Welcome to our Parish

Welcome to St. John the Baptist Church in the parish of Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

The church is built on land given for the purpose by Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry, whose summer residence was nearby Maretimo House. The building of the church commenced with the laying of a single foundation stone on the feast of St. John the Baptist, 24 June 1842. Building completed in 1845 and the church was dedicated on 14 September 1845 by the Most Rev. Dr. Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dublin.

The church was built as a replacement of the chapel of the Carmelite monastery on Sweetman's Avenue. The old chapel was demolished and another chapel built in its place which can now be seen as part of the Blackrock Hospice.

The area the church occupies, first came under the parish of Monkstown. Later, after the reformation, the area came under the parish of Booterstown. It was 1922 when the parish of Blackrock came into being.

Mass Times

St. John The Baptist, Blackrock

Daily Mass available via webcam. Sunday:
10.00 a.m.
12.00 noon (Cantor)

Monday to Friday:
1. 05 p.m.

Saturday:
6.30 p.m. Vigil Mass. (Cantor)

Christmas Mass Times 2024.

Christmas Eve Tuesday December 24th
6.00 p.m. Children's Christmas Eve Mass
9.00 p.m. Christmas Night Mass, preceded
by Carols with the Choir from 8.45 p.m.

Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December
10.00 a.m. Christmas Morning Mass
12.00 noon Christmas Day Mass, with Carols

Notices

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

December 9, 2024

       CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

Vigil Tuesday 24th December Family Mass at 6.00 p.m. Fr. Peter.

(Cantor Simon Morgan, Organist Maria Geheran)

Christmas Night Mass 24th December at 9.00 p.m. Fr. Peter.

(preceded by Carols with the Choir at 8.45 p.m.)

Christmas Morning Mass 10.00 a.m. Fr. Michael Collins, with Carols

Christmas Day Mass 12.00 noon Fr. Peter, with Carols

 

Thursday December 26th to Friday 27th

Daily Mass at 10.00 a.m.


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