Funeral & Wedding Music
The Catholic Bishops of Ireland are concerned with the kind of music being requested at both funerals and weddings in the last number of years. It is important to remember not to pressurise musicians to play your favourite songs on these important occasions. Only Sacred Church Music & Hymns are appropriate in the Church. If you want to play the deceased’s favourite song at a funeral then do so after the prayers are said in the graveyard but never in the church.
Funeral Expenses
There is a standard charge for the church of €250 which includes the sacristan’s fee, the offering for the mass, a donation for the church which covers the cost of heating and lighting during the time of the funeral. If there is a reception in the church the night before the funeral, the church fee remains the same. In hardship cases this fee is wavered.
Useful Contact Details
Religious Resources
Christian Prayer | www.sacredspace.ie |
Lectio Divina: Praying the Scriptures | www.goodnews.ie/lectio.shtml |
Liturgical Resources | www.litmus.dublindiocese.ie |
Catholic Ireland | www.catholicireland.net |
The Vatican | www.vatican.va |
The Tablet | www.thetablet.co.uk |
The Irish Catholic | www.irishcatholic.ie |
Useful Local Phone Numbers
Wicklow Gardai | Tel. 0404 60140 |
Help & Support Groups
St. Vincent de Paul | Ozanam House, The Mall, Wicklow
HELPLINE No: 086 7314589 |
www.svp.ie |
Alcoholics Anonymous | Tel. 01 4538998 | www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie |
Childline | Tel. 1800 666666 | |
Health Service Executive | Tel. 0404 68400 | |
Samaritans | Tel. 1850 609090 | www.samaritans.org |
Irish Heart Foundation | www.irishheart.ie | |
Irish Cancer Society | www.cancer.ie | |
National Cancer Helpline | Tel. 1800 200 700 | |
Cura Cares | TWS House, 1-2 Main Street, Tallaght. Tel. 01 6701598 | www.cura.ie |
Marriage Preparation & Guidance
ACCORD | www.accord.ie
email (general enquiries): admin@accord.ie |
ACCORD Marriage Preparation Courses | Telephone: 01 4784400 |
ACCORD Marriage & Relationship Councelling | Contact your local centre
email: counselling@accord.ie |
National Online Death & In Memoriam Notices
RIP.ie |
WicklowNews.net Death & In Memoriam notices |
iNotices Death notices (Irish Independent & Wicklow People) |
Irish Times Death & In Memoriam notices |
Local Groups
Active Retirement | Peggy O’Sullivan |
Brigini | Anne O’Rourke |
Girl Guides | Debbie Hanlon |
Meals on Wheels | Margaret Kavanagh, Rose Behan |
Pioneers | Mary Kavanagh |
Rainbows | A Peer Support Group for Children of Deceased or Separated Parents Imelda |
Scouts | (Various Ages) |
All of these groups can be contacted through the Parish Office. Contact the Parish Office…