We are closing Christmas Eve @ 2:00pm Open on Monday 29th December 9.30am – 5:00pm Open on Tuesday 30th December 9.30am – 5:00pm Open on Wedensday 31st December 9.30am – 5:00pm Closed New Years Day Reopen on Friday 2nd January 2026 We would like to wish all our customers a …
The pope has returned to the Vatican to recover from his successful colon operation. it is expected that he will spend two weeks at rest. The pontiff, who is now 84, left the Catholic-run Gemelli hospital in Rome on the 14th of July. After he returned to his apartment in …
Bookshop re-opens to visitors June 19th. We are delighted to announce that the Abbey Bookshop on O’Connell Street, Limerick will open to the public again on June 19th. The Abbey Book Shop is based in the heart of Limerick city next to the Augustinian Church. We would be delighted to …
The welcome announcement by the Irish Government that churches can re-open for public worship from June 29th., is great news for communities of faith around the country. At Abbey Bookshop in Limerick, we have been in preparation mode ourselves during the lock-down and now have a range of products ready …
BARRIERS | FACE MASKS | FACE SHIELDS | HAND SANITISERS | NO TOUCH CANDELABRA | SANITISING STATIONS Abbey Bookshop are keen to help our customers and support them in any way possible during this difficult time of the pandemic. As a church supplies specialist, we have started to add a …
St. Augustine’s Church and Shop reopening Monday 8th June Opening times from 11.00am – 3.30pm Monday – Saturday. We look forward to meeting you all again. Thank you for your prayers and support. Augustinian Community. (Opening times subject to change at short notice)
Pope Francis has appointed Francesca Di Giovanni, a lay woman from Italy, as a senior diplomat in the Secretariat of State, the Vatican’s diplomatic and administrative body. Ms Di Giovanni will be under-secretary in a division known as the Section for Relations with States, which essentially means she will be …
Delegates at a recent congress in Rome for Vocations Directors have learned that there is a slow but gradual rise in the number of young people entering into religious life across Europe. However, Pope Francis who addressed the meeting, warned participants not to avoid using the word ‘vocation’, noting that …
Pope Francis is recommending that people leave behind all sorts of useless baggage to rediscover what really matters in life. He also advises people to avoid “empty chatter”. The Pope expressed his reflections as he celebrated New Year’s Day Mass in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. His advice also included …
Catholic Schools Week is an annual all-Ireland celebration which invites schools nationwide to give expression in an exceptional way to the ethos of Catholic education. This year’s theme, ‘Catholic schools: Learning with Pope Francis to care for our common home’ has been informed by the writing of Pope Francis in …