HOLY FAMILY PARISH
KILL O’THE GRANGE
Newsletter 2 August 2026
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year
Registered Charity Number - RCN 20016166
Liturgical Colour – Green – Readings from page 304 in the St. Paul Missal.
Mass streamed live daily via the webcam.
www.holyfamilyparish.ie/webcam
Email: admin@holyfamilyparish.ie
Office phone: 01 2845299.
https://www.catholicireland.net/readings/
Please remember in your prayers Simon Doyle, who has passed away recently, and John Kennedy, whose anniversary occurs around this time.
May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
The Parish Shop: Opening Hours
The Parish Shop is open weekly, Sundays before and after 10:00 a.m. Mass, and Wednesdays directly after 10:00 a.m. Mass. Stop by to browse our selection of cards, books, and religious items.
St. Vincent de Paul monthly collection will take place NEXT weekend, the 8th & 9th of August. Please give generously.
AUGUST MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS
Saturday, 1 August 2026
10.00 a.m.- Celebrant’s intention
5 p.m. Mona & Michael Kelly – Anniversaries
Denis & Maureen Luby – R.I.P.
Betty Fegan – Anniversary
Ita Mulligan - Rec. Deceased
Alex Sweeney – Birthday Remb.
Sunday, 2 August 2026
10.00 a.m. – Maureen Clinton – Rec. Deceased
Sean O’Kiersey – Rec. Deceased
12 noon – Valerie Ryan & Thomas O’Gorman - Anniversaries
Monday, 3 August 2026
10.00 a.m. – Celebrants Intentions
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
10.00 a.m. – Special Intention
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Ted O’Leary - Anniversary
Special Intention
Thursday, 6 August 2026
10.00 a.m. – Celebrants Intentions
Friday, 7 August 2026
10.00 a.m. – Altar List of the Dead
Support the Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes (September 3–8, 2026) Our annual Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place from September 3 to 8, 2026. Please consider contributing to our special collection after Mass this weekend or using the donation envelopes available at the back of the church. Your generosity directly funds the medical care and transport needed to bring comfort and hope to those most in need. Thank you for your continued prayers.
The Parish Resource Centre will be closed for the month of August. The Parish Office and Coffee Shop will remain open.
“Save the Date” Saturday 26 September 2026. A pilgrimage organised by the Liturgy group for the Parish Partnership. Going to (Melifont Abbey, Monasterboice Monastic site & St Patrick’s Cathedral Armagh for tour & private Mass). Bookings & further details in early Sept.
POPE LEO XIV has published his first encyclical letter.
(major teaching letter) (25 May 2026). Magnifica Humanitas/The Grandeur of Humanity.
Copies of the Letter in book form are available in the parish shop at € 7.50 per copy.
Some copies of Pope Leo’s letter are available outside the parish shop with a box for the money thanks to the volunteers who operate the parish shop.
The Parish will also be open after Mass on Wednesdays.
Magnifica Humanitas can also be read in full on the website of the Holy See.
Laudato Si – For The Season of Creation 2026, the theme is “Living Water” which is inspired by Ezekiel 47.9 and 12,
Ezekiel’s vision stands in sharp contrast to the reality of the water crisis we face. According to the United Nations UN News, 1.7 billion people lack basic hygiene services at home, and 2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water – that is 1 in 4 people on the globe!
As climate change intensifies and groundwater extraction increases, several countries are now reaching a so called “point if water bankruptcy” (UNU) that is a condition marked by irreversible losses of natural water capital.