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CHURCH MASS TIMES BALBRIGGAN: Monday-Friday: 10am Holy Days: 9.30am & 11am Saturday: Vigil 6.30pm Sunday: 10am & 12noon
BALSCADDEN: Sunday and Holy Days: 8.30am
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PARISH TEAM Parish Priest: Fr. Eugene Taaffe Tel: 0872525196 Curates: Fr. Tony Gill SMA Fr. Donal Toal SMA Pastoral Worker: Niamh Morris Parish Secretary: Anne McNally
PARISH OFFICE THE DEEP END: The Good Shepherd Monday –Friday 9.30am-1.00pm In Jesusǯtime, being a shepherd was not a pleasant job. Sheep became (Closed for Public Holidays ) easily lost and the shepherdǯs job was to guide them back to safety. Phone: 01-8412116 There were many dangers and the sheep were totally dependent on Email: the shepherd. Shepherds would round up their sheep in the evening [email protected] and guide them into their pen. But it had no gate so the shepherd Facebook: @ Balbriggan Parish would have to lie across the space in case the sheep were attacked in Ǥϐ Ǥ God our Father, You call us to believe in you ϐ Ǯhired handǯwho is to accept lovingly Your Son Jesus ϐ Ǥ ϐ and to be open to the Holy Spirit ϐǤ for the service of our brothers and sisters This Good Shepherd Sunday, the gospel describes Jesus as the ǮgenuineǯShepherd who wants a personal relationship with each one We thanks you for the confidence of us and who would lay down his life for us. The gospel emphasises you show us in calling us to share in your plan of salvation ϐ cares for them. They Ǯfollow himǯand it is not a Facebook or Twitter Help us to discern type of following, rather it is a genuine relationship. Everyone matters how we can work with you to the Good Shepherd, regardless of their situations. We are told ǮI as committed lay people, know my own and my own know meǯǤWe are called today to follow married or single, as priests or deacons, Jesus in a more personal, more intimate way. Even when we stray off as religious or missionaries. the path and get lost, it is then –especially –that the Good Shepherd comes looking for us. Awaken in each of us Ǯϔ ǡ the courage to respond to your call. Grant the grace of fidelity and eternal life dz DĞŝƐƚĞƌ ĐŬŚĂƌƚ to those who are called, like the Apostles, to follow Christ wholeheartedly ZĞŇĞĐƟŽŶďLJ:ĂŶĞDĞůůĞƩ͖ Mass Intentions The 8th Amendment guarantees that everyone is Weekend of April 21st / 22nd treated equally, valued equally and protected equally. It ensures that all lives matter, not just some. Saturday 6.30pm: Billy Hamilton (1st Ann) We should be proud that it has saved over 100,000 Irish James & Rose McCabe: Paddy Gorman lives in the last 35 years. May & Paddy Conlon: Gorman family The 8th Amendment is one of the most progressive laws we Ann McGee: Julia Bertram have. It protects the equal rights of all human life, whether Sunday male or female, rich or poor, able-bodied or disabled. ͺǤ͵ͲǣϐȋͳȌ It reads: Balbriggan 10am: Jim & Ona Meskell: Fr. Michael Hassett "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, Aldona Agota: Vytautas Juozas with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, Patrick & Margaret Pyne: Anne Murray guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right." Halligan & Murray families 12 noon Gerry Shields: Frank Power: Stephen Scott There are some who suggest that the wording of the 8th Amendment may put a mother's life at risk. This is Tommy O`Carroll : Joseph Keenan Weekday Mass Intentions fundamentally untrue however. Our abortion laws were changed in 2013 to make it legal to terminate a pregnancy in Monday 10am Stephen Young (Rec. deceased) Ireland should it be necessary to protect the mother's life. Tuesday 10am Billy Hamilton (1st Ann) The 8th Amendment has one main effect - it prevents Andy, Rita & Peter Anderson elective abortions. It does not restrict doctors from acting to Molly Malone provide medical care to a woman should a complication arise Wednesday 10am — during pregnancy.
