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.
HOLY WEEK CEREMONIES                                                                                        
CHRISM MASS - On Wednesday 16th April 
in the Cathedral, Longford at 7pm.
HOLY THURSDAY 
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
BOORA 7pm; FERBANE 7pm; 
HIGH STREET 7pm Pray & Play
Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in Ferbane 
Church until Night Prayer at 10pm.
GOOD FRIDAY 
Stations of the Cross 
High Street Cemetery 12 noon
Boora 7pm
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Ferbane 3pm; High Street 8pm
Prayer around the Cross: Ferbane 10pm
HOLY SATURDAY 
Easter Vigil: Ferbane 8pm.
EASTER SUNDAY 
Dawn Mass: High Street 6am.
CONFESSIONS
Ferbane after 10am Mass (Mon/Tues/Wed)
Holy Saturday: Ferbane 11am-3pm 
High Street 12 noon-1pm
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PALM SUNDAY

‘Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord’
It is Holy Week again. We take our place beside the cross and begin the lonely road with Jesus that leads to the Hill of Calvary. It is a week of contrasts, shot through with moments of acclamation and condemnation, betrayal and loyalty, despair and hope, darkness and light, sadness and joy. It is a week that gives meaning to all suffering, which is shown as the price of love and the path to glory: ‘no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown’. The drama of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday is the story of the Triumph of Failure and the Triumph of Love. We have heard the story a thousand times, but we need to be reassured again that our God is near; we do not walk alone; our journey has a destination; death is not a voyage into the unknown, but, rather a journey home. By His cross and resurrection He has set us free.
Holy Thursday
‘In the Upper Room the Eucharist and the Priesthood are born’.
Good Friday
‘While the world changes the Cross stands firm’.
Holy Saturday
‘We hold our breath and wait in quiet hope’.
Easter Sunday
‘His victory is our victory; we are no mere mortals’

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.