| Second Sunday of Advent 7th December 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: Alice Ryan (nee Hoey) Davitt St. Tipperary; Bridget (Bridie) Kingston (nee McCabe), St. Michael’s Street, Tipperary & Newry, Co. Down.
Month’s Mind: Billy Ashford, Ballyglasheen, Bansha, Co.Tipperary. Kathleen Lonergan, Tipperary;
Anniversaries: Bridie Madden & Denis Bowes; Ned & Maureen Kinane; Anne Grogan, Bansha; Peggy Liston; Bridget Flynn; Tom McCormack, Lisheen Upper; Josephine Kinahan; Pat, Phyliis, Patrick Jnr, & Sharon O’Connell; Mary & John (Bunny) Butler; Robert Keating, William Keating, Daniel Longley & deceased Keating Family; Philomena Hibbits; Arturas Kaminskas; Martin Maguire; Seamus Hayes; Gene Trager; Willie Hayes (1st Anni); Joe Kinihan; Mick English; Mary Cronin; Richard & Josie O’Halloran; Stephen (Stevie) Donovan; Margaret & Maurice Noonan; Tim & Mary Dohery; Billy & Bridget Finn; Mary Kennedy; Nora Pickham; Tom Bargary; Willie Hayes (1st Anni); Mary Murphy; Bridie Nugent; Jack Ryan; Theresa Murnane, Bansha; Jimmy Dalton; Terry Hyland; Thomas White; Davy & Masie O’Brien; Eileen O’Brien; Betty O’Brien; Anthony Cullhane; Mary Ryan; Fr. Liam Hayes; Jim Nash;
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Monday 8th December (Holyday of Obligation). There will be no Vigil Mass on Sunday evening 7th Dec. Mass on Monday 8th December at 9.30am, 11.30am & 7.00pm. in St. Michael’s Church.
Weekly Offertory Envelope and Donations: for last w/e Nov 30th was €2,530. Thank you also to those who regularly contribute online.
Parish Lotto Results: 4th December – 17, 18, 25, 26 – No Jackpot winner. The €50 Lucky Dip Winner is Siobhán & Aidan O’Dwyer. 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.
St. Vincent De Paul Annual Collection: takes place this 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.
Christmas Clergy Collection: for the priests of the diocese takes place next weekend 13/14 December. The target for our parish this year is €113,400. So far we have received €54,735. There is still a large gap to be bridge to meet our target. If you have not contributed already this year you might consider doing so this Christmas. Please use the envelope in your collection box marked Christmas Clergy Collection 2025. There are also envelopes available at the back of the church. All cheques to be made payable to St. Michael’s Church.
Annual Christmas Carol Service: will take place in St. Michael’s Church on Sunday 21st Dec at 5.00pm. The theme this year is linked to the Church’s Jubilee Year – Pilgrims of Hope.
Evening of Forgiveness: An opportunity to celebrate the Lord’s Forgiveness in preparation for Christmas will take place in St. Michael’s Church on Tuesday 23rd Dec at 7.30pm with visiting priest in attendance.
Collection Envelopes 2026: 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. There are some people who have been using the weekly envelope but have not put their name on them – so we have no contact to deliver them for the coming year. There will be an opportunity for those who do not get a box of envelopes for the coming year to collect them in the Church /Sacristy shortly.
Tipperary Peace Convention: will host an event titled ‘Reflections for Christmas’, at the Tipperary Excel Centre, Tipperary Town, on Friday December 12th, 2025, at 11am. Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, Deputy Medical Coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières, will be a guest speaker. There is no Admission is free but registration is required by emailing tipppeace@gmail.com
Advent: “For centuries, millennia, the whole world was in a state of advent. It was waiting. Until the Lord revealed himself to Abraham, our ancestors did not know for what or for whom they were waiting, but every thinking being knew (and still does) that our present state is not right. Injustice, violence, misery; this is not how it is meant to be, and all our instincts cry out against it. For us, Advent is a time when the Church asks us to look seriously at how real the incarnation is to us. How does Christ’s coming affect the way we live? Advent is a praying time, to think about the reality of Jesus.” Sr. Wendy Beckett The Art of Christmas