What in this week’s newsletter
- Remembrance Mass for all who died in our parishes in the past 12 months
- World Mission Sunday collection
- Reflection for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Holy Souls Novena begins at Holy Cross on Monday 3rd November
- Mass to celebrate 80 years of Order of Malta this weekend, Sunday 12th October at 11am.
- October Rosary at the Marian Grotto, Marian Terrace every day at 3pm.
- Tramore ICA are celebrating their 80th Anniversary.
Newsletter 12th October 2025 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection:
Nine were cured, and a tenth was healed, the last one came back and lifted his heart in praise and thanks. He was a man of another country, not liked by the followers of Jesus, yet his heart was like the heart of Jesus, thankful and light.
The word ‘thanks’ can change an atmosphere. It is one of the most important words between people who are in ordinary and consistent relationships. With those we love, with those with whom we work, live, and with whom life is shared, it is a word that deepens the bond among us. It brings lightness among us.
The Christian heart is a grateful heart. We sometimes find people whose lives are very difficult and disabled on the outside but have a heart of thanks on the inside. They are the people who give thanks for what they have, rather than whine over what they have not!
The thanks of the Samaritan brought him into a sort of unity with Jesus and with the others who looked on him as a foreigner. Thanks can bring enemies together. When we give thanks for the same things, we shatter barriers.
The nine were cured, and probably did well for Jesus in their reports. But the tenth brought the new life of Jesus to others from a grateful heart.
Give thanks this day for the ordinary, for the people who are always there, for the goodness of God. Give thanks, and in giving thanks we will be more like Jesus, the one whose life and words always thank God his Father.
Lord Jesus it is right to give you thanks and praise.
THIS WEEK’S NOTICES
World Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday is the Holy Father’s annual appeal for spiritual and financial support so that the life-giving work of overseas mission and missionaries can continue. It always falls on the second last Sunday in October, meaning this year it will be celebrated over the weekend of Sunday 20th October.
A second Collection will be taken at all Masses during that weekend.
October Rosary
The October Rosary will be prayed at the Marian Grotto, Marian Terrace every day at 3pm. All welcome
An Evening with the Chosen
Tramore Parish invites you to an evening with the chosen in Tramore Parish. See Jesus through the eyes of those who lived with and knew Him. Come along to watch Season Three of The Chosen series with us at Glór na Mara School, Convent Hill, Tramore beginning with tea & coffee from 7.15 to 9pm starting on Monday 13th October.
Tea – Watch – Chat – Enjoy
Youth Adoration at Holy Cross Church, Tramore
7- 8.15pm on Thursday 16th October for 13-25 year olds.
Confessions available.
Pope’s Monthly Intention for October
For collaboration between different religious traditions
Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity.
Mass of Installation of the First Class Relic on the Feast of St. Carlo Acutis
Sunday 12th October 2025 @ 12pm
Holy Family Church, Ardfinnan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Celebrated by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan
Everyone Welcome!
Mass Booking
The Mass Book for January is open at the Parish Office.
Youth Adoration October ’25
The Eucharistic in my highway to Heaven
PARISH & DIOCESAN EVENTS:
Fire in the South
Jubilee Year of Hope
For the Jubilee Year of Hope Bishop Cullinan invites the people of the Diocese to visit various pilgrim locations from Ardmore to Mount Melleray, from Lismore to Waterford.“Pilgrim Path Passports” are available in all porches to record people’s personal journeys to special places around the Diocese.
For more information visit: www.waterfordlismore.ie/jubilee2025
Diocese of Waterford & Lismore Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome
November 10th -16th 2025, led by Most Rev Alphonsus Cullinan
Contact Myriam Tours
Tel: 057-9355050
Email: info@myriam.ie
DIOCESAN RESOURCES:
Two New Young Saints for the Church!
To learn more about St Carlo Acutis and St Pier Giorgio Frassati, check out www.waterfordlismore.ie/youth-ministry
Jubilee Year
A Jubilee Year is celebrated by the Church every 25 years. This Jubilee Year begins on Christmas Eve 2024 and concludes on 6 January 2026.
