Annual Mass

Annual PPU Mass – St Andrews Church, Westland Row on Sunday 30 November, 2025 at 11.30 am

The annual PPU Mass will be celebrated in St Andrews Church, Westland Row on Sunday 30 November at 11.30 am. PPU members have been attending this Mass in increasing numbers in recent years.

At the Mass, a list of Westland Row CBS pupils who have passed away in the previous 12 months is read out. While the PPU tries to keep tabs on those who have passed away, inevitably we will miss some. So, we are asking you to let us know (John Cullen – [email protected] or 087 2312728) of any past pupil of the school who died in the past 12 months so that we can pass their names on for inclusion in the ceremony.

 ALL past pupils are most welcome to attend the Mass, which is usually celebrated by the Archbishop of Dublin, or by another bishop of the diocese.

Annual Mass 2024

Each year a Mass is held in Westland Row Church commemorating Sr Andrew’s Day. By arrangement with the Parish deceased past pupils are included in the prayers of the Mass. Their names also appear on the Parish Newsletter and Mass leaflet.

While the PPU normally learns about the deaths of past pupils it is inevitable that some deaths will be missed. Anyone who knows of any such deaths is asked to advise the Secretary.

This year’s Mass, on Sunday December 1 2024. was celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Paul Dempsey, who was assisted by the PPU Chaplin, Fr. Eugene McCarthy, and Fr. Alan Hilliard, the recently appointed Administrator at Westland Row.

The number of past pupils who died during the last twelve months was read out by Deacon, Dermot McCarthy, at the beginning of Mass and was a record high of fourteen names as follows;

Sean Duncan, Matt Wallace, Jerry Carroll, Paul Donohue, Ray McCarthy, Emmet Bergin, Fran Rooney, Sean Canavan, Paddy Walsh, Tommy Tracey, Fr. Myles Kavanagh CP, John Sherwin, John Henry, Jack McGinley.