Fr. Brendan O’Rourke is the current Rector of the Esker Redemptorist Community here. He celebrates 50 years as a Redemptorist this weekend, having taken his first vows here in Esker on Sept. 15th, 1968. We thank him for his life…
Esker has been a monastic site since the sixteenth century. It was first inhabited by the Dominicans, who escaped from the Abbey in Athenry during a time of persecution. They left here in the eighteen sixties, and it became for some time the diocesan seminary for Clonfert diocese. We Redemptorists came here in 1901, and since then we have served not only the people of the locality, but also through our missions and novenas, the whole of the west of Ireland. Because of this long history and tradition Esker is a special place; people constantly comment on the aura they sense here, the feeling of peace and tranquillity.
Mass times in the Redemptorist Church
Sundays
8.00am and 11.00am
Weekdays
8.00am and 10.00am
Office Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Saturdays 10am to 3pm.
Closed on Sundays.
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St. Gerard Majella, Triduum – three day festival of faith: Oct. 8-10, 2018
The annual Triduum or Three days festival of faith, in honour of St. Gerard Majella, takes place in the Redemptorist Church in Esker Monday Oct. 8th to Wednesday Oct. 10th, 2018.
Two session each day, 10am and 8pm.
Blessing with…
Fr. Anthony Mulvey, a Redemptorist for 75 years, on September 8th, 2018.
FR. ANTHONY ‘TONY’ MULVEY, C.SS.R.
Where were you, and what were you doing on September 8th, 1943? That’s a while ago, now! On that day, Feast of the Birthday of Our Lady, a young man of 21 took his first…
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