FEASTS OF THE WEEK
Easter Time
The celebration of Easter is prolonged throughout the Easter season.
The fifty days from Easter Sunday (5th April 2026) to Pentecost Sunday (24th May 2026) are celebrated as one feast day, the "great Sunday".
CHRIST IS RISEN, ALLELUIA!
Sunday 12th April : 2nd Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy Sunday
The struggle for faith experienced by Thomas leads us to think on the meaning of faith in the risen Christ. We do not depend on physical experience of Christ but know his presence in keeping God's commandments and as a gathered community, in the hearing of the word and in sacramental signs. So the Christian community is a thankful one, always blessing God for a sure hope through the resurrection of Christ.
Monday 13th April : St. Martin I
As a deacon he was sent as legate to Constantinople. Elected pope in 649 and died in 655 from harsh treatment in exile and prison.
Thursday 16th April
Anniversary of the death of St. Bernadette in the year 1879.
Saturday 18th April : St. Laserian
He worked in both Ireland and Scotland in the seventh century and later entered the monastery at Leighlin, where he became abbot. His monastery thrived and gave its name to the diocese established in 1110; he was the first Bishop of Leighlin. (The previously separate Dioceses of Kildare & Leighlin came together in 1678). He adapted church discipline in accordance with the practices of Rome and introduced the Roman method of dating the celebration of Easter. Laserian died in the year 639.