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Sunday 2Nd September 2018 22Nd Sunday Ordinary Time Pilgrimages This Year Lourdes: 12-17 September, Led by Bishop Michael Smith Dates For Your Diary 2018 Sunday 2nd September 2018 Tuesday 4th Sept: East Meath Bridge Club starts the new Season on Tuesday 22nd Sunday Ordinary Time next at 7.30pm in Laytown/Bettystown Golf Club. Thursday 6th Sept: Catholic Grandparents Association Meeting at 8pm in the Parish Rooms. Mass Times Sunday 9th Sept: National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock. Saturday Night Vigil: 6.00 pm 12th - 17th Sept: Meath Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes Sunday 10.00 am & 11.30 am th Monday: Liturgy of the Word 8.45 am Wednesday 19 Sept: Meeting for parents/guardians of Children for Tuesday: 8.45 am First Communion at 8pm in Donacarney School Hall. th Priests of the Parish Wednesday: 8.45 am Tuesday 25 Sept: St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society Meeting at 8pm in the Fr. Noel Weir Thursday: 8.45 am Parish Rooms. Tel: 041 9827384 Friday: List of the Dead 8.45 am Ordination of Mgr. Thomas Deenihan as Bishop of Meath. Email: [email protected] Bishop Elect Thomas Deenihan will be ordained Bishop of Meath www.morningtonchurch.com Eucharistic Ministers 8/9 September in our Cathedral in Mullingar this Sunday at 3pm. Office: Mon/Wed/Fri 9.30-2.30pm 6.00pm: M Grady, M Kelly All are invited to the ceremony. 10.00am: N Maher, A Stapleton Fr. Denis McNelis P.P. 11.30am: J & M Maguire, B Norris, R Hayes Please remember him in your prayers. Laytown 041 9827258 East Meath Bridge Thank you for your Contributions Confessions from Basket: €490 / Envelopes: €265 / Shrine: €90 / 6.00pm-7.00pm on Wednesday Club Wednesday 5th September August Offerings for Priest: €905.00 (to date) 5th September and on Request. starts the new Season in Lila Young’s House, Bellewstown on Tuesday next, 4th Mass Intentions this Weekend 1/2 September 2018 from 11am-1.30pm. Saturday 6.00pm: Tom Connolly - Anniversary. September at 7.30pm in All proceeds in aid of the Suffering Alf & Barbara Straw - Anniversary. Laytown/Bettystown Golf Club. Children of Allepo. Kathleen Hilliard & Marie McArdle - Birthday Remembrances. National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock: Sunday 9th September Sunday 10.00am: Jay Murray - Anniversary. Paddy Dalton - Anniversary. Knock Shrine 2.30pm. Everybody welcome to honour & thank Grandparents alive Sunday 11.30am: Marie & Dessie O’Brien - Birthday Remembrance. & dead for all they have done for us down through the ages. Chief Celebrant Arch- Celeste Fusciardi - 3rd Anniversary. bishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio - Combined Choirs of Knock Parish - Mark Mullen - 23rd Anniversary. The Tuttle Family - Dana sings 'Our Lady of Knock' Patrick & Patricia Sweeney - Anniversary. Mass Intentions next Weekend 8/9 September 2018 Pilgrimages this Year Saturday 6.00pm: PJ Conway - Anniversary. Lourdes: 12-17 September, led by Bishop Michael Smith Sunday 10.00am: Fr. Ken Murray & Eileen Kenna - Anniversary. This year marks 160 years since the apparitions to St. Bernadette in Joan Breheny - 6th Anniversary. Lourdes. It also marks 70 years of the Meath Pilgrimage with the first Sunday 11.30am: Joseph Smith - 24th Anniversary. travelling in 1948. Bishop Deenihan will also join the pilgrimage. Society of St. Vincent de Paul Monthly collection will take place after Church Cleaning will take place on Saturday 8th September commencing the Masses this weekend 1st/2nd September. at 10am, Coffee at 11am. All volunteers welcome. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Wednesday from 9am to 10pm. Baptism: 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month at 12.15pm. Please phone the parish Visitation of the Sick & Housebound: Fr. Noel will visit the sick and the office to make arrangements. A member of our baptismal team will contact you. housebound in the Mornington Church Parish area this Thursday & Friday. Weddings: Six months notice to be given to the Church and three months notice to the If you have a family member or neighbour who is housebound and unable to come State. To make a booking please contact the parish office on 041 9827384. out to Mass please contact the Presbytery on 041 9827384. Presbytery Office Hours this week: Mon & Wed 9.30am-2pm & Friday 8.30am-1pm .
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