Parish Notes 17th Feb
Parish Notes 10th February
Parish Notes 20th January
Parish Notes 13th January
Parish Notes 16th December
Parish Notes 9th December
St. Vincent de Paul Sunday
The second collection at all Masses is the annual National appeal for the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
It replaces the usual Share Collection.
GIFT SUNDAY!
On behalf of those less fortunate, we thank you for bringing your gifts of toys, sweets, or non-perishable foods, to be given to families in need this Christmas
Christmas Carol Services
All the choirs and musicians – with some more friends – who sing at the various weekend Masses will combine to present a
Carol Service in our Church Next Sunday 16th Dec at 7.30 pm
Refreshments will be served afterwards
Belgrove Senior Boys will come to the Church for their Carol Service on Thursday next at 11.30
The Senior Girls will come on the following Monday, 17th Dec. also at 11.30
Do This in Memory
We welcome all the boys and girls preparing for their First Holy Communion and their families to the 12.00 Family Mass this Sunday for this month’s special Mass as part of their preparation.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Communal Service Sat. 21st Dec at the 10am Mass in St. John’s Church, Clontarf Rd
This will replace the three Communal Services we have had in previous years.
Individual Confessions: Christmas Eve 10.30 am – 12.00 noon; 2.00 – 4.00 pm
A Free Treat!
This Sunday afternoon, the Cantairi
Avondale Choir (formerly the National Teachers Choir) will perform a concert here in St. Gabriel’s Church at 2.00 pm., lasting approx. two hours. Admission is free and instead there will be a collection for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Christmas Youth Retreat
Youth 2000 Ireland will be hosting their annual Christmas youth retreat in Newbridge college Fri. 14th to Sun 16th Dec.
Good News to Go Thursday 13th December
Good News to Go will take place on Thursday 13th December in St. Teresa’s
Church, Clarendon St @ 7:30. Led by young people for young people and including
prayer, catechesis and music Noele Fitzpatrick from Magis Ireland will lead the
reflection and Testimony will by Brenda Drumm and Ian Callanan from
TwitterxmasSingle. The theme will on Advent. Download the poster on
dublindiocese.ie and and “like” on Facebook – www.facebook.com/goodnewstogo
500 16-35 year olds from across Ireland are expected at this donation only event, with all newcomers very welcome.
Find out what your faith is all about in a friendly, chilled out atmosphere.
Retreat starts with registration on Friday at 8.00pm. Online booking necessary, see www.youth2000.ie. Free buses available.
Christmas Preparation for Children
Saturday 22nd December: 3.00 to 5.00 pm Manresa House, Clontarf Road
Christmas is, above all, a children’s event.
This afternoon is an opportunity for adults and children together to reflect and pray, to attend to what is really at the heart of the Christmas message.
Parents or guardians are invited to bring children along to Manresa for an afternoon of carol singing, storytelling and reflection on the meaning of Christmas – and to end the afternoon with a little party!(Parent/adult supervision is required).
No need to book. Just come along and enjoy the occasion! Visit www.manresa.ie for details.
Ministers of the Eucharist Christmas Roster
The Roster for the Christmas Masses (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) is in the Sacristy. Ministers of the Eucharist rostered for December are asked to consult it and to let Mary Hynes (086 604 2050) know if they have any problems. The normal roster will continue from the following weekend (29th / 30th Dec).
St. Gabriel’s Seniors Club
Tues. 11th Dec Art with Eleanor 10.30 am
Go for Life Exercise Class for members 12.15
New Year Lunch: book and pay 11.30 – 12.15
Ballroom Dancing Thurs. 2.15. Creative Writing Fri. 2 pm. Classes are for club members only.
New Year Party Tues. 8th Jan. Radisson Blu St. Helen’s Hotel, Stillorgan Road. €40 includes
4 course lunch, sports, entertainment, coach.
