Altar bread production
The Irish Times reported the community produces roughly 25 million altar breads annually for churches across Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Redemptoristine Monastery, Drumcondra
Chapel of Ease: St. Alphonsus Monastery (Redemptoristine)
This church is still ahead. Its chapter will be written when its visit comes.
§What is known
- Built
- George Ashlin (attributed, 1872 foundation); current building dates from 2000
- Order
- Redemptoristine (OSsR)
- Dedication
- Chapel of Ease: St. Alphonsus Monastery (Redemptoristine)
Mass times
- Sunday
- 9:30 AM
- Saturday
- 9:30 AM (Weekday Mass)
- Monday
- 5:45 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Tuesday
- 5:45 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Wednesday
- 5:45 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Thursday
- 5:45 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Friday
- 5:45 PM (Weekday Mass)
- Holy Days
- 11:00 AM (Holy Day Mass) · 5:45 PM (Holy Day Mass)
No photographs yet — the essay appears only after the visit.
§Notes
Fragments gathered while researching this church: stories, curiosities, people and dates.
Timeline
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1859
Redemptoristine foundation approved for Dublin The Bishop of Bruges asked Archbishop Cullen to allow a Redemptoristine foundation in Dublin, approved by letter on 4 February 1859.
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1872
Foundation stone of the monastery blessed The foundation stone of the permanent monastery, built on land originally intended for Newman's Catholic University, was blessed by 24 bishops.
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2000
Current monastery building constructed The Iona Road Parish history page states the community built its current monastery facility in 2000.
People
- George Ashlin Architect attributed to the original monastery building — Named by the Iona Road Parish history page as the architect of the monastery; the exact building he designed and its relationship to the present 2000 structure is not established by the sources found.