Welcome to Ferbane Parish
Welcome to the parish of Ferbane in County Offaly and the diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois. Our parish comprises of three churches: The Immaculate Conception Ferbane, St.Oliver Plunkett, Boora and Saints Patrick and Saran, High Street. We hope you find something of interest here.

YEAR OF HOPE

The Parish Pastoral Council has decided to mark the Jubilee Year of Hope with celebrations honouring three saints associated with our parish.
St. Saran: Fri. 15th Aug., Mass at Tisaran, 7pm.
St. Cynoc: Fri. 29th Aug., Mass at Gallen Cemetery near ruins of ancient monastery, 7pm.
St. Oliver Plunkett: Friday 15th September at Boora Church, 7pm.
The Masses at Tisaran and Gallen are already part of our annual calendar, but we would hope to make a special effort this year to attend these celebrations, together with that at Boora Church. Parish passports similar to those at national and diocesan levels will be available for pilgrims attending.

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PENTECOST SUNDAY
‘Receive the Holy Spirit’
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, a Polish Jew invented Esperanto, an auxiliary International language in the late 19th century. He dreamed of a world without war, and he believed that the first step on this road would be to break down the language barrier between peoples. The experiment failed. On this Feast of Pentecost we remind ourselves that the language of the Holy Spirit does cross all boundaries and speaks to all hearts. It is the life-giving language of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and self-control. If people decided to speak this language more frequently they would renew the face of the earth. Words create worlds. It’s interesting to note that the Buddhist religion promotes the same approach to living: ‘better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace’. Spirit of the living God fall afresh on us.

Our Lady of Clonfert

I come to you, as one of your children, who will never forget the importance of a woman like you. I come because I believe in you. I come to say thanks for the past and the present and ask you to bless me in the future. You know me, you know how I live and you know my needs. Please help me especially when I need you most. I have problems, worries and anxieties the same as everyone else - help me to cope. So often I would just love to give up when life hurts me and people betray me, but give me the courage never to lose heart. Bless my family, my life and my friends. Help me, no matter what happens to me in life, to believe, to trust and to hope. Our Lady of Clonfert, pray for us.

PRAYER FOR UKRAINE

Loving God we pray for the people of Ukraine, for all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them. We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices. We pray for the world, that in this moment of crisis we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in need. May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality for the people of Ukraine and for all the world. Amen. “May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war.” (Pope Francis

Parish Team
Fr.Peter Burke 090 6454380
 
Fr.Michael Morris 090 6454309
 
Sr.Joseph Fallon 090 6453698

Clonmacnois Parish: Fr. Michael Alanga 090 9674125

Leamonaghan Parish: Fr.B.O'Sullivan 090 6430124

Banagher / Cloghan Parish: Fr.P.Kiernan 057 9151338
Parish Office
Contact: Fiona Dooley
Office Hours:   Wednesdays 9:00am to 5:00pm
Telephone: 090 6454309
eMail: parishoffice@ferbaneparish.ie
Note: Deadline for the parish bulletin is 3:00pm    
on Wednesday

St.Ciaran's Pastoral Area
Weekend Masses

Daily Morning Mass in Ferbane Church at 10:00am Monday - Saturday


Church
 Saturday
 Sunday


Ferbane
  7:00pm
 11:00am


Boora
9:30am 


High Street
12:00Midday


Shannonbridge
  7:00pm


Clonfanlough
 10:30am


Ballinahown
 11:30am


Boher
 10:30am


Pullough
  6:30pm


Cloghan
  8:00pm
 9:30am 


Banagher
  6:30pm
 11:00am 

Prayer to St.Joseph

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer,
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
To you God entrusted his only Son,
in you Mary placed her trust;
with you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too,
show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage,
and defend us from every evil. Amen.

St. Joseph, pray for us.
With the Apostolic Letter “Patris corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from 8 December 2020 to 8 December 2021.