Gallery Outings Fri 14th Dec. Chester Beatty Library. Bus no. 123 from end of Griffith Ave. At 10am. Talks less than an hour & followed by coffee/lunch. Enquiries: Marion 085 7244325
Memories of Christmas Past Story competition for over-55’s. Closing date 14th Dec. For details phone 4454783 or see www.goldenireland.ie
Final Tues. Tea/coffee morning 18th Dec. 10.30
Christmas celebration – mulled wine, mince pies, music & song with members and friends.
Enquiries: Frances 833 9269; Mairead 833 1170
Christmas Gathering
St. Brigid’s Church Killester
Sat. 15th December at 8.00 pm Adm. €10
Compere Bryan Hoey
See facebook.com/christmasgathering
Christmas with the Palestrina Choir
This Sunday 9th December at 8.00 pm
National Concert Hall With special guest Liam Lawton
Compere Mary Kennedy, RTÉ
Tickets €25 tel. 4170000 or see www.nch.ie
Parish Notes 18th November
Year of Faith
At certain times in the history of the Church, popes have called upon the faithful to dedicate themselves to deepening their understanding of a particular aspect of the faith. In 1967 Pope Paul VI announced a Year of Faith commemorating the 19th centenary of the martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul, recalling the supreme act of witness by these two saints so that their martyrdom might inspire the Church to collectively and individually make a sincere profession of faith.
The present Year of Faith was declared by Pope Benedict XVI to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Vatican II and will continue until November 2013 It was officially launched in the Dublin Diocese by Archbishop Diarmuid on the feast of our patron St. Laurence O’Toole. It is a “summons to an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the One Savior of the world”. It provides an opportunity for Catholics to experience a conversion – to turn back to Jesus and enter into a deeper relationship with him by opening the “door of faith”. The “door of faith” is opened at one’s baptism, and during this year we are called to open it again, walk through and rediscover and renew our relationship with Christ and his Church.
The logo for the Year of Faith represents the boat – the traditional symbol of the Church – in a moment of movement; its mast is the cross, the sign of love and the sign of our faith. Together with the sails, the cross forms the initials IHS, the Christogram standing for Jesus. The sun behind makes a Eucharistic host, and the Eucharist is, for us, the centre of our lives and faith.
Taizé Prayer Around the Cross
Next WEDNESDAY 21st November
8.30 – 9.30 pm
Come and lay your burdens down at the Cross of Christ
Sacrament of Baptism
Last week we welcomed into our Christian Community through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Joshua Gerard Sweeney, Raheny
Patrick Thomas Stones, Belgrove Park
Mass in Thanksgiving for Priesthood
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will celebrate Mass “In Thanksgiving for Priesthood” in Larkhill/ Whitehall Church on this Sunday 18th November at 3.00 pm. All are invited to participate
Doctor Sony Sebastian Palathra CMI
We are delighted to announce that Fr. Sony has achieved his Doctorate in Mater Dei and will be in Dublin next week for his graduation. He will celebrate the 10.30 Mass here next Sunday, 25th November and everyone is welcome to come to the centre after Mass to meet Fr. Sony and his family. As he is also celebrating Mass in St. John’s at 12.30, it will sadly have to be a very short reception.
St. Gabriel’s Seniors Club
Going to Westport? This Sun. 18th Nov. Meet at Parrish Centre at 11.45 am. Coach departs 12 noon for 1.30 train from Heuston Station. Enjoy!
Tues. 20th Nov Tea/coffee morning 10.30. Speaker: The Local Library – how to start a Book Club. Go for Life Exercise class 12.15
Ballroom Dancing Thurs. 2.15 pm
Creative Writing Fri 2pm
Registration for new term of classes continues on Tuesday. You must be a club member to join
Tues. 8th January New Year Party.
Radisson Blu St. Helen’s Hotel, Stillorgan Road
4 course lunch – spots, Entertainment – coach
€40. Book with full payment on Tues 20th Nov
NOTE No Gallery visit on Fri. 23rd Nov. Next visit planned for Friday 30th Nov.
