Pilgrimage to Kilcock, County Kildare

Members and friends of the Catholic Heritage Association joined together last Saturday for a Traditional Latin Mass for the repose of the soul of one of our founder members.

Reports of previous Traditional Latin Masses organised by the Association in Kilcock can be found here: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017.

The Patroness of the Parish is St. Coca. You can find out more about her here.

St. Ninian of Scotland began his career in Cloncurry, also in the Parish. You can find out about his connection with Kilcock here.

Buildings of Ireland gives a detailed description of the Church of St. Coca here.

Annual Mass for Deceased Members

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Latin Mass in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

 

The Latin Mass in Bansha, County Tipperary

Last Saturday (21st February) members and friends of the Catholic Heritage Association make a pilgrimage to the Parish Church of the Annunciation in Bansha, County Tipperary, to pray for the repose of the soul of John, Canon Hayes, founder of the rural community development, co-operation and self-help, Muintir na Tíre. 

He is one of those giants of the Irish Priesthood who, like Christ Himself, saw his people in need, stood with them and for them.  Thank God men like Canon Hayes are part of our Irish Catholic heritage and a simple explanation of the deep devotion the Irish have had for their Priests and for the Priesthood.  Their memory and, D.V., their example, deserve to live. 

A Traditional Latin Mass was celebrated for Canon Hayes.  In the sermon we were urged to give thanks for the gift of Faith, to hold fast to God and the things of God, and to pray for our Country that it may not lose the Faith.  After Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament we made our way to the graveyard behind the Church to pray the Rosary at Canon Hayes' grave.

Anniversary Mass

This morning members and friends of St. Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association gathered at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Allen, County Kildare, for an Anniversary Mass in the Gregorian Rite for one of their founder members, Miss Gertrude Hyland. After Mass, some of the members went to Crosspatrick Grave Yard nearby to pray at her graveside, and then to Father Moore's Well, a shrine to a saintly Parish Priest of Allen.

The spire of Allen Church can be seen on the horizon, as can the hill of Allen, the palace of Fionn Mac Cumhail, the warrior chieftan of ancient Ireland.  This parish was the hiding place of the Bishops of Kildare during the centuries of persecution.  A history of the Parish can be found in Dr. Comerford's Collections.

A Holy and Wholesome Thing...

Mass for Deceased Members

Latin Mass in Strokestown

Latin Mass in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois

On 26th November, 2013, a Requiem Mass for the Holy Souls was celebrated in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.  You can find more pictures and information on this magnificant Church in the reports on the Masses in 2011 and 2010.