Parish Groups and Ministries
Find Support When You Need It. Give Support When You Can.
ALTAR SERVERS
BETHANY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
CHOIRS
CHURCH CLEANERS
CHURCH GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
COFFEE DOCK
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
LEGION OF MARY
MINISTRY OF THE WORD
PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP
PARISH BAPTISM TEAM
PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE
PIONEERS
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
Altar Servers
Our altar servers serve at all the ceremonies, which take place in our Church. They are recruited every year in October. It is open to both boys and girls who have made their First Holy Communion. Training is given before anyone starts to serve.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Bethany Bereavement Support Group
This group was established in the Parish in 1997 and is a voluntary parish-based Ministry, which aims to help the bereaved and grieving by offering support and a listening ear. They offer one-to-one appointments by arrangement. A group meeting is held on the last Wednesday of each month at 8.00 p.m. in the Parish Centre.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Choirs
Kilmacud Parish has two choirs:
The Sunday 11.30 a.m. Choir who practice on Sunday mornings from 10.30 a.m.
The Saturday 6 p.m. Youth Choir who practice from 5.00 p.m. on Saturdays.
Read more about the Youth Choir here.
For further information or to volunteer for these groups, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Church Cleaners
This group is made up of volunteers who assist in the general care of the Church on a weekly basis. They meet on a Wednesday morning at 9.00 a.m. for one hour approximately. Offers of new help are always welcome.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Church Grounds Maintenance
This group meet at 10.00 a.m. on a Tuesday morning and they keep the grounds by mowing the grass, weeding the flowerbeds, cutting the hedges and keeping the area clean.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office 01 288 4009.
Coffee Dock
The Coffee Dock is situated in the Parish Centre and is open every morning after Mass. It is manned by volunteers and new help is always very welcome.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Eucharistic Ministers
A team of Lay Ministers of the Eucharist assist with the distribution of Holy Communion during Mass. They also bring Holy Communion to the Housebound of the Parish. New Ministers attend a training course before they are commissioned and are commissioned for four years.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Legion of Mary
Legion of Mary 2021 is the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Legion which has grown from 15 people to over 4 million active members and 7 million auxiliary members today in more than 170 countries. These meet weekly, and later on in the week carry out an assigned task.
The Kilmacud parish group (Praesidium) started in 1957 following a visit to the then Parish priest Monsignor Deery to Beauraing in Belgium where Our Lady appeared in 1932. This accounts for the name of our parish group Our Lady of Beauraing. Members of the Praesidium visited Beauraing in 1982 (for our 25 th anniversary) and in 2007 (for our 50th anniversary)…read more here: Legion of Mary – Kilmacud
Ministry of the Word
We read at the weekend masses and as required at Christmas and Easter.
There is always a requirement for readers. We currently have a very committed group, many of whom have been reading for several years. New readers are always welcome. If you’re in a position to commit to even one Sunday a month your help would be greatly appreciated.
Currently we read twice or three times in a two monthly period.
For further information, please contact Mary MacGrory via the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Padre Pio Prayer Group
The purpose of the group is to encourage prayer through association with Saint Pio. The group meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month for the 10.00 a.m. Mass. A first class relic of the Saint is available to be brought, on request, to the sick.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Parish Baptism Team
The Parish Baptism team is a group of parishioners who help families prepare for the sacrament of Baptism.
Initial application for Baptism is made through the Parish Office who then pass on the family details to the Baptism team.
The Baptism team will:
Visit the family home in the week before the Baptism and talk you through all aspects of the ceremony.
Be present at the ceremony to assist the family and the priest.
Answer any questions you might have and give any assistance necessary.
To book a Baptism please contact the Parish office. Baptisms are held on the first Saturday and third Sunday of each month.
If you would like to be part of this team please contact Siobhan Harmon at kilmacudparishoffice@gmail.com. Volunteers work as part of a two-person team and usually involves, at most, three family visits in the week before the Baptism and occasional attendance at the Baptism ceremony. Volunteers are rostered for circa six Baptisms per year.
Parish Community Centre
For information on the Parish Centre, please contact Helen Horan on 01 283 1716.
Pioneers
The object of the Association is the promotion of sobriety. Those who join undertake to abstain from alcoholic drink, recite the Heroic Offering morning and night and wear the Pioneer Pin. The Kilmacud Branch was founded in 1917 and is now attached to the Parish Church.
For further information or to volunteer for this group, please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 4009.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The poor have always found a friend with the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The Conference in this parish meets twice a month. We do not discriminate against anybody regardless of age, sex, race etc. We help everyone. “No act of charity is foreign to the Society”. The essential work of the society is person-to-person contact. Home visitation is the cornerstone of our work. We offer tangible assistance to those in need. This aid may take the form of debt management and budgeting, food vouchers, money, help with educational costs, fuel and other home utilities. All this work is done while maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those we help.
If you need help, it’s easy! Just call 087 163 9052 or 01 838 6990.
