Elaine Foley or Patricia Holligan

Parish Secretary

Parish Office,
St. Michael’s Church,
Stanhope Place,
Athy,
Co. Kildare.
R14 CA26
Tel: 059 8638 391
Email: athyparishrc@eircom.net

Office open:

Monday: 2.15pm – 4pm (Closed on Bank Holidays)
Tuesday & Wednesday: 9.30am – 1.30pm & 2pm – 4pm
Thursday & Friday: 9.30am – 1.30pm (Phone contact only 2.15pm – 4.15pm)
Saturday: 10.30am – 1pm

Please contact the Secretaries for certificates, family research, missallette or parish notices, mass bookings, booking of baptisms, parish development contributions, website suggestions or amendments, the parish shop, any enquiries in relation to weddings, and general enquiries.

Reflection

After his resurrection, but before his Ascension, Christ spent forty days teaching his disciples about the kingdom of God. He informed them that they would receive the power from the Holy Spirit to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth. The Ascension occurred at Bethany on the Mount of Olives.

The Ascension of Christ means our own salvation as well; where the glorious Head has gone before, the body is called to follow in hope. Let us therefore exult, beloved, as is fitting, let us rejoice in devout thanksgiving. For on this day not only have we been confirmed in our possession of paradise, but we have even entered heaven in the person of Christ; through his grace we have regained far more than we had lost through the devil's hatred. The week of prayer for the coming of the Holy Spirit recalls the waiting in prayer of the disciples with Mary.