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Mon - Fri: 07:30 and 12 noon (no 10am Mass)
Saturday: 10am, 12 noon & 6pm (Vigil for Sunday)
Sunday: 10am, 12 noon & 9pm
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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!
Our Lady Queen of Peace WEBCAM
We have recently installed a webcam and will livestream all Masses each day on the Parish Facebook page.
(Mass Times above in Top Box on right).
(Mass Times above in Top Box on right).
We welcome parishioners and friends who may wish to participate online in our liturgies. They are also recorded and may be viewed afterwards here.
If you are unable to enter the church because of our current limit of 100 people, you may be able to follow the Mass on your phone in the Church Carpark, while maintaining social distance. Please make contact with one of the ushers and we will try to enable you to receive Holy Communion.
NEW: Our Lady Queen of Peace can now accommodate 100 people at Mass
We are very pleased that Our Lady Queen of Peace has reopened for Public Worship on Monday, 29 June after over 3 months without Masses for the Public.
In accord with the Cabinet Committee Review on Ireland’s Covid 19 Response our church can now accommodate 100 people for Mass. See details here.
A special committee has put in a lot of work to prepare the church for this and we are especially grateful to the parishioners who have heroically cleaned and sanitised each day during lockdown so that we could remain open for prayer and Confessions.
More ushers and cleaners are needed to ensure the safety of those who come to Mass. Volunteers are most welcome. Please contact Fr James.
At present the obligation to attend Mass on Sunday is dispensed with. You might consider coming to Mass and receiving the Blessed Eucharist on a weekday instead. We live stream all Masses by webcam.
- There is to be no movement between these areas during Mass.
- Entrance/exit to the
- front area is through the side door,
- rear area is through the main door.
Please follow the indications of ushers - Please sanitise your hands on entry.
- The wearing of face coverings or masks is very strongly recommended.
- Come to receive Holy Communion (in the hand) in single file by the centre aisle and return by a side aisle, while respecting the social distance of 2m that is marked.
- those in the front area will receive at the Altar,
- those in the rear area will receive at the end of the rear block. - After Mass, please follow indications of ushers to facilitate exiting that will respect social distancing.
- Should anyone have symptoms of possible COVID-19, (a temperature, a cough) they shouldn’t come to church. People over 70 are still encouraged under HSE guidelines to stay at home for the moment.
Fr Fergus is still partially cocooned at home and will be in the church occasionally. Fr James will normally be available in the church each morning.
Relationships Enrichment: Sessions for engaged and recently married couples
Every cloud has a silver lining. The lockdown gave us many opportunities to meet virtually over the past few months. Currently Relationships Enrichment is on a break. We plan to resume in September. If you'd like to receive a link to future meetings, contact Fr James by email at jpatrickhurley@gmail.com. You can also reach him by phone at 086-107 2930.
Scroll down to links to the podcasts on Family Time and Communication by the experienced Couples Counsellor, Nacho Tornel.
A record audience "tuned in" for our virtual meeting on Monday 29 June which featured the screening of a wonderful talk on Marriage by Scott and Kimberly Hahn, entitled: Living Sacrament - Primary Channel of Grace. There was a very lively discussion afterwards.
On Monday 15 June we were joined from Scotland by Emmet Dooley and his wife Lucy who hails from there. Married for ten years, having changed homes multiple times and had four children along the way, they talked about challenges they faced and how God has helped them find solutions every time.
Relationships Enrichment meets regularly on Mondays. We draw on the teaching of the Catholic Church, as well as on the help and advice of experienced married couples.
Pope Francis' Prayer Intention for August 2020
The Maritime World:
We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among them sailors, fishermen and their families.
Video of the Pope:
Monthly 9pm Mass with a Youth Focus, Sunday 2 August 2020
Pope Francis has been
encouraging all of us to listen to and encourage youth. In his Apostolic Exhortation following the 2018 Synod on Youth, he wrote:
"We cannot just say that young people are the future of our world. They are its present; even now, they are helping to enrich it”.(Christus Vivit, 64)
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In response to the Holy Father's invitation, we are pleased to be able to celebrate once again, after lockdown, our 9pm Mass with a Youth Focus. All
youth are welcome. Some young people have volunteered already to facilitate the
liturgy by acting as ushers, others by enhancing the liturgy with their music or by helping in the sanitisation of the church after Mass.
For the moment, due to Covid restrictions, we regret that it will not be possible to offer the customary light refreshments after Mass.
€16,170 raised in 2019 Christmas Appeal for Parish Outreach Project: Queen of Peace Primary School for Girls, Lodwar, Kenya
Our Annual Christmas Appeal in support of Queen of Peace Primary School for Girls, our parish outreach project in Lodwar, Kenya raised €16,170.
Last year €15,010 was donated. In 2017 a total of €13,960 was raised.
(See School website, Facebook page and photos).
