In the run-up to the Irish general election on 24 May the BBC News website is looking at some key issues affecting modern Ireland. Here, Cathy Grieve explores how the Catholic Church in Ireland has a new saviour: the immigrant.
The young, mostly male Polish worshippers wait their turn, patiently. Filing in one by one to confess their sins and take their penance, young men and women are breathing new life into one of Ireland's oldest traditional institutions, the Catholic Church.
Father Pat Moran is the Pryor at St Augustine's and has been a priest for more than 37 years. He is excited by the new interest in the Church.
"This is a new period of growth, the Poles here are totally responsible for this. It is infectious and re-energising for me too."
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