SFO monthly meeting will resume on Saturday 14th August at 12 noon Mass. No meeting will take place on Tuesdays until further notice.
SHOP/ MASS OFFERINGS
Franciscan Friary,
4 Merchants’ Quay,
Dublin 8. D08 XY19
Tel: (01) 6771128
E-mail: adamandeve@franciscans.ie.
GPS: 53.344806 -6.272582
Founded before 1233, probably in 1231. In 1348, 23 of the community died of the Black Death. Suppressed and abandoned in 1541. A new friary built in Cook Street in 1615; in 1619 the chapel was destroyed but rebuilt. A new church built in 1749, and the present church was begun in 1834, and completed in its present form in 1938. Read more ….
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Merchant’s Quay became the parish church of a new parish in 1974.
From 1975 some friars who were teaching in the technical schools lived in Millmount and Mountjoy Square. Broc House in Nutley Lane served as a student residence for former Gormanston pupils from 1967 until 1995 and used as a residence for Irish friars until 2000. Ballywaltrim, near Bray, became a Franciscan parish from 1976 to 2000.
Following the example of St Francis of Assisi, Franciscans in Dublin have always had a concern for those who struggle with poverty or marginalisation (Simon Community and Fr. Frank O’Leary). For over 40 years the Tea Rooms (founded by Bros. Sebastian and Salvador) for the homeless have been part of life at Merchants Quay. Subsequently, in the 1980s, an outreach to drug users was founded here. Both projects are now run by Merchants’ Quay Ireland (more …) which is part-funded and supported by the Franciscans.
MASSES
The Church will be open from 10.30am – 2.30pm Monday to Friday and open for the Mass times at the weekend.
(1.05 pm Mass will not take place until further notice)
MONDAY TO SUNDAY
Mass – 12 noon
TUESDAY
Mass – 12.00 noon Novena Mass
Mass – 8.00 pm Novena Mass (Church will open approx. 7.15pm)
SATURDAY
Mass – 12.00 noon – Our Lady’s Devotions
Mass – 5.30 pm – Vigil Mass for Sunday
SUNDAY
Mass – 12.00 noon
(9.00 pm Mass will not take place until further notice)
Confessions: Confessions will be available from 45 minutes before each Mass.
The FMU Shop opening times: Monday to Fridaay – 10.30am to 2.30pm
Mass Offerings: Individual Masses, Shared Masses and Booked Masses can be arranged through the FMU Shop. There are large Mass Guilds available along with enrolment in St. Anthony’s Lamp Association and donations to St. Anthony’s Bread.
Enquiries for FMU and Shop: Tel: (01) 6777651
