A Eucharistic Congress is an international gathering of people which aims to promote an awareness of the central place of the Eucharist in the life and mission of the Catholic Church, to help improve our understanding and celebration of the liturgy and to draw attention to the social dimension of the Eucharist.

On behalf of the Priests of the Parish and the Pastoral Council we extend best wishes for 2012 to all our parishioners.

The dates for Confirmation and Holy Communion for 2012 are as follows:
Confirmation – Saturday, May 19th at 11 a.m.
Holy Communion:
April 29th      Gaelscoil and Inbhir Mhoir
May 13th      St. Michael’s Girls National School
May 20th     Johnstown (Scoil Iosagain, Coolgreany & St. Patrick’s N.S. Bearna Chle)
May 27th    Scoil Eoin, Arklow Boys National School

To mark the 150th year of our parish church of Sts. Mary and Peter’s a pilgrimage was organised to the Holy Land in order to explore the places associated with Christ. This presented a golden opportunity to walk the land of the Bible and so on the 19th of October 38 intrepid pilgrims led by Fr. Martin Cosgrove set out from Arklow to make the journey to Israel and get closer to the people who first heard the word of God, the Jews, and visit some of the many shrines and churches that have been erected there in memory of sacred and holy events.