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.
Sacraments and funerals,
and who to call.
What each one asks of you, how early to get in touch and the name of the person who answers. Call the office first: Maeve opens the file and books the meeting. For confession, just come: Saturdays 9:50–10:50 AM and 4:20–4:55 PM at St Columba's, Wednesdays 5:35 PM at St Brigid's.
Baptism
Two months before
For babies and young children; parents and godparents come to one preparation evening first.
Maeve in the parish office
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First Holy Communion
Enroll by September of second grade
For children in second grade, after a year of religious education and their First Reconciliation in Lent.
Religious education, through the parish office
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Confirmation
Two years, starting in ninth grade
For teenagers in ninth and tenth grade, and adults who were baptized and received Communion but never confirmed.
Fr Tomasz Nowak
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Marriage
Six months before the wedding
At least six months' notice, a meeting with the priest before any date is fixed, and a preparation course.
Fr Declan Moore, through the parish office
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Anointing of the Sick
The same day — call any time
For anyone seriously ill, frail with age, or going in for major surgery: at home, in the hospital or after Mass.
Parish office line, which rolls over to the priest on call
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Funerals
Call us before fixing the date
The funeral director calls us first; then a priest or the deacon visits the family to plan the readings and music.
Fr Declan Moore or Deacon Luis Alvarez
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Before you
call the office.
We're not registered in the parish. Can we still ask for a baptism?
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One of us isn't Catholic. Can we marry at St Columba's?
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It's been years since my last confession. Where do I start?