Parish Notices

Parish Notices

Family Carol Service

The Family Carol Service, including the Nativity drama, will be held on Sunday 15 December at 11.30am in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim.

Advent Giving Tree

The Advent Giving Tree is an opportunity to help families in need through the Meath Women’s Refuge. Please return unwrapped gifts in a bag, with the label attached, by Wednesday 18 December.

Service of Nine Lessons & Carols

The Service of Nine Lessons & Carols with the Meath Diocesan Choir will be held on Friday 20 December at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be provided afterwards.

Athboy Carol Service

The Athboy Carol Service will be held on Sunday 22 December at 4pm. There will be no morning service in Athboy on Sunday 22 December.

Christmas Services

Christmas Eve: Eucharist at 11.30pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim.

Christmas Day: Eucharist at 10am in St James’ Church, Athboy and Eucharist at 11.30am in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim.

Parish Notices

Parish Notices

Remembrance Sunday
A service of commemoration will be held on Remembrance Sunday, 10 November, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim at 11:30am.

The annual service will remember the fallen of the two World Wars and more recent conflicts, and pray for peace.

Scatter Club
The next meeting of Scatter Club will take place at the slightly earlier time of 4.45pm on Saturday 9 November at the Diocesan Hall in Trim.

Scatter Club caters for children of primary school age and new members are always welcome.

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Heritage Week

Heritage Week runs from 17-25 August and Trim Cathedral will be open to visitors during this time. Click here for opening hours.

‘Mind Yourself’

In connection with the diocesan mental health project, there will be a walk and picnic for the rural deanery including Mullingar, Castlepollard, Dunboyne and our group of parishes on Saturday 31 August 2019. We will meet at the Diocesan Hall at 11.30am for a walk lasting around one hour. People are asked to bring their own picnic, which we will have back at the hall.

Coffee Morning

There will be a coffee morning on Sunday 1 September after service to raise funds for repairs to Fazal Memorial Church, Alomahar, Pakistan. The church recently suffered storm damage.

Retirement Group

An outing is planned for Wednesday 11 September 2019 to Hillsborough Castle. The cost will be €35 including tea, coffee and scones and this must be paid for in advance by Sunday 25 August 2019 as tickets need to be booked and paid for. Please inform Jennifer McKenna if you wish to join us. Bus departure times are 8.45am (Athboy) and 9am (Trim).

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Heritage Week 2019

As part of Heritage Week 2019, St Patrick’s Cathedral in Trim will be open to visitors during the following times:

  • 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm on Saturday 17 August;
  • 2pm to 7pm on Sunday 18 August;
  • 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm on Friday 23 August;
  • 2pm to 7pm on Saturday 24 August; and
  • 2pm to 7pm on Sunday 25 August.

John Arnold will also deliver a talk on the Cathedral’s recently refurbished national treasure, the Burne-Jones stained glass window, at 6pm on Sunday 25 August.

All visitors are welcome.

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Parish Notices

Fuchsia Appeal
The Fuchsia Appeal in aid of ex-Defence Service personnel who are homeless or in need of support is now live. Refer to the literature at the rear of Trim Cathedral for more information.

Athboy Concert
There will be a concert in St James’ Church, Athboy on Monday 29 July featuring the United Methodist Choir from Vista, California and local choir, CREDO. Tickets cost €10 and are available at the door.

Retirement Outing
The next retirement outing will take place on Tuesday 6 August to an exhibition of couture at the museum of style at Newbridge Silver. There will also be a tour of St Brigid’s Cathedral. Please inform Jennifer McKenna if you wish to attend.

Clonmacnoise Service
The Clonmacnoise Service will take place on Sunday 28 July at 4pm. The preacher will be Rt. Revd. Patrick Rooke, Bishop of Tuam.

Heritage Week
Heritage Week will begin on Sunday 17 August. If you are willing to volunteer to enable the Cathedral to be kept open for periods during the day or evening during Heritage Week, please inform Jennifer McKenna.

Pastoral Cover
Pastoral cover will be provided by Rev. Damien O’Catháin (044 966 1123) while Dean Paul Bogle is on leave.

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Parish Notices

Confirmation class
Confirmation class will be held on Friday 24 May at 5.15pm in the Deanery and Confirmation Service will be on Sunday 16 June in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim at 11.30am. There will be NO SERVICE in Athboy that Sunday.

Car boot sale
The monthly car boot sale will take place on the morning of Saturday 25 May in the Diocesan Hall in Trim.

Mind Yourself
The ‘Mind Yourself’ Diocesan mental health project will host a service of healing in Trim Cathedral on Sunday 9 June at 6.30pm.

Diocesan youth weekend
The Diocesan youth weekend will take place from 21-23 June. Please contact the rector for details.

Parish barbecue
The annual parish barbecue will take place on Saturday 22 June at 7pm in the Diocesan Hall, Trim.

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Annual Steak BBQ

The annual St Patrick’s Cathedral Steak BBQ will take place on Saturday 22 June at 7pm in the Diocesan Hall, Loman Street.

Tickets cost €20 for adults, €10 for teenagers and there is no charge for children under 12. Tickets are available from An Siopa Caislean, Castle Street, Trim and The Deanery, Loman Street, Trim. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night.

For more information, call 046 943 6698.

Church Services

Holy Week services

Palm Sunday, 14 April
There will be a united service at 10am in St James’ Church, Athboy. There will be no service in Trim on that day, as the parish has been invited to pre-record the Easter Sunday service for broadcast on RTÉ 1 (for those attending the recording in RTÉ studios, the bus will depart from the Diocesan Hall at 12.15pm).

Wednesday, 17 April
There will be Holy Communion in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim at 10.30am and Evening Service in St James’ Church, Athboy at 8pm.

Maundy Thursday, 18 April
The Eucharist will be celebrated in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim at 7.30pm.

Good Friday, 19 April
The annual Ecumenical Walk will begin at 12pm at St Patrick’s Church in Trim. There will also be services at 2.30pm in St James’ Church, Athboy and at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim.

Easter Sunday, 21 April
Easter Sunday services will be held at the usual times of 10am in St James’ Church, Athboy and 11.30am in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim.

Parish Notices

Parish Notices

The Pilgrim Course participants will meet on Tuesday 2 April at 7.45pm in The Deanery.

On Wednesday 3 April, there will be a service of Holy Communion at 10.30am in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim and at 8pm in St James’ Church, Athboy.

The next Lenten soup lunch will take place at 1pm on Thursday 4 April in the Diocesan Hall in Trim.

Confirmation classes continue on Friday 5 April at 5.15pm.

There will be a meeting of the Select Vestry at 8pm on Friday 5 April.

Kildare Cathedral will host a ‘Mind Yourself’ charity concert with the Discovery Gospel Choir on Sunday 7 April at 6.30pm. Tickets are €15 and can be purchased at the door. The concert will mark the launch of a Diocesan project to raise mental health awareness and all funds raised will be donated to Aware.