Enquiries: Frances 8339269 / Mairead 8331170
Christmas Mass Bouquets
Monica McDermott of MonCards, who produces our wonderful Mass Cards and Mass Bouquets, has given us a range of beautiful Christmas Mass Bouquets cards. These are now available in the Parish office, along with Mass Bouquets for Get Well, Thank you, and more Living intentions and a selection of beautiful Mass Cards for the dead. All cards cost €3
Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too!
I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin. When he smiled I realised I’d passed it on to him.
So if you feel a smile begin, don’t leave it undetected. Let’s start an epidemic, and get the world infected!
Parish Notes 11th November
Sacrament of Confirmation
All the young people of the parish who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation next year will be enrolled at the 6pm Youth Mass next Sunday 18th November.
Do This in Memory
We welcome all the boys and girls preparting for their First Holy Communion to the 12pm Family Mass this Sunday for their special Mass as part of their preparation programme.
Prayer Friends
Many thanks to everyone who has agreed to be a Prayer Friend for someone preparing for First Holy Communion. Please remember to return your cards to the organisers, Bernie, Nuala or Josephine, or the Parish Office as soon as possible.
Holy Land Pilgrimage
A Trip of a Lifetime
The Parishes of St. Anthony’s, St. John’s and St. Gabriel’s have organised a Pilgrimage to the Holy land Mon 27th May – Tues 4th June 2013. Highlights include Sea of Galilee, Cana, Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Via Dolorosa, Bethlehem, Nazareth and Mount of Olives.
Cost – €1,299 + taxes and insurance. For further info & booking contact St. Anthony’s Parish Office 01 8333459 or Map Travel 01 8783111 N.B. Deposit €250 to guarantee your place should be paid by Fri 7th Dec.
Circle of Life
Remember your deceased loved ones through the seasons of their lives with our Circle of Life. Write the names of your deceased loved ones on the ribbons provided and weave them into the Circle of Life in their memory.
Altar List of the Dead
Forms & envelopes for the new Parish Altar List of the Dead are available in the Gathering Area.
Many thanks to everyone involved who helped make last week’s Mass for all who died since last November a very special occasion – the Funeral Team, the Choir, the Caterers and all who came to support the bereaved families.
Fr. Pat
Service of Remembrance
Rotunda Hospital are hosting a Service of Remembrance in the Pro-Cathedral on Sunday, 18th Nov. at 3pm. for people who have lost babies through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death. Light refreshments afterwards in the Gresham Hotel. For further details contact the Hospital Chaplain on 01 8171700.
Restorative Justice Week
begins on Monday 12th Nov and the National Association of Prison Chaplains ask that we remember prisoners and their families at this time. It is also a time to remember the victims of crime and to remember and pray for communities most affected by crime.
Bereavement Support
Members of St. John the Baptist Bethany Bereavement Support Group will be in attendance in 187, Clontarf Road on Saturday 17th Nov. from 10.30am.
St. Gabriel’s Seniors Club
Tues. 13th Nov Art with Eleanor 10.30
Go for Life Exercise class 12.15
Ballroom Dancing Thursday 2.15 pm
Creative Writing Friday 2 pm
Castlecourt Hotel – Sunday 18th Nov
Meet at the Parish Centre at 11.45. Coach departs 12 noon for Heuston Station for 1.30 train. All enquiries to Aisling – 087 2523801
Registration for new term of Classes continues on Tues. 20th Nov. – You must be a club member to join a class – Note new class times.
Ballroom Dancing (6 wks €20) Thursdays 2.15
Creative Writing (6 wk. €20) Fridays 2pm
Go for Life Exercise (6 wk €15) Tuesdays 12.15
Celebrate the New Year Tues. 8th Jan 2013
Radisson Blu St. Helen’s Hotel, Stillorgan Road
4 course lunch – Spot prizes – Entertainment – Coach transfer – all for €40. To facilitate those travelling to Westport, bookings open next tues. 13th (11.30-12.15). Also Tues. 20th at tea/coffee morning – plenty room for everyone!
Holy Faith Parents Association are hosting a Book Fair in the School Hall on Sat & Sun 17th & 18th Nov – 10.30 – 2.30. daily. All books €2!
