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Reflection

The Christian life is a calling from God to be companions of Jesus and work for the spread of his love and justice. All of us are asked to do this in our own lives.

Welcome to our Parish

Welcome and Céad mí­le fáilte to Birr Parish, home of St. Brendan's Church on Wilmer Road and The Church of the Annunciation, Carrig. The Christian community in Birr dates back to St. Brendan "the Elder" who chose Birr, "the place of the springs", for the location of his monastic community in the middle of the 6th Century. St. Brendan's Monastery was renowned for hospitality and scholarship . The famous copy of the four Gospels was created here. It is better known as "The Book Of Birr" or "McRegol Gospel". A facsimile copy of this Gospel is on display in Birr Library located in Birr Civic Offices beside the St. Brendan's Church on Wilmer Road.

Mass Times

St. Brendan's Church, Birr

Monday - Saturday 10.00 am
Saturday Vigil 7.30 pm
Sunday 8.30 am
10.30 am
12 noon
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Church of the Annunciation, Carrig

Sunday 9.30 am
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Weekly Notices

Mother and Baby Home Report issued on January 12th, 2021.  Response of Bishop Fintan Monahan issued on January 13th, 2021

January 16, 2021

Mother and Baby Home Report
The publication of the report into the Mother and
baby Homes on Tuesday focuses again on a very
dark and painful aspect of our past where kindness, respect and love were so blatantly absent
in the care of vulnerable young mothers. At the
heart of the Christian Gospel is the insight that we
are created in the image of God – that all life is
sacred and should be respected and cared for.
We are temples of the Holy Spirit. We
acknowledge our failures as a church and society
to vulnerable women and their children.
Legacy of an Adoptive Child
Once there were two women
Who never knew each other.
One you do not remember,
The other you call mother.
Two different lives
Shaped to make yours one.
One became your guiding star,
The other became your sun.
The first gave you life
And the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love
And the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality,
The other gave you a name.
One gave you a seed of talent,
The other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions,
The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile,
The other dried your tears.
One gave you up –
It was all that she could do.
The other prayed for a child
And God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me
Through your tears,
The age-old question
Through the years:
Heredity or environment
Which are you the product of?
Neither, my darling – neither,
Just two different kinds of love.

January 15, 2021

SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

January 15, 2021

COVID-19 Level 5 Restrictions

January 2, 2021
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