Mass Times
Sundays:
6pm Vigil (on Sat night);10am; 12 noon; 9pm
Holydays (Mon-Fri):
6pm (Vigil) - no 6pm Mass if vigil falls on Sunday;
7.30am; 10am; 12 noon; 9pm
Mon-Fri: 7.30am; 10am; 12 noon
Saturdays: 10am; 12 noon; 6pm (Vigil for Sun)
Bank Holidays: 10am; 12 noon
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Parish Information
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Merrion Road, Dublin 4,
D04 NX33, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 269 1825
Welcome to Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish!
Apart from providing useful information about the parish, its groups and the various activities, it is our desire to use this website to share our faith with you, providing resources and links for faith development, both personal and family.
We also want to facilitate piety and prayer and hope you will find the Daily Mass Readings (with commentary) helpful.
Since 2008, priests of the Opus Dei Prelature have been entrusted with the pastoral care of Our Lady Queen of Peace. See Daily Message taken from the writings of St Josemaría, Founder of Opus Dei, which gives some insights into his charism.
We would appreciate your feedback. God bless you and please visit us often!
National Church collection for East Africa THIS WEEKEND, 22 & 23 July 2017
As the appalling situation facing the people of East Africa has reached a critical stage, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has appealed for support for a Church collection for Trócaire
There are severe food shortages in South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia brought about by drought and conflict.
Over half the population of Somalia (6.2 million people) is experiencing food shortages and malnutrition. There have also been major outbreaks of cholera across the country. South Sudan is on the brink of famine, with drought and conflict affecting millions. Millions of people in south-eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
On behalf of Irish Catholics, Trócaire is doing all it possible can – currently helping over 150,000 people across the region with emergency food, water and sanitation.
The need is enormous and the Bishops’ Conference is responding by launching an emergency Church Appeal throughout Ireland to take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd July 2017.
In a letter to priests and parishes, Archbishop Martin said he had no doubt that the parishioners of the Archdiocese of Dublin will support this appeal with compassion and generosity.
Faith Forum for Young Adults, Tuesdays, 8-9pm
Do you have BIG Questions? Like to share them with FRIENDS?
Why not join us at FAITH FORUM, where we explore faith, make friends and develop interior freedom.
Every Tuesday at 8pm in the Upper Room.On Tuesday 25th July we continue our study of A Biblical Walk Through the Mass by Edward Sri (subtitled Understanding what we say and do in the liturgy).
The topic (pp. 61-63) we shall consider is the Responsorial Psalm.
In addition, we shall reflect briefly on the readings for next Sunday (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time):
See First Reading and Responsorial Psalm.
The basic weekly format is to consider a text (e.g. Catechism, YOUCAT, book on the Mass, other theological or spiritual text), reflect on and discuss it, have a period of guided prayer together, followed by a cup of tea/coffee.
Some feedback from participants here.
Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 13-21 September 2017
The inaugural pilgrimage of Lady Queen of Peace to the Holy Land will take place from Wednesday 13th to Thursday 21 September 2017 (flights between Dublin and Tel Aviv, via Instanbul).
For many people a trip to the Holy Land is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We will spend 3 nights in Tiberias and 5 nights in Jerusalem and visit the major holy sites in Galilee and in Jerusalem and surroundings. In order to make fuller use of the potential of our pilgrimage, we will also go to the soon-to-be-opened Saxum Visitor Centre. This Saxum visit will facilitate obtaining the spiritual means and essential instruction and resources to enter more deeply into the Gospels and prepare our parishioners for a deeply personal and transformative encounter with Jesus Christ. Through our visit to the Holy Land we hope to seek, find and to love Christ at a deeper level.
If you would like to book, please contact MAP Travel and also leave your name with the Parish Office. More details for download below.
For more background on the Holy Sites, see eBook In the Footprints of our Faith, which can be downloaded in various formats here.
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Making your FIRST COLLECTION and SHARE donations more tax-efficient, using envelopes
There has been a good response to our initiative of using an envelope system for our First Collection and Share Collection, which began on 1 July 2017.
If you would like to participate in this scheme, please fill out the form (downloadable at the bottom of the page) and hand it in or email it to the Parish Office. We plan to print a second batch of envelopes as soon as the numbers warrant it.
If you prefer not to use the envelope system and wish to make your contributions tax efficient, you might like to make your Collections contributions via the Parish Office. Once we can trace donations back to you, then they can be processed for tax reclaim purposes.
What are the benefits of such a system and how will it work?
Under current tax law, since we have charitable status, any cumulative donation in a given tax year to Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish of €250 or more (by way of Family Offering, Dues, First Collection or Share Collection) is eligible for tax relief (amounting to almost 45% of the donation). This tax relief would be paid directly to Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish.
At present we cannot reclaim tax for First Collection or Share Collection donations because the current system does not permit recording the source of these donations.
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For example, a €5 donation for the First Collection or Share Collection, using the envelope system, could possibly yield an extra €2.25 on that donation. |
More information here.
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World Meeting of Families: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The World Meeting of Families is being held in Dublin from 21 to 26 August 2018.
Large numbers of volunteers are needed to help prepare for the event and during the event itself.
If you would like to volunteer to help in any way, you can apply by clicking here.
Pope Francis' Prayer Intentions for July 2017
Pope's prayer intention: Lapsed Christians: That our brothers and sisters who have strayed from the faith, through our prayer and witness to the Gospel, may rediscover the merciful closeness of the Lord and the beauty of the Christian life.
Video of the Pope:
Pope Francis has decided to keep one monthly prayer intention and no longer proposes an urgent prayer intention. However, every Sunday on which he gives an Angelus Address, he asks for prayers for specific people and situations that are of deep concern to him.
Helpful reflections on these intentions from Apostleship of Prayer here.
The Light is ON for YOU: Experience the JOY of Reconcilation with God our Father
Jesus is the face of God's merciful love
You are invited to experience Christ's healing love in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If it has been a long time since your last Confession, we will do all we can to help you prepare for and receive the Sacrament of God's mercy.
You are invited to experience Christ's healing love in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If it has been a long time since your last Confession, we will do all we can to help you prepare for and receive the Sacrament of God's mercy.
Confessions available in Our Lady Queen of Peace:
- EVERY DAY, before and after every Mass
- all Saturday morning
- during the Holy Hour on Thursdays (7-8pm)
For more information visit our Confession resources page here.
Tuesday Cuppa and Chat for Mothers and Babies, after 10am Mass
On Tuesday's, after 10am Mass, over a cuppa in the Coffee Room (inside Church Porch), there is an opportunity for mothers with babies to make new friends & share parenting experiences.
Pope Francis has placed the Family high on his agenda of pastoral outreach. At Our Lady Queen of Peace we want to make parents and their young children feel very welcome in our church.
Pope Francis has placed the Family high on his agenda of pastoral outreach. At Our Lady Queen of Peace we want to make parents and their young children feel very welcome in our church.
Dads are welcome too!
Solemn Mass honouring St Josemaría Escrivá on Monday 26 June 2017 at 8pm
On Monday 26 June, Fr Justin Gillespie, Opus Dei's vicar for Ireland celebrated a Solemn Mass in Our Lady Queen of Peace - on the Feastday of St Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, who died on that day in 1975.
A large congregation, which included many families with young children, braved the rain to honour St Josemaría. One parishioner commented that he had arrived for the Mass, quite tired from work, and that the beauty of the liturgy had lifted both his energies and his spirit.
The homily given by Fr Justin can be downloaded below.
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