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)

Notices

Holy Week Timetable 2024.

March 20, 2024

Parish of St. John the Baptist Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

 

Holy Week Timetable 2024

PASSION (PALM) SUNDAY 24th MARCH

6.30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass

10.00 a.m. Sunday Mass

12 noon Sunday Mass

Palms will be blessed and distributed

at all Masses

 

HOLY WEEK – MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY

1.05 p.m. Daily Mass

Confession available after Mass

 

HOLY THURSDAY 28TH MARCH

7.30 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper

followed by Adoration at the Altar of Repose

until 9.00 p.m.

 

GOOD FRIDAY 29TH MARCH (Day of Fast and Abstinence)

3.00 p.m. Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion

Confession available afterwards

HOLY SATURDAY 30TH MARCH

7.30 p.m. Easter Vigil, Mass of The Resurrection

 

EASTER SUNDAY 31ST MARCH

10.00 a.m. Mass

12 noon Mass

 

EASTER MONDAY 1ST APRIL

11.00 a.m. Mass

 

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Confession will be available after 1.05 p.m. Mass during

Holy Week and on Good Friday, or by request.

Please contact the Parish Office on 01 288 2104 or

email office@sjb.Ie


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