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Gena Heraty - ‘We pray for them all the time’

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Newsletter Week Beginning 11th January 2026

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: Meeting at the Family Centre, knock each Wednesday at 11am.No booking required. Further information from Monica Morley on 094-9375320 CRIB OFFERINGS: Offerings at the Crib are in aid of UNICEF Children’s Emergency Fund. “Please help save a child this Christmas DON’T WANT THEM? DON’T NEED THEM? RE-GIFT THEM: Westport Eco Congregation is hosting a “REGIFTING SUNDAY” – gifts can be left In the back of St Marys Church beside the statue of St. Patr

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‘We pray for them all the time’ – Gena Heraty on the people who kidnapped her in Haiti last year

Irish charity worker Gena Heraty has said she “prays all the time” for the men who kidnapped her in Haiti in August 2025. It has been four months since the Mayo native was held hostage from August 4 to August 29 in Haiti, where she works as an aid worker, supporting adults and children with special needs. Ms Heraty said “she wished to God” that there was another option for young men in Haiti who “get dragged into this kind of a life”, other than working for what she described

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Newsletter week begining 4th January 2026.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: Meeting at the Family Centre, knock each Wednesday at 11am.No booking required. Further information from Monica Morley on 094-9375320 CRIB OFFERINGS: Offerings at the Crib are in aid of UNICEF Children’s Emergency Fund. “Please help save a child this Christmas DON’T WANT THEM? DON’T NEED THEM? RE-GIFT THEM REGIFTING WEEKEND 10th & 11th JANUARY 2026 If we want to move to a more circular economy we need to start sharing , reusing , repairing ,

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Mass Times & Confessions

WESTPORT • St. Mary's Church

Weekend Masses: Saturday, 6.30 p.m. (First Mass of Sunday) [vigil]Sunday, 11:00amour

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Weekday Masses: Monday to Saturday at 10am

Adoration Adoration 8.00am – 8.00pm each day except Tuesday.Adoration finishes at 7.00pm in adoration room and moves to St. Mary’s Church from 7.00pm – 8.00pm

Confessions: Saturday, 12.30pm - 1 pm. or at other times by calling to the Presbytery.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick: During the 10:00am Mass on the first Saturday of each month. This is a Sacrament of the Church, and not just a blessing. It is offered to those of advancing years who may be struggling daily with the challenges of old age. It is also offered to those with a diagnosed medical condition, or those awaiting a diagnosis. It is recommended that this Sacrament only be received one each month.

CLARE ISLAND • Church of the Sacred Heart

Mass is celebrated three weekends out of four in Clare Island. Check locally for details, Friday Evening Mass: 8.00 pm Saturday Masses: 9.00am

INISHTURK ISLAND • St. Columba’s Church

Mass is celebrated one weekend out of four in Inishturk. Check locally for details. Friday Evening Mass: 8.00 pm, (Summer and Winter)Saturday Mass: 9. 00 am, (Summer and Winter)

LECANVEY • St. Patrick's Church

Saturday evening 8:00pm

DRUMMIN • St. Mary's Church

Saturday evening 8:00pm

FAHY • Church Of The Holy Family

Friday evening 7:00pm (this will cover the Sunday obligation)

KILMEENA • St. Brendan's Church

Sunday morning 9:30am

CROAGH PATRICK • St. Patrick’s Oratory

Annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage last Sunday of July

Masses: Every hour from 8am Confessions on the summit continuously from 7.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Garland Friday (Friday before Reek Sunday). Mass: On the summit 10.00 a.m. and in Murrisk car park at 7.30 p.m.

Feast of the Assumption (15 Aug)

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