Thursday 10am: David & Joe Hammond Where did it come from? Friday 10am: — The 8th Amendment was made a part of our Constitution in Weekend of April 28th / 29th 1983. It was approved by referendum; passing by an Saturday 6.30pm: Christine McBride (Months Mind) overwhelming majority of 67% of the electorate. The issue was raised over concerns that future abortion Bertie & Elizabeth Martin: Ruth McAuley campaigns would try to strip away the rights of the unborn in Jimmy Donnelly: Ulick Maypother a similar manner to the Roe vs Wade decision in the US. James & Caroline Smyth There were legitimate fears that a similar case in Ireland may Nicky & John Lacey introduce abortion here without the say of the people. Sunday What does the 8th amendment do? Balscadden 8.30am: — The 8th Amendment protects the right to life of all Irish Balbriggan 10am: Agnes & Joseph Sweetman: Jenny Reid people, and ensures that we are equal before the law. Flynn family: Patricia Byrne It protects the life of the unborn as far as practicable to do so, 12 noon David Brangan (Months Mind) but also guarantees that women are entitled to any treatment Dominic McGuinness: Des Gough necessary to protect their lives also.
Ethna Noctor: Patrick Kearns At a political level, it prevents politicians from introducing Raymond, Agnes & Patrick Dowling and changing Ireland's abortion laws without public approval.
Michael & John Cullen Any changes to our constitution must be approved in a referendum. Without the 8th Amendment, we would be ǡ putting an enormous amount of trust in our politicians. Ǥ The Supreme Court has declared that the only protection which Irish unborn children have is the 8th Amendment. Without it, the unborn child is invisible, and our politicians will be able to introduce any abortion laws they want 2XUVLQFHUHV\PSDWKLHV It’s your decision, WRWKHIDPLO\RI but it might be the last decision on this topic you ever get to make so Elena Casey THINK CAREFULLY before you vote! :HZHOFRPHWRWKH Tuesday May 05th, 2018 &KULVWLDQ)DPLO\WKRVH is the closing date for ZKR¶VIXQHUDOWRRNSODFHLQWKH ZKRZHUHEDSWL]HG your Local Authority to SDVWZHHN UHFHQWO\ receive an application for entry to the Supplement .DL)UDQFLV to the register of electors )RU\RXUIDLWKIXOSHRSOH/RUG 'DLV\5RE\Q for the Referendum. /LIHLVFKDQJHGQRWHQGHG (YDQ&ROP Our Planned Giving Collection for the If you, or anyone you know, weekend of April 14th/15th amounted would like to travel on the to €1085. Many thanks for your contri- butions. If you would like to contribute to Invalid Section of the Dublin the Parish through Planned Giving Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes Envelopes/Standing Orders, from the 7th—ͳʹth September, ϐ Ǥ please contact Thanks also to those who returned their Fr. Eugene for more Easter Dues Envelopes. The Dues details. ,I\RXZRXOGOLNHWRUHWXUQ collection goes towards the support of \RXU7URFDLUH%R[WRWKH the priests of the Parish, along with sick 3DULVK2IILFHRU6DFULVW\ and retired priests of the Diocese. ZHZLOOIRUZDUG\RXU Heartiest Congratulations to the young people FRQWULEXWLRQWR7URFDLUHRQ from Balscadden NS and Scoil Chormaic CNS who \RXUEHKDOI were confirmed this week. Best wishes especially to Scoil Chormaic—this is their first year of Have you lost a pair of celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation! glasses? Or 1an umbrella? Or Rosary Beads, Gloves, Congratulations also to the children from a toy tractor, dinosaur ?? Balbriggan ET, Bracken ET, St Georgems NS and St Teresams PS who received the Sacrament of Holy We have Lost and Found Communion for the first time on Saturday. Box in the Sacristy where items are waiting to be We pray Godms blessing on all our young people on claimed. You are welcome these special occasions in their faith lives to have a look over the next few weekends and RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR see if St. Anthony has BALBRIGGAN KƵƌ^ĞĐŽŶĚ MEALS ON WHEELS answered your prayers!! ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶƚŚŝƐ
At Millfield Shopping Centre ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚŝƐĨŽƌƚŚĞ The Order of Malta On April 23rd/24th/25th ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚŽĨƚŚŽƐĞ Monthly Party takes place 10am-12 noon ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐƚŽďĞƉƌŝĞƐƚƐ on Thursday, April 26th at 8pm in the Hall on ĨŽƌƚŚĞŝŽĐĞƐĞŽĨ Hampton Street. ƵďůŝŶ All are Welcome!
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