Novena to The Divine Mercy

A nine-day Novena to The Divine Mercy will take place between Friday 6 April and Sunday 15 April. It will be available on the Parish Radio frequency for those who can't go in person.

The Novena times are as follows: Good Friday, 4pm approximately, after the 3pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion; Holy Saturday 3pm; Easter Sunday 3pm; Monday-Friday 9th-13th after 9.30am Mass; and Saturday 14th after 11am Mass.

A special celebration to mark Mercy Sunday will be held in the Church of The Sacred Heart & St Brigid on Sunday 15 April between 3-5pm. It will include a blessing and veneration of the image, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Benediction, and will conclude with a Mass at 4.30pm.

"In a special way, it is the Sunday of thanksgiving for all the goodness God has shown us in the Easter Mystery" -- Pope John Paul II, April 2000.

Marie O'Connell.