FOXROCK PARISH
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 13th May 2018
MASS INTENTIONS Sat 12th 6.00 pm vigil Eileen Mc Loughlin (Anniversary)
Sun 13th 10.00 am Linda Murphy (Anniversary)
11.15 am Siobhán & Michael Galvin (Anniversary) Colm Hogan (Anniversary) Mary & Eoin Ryan (Anniversary)
12.30pm Noel Turley (Anniversary) John Kelly (Anniversary) Vincent Baker (Anniversary)
Wed 16th 10.00 am Jack Tyrrell (Anniversary) Sat 19th 10.00 Ken Duncan (Anniversary)
Recently Deceased Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour www.foxrockparish.ie [email protected] Fr. Frank 086 853 6336 Fr Gerard 5320463 Richard (Dick) Byrne
Parish Office/Sacristy 2893492 Monday - Friday 10.30 - 12.30 May he rest in peace Parish Pastoral Worker Maeve Davidson 087 6904814; 087 2853726 [email protected] Pastoral Centre 2895650 www.parishcentre.ie
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Today's Gospel is full of the mighty the Apostles met each other's eyes? deeds Jesus predicts for his followers. "This is it. He really is gone this time. It's "In my name they will drive out demons, up to us now."
they will speak new languages. They will Mark's abrupt transition from Ascension pick up serpents [with their hands], and to action makes his meaning clear. The if they drink any deadly thing it will not Ascension isn't just about Jesus. It's harm them. They will lay hands on the about us. Are we ready to go? Are we The Ascension of the Lord sick, and they will recover." Mark's ac- ready to be commissioned? This is the May 10, 2018 count of the Ascension is abrupt and heart of the Ascension message -Jesus The Ascension is an interesting feast succinct. "Then the Lord Jesus, after he leaves so we can go. We might not "go when you think about it. We celebrate spoke to them, was taken up into heav- into the whole world," but we all live in Jesus leaving! Jesus' first departure en." Jesus ascends and the Apostles go. a corner of it. The command to from the earth was sudden and unex- "But they went forth and preached eve- "proclaim the Gospel" isn't a call for pected, at least to his followers. That rywhere." The real moment likely had a everyone to be formal preachers of the Good Friday departure was character- bit of lag time. Realistically, the Apostles Word. We do, however, proclaim our ized by sorrow, confusion, and loss. This had quite the task in front of them. Can beliefs with the way we live our lives. Do departure has a different feel: anticipa- you imagine those first few moments on our lives proclaim Easter joy? tion. the hilltop after Jesus disappeared, as
Another busy week here in the centre month, Therese and her flower crew and I am delighted to say that I am now have been kept very busy keeping all back at work after a month. Many the arrangements fresh and as thank to Brid, John, Denise and beautiful as ever. Well done to all Stephen in particular who kept the involved and if you would like to learn place running perfectly in my absence. how to do it, Therese runs regular We welcome into our Talking of absence, the loss of our dear classes here so give her a call for more community through baptism colleague and friend, Dick Byrne, is details. greatly felt here in the centre and in the As always, we are looking for Ruby Kate Maher church. Dick was a wonderful man, so volunteers, especially for evening Cian Matthew Salisbury gentle, patient and a true friend to all duties in the centre. Please, if you have Shane Joseph Mc Keown who knew him. He will always be some time to spare, WE REALLY DO Leo Christopher Lowry remembered with affection and the NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!!!! Lugh Thomas Mangan words " just have a little think about it" As we head closer to June, we are now Katie Elaine Flynn will always be in my head every time I open to bookings for our Autumn term. Emma Mary Fogarty try and balance the books. Dick we If you are interested in running classes Ollie Anthony Cunningham love you to bits. here, we would love to hear from you Henry Charles Costelloe With all the many communions and so do call in any morning for a chat! confirmations here over the past Maeve Carrick
World Meeting of Families, attend the Festival of Families with Pope Croke Park and the Phoenix Park on the August, 2018 . Francis and/or the Papal Mass, it will be Saturday and Sunday. There will be Plans for the Pope’s visit to us during the necessary to have purchased a three-day more information in the coming weeks. World Meeting of Families are taking or a one-day ticket, so we suggest that If you need help with purchasing your shape. It is understood that he will you purchase your three-day or one-day World Meeting of Family tickets online, attend the Festival of Families on assistance will be provided every Saturday 25 August in Croke Park and ticket without delay. We are informed Wednesday morning, afternoon and there will be a Papal Mass on Sunday 26 that the numbers of tickets for the evening in the Parish Pastoral Centre. ‘August in the Phoenix Park. celebrations with the Pope in Croke Park There is a notice in the Church porches Tickets for the World Meeting of and the Phoenix Park are restricted and with the contact details where you may Families are available to purchase online. that there will probably be no open purchase your tickets online. There are three-day tickets and one-day availability of tickets. The Parish will be tickets. In order to be sure of a ticket to organising buses to take parishioners to
A FINAL THANK YOU TO FOXROCK! This year’s annual collection for the Loreto Sisters Mission in poverty-stricken areas of Lima, PERU, eventually reached the largest-ever amount of €8840, due to further late contributions, including one very large anonymous donation. Thanks to all contributors. As always, the money will be of great benefit to the communities with whom the sisters are working.
