Notices

Funeral Ministry

The Christian community since the earliest times has accompanied bereaved people by providing a ritual framework within which a funeral takes place.

These rites are acts of public worship at which a number of elements are involved: God is praised; the Resurrection of Jesus is proclaimed conveying the hope of being gathered together again in…


Holy Week Ceremonies 2026

St. Patrick’s Church, Louisburgh

Holy Thursday
Mass of the Last Supper

 

Good Friday    

The Passion of our Lord & Veneration of the Cross

 

Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil and Mass


First Confessions and Holy Communion

First Confessions

Louisburgh:    March 

Killeen:             March

 

First Holy Communion

Louisburgh       May

Killeen                 May


Dates for 2026

Ash Wednesday                             18 February

Easter Sunday                                05 April

First Communion Louisburgh          May

First Communion Killeen              …


Christmas Masses

Christmas Masses

Christmas Eve ,   6.00 p.m. Killeen
                                  7.30 p.m. Louisburgh

Christmas Day,  10.00 a.m. Killeen
11.30 a.m. Louisburgh


Christmas in the Parish

Masses for the 4th Sunday of Advent

With the 4th Sunday of Advent this year falling on 24 December, Christmas Eve, the following will be the schedule for Masses that Weekend.

Louisburgh: Vigil Mass, on Saturday 23 Dec. at 6.00 p.m.

Killeen: Mass on Sunday, 24 Dec. at 10.00 a.m.


Getting ready for Advent

Advent 2023:

The season of Advent begins next Sunday, 03 December.
It is the season when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

We are all aware how the “Christmas / Holiday Season” has now been totally taken over by the commercial world.
Rather than complain about this, why not concentrate…


Pope Francis on Racism

“Instances of racism continue to shame us, for they show that our supposed social progress is not as real or definitive as we think,”

Pope Francis, March 2021


Pray for Peace – Armistice

Bell for Peace.
At 11.00 a.m., today 11 November, the church bell in Louisburgh will be rung for peace.
A reminder that in 1918 the horrible slaughter of World…

Kilgeever Cemetery Mass

It is planned to celebrate Masses |Killeen and  Kilgeever Cemeteries on the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August, at 6.00 pm and 7.30 p.m.
In the event of inclement weather the Mass will be celebrated in Louisburgh Church.