The Parish of St Teresa of Ávila, Glen Road, Belfast

Mass for St Patrick’s Day will be celebrated in the Parish as follows: Saint Matthias’ Church – Friday, 17th March at 10am Saint Teresa’s Church – Friday, 17th March at 10am

In The Gospel Today Sunday 12 March 2023 John 4:5-42 3rd Sunday of Lent

Sunday 12 March 2023, Third Sunday of Lent  Sunday Gospel  Water is important for us, and it was important for ‘desert people’ in the Bible. In Exodus we hear about God’s people ‘grumbling’ because Moses has taken them from slavery in Egypt into the desert where they are thirsty. This is symbolic of our spiritual journey.…

Sunday 5  March 2023, Second Sunday of Lent Sunday of Lent  Synod 2023: Communion, Participation, Mission.  Sunday Gospel   The Transfiguration The surprising revelation of the Lord Jesus is that he is God.  Jesus Christ is a living, divine person who has accepted a human nature and lived a real human life so that humanity might…

To find out more, you can visit the Lourdes Pilgrimage Page on the Down and Connor Diocesan Website by clicking here.

The above leaflet has been reproduced from the Trócaire Website – the original PDF version can be downloaded from here.

During Lent Mass will be celebrated in each European country to pray for peace in Ukraine Statement One year after the Russian Federation’s aggression that provoked the war that is still ongoing in Ukraine, the President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, renewed his appeal to the international community to work…

In The Gospel Today Sunday 26 February 2023 Matthew 4:1-11 1st Sunday of Lent

In The Gospel Today Sunday 19 February 2023 Matthew 5:38-48 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

In The Gospel Today Sunday 12 February 2023 Matthew 5:17-37 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Inter-Church Ash Wednesday Service in Clonard Monastery Wednesday, 22nd February 2023 at 7:30pm

Lord, forgive us our many sins. We grieve and repent with all our hearts for having offended you, for our great failings and neglect of the young and vulnerable. We place all of those who have been hurt by the Church in any way into your loving hands and under the protection of Our Blessed…

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISXXXI WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 11 February 2023 “Take care of him”Compassion as a synodal exercise of healing Dear brothers and sisters! Illness is part of our human condition. Yet, if illness is experienced in isolation and abandonment, unaccompanied by care and compassion, it can become inhumane. When we…

In The Gospel TodaySunday 29th January 2023Matthew 5:1-124th Sunday in Ordinary Time