BALBRIGGAN PARISH Inc. Balbriggan, Balrothery & Balscadden

May 19th/20th 2018 Feast of Pentecost

WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES

PAPAL MASS

PHOENIX PARK SUNDAY, AUGUST 26th at 3pm The Blessing of Animals will take place on Sunday, May 27th Session 1: After 10am Mass Tickets for the Papal Mass in the Phoenix Park in August are Session 2: After 12 noon Mass expected to be released soon and they will be free! To Please join us with your finned, furry, feathered assist parishioners wishing to attend the Mass, Balbriggan or scaled friend. In the absence of Dr. Doolittle, Parish will make a Group Application for those wishing to attend the Mass. With a large number expected to at- we ask that you have your animal safely secured! tend, it’s worth noting;- This is part of our preparation for the World i It will be a ticket only event Meeting of Families and celebrates the i It will be a long day with Mass at 3.00p.m. special part our pets have in Family life i It will be a 5k walk from transport drop off point to the Mass. SOME DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Parishioners wishing to be part of the Parish Group June Bank Holiday Weekend Application are asked to contact the Parish Office by ei- Check out our stand at the Balbriggan Summerfest ther e-mail or collect a Form from the Office for what 9th/10th of June promises to be a memorable occasion. Fr. Ciaran O¶Callaghan CSsR will speak at all Masses on the theme of :HZLOOGRRXUEHVWWRJHWWLFNHWV ³Family: Giving our children Roots and Wings´ EXWFDQQRWJXDUDQWHHWKDWZHZLOOEHVXFFHVVIXO 17th June Blessing of the Graves in Balrothery at 4pm

23rd June VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! Family Fun DayA great day in our Parish Calendar!

With such great numbers attending the World Meeting of 13th—ͳ͸th of July Familes, volunteers are needed to help out ϐ in a variety of roles. Ǥ Welcoming people at the Airport and helping at Information Points, blogging and social media, photographers, stewards, 22nd July Blessing of the Graves in SS Peter & PaulǯͶ people who speak other languages as well as English— whatever your skills are, there is a place for you! Please see 12th August www.worldmeeting2018.ie for more details Blessing of the Graves Ͷ Sermon by Monsignor Lorcan O'Brien an unavoidable consequence. This is already reflected Sixth Sunday of Easter, B, 6th. May, 2018. in the 8th amendment and in best practice in Irish The referendum on whether or not to repeal the 8th. hospitals amendment of the Irish Constitution is a most serious I do not need reminding that I am a 73 year old man question of conscience for the citizens of the Irish who has never been a parent. Parents are my heroes. I Republic, touching as it does the most basic of human have had the privileged experience of accompanying rights, the right to life. Each of us bears a big and ministering to those who have suffered miscarriag- responsibility in how we influence the outcome, even if es, still births, cot deaths and carried dead babies. I we should decide not to vote. The decision of the Irish have had the privilege of celebrating the baptism of people will have consequences not only for the child in children who were diagnosed with what their parents the womb but will shape respect for the right to life were told were fatal foetal abnormalities, some of more generally. Today, it¶s the child in the womb, to- whom died shortly afterwards, others lived for a num- morrow the fragile older person. ber of months or years and one, I know, graduated from For Christians, the choice we make is particularly college last year. I have ministered to women and cou- critical, as it determines how we are before God; God, ples who made a decision to end a pregnancy and to who as we heard in the readings, sent Jesus into our friends who helped, all of whom once thought, mistak- world to be the sacrifice that takes our sins, our lack of enly, they had put it behind them. love, away. In this critical matter, how do we love oth- Many of the posters advocating repeal of the 8th ers as Jesus, has loved us? Some incontrovertible facts amendment have messages such as µyes to women¶s need to be acknowledged in coming to a decision. health¶that I support but they obscure what is really at Life in the womb is human life, a µwho¶not a µwhat¶at stake. What is proposed is not health care for pregnant a stage of life we all were once. A pregnant woman is women but to deny the fundamental and only right of for good reason is described as a woman with child, the unborn, the right to life. This is an extreme pro- even if that child should have a condition which may posal. The most fundamental medical principal is to µdo end its life. no harm¶ Compassion is far more demanding and Every human life exists in an ecosystem of relation- complex than altering our constitution. ships. There is no such thing as an autonomous, inde- So I end as I began. The referendum is a most serious pendent human life. To be human is to be interdepend- matter of conscience for us all, which we cannot hand ent. Should a pregnancy be experienced as a crisis, that over to politicians or anyone else. For Christians it is a is a responsibility for us all. To suggest that it is not the matter on which we have to stand before God who business of anyone other than the woman, is part of the judges us on how we treat one another and who will mind -set behind the historic mistreatment of single ask, to paraphrase Mt. 25 µI was with child and in crisis mothers and an injustice to pregnant women. To say, and what did you do?¶I was unborn and my right to life µthis is your choice to make¶ may really mean, ¶this is was hanging in the balance and what did you do?¶ your problem to fix¶ because as often as you did it to one of the least of There will always be very challenging personal situa- these sisters or brothers of mind you did it to me tions in our lives. Trying to resolve them by trying to put the clock back does not work. We have to live with 7KLV6HUPRQZDVJLYHQE\0RQVLJQRU/RUFDQ2¶%ULHQ what is and deal with it as best we can. A person in cri- 3DULVK3ULHVWRI'RQQ\EURRN+DYLQJHDFKUHDGDQG sis requires understanding, support and most of all, UHIOHFWHGRQWKH6HUPRQZHEHOLHYHWKDWLWEHVW hope. To believe that deliberately ending a human life VXPPDULVHVRXULQGLYLGXDODQGFROOHFWLYHYLHZVRQWKH is a humane solution to what is considered a problem, is XSFRPLQJ5HIHUHQGXP ultimately a counsel of despair. When the circumstances of a pregnancy threaten the life of a mother and therefore of her child, good and ethical medical practice protects the life of the mother, even if this may impact on the survival of the child as

