Welcome

Wherever you are in the world, I extend to you a Céad Míle Fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes. I am glad that you have found your way to the website of Waterside and Strathfoyle parishes in the dioceses of Derry. I trust that you find our web site interesting and that you will not only stay a while but also come back regularly.

Our parishes are situated on the east bank of this historic city of Derry. The city has a very rich missionary history going back to the days of Saint Columba after which the parish church gets it's name.

In this new technological generation we want to be faithful to the missionary calling and zeal of those who have gone before - which looks outwards and seeks to offer God's love and compassion to all.

I encourage you to explore our site further and I hope you find it interesting.

Michael Canny
Parish Priest

In his message for 44th World Communications Day the Pope urges the use of modern technologies to spread the gospel message - read more

On this site you will be able to find out information about our Parish community - the four churches we serve, information about Mass times and about the many groups who collaborate with us in our ministry.We also include copies of our weekly newsletters which should give you a good idea of how much is going on here! Click on the Weekly Newsletter link above to review the latest newsletters

Check out our new Live Service menu link on the left which enables you to link to a selection of live services each day, morning and evening.

Access the Vatican on Youtube on the Pope's own Youtube channel .... click here

Please sign our guest book and if there is anything that we can do for you please do not hesitate to contact us.Get all the information that you require to do this by clicking here.

The Pope's Pastoral Letter to the catholic faith community in Ireland has been released. To read or download the letter click here .... Pope's pastoral letter

To go to the Catholic Herald Newspaper site click here

For the latest issue of the Catholic newspaper Alive click here

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