In the Catholic Church, a Jubilee or Holy Year is a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation.
For more information please visit www.waterfordlismore.ie/jubilee2025
Diocesan Newsletters
Ascend Youth & Young Adult Ministry
LOCAL EVENTS & RESOURCES:
Mass for the Order of Malta
Mass to celebrate 80 years of the Order of Malta will take place this Sunday 12th October at 11am.
Tramore Community Care – Meals on Wheels
Urgently needs Kitchen Volunteers for the following periods:
9am – 11am or 11am – 12 noon, Monday to Friday.
Please call to the centre or phone 051-381126 / 089-2050290
Toy Swap Event
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes place October 1st-31st.
For further information, please log onto www.breastcancerireland.com.
RECENT DEATHS:
Please remember those who died recently: Michael Ryan, Patrick (Paddy) Harney and Fr. Gerard O’Connor.
We remember the months mind for: Timothy Moylan.
We pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Cáit Daly, Thomas Kiely, Kitty Galvin and Tony Shaw.
Lord,
We pray for those who mourn, immerse them in your love and lead them through this darkness into your arms and light.
For those who comfort, be in both the words they use and all that’s left unspoken;
Fill each heart with love.
PARISH INFORMATION:
Holy Cross Parish Mass Times & Services
Mass Times:
Saturday 10am & 7.30pm (Vigil)
Sunday 8.30am, 11am
Monday to Friday 10.00am
Confessions:
Saturday 10.30am and upon Request
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help:
Mondays after 10am Mass
Holy Face Devotion:
Tuesday after 10am Mass
The Divine Mercy Prayer Group:
Wednesday at 3pm.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:
Thursday after 10am Mass until 5pm
Prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory:
Friday after 10am Mass
Church Closing Times:
Church closes at 4pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday and at 5pm Thursday.
Our Lady’s Church, Carbally
Mass Times:
Sunday at 11.00am
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Fenor
Mass Times:
Saturday Vigil at 6pm
Tuesday at 9am.
Sacred Heart Church, Dunhill
Mass Times:
Sunday at 9.30am
Wednesday at 9am
Holy Cross Church-Live Streaming
Live Streaming facility is in operation, where you may join us for Tramore Parish Services online from Holy Cross Church.
Log in to the parish website www.tramoreparish.ie Click on “Live Stream” on the homepage when the services are on.
Tramore Parish Radio
Services are broadcast from Holy Cross Church, Tramore at 10.am from Monday to Sat,7.30pm Sat evening, 8.30am & 11am on Sunday on your radio 105.4FM. (It may be tuned in only when service is on.
CCTV/Live Stream
Please be aware that for the protection and security of all, CCTV Cameras are in operation in Holy Cross Church. All Masses are live streamed and broadcast over the internet.
Parish Facebook Page
CLICK HERE to open Facebook Page, where we share Parish information, news, prayers and reflections with you all. You may also access via the link on the very top of the page on the parish website:www.tramoreparish.ie Please LIKE and SHARE with your family and friends.
Gospel & Reflection
Take a few minutes to visitn the Gospel and Reflection section on the parish website written each week by Fr. Richard.
www.tramoreparish.ie/category/gospel-reflection/
Donate Online
We have an online donate facility on our parish website: www.tramoreparish.ie, where you can make your Sunday offering to the parish.
Please quote your envelope number, if applicable, when you make your donation. All contributions are gratefully received, and we thank you in advance for your generosity.
Parish Office Opening Hours
The parish office is usually open Monday – Friday 9.30am to 1pm. However, opening times may change temporarily, Please check the newsletter for updates.
We strongly recommended, that parishioners continue to sanitize their hands upon entry and leaving the church.
Diocesian News & Information
Please visit the diocesian website to find out what is happening and resources available to you on the website for the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore:
PRIEST ON DUTY – CALL 086-6004384
