Wednesday's 6:15 PM Mass and confessions move to St Columba's while the boiler at St Brigid's is replaced.
Our Lady Star of the Sea is closed all Saturday while the floor is resealed; the 9:15 AM Mass on Sunday goes ahead.
All Saints falls on Sunday this year, so the usual Sunday times stand. Daylight saving ends overnight: set clocks back an hour on Saturday.
Masses for the dead at 8:30 AM and 7:15 PM at St Columba's. The November Book of Remembrance is out by the font in all three churches.
Sacrament
Baptism
For babies and young children; parents and godparents come to one preparation evening first.
Notice
Two months before
Ask
Maeve in the parish office
Call or email the office. Maeve takes the child's name and date of birth and the parents' address. You don't need a date in mind, and you don't need to be registered yet: registering takes one form.
Choose the godparents. One godparent is enough, or one godmother and one godfather. A godparent must be at least 16, a confirmed Catholic who has received Holy Communion and who practices the faith. A baptized Christian from another church can stand alongside a Catholic godparent as a Christian witness.
Come to the preparation evening. It runs on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:15 PM in the parish hall, with Deacon Luis. Parents and godparents come once, before the baptism.
Bring the papers. The child's birth certificate, and a sponsor certificate from their own parish for each godparent who belongs to another parish.
The day itself. Baptisms are on the second and fourth Sunday of the month at 1:45 PM at St Columba's, or during the 9:15 AM Mass at Our Lady by arrangement. There is no charge; families sometimes leave an offering for the parish.
A question? The parish office answers.