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Date Church Time Anniversaries/Intentions
Saturday 12th Sept Ardaghey 10:00am Holy Mass, Confession after Mass to 11am
Mountcharles 1:00pm Baptism
Ardaghey 6:00pm Marie McGinley
John McHugh
Jimmy Burke
Drimarone 7:30pm Seamus McGinty
Sunday 13th Sept Frosses 10:00am Holy Mass
Mountcharles 11:30am Liam Paul and Frank McGinty
Mary Friel, Glencoagh
John and Ellen Gallagher
Monday 14th Sept Mountcharles 10:00am Holy Mass
Tuesday 15th Sept Frosses 10:00am Sean Breslin
Wednesday 16th Sept Ardaghey 10:00am Holy Mass
Thursday 17th Sept Drimarone 10:00am Holy Mass
Friday 18th Sept Mountcharles 3:00pm Adoration, Benediction and Confession
Mountcharles 7:00pm Ann Rose
Saturday 19th Sept Ardaghey 10:00am Holy Mass, Confession after Mass to 11am
Frosses 1:00pm Baptism
Drimarone 2:00pm Baptism
Ardaghey 6:00pm Denis and Sophia Meehan
Drimarone 7:30pm Mary and Charles Breslin
Sunday 20th Sept Frosses 10:00am Eileen Williamson
Mountcharles 11:30am Holy Mass
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Tuesdays Frosses 10:30am –11:30am
Thursdays Ardaghey 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Confession available on request when Fr Morty is present.
Fridays Mountcharles 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2026 takes place Thursday, Oct 1st, 2026 – Saturday, Oct 31st, 2026. For
more information, please visit breastcancerresearch.ie or www.breastcancerireland.com .
International Coffee Day 2026 takes place on Thursday, October 1st, 2026. For further details please see
www.internationalcoffeeday.org .
Naomh Naille GAA & LGFA SLOTTO . https://member.clubspot.app/club/st-nauls- gaa/fundraisers
Data; 30 Lúnasa Torthaí Slotto na seachtaine, ní raibh buaiteoir ar bith ar an Phota Óir. Is iad na h-uimhreacha:
2-1-7-4-6-5-3 Duais aitheantais €80.00 comhgairdeas le Eunan Ward
Data; 06 Mean Fómhair Torthaí Slotto na seachtaine, ní raibh buaiteoir ar bith ar an Phota Óir. Is iad na
h-uimhreacha: 4-1-2-3-6-5-7 Duais aitheantais €80.00 comhgairdeas le Andrew Coughlan
Don’t forget to get your ticket for next week: Londis Mountcharles, Cassidy’s of Inver or from our online platform
through St Naul's Club A pp. Thank you for your continued support €12,38 0 in the pot.
Senior Fixtures Senior & Reserve Men will play Naomh Pádraig, Muff in the Intermediate Championship
Quarter finals in Killygordon on Sat 12/09. Games at 1pm & 3pm.
Our Senior Ladies will play An Clochan Liath in the Ladies Senior Championship quarter final on Sunday
morning in Dungloe at 10.30am.
We wish all our teams every success and congratulate them on their success to date.
We invite all adult club members to attend an important meeting this Monday 14th September at 8.00pm in
the Clubhouse.
A Church Gate Collection for the Re-Development of Ards Friary will take place on Saturday 26th and
Sunday 27th September . Your support would be greatly appreciated.
CHURCH COLLECTIONS : Thank you for your support
Ardaghey: 29th Aug €533 5th Sept €719 Additional Assumption € 10
Mountcharles : 30th Aug €1113 6th Sept € 840.88 Building Fund €315
€ sept €
€MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Ireland invites married couples to a residential Weekend from Friday 2nd to Sunday
4th October 2026 www.marriageencounter.ie
THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY : Frosses and Inver Area: CONFIDENTIAL NUMBER 087 7020601
Mountcharles and Drimarone Area : CONFIDENTIAL NUMBER 086 1690524
PARISH OF INVER Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th September 2026 ~ 24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ Year A
Fr Liam Boyle, PP, Parochial House, Frosses Tel: 074 9736006 – In case of emergency only ring 089 9712498
Fr Morty O’Shea SOLT, CC, Parochial House, Ardaghey Tel: 074 973 6007
Email: inverparish@gmail.com Website: www.inverparish.com
Low-Gluten Hosts are available at all the Masses in the Parish. If you would like to receive a low-gluten host,
please feel free to come forward to the priest and cross one arm across your chest indicating your preference.
They may or may not be suitable depending on the various intolerances. If you have any questions please do
not hesitate to contact Fr. Boyle.
A Triduum in preparation for the Feast of St. Padre Pio will take place at the Franciscan Friary, Rossnowlagh,
from Sunday September 20th until Wednesday September 23rd. There will be Mass, Homily and Blessing with
his Mitten at 7:30 each evening. Preacher will be Fr. Pius McLaughlin, OFM who met Padre Pio. All are very
welcome for these prayerful celebrations www.rossnowlaghfriary.ie
Celebration Mass on 26th September: Donegal Group 173 Rise and Shine Trust (formerly The Irish
Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust and The Irish Pilgrimage Trust) are celebrating forty years of taking
young people with special needs to Lourdes each Easter.
