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Early Morning Mass Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cardinal Desmond Connell R.I.P The death was announced this week of Please note there will be no 7.30am Mass this coming Monday and Cardinal Desmond Connell. Tuesday February 27th & 28th. The The following is a profile from the early morning Mass will resume on Diocesan website. Desmond Connell was born on 24 March Wednesday March 1st (Ash 1926. His father, John Bernard Connell, a Wednesday) beginning at 7.20am native of Moycullen Co Galway was a civil servant who was a member of the Irish Novena of Grace to delegation to the Ottawa Conference of 1st March St Francis Xavier Rosary and Morning Prayer Mass on Ash Wednesday at The Rosary and Morning Prayer of the 1932 and was later appointed by Sean 4th to 12th March at 10am Mass. Lemass as Vice-Chairman and Managing 7.20am and 10am Church is celebrated from Monday to Director of the Irish Sugar Company. His

The Novena of Grace is a time for Saturday at 9.20am. Also every mother, Mary (née Lacy), was on duty as a Ashes will be distributed after the prayer as a community supporting Saturday night after the Vigil Mass telephonist at the General Post Office on homily during both masses. each other, praying with and for each until 8.30pm there is exposition of the Easter Monday 1916. The future Cardinal grew up on Dublin’s Northside. He Ash Wednesday is a day of another. It is also a time of renewal of Blessed Sacrament and Night Prayer attended St Peter’s National School Fast and Abstinence our faith and prayer life. We can of the Church. All are welcome Phibsborough and subsequently the Jesuit The morning mass will commence at contribute to the renewal of the ______second level school, . Family Offering Collection 7.20AM during Lent beginning on Ash Church by our prayers during the In September 1943, he entered the Wednesday March 1st. Novena. Many Thanks to those who helped with diocesan seminary of Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, and began his studies at There will be NO evening Mass here in This year the novena will be lead by a the distribution of the Family Offering University College Dublin. Following his Good Shepherd on Ash Wednesday number of people speaking on boxes throughout the Parish over the ordination by Archbishop John Charles

different days. Fr Peter McVerry S.J, past week. Your kindness and generosity McQuaid on 19 May 1951, he took up his is very much appreciated. will begin the novena by presiding at travelling studentship and spent two years Trócaire Boxes available in the at the Institute Supérieur de Philosophie in Church. Please take one home. the First Mass this coming Saturday Louvain. Dr. Connell was a member of the Irish Hierarchy’s theological commission, 4th March at 10am. Fr. Peter will also preside at the Novena on Monday and Results of the draw held on and of the Diocesan Committee on Ecumenism. Tuesday March 6th & 7th. Fr. Eamon Monday 20th February 2017

Bourke will preside on Wednesday He was made a Prelate of Honour by the 2  3  4  5 Pope with the title of Monsignor in 1984.He

Please pray for those who died March 8th and Friday March 10th. There was one Winner served as chaplain to three communities of . The Jackpot will now return to contemplative sisters, the Poor Clares, recently: Donnybrook (1953-55), the Carmelites, Emmanuel 2017 €1,000 A group from the parish will be going Drumcondra (1955-1966) and the Rose Murphy Carmelites in Blackrock from 1966. to this musical gathering in the Helix The Parish Shop is open after all weekday Henry(Harry) O'Neill Masses and before and after the Vigil and Archbishop Connell’s motto is Secundum on Thursday 9th March. Verbum Tuum (“According to thy word”). It Patrick McDonough Sunday morning Masses. If you would like to come along is the well known response of Our Lady’s May they rest in peace please contact Niamh in the Parish to God’s call at the Annunciation, “be it Eucharistic Ministers Roster available done unto me according to thy word” (Luke Office . in the Sacristy 1:38). May he rest in peace.