Chartres Pentecost Walking Pilgrimage 2018

First Communions and Confirmations.

Fr Hugh is preparing the chaplaincy schedule/timetable until next summer and he would therefore like to hear from parents of children who wish to make their First Communion this year. He would also like to hear from those wishing to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Ellen Dillane RIP

Ellen Dillane, a dear friend of the Irish Community in Paris for many years passed away suddenly on Monday night at her home in Ireland. Ellen was an active member of the Chapelle St. Patrick Parish Community back in the nineties before she returned to Tralee County Kerry with her two young sons Cian and […]

Christmastide Arrangements for Mass

Rev Desmond Knowles RIP

The Irish Chaplaincy Paris and the priest and parish community of the Chapelle St Patrick at the Collège des Irlandais wish to convey their deepest sympathy to the family, friends, the Bishop of Dromore and priests of the late Rev. Fr. Desmond Knowles. Fr Des served our Irish faith community in Paris on two separate […]

November: Remembering our dead – The Irish College grave at Arcueil Cachan.

As it is he month of November, the month of the dead, Fr. Hugh visited the Irish College grave at Arcueil Cachan.  In the town of Arcueil an hour or so from Paris.  There you will find the graves of 11 Irishmen who all (bar one) died in their twenties between 1859 and 1891.

Carol Service 2017

Ladies and Gentlemen, a Chairde, We are now full into the swing of this year’s rentrée and as you expected, preparations for this year’s Carol Service are well under way.  Our first rehearsals will be starting in two weekends time. As usual, we extend a very warm and open invitation to all who wish to participate […]

Community Picnic 24 of September 2017

Dear Friends First, I would like to thank everyone for their kind welcome, support, and good wishes since my arrival to the Chapelle St. Patrick as your chaplain. We have decided to have a community picnic on the 24 of September after mass, it will be a further opportunity to meet everyone. I would ask all […]

Chartres Pentecost Walking Pilgrimage 2017

St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations 2016

A Cháirde gaeil, Just to remind you that we will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday next, 13th March with Mass at 3pm in the Church of St. Etienne du Mont followed by a reception at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. The Church of St Etienne du Mont is just behind the Panthéon and a 2 […]