| First Sunday of Advent 30th November 2025 Priest on Duty: 089 9851402 Weekend Mass Times: Saturday 6:00pm Sunday: 9:30am & 11:30am Parish Office: Mon – Fri: 10am – 1.00pm. Contact: 062 52727 / secretary@stmichaelsparishtipperary.ie |
Recently Deceased: Mary Riordan (nee Lyons) Tooting, London and formerly St. Michael’s Avenue, Tipperary Town.
Month Mind: John O’Dwyer, Ballinleenty, Tipperary;
Anniversaries: Michael Condon; Michael, Mary, Pat & Miriam O’Meara; Dec’d members of the O’Meara and Lewis families; Eileen Hogan; Timmy Reardon; Seanie Donovan; Colin Bergin; Eddie Godfrey; Catherine O’Halloran; Andrew & Brigid Moloney; Denis Ward; Emma O’Connor; Mickey Martin; Martin & Mary Lyons; John Heuston; Brendan Power; Mary Corbett; Ann Marie O’Brien (Karolis); Mary Curtin; Joan Buckley; Thomas & Judy Hickey; Paddy & Cathy Cunningham; Michael O’Dwyer; William & Anthony Culhane;
Weekly Offertory Envelope and Donations: for last w/e Nov 23rd was € 2,135.00. Thank you also to those who regularly contribute online.
Parish Lotto Results: 27th November – 2, 3, 8, 26 – No Jackpot winner. The €50 Lucky Dip Winner is Patrick Stapleton.The Jackpot is €5,000. Thanks to the many who continue to support the parish Lotto each week. To join: stmichaelsparishtipperary.ie and press the Lotto Button.
The Rosary: for November concludes in all our parish cemeteries this Sunday at 3.30pm.
Collection envelopes 2026: The Collection Envelopes for 2026 are being delivered at present – thanks to our hard working volunteers. Rather than distributing them to every home in the parish they will only be given to those who have been using them over the past few years.
Orchestral Concert: The Ryan Academy of Music presents an Orchestral Concert on Sunday 30th November at 4pm in the Great National Ballykisteen Hotel featuring Carlow Youth Orchestra, Cork Youth Orchestra and the County Tipperary Ryan Youth Orchestra. All are welcome (tickets on the door)
The Local Conference of Society of St. Vincent De Paul: will hold their annual collection on next weekend 6th & 7th December in St. Michael’s Church. Envelopes are in your Collection Box or at the back of the church. All Donations welcome.
St. Pio Prayer Meeting: will be held in St. Michael’s Pastoral Centre on Thursday 4th December at 7pm. All are welcome.
Eco Spirituality Meeting: in the Pastoral Centre on Tuesday 2nd December at 7.30 pm. All are welcome.
St. Brigid’s Healing Prayer Meeting: in St. Michael’s Pastoral Centre on Wednesday 3rd Dec at 11.00 am. It will be held on the first Wednesday of each month going forward; Nollaig 087 9025533.
Remembrance Tree Leaves: Leaves from the November Remembrance Tree are available in boxes at the Sacristy door for relatives to take home in memory of their loved ones.
Tipperary & District Flower & Garden Club: Gala Christmas Demonstration “Tis the Season to be Jolly” by Adrienne Thompson supporting Breast Cancer Ireland in Ballykisteen Hotel, Tipperary, on Wednesday 3rd December at 8pm. Admission €15.00, all are welcome.
Tipperary Musical Society: Annual fundraising concert on Dec 7th at 5pm in St. Mary’s Church – sounds of the Season – tickets €20.00 available online and in the House of Merlin. Children under 12 free with accompanying adult.
Advent: “It might seems strange that Advent begins, not with preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas, but his coming for us at the end of life’s journey. Yet life is a journey from God Our Creator back to God our final destiny. When this large circle is forgotten, life becomes a directionless succession of unconnected moments. The digital watch represents the mind of many today as it shows no past or future, but only the dancing digit of the present moment. Without roots in the past or a vision for the future, one lives only for the present moment. And if this collapses, as in broken relationships or some defeat, everything falls apart.” Capuchinfrancisans.ie
Care of the Earth: ‘… In conscience, with an eye to the children who will pay for the harm done … the question of meaning inevitably arises: ‘What is the meaning of my life? What is the meaning of my time on this earth? And what is the ultimate meaning of all my work my effort…?’ (Pope Francis…Laudato Deum #33)