FOXROCK PARISH Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 15th April 2018

MASS INTENTIONS Sat 14th April 6.00 pm vigil Moses Patrick Maguire (Anv.) Sun 15th April 10.00 am Marie Fitzgerald (Month’s Mind) 11.15 am Dr. Brian McGovern (Anv.); Patrick Galvin (Anv.); Kathleen Flood (Anv.) 12.30pm Sarah Sally (Anv.); Eileen Crowley (Month’s Mind); Tom, Patricia and Tom Jr. McGrath (Anv.)

Tuesday, 17th April 10am: John Berkery (Anv.)

Thursday, 19th April 10am: Mabel Farrell (Anv.); A Mass of Thanksgiving Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour www.foxrockparish.ie [email protected] Friday, 20th April Fr. Frank 086 853 6336 Fr Gerard 5320463 10am: Parish Office/Sacristy 2893492 John Howard (Anv.) Monday - Friday 10.30 - 12.30 Saturday, 21st April Parish Pastoral Worker Maeve Davidson 087 6904814; 087 2853726 [email protected] 10am: Pastoral Centre 2895650 www.parishcentre.ie Joe O’Callaghan (Month’s Mind)

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that the Apostles were initially "startled and deeds and "everything written and terrified" to the extent that they about [him] in the law of Moses and in "thought that they were seeing a the prophets and psalms."

ghost." Why now? Why this increased depth of Jesus has compassion on his confused understanding? The answer lies in the friends. Once he affirms his non-ghostly shifting role of the Apostles. "You are identity--"look at my hands and my feet, witnesses of these things." The treasury that it is I myself"--Jesus gets down to of truth is no longer Jesus' responsibility business. He has risen from the dead, alone but our own. Then and there, the 3rd Sunday of Easter but life would not continue as normal. Apostles are appointed to proclaim the April 15, 2018 Throughout Jesus' ministry, he spoke in death and resurrection of Jesus, the parables and veiled prophetic language. forgiveness of sins and the mercy of "Why do questions arise in your hearts?" His followers likely thought much of his God. This message is no longer for only After the Resurrection, the Apostles words were metaphors, some the Jewish people but "all the nations." experienced their fair share of symbolism for the person and their This is our invitation! We have the rich incredulity. Jesus had died-John had relation to God. Now Jesus has heritage of the Church's teaching. By been there-and now the tomb was something else in mind. He "opened sacramental grace, God's "peace" is empty. What should they believe? Was their minds to understand the "with [us]." We, too, are sent to the Jesus before them truly real? And scriptures," making known the proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ who was Jesus really? It's no surprise connections between his own words and the hope that belongs to his call.

the 10am mass on Sundays, wrote and directed a new musical which performed for three sell out nights in the Mill Theatre in Dundrum to terrific reviews. ! We welcome into our community through baptism Welcome back to a new term. Lots of As a lot of us are now thinking of our Molly Elizabeth Burke Hugo Donnacha Harrington classes are starting new terms. These "bikini bods" there are also numerous Darragh Jack Finan include many of our creative classes, exercise classes taking place in the Amelia Jane Louise Feeney among them, Oil painting, Batik centre every week. From Zumba Gold, Sophie Mary Kearney painting and flower arranging. Could gentle yoga, yoga, pilates, there is you ask for much more!!!!!! All of something for everyone. It's never these are great activities but you can't too early to start a good fitness benefit if you don't take the time to regime and while there are spaces still find out more about them. Now is the available, this is the time to get time. Check out our website moving. Looking forward to seeing Parishcentre.ie or call in and collect a you all here in your leotards! A new Data Protection law, the brochure with detail of these and General Data Protection Regulation or many of our other activities. the ‘GDPR’, is being introduced on 25 Another creative activity that has May 2018. This new law applies to any organisation, including our parish that been going on, Shauna Carrick who is Maeve Carrick manages and processes people’s involved in the family mass group at personal information. We are now working on ways of ensuring that what we do with your personal information is compliant with this new We have had a complaint about parking on yellow lines law. Keep a look out for updates on and in the bike lane during our Sunday Masses. The what we are doing in both the parish Gardai have been notified so please be aware when website and in the newsletter and if attending Sunday Mass. you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the parish office.

FOXROCK PARISH PASTORAL have volunteered to host visitors to Saint John of God Hospital COUNCIL MEETING 27.03.18 the meeting. Information is still Minding the Mind awaited on the possibility of a group Public Lecture Series 2018 Lectures: A meeting of Foxrock Parish booking for the event. For those not 8.00pm—9.30pm Pastoral Council was held on Tuesday very familiar with electronic media, Venue: 27th April 2018. Items discussed help will be provided in the parish for Saint John of God Hospital included: booking online. 16 April 20l8 GDPR - Data Protection: Patricia Deanery: The chairperson of Walshe, Parish Secretary, reported to the PPC (Goretti Newell) and the Anxiety in an Age of the Parish Council on the steps being Parish Pastoral Worker (Maeve Information Overload taken in the parish on the current Davidson) attend the Deanery DR AMY WATCHORN updating of Data Protection. All data meetings, the last of which was held in Senior Clinical Psychologist held on persons actively involved in March in Foxrock. Parishes are parish activities has to be protected. requested to have a common Saint John of God Hospital This will involve identifying all parish approach to parish ministries and groups, and ensuring that any activities. Fr. Padraig McCarthy information recorded about them is addressed the deanery meeting on protected and relevant controls put in the proposed referendum on the 8th place. The PPC thanked Patricia for the amendment. work she has undertaken on behalf of An outcome of the Deanery the parish. meeting was the decision to hold a World Meeting of Families: meeting in preparation for the Maeve Davidson reported from the referendum, entitled The Case for the Committee working in preparation for 8th Amendment on TUESDAY 1st MAY; This weekend all the lost and found the WMOF meeting in August. We the invited speakers are Breda O’Brien items will be on display in the front were happy to hear that Pope Francis and John Waters. porch of the Church. Please have a intends to be present and celebrate The next meeting will be on Tuesday look for any items you may have left th the Closing Mass which will be in the 17 April. behind after Mass. There is a great Phoenix Park. 40 families in the parish selection of gloves and hats.

A Date for Your Diary - "The Case for the 8th"

Tuesday 1 May at 8.00 pm in the Parish Pastoral Centre Saints of the Week

Irish Times journalist Breda O'Brien and journalist John Waters will present some of the reasons why it is important to retain the 8th Amendment to the Wed 18 St Laserian, bishop Constitution in the forthcoming referendum. All are welcome to attend. Sat 21 St Anselm, bishop and doctor of the This event is being organised by the Parish Church Pastoral Council.

"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared New book examining the Eighth intended to contribute to a more for, forgotten by everybody–I think Amendment ‘Whistle-Blower: Life comprehensive and rational debate on that is a much greater hunger, a much Death, Hope and the Eighth how we legislate and care for every Amendment’ by Fr. Pádraig McCarthy member of the human family. greater poverty than the person who is a book that clinically examines the ‘Whistle-Blower’ will be available has nothing to eat…We must find proposals of the Citizens’ Assembly shortly from Veritas and other each other." and the Report of the Joint Oireachtas bookstores for €5. The author, Committee in advance of the Pádraig McCarthy, is a retired priest of Mother Teresa forthcoming referendum on the the Archdiocese of Dublin. protection of human life. It is

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