Next week many students begin their Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations on June 3rd . We keep them in our prayers, asking God to grant them calmness and confidence.

Prayer for those sitting exams:

Lord, you are my friend and you are with me today and always.

You have blessed my life with many gifts and talents.

As the exams approach I feel nervous so I pray for your peace.

Calm my mind so that I can think clearly and write down what I know.

Help me to remember what I have learned and to do my best.

Lord, your loving presence surrounds me and I believe you have a plan for my life.

Help me to trust that you will guide me. Amen.

We warmly invite all parishioners to join us for the Feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 7th at the 12:30pm Mass in the Cathedral.

Following the celebration of the Eucharist, there will be a Eucharistic Procession through part of the town of Mullingar, accompanied by the boys and girls who received their First Holy Communion this May.

After the procession, everyone is welcome to enjoy some light refreshments from the ice cream van and coffee van outside the Cathedral.

Let us come together as a community to honour the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and celebrate this special feast with joy and faith.

New route this year

The procession will leave the Cathedral and will move onto Bishopsgate Street, then move down Mary Street, turning left onto Pearse Street, then turning left onto Castle Street and then left again onto Bishopsgate Street, moving back up towards the Cathedral, concluding with Benediction.

Parishioners are invited to a gathering for Fr. Andrei as we thank him for his ministry among us and bid him farewell as he returns to Romania to take up his new appointment as Parish Priest of Horgești, Diocese of Iași.

After the 6 p.m. Mass in the Cathedral on Saturday 20th June, there will be a gathering in the Parish Community Centre.

Since August 2021, Fr. Andrei has made a significant contribution to our parish. We are grateful for his chaplaincy in St Mary's Primary School, Presentation Junior School and Coláiste Mhuire CBS.

Many parishioners have ppreciated Fr. Andrei's homilies, which were always thoughtful, insightful, engaging, and delivered with humour, particularly resonating with younger members of the congregation. He helped develop our parish website and our social media presence. Fr. Andrei showed a special dedication to the community of Walshestown, where he introduced the Ceremony of Light during November, a beautiful tradition from his native Romania.

As Fr. Andrei prepares to begin this new chapter of ministry, we thank him sincerely for all he has done among us. We assure him of our prayers and good wishes and pray that his new appointment may be both pastorally rewarding and personally fulfilling.

We wish Fr. Andrei every blessing in the future, a lowering golf handicap, and better days ahead for Liverpool!

Pope Leo XIV’s first Encyclical Letter, Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, has been released. It is available on vatican.va.