The photo on the right shows Fr Fergus with Bishop Dominic Kimeng'ich in Nairobi in August 2016, giving him our summer contribution of €5,290. A further €12,480 was raised at Christmas 2016.
The school is developing very well, as Bishop Dominic outlined in his November 2019 email:
Total donations from our parish since 2011 amount to €128,210."I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to you and the Parishioners of Our Lady Queen of Peace for helping me achieve my dream of building a Church school for the girls in Turkana. Now we have Queen of Peace Primary School. This year it recorded very impressive performance and I am proud to note that all the girls who did their Class 8 Kenya National Primary Education examinations attained the marks to join good Secondary schools. Now they have the opportunity to a bright future.
The latest structure that has just been completed in the school, with your help, is the Convent for the sisters who are teaching and at the same time forming the girls. There are 4 sisters now in the school and they are very happy because they have moved into the brand new convent - thanks to the collection you made last year."
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Presentation to Tony Collard on his retirement as Sacristan, 1 December 2019
Our very popular Sacristan, Tony, has retired after many years of selfless service to Our Lady Queen of Peace. We will miss his huge support, his smile, his versatility and we wish him many years of happiness.
A good number of Tony's many friends in the parish gathered for the occasion. Peter Flanagan, Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council, presented him with a generous gift from our parishioners. Afterwards we mingled over refreshments prepared by Yvonne, Peter's wife.
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Support Services for Older and Vulnerable People
COVID-19 community supports are now in place to ensure vulnerable members of the community are reached and helped at this time.
These comprise the local authority, Health Service Executive, County Champions, An Post, Community Welfare Service, An Garda Síochána, other State organisations, charities and other stakeholders.
These Dedicated helplines are focused specifically on ensuring that the cocooning elderly, vulnerable members of the community or those living alone can access deliveries of groceries, medicine and fuels.
Please try to ensure any vulnerable or elderly people you know are aware of these services.
| Dublin City Council
Helpline 01-222 8555 Email - covidsupport@dublincity.ie |
| Fingal County Council
Helpline: 01-890 5000 with the lines open from 9am to 5pm seven days a week. Email: covidsupport@fingal.ie |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Helpline: 01-271 3199. Opens 9am every day.
Email: covidsupport@dlrcoco.ie |
| South Dublin County Council
Helpline: 01-414 9043 with the lines initially open from 9am to 5pm seven days a week.
Out of hours email contact through covidsupport@sdublincoco.ie |
| Wicklow County Council
Helpline FREE contact number 1800 868 399 with the lines open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week.
Email: covidsupport@wicklowcoco.ie. |
Other Support Services
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ALONE national support line for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to the outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance where necessary.
The support line is open Monday to Friday, 8am-8pm, by calling 0818 222 024. |
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SeniorLine is a national, confidential listening service for older people, run by trained older volunteers.
If you are feeling worried, stressed or isolated at this very unnerving time, please feel free to ring this FREEPHONE service anytime between 10am and 10pm on any day of the week on 1800 804 591. |
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Age Action and the Irish Red Cross have raised funds to provide additional assistance to older and vulnerable people around Ireland who are experiencing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic by making once-off grants, up to a maximum of €500, per person/household affected.
Email: hardship2020@redcross.ie Phone: Irish Red Cross at 01-642 4600
or Tel: 01-475 6989 Lo Call: 1890 369 369 |
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Women’s Aid
The Women's Aid 24hr National Freephone Helpline offers confidential information, support and understanding to women who are being abused by current or former boyfriends, partners or husbands.
Tel: 1800 341 900 Tel: 01-678 8858 Email: info@womensaid.ie |
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Men’s Aid
Men’s Aid Ireland formerly known as Amen, is the only dedicated national service supporting men and their families experiencing Domestic Violence in Ireland.
Tel: 01-554 3811 Tel: 01-539 4277 Email: hello@mensaid.ie |
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ISPCC Dublin
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) is Ireland’s national child protection charity.
Call: 01-676 7960 Email: ispcc@ispcc.ie |
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The Samaritans
Available round the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you need a response immediately, it’s best to call on the phone. This number is FREE to call.
Tel: 116 123 Email: jo@samaritans.org |
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Pieta House
Pieta provides free therapy to those engaging in self-harm, with suicidal ideation, or bereaved by suicide. Freephone and no referral needed. Tel: 1800 247 247 |
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Jigsaw
Offering younger people going through a hard time, or for those worried about a young person in your life. www.jigsaw.ie
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Spiritual Batteries
The monthly sessions of Spiritual Batteries LIVE have been suspended and will resume when the public health situation permits.
Young Adults are invited to come to Our Lady Queen of Peace and spend time in adoration before the Blessed Eucharist, while being guided in their prayer through Scriptural reflection by Fr Donncha Ó hAodha.
During this time, priests will be available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Afterwards, in the Choir Gallery, there will be a discussion on the great philosophical questions, seeking to gain greater insight into the workings of the human soul and the challenges it faces.
This will be followed by refreshments in the Upper Room.