We are celebrating with a special Mass on Saturday 26th September in the Church of the Irish Martyrs,
Letterkenny at 12 noon. The Mass will be concelebrated by Bishop Niall Coll and Bishop Donal McKeowan,
Bishop of Derry and many of the priests who travelled to Lourdes with us over the years. We invite all the guests
and their families and all the helpers who travelled with us over the years to our Mass to celebrate the work of
the Donegal Group over these forty years.
Abide Women's Conference , November 20-22, the Great Northern Hotel Bundoran. Mass will be celebrated
by Bishop Fintan Gavin, from Cork & Ross Diocese. For more details please visit Abide in His Love at
eventbrite.ie Registration link: https://abideinhislove.eventbrite.com 'WOKE ' ideology is a significant part of modern culture. A recent homily of Bishop Robert Barron examines
some aspects of this way of thinking that conflicts with Catholic belief. The Annual Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine in honour of St. Pio will take place on Sunday 20th Sept. Bus
departing from St. Agatha's Church, Clar at 8am, Donegal Town at 8.15am (car park at the Old Stone cafe) and
Laghey Village at 8.30am. Please book seat early. For further details and to book a seat please contact Betty
Carrabin (086 0812394) or Margaret Harte (087 6422197).
There will be a clearance sale of gifts, bric-a- brac and lots more on Saturday, 10 October in St Mary’s Hall,
Convoy from 11am to 3pm. All are welcome. All proceeds are to help Mary's Meals feed more children. Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O Good Jesus, hear me.
Within your wounds hide me. Permit me not to be separated from you.
From the wicked foe, defend me. At the hour of my death, call me and bid me come to you
That with your saints I may praise you for ever and ever. Amen. ( St Ignatius of Loyola .)
St. Nauls G.A.A.& L.G.F.A. Scor na n-Og The Club would like to invite any young people interested in
representing the Club in Scor na n-Og to contact Anne Marie on 087 2749158 as soon as possible as the first
Semi Final takes place in Inver Community Centre on Friday 7th. Oct. The different categories are as follows
Ceili Dancing, Solo Singing, Recitation, Instrumental Music, Ballad Group, Novelty Act and Quiz and the age
limit is U17'S
NOTICES FOR NEWSLETTER : Notices of community/non-commercial nature are always welcome for
our newsletter. Email inverparish@gmail.com , deadline 12noon on Thursday.
PA R O C H IA L HO U S E TE L . NO’S: Frosses: 074 9736006 | Ardaghey 074 9736007
Killymard: 074 9721929 | Donegal Town: 074 9721026 | Killybegs: 074 9731013
SUPPORTING YOUR CHURCH Please consider making your contributions by online banking, standing
order/direct debit when supporting your Church. Please include your name as the reference . Thank
you for supporting your Church. Bank details for each Church as follows:
Frosses : Inver Parish Account IBAN: IE75 BOFI 9048 3556 8662 33
Frosses Development Fund Account: IBAN IE92 DTCU 9921 3010 1932 56 (Building Fund)
Ardaghey : St Nauls Ardaghey IBAN: IE79 BOFI 9048 3556 8661 61
Mountcharles : Mountcharles Church Account IBAN: IE08 BOFI 9048 3556 8660 81
Drimarone : Drimarone Church Account IBAN: IE22 BOFI 9048 3556 8662 17
RECENTLY DECEASED : Jerry Griffin, Co. Kerry, brother of Eileen Kelly, Mullinbouys
Kathleen Tierney (née Gallagher) Coventry, formerly of Thower, (Sister of Bridget Burke and Martin Gallagher)
HUGG Donegal - Suicide Bereavement Pop-up Café Coffee, Cakes and Compassionate Conversations
If you have lost a friend, family member, neighbour, teammate, or colleague, to suicide, recently or many years
ago, and if you are over 18, you are warmly invited to join us for a complimentary cuppa and chat with others
who understand your grief. Led by trained volunteers with a lived experience of suicide loss, our pop-up café
offers a safe, non-judgmental space for social connection, mutual support and shared understanding.
Where : Donegal Town, Donegal, 10.30am to 12pm
When: October Wednesday 7th, November Wednesday 11th, December Wednesday 9th
To reserve a spot at one or more pop-up email support@HUGG.ie with your name and number, and a member
of our team will be in touch to give you more information OR call 01 513 4048 (monitored answering machine).
Leitir Corn Mill Kilcar F94CP7E National walking Day 2026, Sunday 27th September @12 o’clock
Niall Mor Community & Enterprise Centre- Killybegs 074 97 41863 info@niallmorcentre.com
Upcoming Courses in Sept/Oct: Irish Language Classes Adult Art Classes Emergency First Aid Course
Driver CPC Module 1 Course Heritage in the Hinterland Course Beauty Therapy & Skincare Course
Children's Halloween Camp
Poor Clares Galway, Monastic Experience Day for women 18-35. An opportunity to explore and experience
Poor Clare life and spirituality from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, the 19th of September For info and
registration: https://poorclaresmonasticday.eventbrite.ie Inver https://www.inverparish.com/parish-newsletter.html