NOVENA IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR Novena will run from Monday May 21st to Tuesday May 29th There will be three daily sessions 10am Mass 7pm Mass 9pm Reflective prayer service Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th Masses as normal
Penitential Service will be on Thursday May 24th at 7pm Sacrament of the Sick will be on Saturday May 26th 12.00 midday Special blessing for families at all Sunday Masses on May 27th Blessing of religious objects at 10am Mass on May 28th We urgently need volunteers to provide food for the missionaries after the 7pm evening Mass.
MONDAY AT THE MONASTERY A series of talks during May, the month of Mary the Mother of God The Presentation Family & St. Joseph’s Parish, Glasthule are delighted to announce details of their upcoming Mondays at the Monastery series of informal, informative talks about the Catholic Faith that are taking place this month. The scheduled talks are as follows: Monday 14th May: Talk on ‘Our Lady of Lourdes and the story of St Bernadette’ to be given by Mr Morgan Sharpe in the Presentation Brothers House at 7.30pm Monday 21st May: Rev Fr Richard Gibbons, Parish Priest and Rector, Knock Shrine will celebrate Mass and discuss “Knock Shrine and its place in today’s Ireland” at St Joseph’s Church, Glasthule at 7.30pm Monday 28th May: Talk on ‘the apparition in Medjugorje and repentance’ to be given by Very Rev. Ruairí Ó’Dómhnaill Adm, Carlow Cathedral, in the Presentation Brothers House at 7.30pm The talks will be followed by a refreshment. All are welcome to attend and explore their faith further in the special month of May and experience the parish as a community. For more information email [email protected]
the life and times of the great Irish SYRIA COLLECTION Fr. William wishes to thank explorer and the Heroic Age of parishioners for the extraordinary Antarctic Exploration. response to last weeks appeal. Amount contributed so far is €24000.
Speaker: Neale Webb Saints of the Week SHORT TALK – Our Townlands
Townlands are small geographical Mon 14 ST MATTHIAS APOSTLE FOXROCK areas of land use in Ireland. Some LOCAL HISTORY CLUB Tues 15 St Carthage, bishop Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre townlands are of Gaelic origin, some Wed 16 St Brendan, Abbot Fri 18 St John 1, pope and martyr townlands and boundaries come from At 20:00 on Tuesday 15 May 2018 Norman manors or are later creations of the Ordnance Survey. Only from LONG TALK -Sir Ernest Shackelton "It will never work. and the Heroic Age of Antarctic the 1600’s do these townlands start to We’ve never done it that way be mapped by the English for before. Exploration We’re doing fine without it. Neale Webb’s grandfather was a administrative purposes. Pádraig will We can’t afford it. We’re not ready for it. cousin of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Neale give us a great insight into how our It’s not our responsibility.” local townlands have evolved. himself has been to the Antarctic on three occasions. He will give a talk on How to Bury a Good Idea . Anonymous
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