Intentions How to keep in contact: Parish News Feast Ritual th Please note the Parish Detailed preparations are taking Saturday 13 June Blessing of the Meal 6.30p.m. Daniel McDonald Office is currently closed. place for the opening of the (Month’s Mind & Birthday Churches in Arklow, Johnstown and Leader: Welcome to this meal, in the name of Telephone: Remembrance) Castletown along with Árus Lorcáin. Christ. We come o share in God’s love. Fr. Pádraig O’Cochláin Nuala O’Neill This will be on a phased basis and 0402-32294 will probably entail several changes Family member: th Fr. Michael Murtagh Sunday 14 June to our practices to date. Further We come to share our food and our lives. We come 0402-41505 8.30 a.m. Breege Shevlin details later. to share food together, and open ourselves to each other. 11.30 a.m. John (Jack) Dempsey Fr. David Brough 0402-32196. Eileen Quirke Email: Thank you to all who contributed in any way to Friday Family member: We come to express our faith and our thanks. Mick & May Doyle [email protected] evening’s ceremony via the parish webcam acknowledging May God bless this food and our fellowship. Peter Monaghan (parish office) the efforts of all front-line workers during Covid-19. Mary & Evelyn Wolohan Family member: As we share our food, we give thanks and we ppwarklow@ gmail.com Family Offering: Many boxes of weekly envelopes have Mary McAnanama remember those who do not have enough. (Margaret, Parish Pastoral – 7.00 p.m. Sue Byrne been collected / delivered - thank you! We hope to have the Worker) Monday 15th June remainder distributed over the next week or so. If you would Scripture Psalm 34:1 8.00 a.m. - prefer to make your donations by Standing Order please let 10.00 a.m. - us know. Thank you for your generous and essential support Leader: I will keep on thanking God with constant words of th Tuesday 16 June of the Family Offering. prayer. I will glory in the living God: 8.00 a.m. William O’Connor Website the humble will hear and be glad. (Pause)

(Months Mind) of the Week 10.00 a.m. Elizabeth Hannigan Leader: People are invited to call our single words or brief

th Wednesday 17 June Pilgrim Paths of Ireland - phrases of thanks for something that happened during the week. 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. - Response All: Generous God, we thank you. Thursday 18th June

8.00 a.m. - Setting the Table 10.00 a.m. - Leader: We are all invited to the common table to share in an Friday 19th June To participate in Mass via the . At this table we come as brothers and sisters in

8.00 a.m. - parish webcam visit: The the Holy Family of God. ’ 10.00 a.m. - www.arklowparish.ie or th After Mass this weekend the Feast of the , we Saturday 20 June www.mcnmedia.tv Leader: On our table in the midst of this community 10.00 a.m. - invite you to have an Agape Meal. This can be just a simple The church will be closed with whom Christ is present we set symbols to remind us of his

. meal - fresh fruit, finger food, soup, dips and crackers. during Mass times. promises to us.: An Agape Meal is a Christian fellowship meal recalling the meals Jesus shared with his disciples during his ministry and Family member: A candle, to remind us Jesus is the light of the With Sympathy The Feast of The Most expressing the koinonia (community sharing, fellowship) world.

Sympathies are extended to the family Sacred Heart of Jesus enjoyed by the family of Christ. Gather your family and now Family member: Bread, to remind us of God’s love, ‘I am the and friends of Friday 19th June 2020 we can have a few friends over if we keep our social bread of life.’ Bridget Mary Joyce distancing. Maybe those friends and family who have Thomas (Tommy) Kavanagh , supported you during the Lockdown, Leader: God, we welcome your presence with us. Desmond John O’Brien See Agape Meal ritual on this newsletter. May the food and companionship we share nourish Very Reverend John Canon our bodies minds and hearts If you are unable to have this meal at the weekend maybe Mac Mahon (Clonskeagh) who died recently. The Feast of The Most Sacred & invite people during the week. Heart of Jesus is one of the Food is served. People share their stories May they . most widely practiced and well- When the meal is finished th known devotions in the Roman Corpus Christi Prayer

Saturday June 20 . Leader: We give thanks for this feast. Our Father…… . It takes the Feast of the Immaculate Oh Lord Jesus Christ, we come before You physical heart of Jesus as Heart of Mary today, we thank You for the gift of Your Holy Blessing representation of His Divine Body and Blood through which we get strengthened body, Leader: God bless each of us as we travel on. In our times of love for humanity. The need may we find a table spread in the wilderness and soul and mind. We solemnly pledge that we will offer You our devotion especially companions on the road. undivided love and also service to our brothers and sisters as Sunday June 21st emphasizes the unmitigated it is Your Holy will. We pray this in the Name of the Father, Matt Talbot Day love, compassion, and long- All: Amen. and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. suffering of the heart of Christ

towards humanity.