ENCYCLICAL LETTER
MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS
OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV
ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON
IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Welcome to our Parish
“Come to me … for I am gentle and humble of heart” Jesus.
The doors of our church are open every day and you are welcome. All who are coming here for many years would like you to know we would be delighted if you would join us for Masses or for prayers. It is God’s House and He is present to meet you when you come in. You can sit in the quite, ask for help, forgiveness, support, you can say thanks and adore. God’s heart is open to everyone, their prayers, and worries. He would like you to consider His house a place for you to be at home. If you have not been here lately He would welcome you back.
I hope our “regulars” will invite and welcome others to joins us, it is part of our identity as followers of Jesus, to Welcome!
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Thanks to all who support the mission of Kilbeggan and Rahugh Parish.
CHURCH OF ST. JAMES KILBEGGAN
SATURDAY VIGIL 7.30 p.m.
SUNDAY 11 a.m
Monday and Tuesday: Mass at 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday: Mass at 7.30 p.m. There is no Mass on Wednesday mornings.
Thursday and Friday: Mass at 9.30 a.m. and in Rahugh on Friday evenings at 7.30 p.m.
SATURDAY: 10 a.m.
Church Holy Days and Bank Holidays – see current newsletter
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Monday after 9.30 a.m. Mass until 11 a.m. and every Wednesday from 6.30 p.m. until start of Mass at 7.30 p.m.
Confessions every Saturday 10.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m., and before Vigil Mass each Saturday from 7 p.m. until Mass time.
Cemetery Sunday will be celebrated in The Relic at 3p.m. on Sunday 26th July 2026 (the last Sunday in July)
CHURCH OF ST HUGH RAHUGH
Mass Schedule effective from 19th September 2021
SUNDAY 9.30 a.m.
FRIDAY 7.30 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Friday at 7p.m. with Mass at 7.30p.m. and continues after Mass until 8.30p.m.
Cemetery Sunday will be celebrated in The Relic Cemetery, Kilbeggan at 3p.m. on Sunday 26th July 2026 (the last Sunday in July)
Notices
Encyclical Letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS
May 29, 2026
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS Sunday 17th May 2026
May 14, 2026
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV
FOR THE 60TH WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Preserving Human Voices and Faces
Dear brothers and sisters,
Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others.
Pope’s Intention May 2026
May 1, 2026
That everyone might have food.
Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food. (Click ‘Read More’ below, to see Pope Leo’s monthly prayer (video
Pope’s Intention for April 2026:
April 6, 2026
‘For priests in crisis’
Let us pray for priests going through moments of crisis in their vocation, that they may find the accompaniment they need and that communities may support them with understanding and prayer.
(Click ‘Read More’ below, to see Pope Leo’s monthly prayer (video transcript))
Pope’s Intention March 2026:
March 5, 2026
For disarmament and peace.
Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence. (Click ‘Read More’ below, to see Pope Leo’s monthly prayer (video transcript))
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