November 2012
We see signs of summer’s passing in golden leaves, shortening days, misty mornings, autumn glow.
We sense its passing in rain that dampens,
winds that chill, Harvest’s bounty placed on show.
Creator God, who brings forth both green shoot and hoar frost, sunrise and sunset,
we bring our thanks for seeds that have grown,
harvests gathered, storehouses filled,
mouths fed.
And, as your good earth rests
through winter’s cold embrace,
we look forward to its re–awakening
when kissed by Spring’s first touch.
(John Birch, www.faithandworship.com)
Parish Notes 04th November
We thought of you with love today
But this is nothing new
We thought about you yesterday
And days before that too.
We think of you in silence
We often speak your name
Now all we have is memories
And a picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake
With which we’ll never part.
God has you in his keeping
We have you in our heart.
The 10.30 Mass this Sunday is being offered for all of these who died during the past year, many of whom we knew as friends and neighbours.
Please also join them in the Parish Centre after Mass for refreshments.
Circle of Life
Remember your deceased loved ones through the seasons of their lives with our Circle of Life. Write the names of your deceased loved ones on the ribbons provided and weave them into the Circle of Life in their memory.
Altar List of the Dead
Forms & envelopes for the new Parish Altar List of the Dead are available in the Gathering Area.
Sacrament of Baptism
Last week we welcomed into our Christian Community through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Anna Rose Ross, the Mews, Dollymount Ave.
Floyd Thomas Maguire, Raheny.
St. Gabriel’s Seniors Club
Tues. 6th Nov Tea/coffee morning 10.30. Speaker Joan Callan – “Law for the Lay Person”
Go for Life Exercise class 12.15 pm Registration of new term for classes also on Tues. 6th.
To participate in classes you must be a club member. Note new start times.
Ballroom dancing (6 weeks €20) Thurs.2.15 -3.15
Creative Writing (6 weeks €20 Fri. 2.00 – 3.00
Go for Life Exercise (6 weeks €15) Tues. 12.15
Fri. 9th Nov Hugh Lane Gallery – public transport at 10am. Marion – 085 7244325
Castlecourt Hotel Westport 18th – 23rd Nov. €265
Aisling 8336544 / Helen 087 7907926
Do This in Memory
Our next Mass in the Programme of Preparation for First Holy Communions will be at 12pm next Sunday, 11th Nov. A meeting of parents to prepare the Mass will be held in the Sacristy on Tuesday at 8pm.
Our Deceased Loved ones who died during the last year
November
John Doherty
Paddy McGloin
Fr. Brendan Cantwell
December
Peggy Hickey
Andy Murphy
Andy Jackson
Josie McKay
Mary Connaughton
Terence McCartan
January
James Dunne
Patricia Quinn
Patrick Rhattigan
Gary Morrissey
Maura La Comfra
Harry Quinlan
February
Joan Sheehy
Michael Forbes
Marie McNamara
Sean Sheridan
Sheila Lunney
Mona Burke & Michael Burke
Bridie Dalingwater
March
Ellen Loscher
Mary Tighe
Maureen Delaney
Hilda Fagan
Rita Gallagher
Brian Fahy
Mary Frame
April
Antoionette Salveta
Kathleen Morley
Patty Clarke
Essie Cleary
Nora Hennessy
John McEvoy
Frank McCarthy
May
Florrie McDonald
Rita Beatty
Barney Rogers
Sean Ryle
Joan Husbands
Brendan Cosgrave
Kathleen Hartin
June
Jean McGowan
Michael English
Eithne O’Brien
Mary Martin
Jim Plaisted
Paul Woods
July
Kathy Whiston
Eileen Kennedy
Anne Phillips
Betty Caplis
Richie Weir
August
Bill Jones
Susan Maguire
Frank Healy
September
Anne Wearen
Deirdre O’Shea
Sean Cagney
Paddy Byrne
Leo Booth
Catherine Doyle
October
Gerry Ryan
Tom McGushin
Maura O’Regan de Taranco
Nora Gilhooley
Mary O’Connor