

We welcome the light. May the light be a sign of our willingness to make this house a home – a place of love, acceptance and safety for all who will find a home here.

First Blessing – The Hall

May all who enter the hall find a welcome, a…

Post Communion Reflection

Thanks – a word that brings us alive, for what once was can always give life thanks – a word that keeps us humble, for we know that we depend on others.

Thanks – a word that keeps us joyful for we know that in every day there are the meetings and…