St Vincent de Paul Church Gate Collection, Kilquade

The Kilquade Conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul holds a church gate collection over the weekend of Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August 2026, supporting the conference’s ongoing work with families in need across the Greystones and Kilquade Pastoral Area. There is no admission charge, since it is a voluntary donation collection rather than a ticketed event.

What to expect

Volunteers from the Kilquade SVP conference stand at the church doors before and after Masses, collecting cash donations in the Society’s familiar green buckets. The collection is one of the conference’s main annual fundraising moments, alongside occasional appeals through the year, and the money raised goes directly toward local casework: food, fuel, school costs and other practical help for households in the parish who contact SVP for support. This kind of church gate collection is a fixture of Irish parish life, so there is no formal programme beyond attending Mass and being asked, on the way in or out, to contribute.

Good to know

• Dates: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August 2026
• Venue: the gates of Kilquade parish churches, at the times of the weekend Masses
• Price: free to attend; donations to SVP are voluntary
• Recurrence: SVP conferences across the pastoral area run church gate collections periodically through the year; this is the Kilquade conference’s confirmed August date
• Cash is the easiest way to give at the church gate, though some conferences also display a card-donation option

Getting there

Kilquade is a small parish area between Greystones and Newtownmountkennedy in north Wicklow. The parish churches serving Kilquade are reached most easily by car, with limited on-site parking, so anyone attending a specific Mass should allow a few extra minutes to park.

While you’re in the area

Greystones, a short drive away, has a harbour, seafront path and a strong run of independent cafes worth combining with the trip. There is more to see in Greystones and across Co. Wicklow.