We have not been able to have Easter Sunday services in our church buildings since 2019. We therefore celebrate the return to an Easter Sunday service and invite all to join us! Each of our churches will have a service. Click on Read More to see the schedule. Note that all the service times are different from the usual Sunday service time.
Christmas services in our group of parishes are listed here. These are what is planned, and we hope that they will take place! We remain aware that if any restrictions are imposed in Ireland because of the Covid-19 pandemic, that these plans may change. If they do change, this page will be updated.
The services on this Sunday, 19 December, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, are as follows:
On 31 October, we will have one joint service for all our parishes, in Adare at 10.30am, to remember those who have died, in observance of All Saints Day.
Harvest services will be held in all the churches this autumn. Three will be on Sunday morning, and one on a Wednesday evening. The services on Sunday morning will be Morning Prayer.
The services are as follows:
The preacher will be the Rev. Leonard Madden, the new Curate at Limerick City Parish. We look forward to welcoming him to our parish. Please note that the number we can have in the church, with the new regulations, is about 75–90 people (50% of our total capacity).
Worship service for Ash Wednesday via Zoom. A service sheet to download, or read along with, will be available here.
Contact Rev. Liz Beasley if you would like to participate so that she may send you the Zoom information.
We will be having Harvest services this year, despite Covid-19. However, they will be during the usual Sunday services, rather than joint services at other days and times. (But notice the time change for Adare.)
After a shutdown of three and a half months, we anticipate being able to return to worshipping in church on 5th July. We will begin with just one parish, in order to get used to what must be done in returning to church, to stay in keeping with protocol issued by the Government. So our first worship service will be at St. Nicholas, Adare, on Sunday, 5 July, at 10:30am.
A Carol Service will be held in Kilpeacon Church, as a joint service of the Adare, Croom, and Kilpeacon parishes. The service will combine readings and Christmas carols. All are invited.
The Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services are listed here. There will be a Holy Communion service in all of the parishes for Christmas.
We will have one service this Sunday, 15 September, for the entire Group of Parishes. It will be at 10.30am at St. Nicholas, Adare, with Dean Niall Sloane from St. Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, officiating. All are encouraged to come and welcome the Dean.
There are four services on Easter Sunday, as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Easter Vigil is the primary service of the entire Christian year. We hear God’s salvation of us, renew baptismal vows, and celebrate Communion. It begins in darkness, and ends in light. Held in the Kilpeacon Church, Crecora.
A service of Holy Communion commemorating Jesus giving us the tradition of the Eucharist (Holy Communion). The service remembers the events of the Last Supper that Jesus had with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion. Held at St. Nicholas Church, Adare, at 8.00 on Thursday, 18 April.
The Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services are listed here. There will be a Holy Communion service in all of the parishes for Christmas.
December’s Sunday schedule is always a bit different, because of various special services. Here is a summary, along with a listing of the special services during Advent and Christmas:
The annual Kilmallock Harvest Festival will be held at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, of the Church of Ireland, Kilmallock.
There are four services on Easter Sunday, as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Easter Vigil is the primary service of the entire Christian year. It begins in candlelight, as we hear a series of Bible readings that tell the story of salvation
A service of Holy Communion commemorating Jesus giving us the tradition of the Eucharist (Holy Communion). Held at the Adare Church.
The purpose of this Holy Week service is to recreate the betrayal, abandonment and the agony of the events. It is left unfinished because the story isn’t over until Easter Day.
We will begin the season of Lent, a time of preparation for Easter, with a worship service on Ash Wednesday, 14 February. The service will be at 7.00pm at St. Nicholas Church, Adare.
A Carol Service will be held in Kilpeacon Church, as a joint service of the Adare, Croom, and Kilpeacon parishes. The service will combine readings and Christmas carols. All are invited.
The Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services are listed here. There will be a Holy Communion service in all of the parishes for Christmas.
The annual Carol Service in Adare will be held at St. Nicholas Church on Sunday, 17th December, at 7.00pm. Come and lift your voices in song!
The Kilmallock Church of Ireland will hold its annual Carol Service on Sunday, 17th December, at 12:30pm.
The usual Sunday schedule for December is changed from the usual schedule, because of various special events.
Evening Prayer will be held at St. Nicholas Church, Adare, on Saturday, 10th June, at 7.30pm.
