Ash Wednesday takes place on Wednesday 6th March 2019. Blessed ashes will be distributed at 9.30am and 7pm Mass in Holy Family Church, Askea, and at 9.30am Mass in St Joseph’s Church, Tinryland and at 11.15am Mass in St Mary’s Church, Bennekerry.

In addition to the weekday morning Mass at 9.30am in Askea Church, an Evening Mass will be celebrated from Monday to Friday at 7pm during the season of Lent.

Other Mass times and Services in the area are:

Askea: Monday to Friday – 9.30am and 7pm.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays from 10am to 7pm.

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Tuesdays after the 9.30am Mass.

Carlow Cathedral: Monday to Friday 7.30am and 10am; Saturday 10am

Graiguecullen: Monday to Saturday 10am

Capuchin Friary: Monday to Saturday 1pm. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 5.30pm to 6pm followed by Evening Prayer at 6pm. Confessions 12 Noon to 1pm and 4pm to 5.30pm.

Stations of the Cross: In Askea Church on Tuesdays and Thursday before the 9.30am Mass. (approx 9.10am)

Kildare & Leighlin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2019 Led by the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin Most Reverend Denis Nulty. 1st to 6th August 2019. Cost €759. Bookings can be made through Joe Walsh Tours Office 01 2410802.  Forms also available from Askea Parish Community Centre – 059 91 42565. Please contact 059 91 42565 [...]

The new boxes of Development Envelopes are available to collect in the Church. You are invited to take home a box with you. Your support for the Development Collection is greatly appreciated. There is a form included with each box to enable you to register your name and address and we invite you to complete [...]

“Whisperings of My Soul” – Fr Seán Hyland Fr. Sean Hyland book ‘Whisperings of My Soul’, is available in the Sacristy after Mass or from the Parish Centre during the week. This book tells the story of Fr Seán’s many heavenly blessings and extraordinary consolations of faith which ultimately led to his ordination in 2014. [...]