Sunday 8th March 2026

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

8 March 2026                                   Altar Notices                   3rd Sunday of Lent      

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,525. The Sunday Collection is taken up in the church porches on entry to and exit from Mass.  If you did not get a chance to contribute on the way into Mass, we appreciate your contribution on the way out.  Many thanks for your great generosity and your use of the parish envelope.  A user-friendly Tap to Donate card machine is available at the entrances of both churches.

  1. Stations of the Cross in Our Lady of Lourdes Church each Sunday during Lent at 5.00pm, led by the clergy of the Parish.

  1. Tuesday week, 17 March, is St Patrick’s Day, a holyday of obligation.

Mass times as follows:

          Our Lady of Lourdes Church:  7.00pm (Mon) Vigil; Tue: 9.00am, 10.30am.

St Peter’s Church: Tue: 8.00am, 11.00am.  11.00am Mass in St Peter’s will be bilingual – Irish and English. No 7.30pm Novena Mass on St Patrick’s Day.

  1. There is a special envelope in your weekly envelope box for St Patrick’s Day to support the pastoral care of Irish emigrants abroad. The Emigrants Collection is aimed at creating an awareness of the plight of the Irish abroad.  Since 1957, the Irish Church continues to identify projects and offers essential support to provide pastoral and practical outreach to the most marginalised and vulnerable groups of Irish emigrants in Britain, America Australia and elsewhere, where many struggle greatly.

  1. Triduum of prayer for vocations from St Patrick’s Day, 17 March to the Solemnity of St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 19 March. Prayer for vocations of St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society, in union with the Society branch in St Peter’s Parish, will be recited at all Masses.

  1. God First Youth Group – Next meet-up will take place on Friday 13th March, 6.00 -8.00pm in the Family Room of Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

  2. The priests of the parish are grateful for your support and thank you for the Spring Dues which are being collected from now to St Patrick’s weekend. Many thanks to our loyal Dues Collectors.  Dues envelopes also available in both churches.

  3. Trócaire boxes are available at the back of the church.

  1. Newsletter is available at the back of the church. Also see parish website, Facebook, and Instagram.