CHURCH MASS TIMES PARISH TEAM PARISH OFFICE BALBRIGGAN: Parish Priest: Fr. Eugene Taaffe Monday –Friday 9.30am-1.00pm Monday-Friday: 10am Tel: 0872525196 (Closed for Public Holidays ) Holy Days: 9.30am & 11am Curates : Fr. Tony Gill SMA Phone: 01-8412116 Saturday: Vigil 6.30pm Fr. Donal Toal SMA Email: Sunday: 10am & 12noon Pastoral Worker : Niamh Morris [email protected] BALSCADDEN: Parish Secretary: Anne McNally Facebook: @ Balbriggan Parish Sunday and Holy Days: 8.30am

There will be Adoration of the Mass Intentions Blessed Sacrament on Friday, May Weekend of May 19th / 20th 25th after the 10am Mass until the Saturday 6.30pm: Gary Guildea (1st Ann) Church closes at 5pm. Patrick McCarthy: Paddy Mooney All are welcome to call in for a few Willie, Stella & William Jnr Lacey minutes, or maybe longer, to Tony Marcella & William Lee spend some time in the presence Brian Lawless: of the Lord Balscadden 8.30am: Michael Whelan: Herbie Finn Balbriggan 10am: Kathleen Coary: Bill & May Tolan tĞƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚƚŚĞŶĞǁƐƚŚŝƐǁĞĞŬƚŚĂƚƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ 12 noon Frances McAnulla: Bridget Gaffney >ŝƚƵƌŐŝĐĂůWƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ/ƌĞůĂŶĚǁŚŽƉƌŝŶƚŽƵƌEĞǁƐůĞƩĞƌ Margaret Harford: Anne Darragh ĂƌĞƚŽĐĞĂƐĞďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŝŶƚŚĞŶĞǆƚĨĞǁǁĞĞŬƐ͘tĞŚŽƉĞǇŽƵ Annette Costello ǁŝůůĂŐƌĞĞƚŚĂƚŚĂǀŝŶŐƚŚĞEĞǁƐůĞƩĞƌƉƌŝŶƚĞĚŝŶĐŽůŽƵƌ Weekday Mass Intentions ĂŶĚŚĂǀŝŶŐŵŽƌĞƐƉĂĐĞĨŽƌWĂƌŝƐŚEĞǁƐŚĂƐďĞĞŶŽĨŐƌĞĂƚ ďĞŶĞĮƚŽǀĞƌƚŚĞƉĂƐƚĨĞǁŵŽŶƚŚƐ͘tĞĂƌĞĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ Monday 10am: ůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂƚĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ͘ Tuesday 10am: — tĞǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽƚŚĂŶŬŵŽƐƚƐŝŶĐĞƌĞůǇŽƵƌ^ƉŽŶƐŽƌƐǁŚŽ Wednesday 10am: — ŚĂǀĞŵĂĚĞŝƚƉŽƐƐŝďůĞƚŽƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƚŚĞEĞǁƐůĞƩĞƌĂƚŶŽ Thursday 10am: — ĐŽƐƚƚŽƚŚĞWĂƌŝƐŚ͘zŽƵƌŐĞŶĞƌŽƐŝƚǇŚĂƐďĞĞŶŵƵĐŚ Friday 10am: — ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĚ͘ Weekend of May 26th & 27th Saturday 6.30pm: Patrick Barlow: Liz Sweeney Balscadden 10th Annual Tractor Run William Reilly: Catherine, Amelia & takes place on Sunday, May 27th. Meet Kathleen Foley: Hugh McKenna in the Village at 11am for Jack & Rosaleen Hennessy departure at 11.45. €20 per tractor Sunday (insurance must be provided). Great Balscadden 8.30am: — fun for all the family before, during Balbriggan 10am: John Flynn: Michael, Pat & Kitty Dillon and after the run—Market Stalls, Face Painting, William, Helena & Patricia Lacey ǡϐǡ John & Annie White: James Byrne 12 noon: Augustine(Gussie)Downes(MonthsMind)

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