The beating heart of every parish is Sunday Mass and there are Masses on the Lord’s Day at the following times in our parish:
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Saturday Vigil
7pm
Sunday
9am, 11am and 12.30pm
Monday to Friday
10am
Parish Centre
Opening Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 9am to 12:30pm
Friday: Closed
St. Patrick’s Church
Sunday
10am
Weekly Confession Times
Confessions are on Saturdays in Ashbourne Church from 5pm to 6pm.
Eucharistic Adoration on a Thursday
Eucharistic Adoration is on Thursdays from 10:30am to 8pm in Ashbourne Church.
Ashbourne Church Public Opening Times
Ashbourne Parish opens the doors of its churches each day to welcome people to pray. A vibrant parish is a praying parish and our doors open at 9am and stay open each evening until 8pm.
Some people make a private visit, others light a candle at a shrine, other parishioners come to Mass or enter the church to pray the Rosary with others.
Every Thursday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on the main altar of Ashbourne Church concluding with Prayers before the Eucharist at 7.45pm. Rosary is prayed before the church shrine to our Lady after the 10am daily Mass.
A petition box was installed in Ashbourne Church in 2024, and Mass is offered each week for all the written intentions left in the petition box.
Seasonal Mass Times
Holy Days of Obligation
On these days there is an obligation to attend mass and to refrain from servile work as much as possible.
The Nativity of The Lord – 25th of December
The Epiphany of The Lord – 6th of January
St. Patrick’s Day – 17th of March
The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary – 15th of August
All Saints – 1st of November
The Immaculate Conception – 8th of December
Holy Day masses are celebrated in Ashbourne Church at 10am and 7pm.
St. Patrick’s Day – 17th of March
Ashbourne Church
St. Patrick’s Day Masses are celebrated at 9am, 11am (Prayed in Irish and English) and 12.30pm.
Donaghmore Church
Mass for the Feast of our Patron Saint is in the Church of St. Patrick (Donaghmore) at 10am.
Please note there is no Vigil Mass on St. Patrick’s Eve or Day.
Holy Week – March to April
The days of the Easter Triduum are the main days in the Church Calendar. On Holy Thursday Ashbourne Church hosts the celebration of Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 8pm. The day concludes with Night Prayer at 10pm.
On Good Friday morning the faith community of Donaghmore venerate the cross at 10am. Outdoor Stations of the Cross takes place in Ashbourne Church grounds at midday.
At 3pm a celebration of the Lord’s Passion takes place with reflection on the Word, veneration of the cross and Holy Communion. A gathering for prayer by young people (aged 18 to 35) before the cross takes place at 8pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre. Ashbourne Church stays open until midnight on Good Friday to welcome and encourage the faithful to visit the church to pray and reflect before the crucifix.
The Easter Vigil takes place each year at 8pm in Ashbourne Church. At this Mass joy abounds as the Exsultet and Alleluia are sung, a new paschal candle is lit, and the gospel of the risen Jesus is proclaimed. Masses of the Lord’s resurrection take place on Easter Sunday morning at 9am, 11am and 12.30pm in Ashbourne and 10am in Donaghmore.
Christmas Eve
There are three Vigil Masses in the parish. Masses are at 5pm and 7pm in Ashbourne Church.
Donaghmore Church has Mass also at 7pm.
Christmas Day
Mass of the Lord’s Nativity is celebrated in Ashbourne at 9am, 11am and 12.30pm
Dawn Mass is celebrated in Donaghmore Church at 10am.
