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Parish Information Parish Team Fr. Richard Hyland Fr Mick Shiels, Mass Times: St. Canice’s Mon – Sat 10am and Saturday (vigil) at 7pm. Sundays 9am: 10.30am: 12noon Confessions St. Canices Saturday Mornings after 10am Mass Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Tuesday: Wednesday: Friday 9am—12noon Wednesday 8pm concluding with Benediction Baptisms: 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month. Weddings: Bookings made in the Parish Office. Parish Office: Open 9.15—12.45 (Mon-Fri). OUR MISSION STATEMENT 8343110 e-mail: We are a community of people who believe in God who [email protected] loves each one of us without limit. We try to live by the St. Margaret’s: teaching and example of Jesus Christ with inspiration from Fr. Gabriel O’Dowd (St. Margaret’s) His Holy Spirit. We try to love God with all our hearts and Saturday 7pm, Sunday 11am minds and souls and to love our neighbour as ourselves in- Ph : 01-8341009 spired by the example of Mary, Mother of God and of the Church and guided by St Canice and St Margaret. We are in communion with the Catholic Church, our Holy Father Pope Francis and our Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. You are welcome to come and worship along with us RECENTLY BAPTISED Life in The Spirit Seminar We welcome into our Parish Community Finding Life Hard ! - Everybody Does William Fred Behan If you need to find a new life come along to St. Finians Sam John Warnock Ortary Glenties Pk Finglas Sth on Thursday nights at Pippa Emily Ivory 8pm until Thursday June 7th (7 nights). Reggie Clay Carey Contact Katryn 0868974778 or Mason Frances Martin Aileen 0860860188 Charlie Brady Rían Desmond Brannigan CHOOSE LIFE Does life begin at conception? Yes. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION But this is not just a question of belief – it’s Parochial School Sunday 13th May 12noon a scientific fact. At the moment of concep- Gael Scoil Ur Earcáin 19th May 10am. tion a new, unique human being with his or St. Canices Boys School Sunday 20th May 12noon her own DNA comes into existence. In recent years, St. Canices Girls School Sunday 27th May 12noon amazing advances in ultrasound technology provide us with a window into the womb and reveal the truth that Would you like to join a free course in Digital Skills in Finglas? the unborn child is undeniably one of us – a human be- The not-for-profit organisation, Third ing and much more than a clump of cells. Age is starting new classes shortly In the past, some people may have pleaded ignorance geared to people aged 45 and over, to the humanity of life in the womb but today we no those with a disability or currently un- employed. Classes may be of particular longer have this excuse. interest to a local retirement group. The location is the Fingal Centre The free training course is a 10-hr programme over 5 To access videos, testimonies and frequently asked weeks, 2 hrs per week, up to 10 participants per questions visit www.chooselife2018.ie course. It covers introduction to the Internet, email,etc If you would like to register your interest, Parish Pilgrimage to LOURDES phone Third Age on September 2nd for 4 nights 0469557766,email [email protected] Hotel Solitude: Cost €599.00 Booking can be made in the Parish Give Blood: Clinic will take place at Office 01-8343110 Scoil Chiarain St. Canice’s Rd Ballygall on Wednesday 2nd May from 5pm—8.30pm FIRST FRIDAY Friday next is the First Friday of the Month. Mass at FINGLAS CONCERT and 10am is offered for all on the Altar list of the dead MARCHING BAND In Concert at St. Canice’s CHURCH GROUNDS Church Finglas Village on With the weather continuing to improve—help Thursday May 10th. Special is needed to clean the Church grounds, the appearance of the ARMY NUMBER 1 Band. Admission Memorial Garden and the Lourdes Shrine. If you would €10.00: Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets in advance on like to offer your time we would be most grateful. Please sale in the Church or from Carmine’s Restaurant call to see Fr. Richard or Fr. Mick ...Thank you. (under the footbridge in the Village) Congratulations to the BAND who were named RECENTLY DECEASED overall winner in the junior Military Section at the Sheila Brady: Anita Dunne recent Irish National Bands Competition which took Patrick (Padser) Quearney place recently at the Navan Arts Centre

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Church porches next GLENDALOUGH weekend 5th/6th May. Some Seats still available….. To celebrate The World Meeting of Families 2018 the 3 The Society will collect Finglas Parishes are holding a Pilgrimage to Glendalough on May 26th 2018. Cost €15 the Bags outside the to include Bus, plus tea/coffee and scones on arrival. Participants may bring a picnic Church on the week- lunch if they wish as we will have the use of an indoor venue should the day be inclem- end of 12th / 13th May ent. Fr. John Rogers will quide us around the monastic settlements and the lake, finishing with Mass at 4pm in St. Kevin’s Parish Church. There are 3 pickup points for Envelope the Bus at the 3 churches beginning at 9am, 9.15 and 9.30. Returning to Dublin at FAMILY approximately 6pm. A 52 seater has been booked with the provision for more if OFFERING numbers warrant. For those interested in travelling please take a booking form Planned Giving from the tables in the Church and return to the Parish Office as soon as you Collection for the can. Final date for payment is Friday May 4th 2018. week of 22nd April €1519.00 Please book through parish office. St. Canices 01-8343110 Thank you SPREAD THE WORD: A Thriving, Vibrant Community Matters – Support Our Advertisers! PAT O’HARA & SONS (YL`V\YÄUHUJPHSHMMHPYZPUVYKLY& TREE SURGEONS & GARDENING SERVICES Will they cover:- 32c Rosemount Bus. Park JAMESTOWN ROAD BUS/PK, FINGLAS, D.11 Ballycoolin, Dublin 11 For All Your Garden Needs ‹5\YZPUN/VTLMLLZ& • Trees Lopped, Pruned & Shaped T: +353 1 906 0398 40% Off ‹-\ULYHSJVZ[Z& this • Paving M: +353 87 267 5898 MONTH • Multi Coloured Pebbling & Fencing ‹0UOLYP[HUJL;H_3PHIPSP[`VM`V\YSV]LKVULZ& • Laying Patios, Cobblelocking, [email protected] Call Jacinta to book your no obligation complimentary meeting www.fundamental.ie • Powerwashing, Sheds knocked & taken away. ‘You have everything to gain and nothing to lose’ • All general garden work • Hedges Pruned & Trimmed • Instant Lawns • Weeding & Planting - Free Quotes & expert advice (without Obligation) Fully Insured Insurance Policy number: BS0561 - ELPL - 23490 20yrs 085 2090219 Experience No payment until 01 8140758 work is complete Carpet • Wood Flooring • Vinyl 1850 79 0000

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