Masses this Weekend:
Saturday 25th November
10:00am Maggie Williams
6:15pm Billy Kavanagh
James (Bucky) Hallinan, 90th Birthday Rem.
Sunday 26th November
10:30am Phil & Annie Fanning
12:00noon Tom Callaghan
Night of Remembrance: Night of Remembrance of all parishioners who died last year will take place next Wednesday night at 7.30pm. We will also remember relatives of parishioners in so far as we know them.
First Friday: Communion to the sick and housebound.
First Saturday: Reconciliation at 10am Mass on Saturday.
We welcome into the Christian Faith Community of St Mary’s, Ella Mai Lordan, we congratulate her parents, Wayne and Carey-Ann. We also welcome Lucy Grace Kennedy, we congratulate her parents, Dean and Linda. Both were baptised in St Mary’s last weekend. We congratulate the godparents, grandparents and extended families.
Web Cam Recording: If you would like Weddings or funerals recorded on the live Web-Cam, contact Maria at Parish Office 052 6122773 and she will arrange it.
Bambinelli Sunday : 17th December 2017 at 10:30am Mass
For the past several decades, each year on Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, children (and adults) bring their Baby Jesus figures from the crib at their homes to St. Peter’s Square where the Pope will bless both the people and the figurines during the Angelus.
This year we will celebrate “Bambinelli Sunday” at our 10.30am Mass on Sunday 17th November. All are invited to bring the Baby Jesus figure from their homes to Mass that morning to be blessed. Families can even make their own “bambinelli” if they want.
A suggestion is, following the blessing, take your “bambinelli” home and place it in a gift box, wrap it, and save it for Christmas. Let this be the first gift your family opens on Christmas, when together you place your Baby Jesus figure in the crib, and have a home blessing of the Nativity for your whole family.
Tarmac: During the week, the tarmac on the small car park was repaired. The damage occurred as a result of the water pipe leading to the furnace collapsed and a new pipe had to be laid. The entrance to the Parochial House had become very broken and dangerous for people coming from the large car park and entering by the side door. If anyone would like to make a contribution towards the cost of these necessary repairs, it would be appreciated. I would like to thank Tom Fennessy for his initiative, energy and dedication in negotiating and overseeing this project.
