Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, is a title given to an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Pope Pius IX. It is associated with a celebrated Byzantine icon of the same name dating from the 15th century. The icon has been in Rome since 1499, and is currently in the church of Saint Alphonsus on Via Merulana in Rome. The Redemptorists are the only religious order currently entrusted by the Holy See to protect and propagate a Marian religious art. The current site chosen by Pope Pius IX was the Church of St. Alphonsus, standing as it did on the site where the icon had formerly been venerated. Pope Pius IX finally gave his Apostolic Blessing and titled the icon Mater de Perpetuo Succursu (Mother of Perpetual Help). The words of Pope Pius IX to the Redemptorists were ³0DNHKHUNQRZQWRWKHZKROHZRUOG´ There are very few corners of the world where she has not been made known, thanks, especially, to the Redemptorists. Everywhere you find Redemptorists you find Mary being introduced or more firmly established as the th rd Mother of Perpetual Help. Next Tuesday that mandate to make Mary known is June 17 ± 23 continued here in Esker. Three Redemptorists will continue that work, making He speaks in parables her known to some, perhaps, and helping to deepen their devotion to her in others. It will be happening in Limerick, and later on, in Dundalk, Clonard, and -HVXVVDLG³:KDWFDQZHVD\WKH.LQJGRPRI*RGLVOLNH"´:HDOOKDYH Dublin - all in answer to the words of Pope Pius IX: ³0DNHKHUNQRZQWRWKH our own ideas of what the Kingdom of God is like and because of that we ZKROHZRUOG´The three priests continuing the Redemptorist tradition in Esker need to listen carefully to what Jesus says about it because he is the only during the novena are: one who does know! In the two parables today he tells us first of all that LWLV*RG¶VNLQJGRP*RGLVDWZRUNLQXVDQGDURXQGXVDOOWKHWLPHHYHQ when we are not attentive to him. He also tells us that the small things are WKHNH\WR WKH JURZWKRI*RG¶V NLQJGRP 7KHVHKDYHDYHU\LPSRUWDQW message for us in our main relationships of faith, hope and love in marriage, family life and our faith community. God is present in all of these, working to bring us to maturity. Our contribution is to be found in the small things of love ± giving time to one another; showing affection to one another; affirming one another; forgiving one another etc. We are )U%UHQGDQ2¶5RXUNH )U3DWULFN2¶.HHIIH Fr. Tony Flannery standing on holy ground! The Irish Martyrs THE SICK Weekly Masses The celebration of the Irish Martyrs includes hundreds who are remembered Special Remembrance Please pray for for giving their lives for the Catholic faith in Ireland between the years 1537 Sun. 17th June to Sat. 23rd June 2012 Fr. Brian Foley CSsR, and 1714. A huge number of priests and lay people suffered much in Ireland Mass at 8 & 10.00 am Monday & at Novena Fr. Alex Reid CSsR, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and that of her immediate successors, as sessions, Tuesday-Saturday, Br. Tommy Walsh CSsR, well as during the era of Oliver Cromwell. Religious persecution of Catholics is offered for all those whose names are on the list of Patricia Cummings, in Ireland began under Henry VIII, when the English Parliament adopted the Mass intentions. If you wish to have someone men- Collette Staunton, $FWVRI6XSUHPDF\ZKLFKHVWDEOLVKHGWKHNLQJ¶VVXSUHPDF\RYHUWKH&KXUFK tioned specifically - for an anniversary, a recent Fr. Brian McGrath CSsR, independent of the Pope. In England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland bishops, death, an illness - please leave the name at the Re- 0DU\2¶6KDXJKQHVV\ ception Office. priests and lay people who continued to recognise the Pope were tortured and Bro. Dermot McDermott CSsR In the Novena Masses on Tuesday-Saturday special killed. The list of Irish martyrs alone is very long. Further legislation laid remembrance will be made as well of all who have down that any act of allegiance to the Pope was to be considered treason. sent in petitions and those attending the Novena. Feast Days On 27 September 1992, the 17 martyrs we commemorate on Sun: 8 am: Michael, Annie & Jim Kelly R.I.P. of the coming week. Wednesday were beatified by Pope John Paul II. They include: Dermot Sun: 11 am: Julia Cosgrove R.I.P. Sun: The Eucharistic 2¶+XUOH\ was Archbishop of Cashel during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was Mattie Holihan R.I.P. Congress ends. smuggled into Ireland but was soon arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle. Walter Costello R.I.P. Wed: The Irish Martyrs :LWKWKH4XHHQ¶VDSSURYDOKHZDVWULHGLQRQHGD\DQGZDVKDQJHGRXWVLGH Jimmy Creane R.I.P. Thu: St. Aloysius Gonzaga the city walls. He was almost immediately revered as a martyr throughout Deceased Relatives of the Europe. Redemptorist Community R.I.P. Margaret Ball was born near Skryne in Co. Meath in 1515. At the age of 15, Danny Fordham R.I.P. During the coming week: Tom Burke R.I.P. she married and had 10 children, though only five survived to adulthood. Her in the Retreat House: husband was elected Mayor of Dublin in 1553. With the accession of Queen June 17-21: Tuam Priests Elizabeth I, her son Walter became a Protestant. He arrived one day at his É7HUHQFH$OEHUW2¶%ULHQ was born in June 23: Bethany Training PRWKHU¶VKRXVHDQGIRXQG$UFKELVKRS'HUPRW2¶+XUOH\FHOHEUDWLQJ0DVV Cappamore, County Limerick. He joined the In the Youth Village: with the family. He had his mother arrested and thrown into Dublin Castle. Dominicans and was ordained Bishop of June 22-23: Gaisce She died there in 1584 aged 69, crippled with arthritis after three years in the Emly. He was captured and ordered to be wet dungeons. She left her property to the Protestant son who had put her in executed, by General Henry Ireton. The You can help to prison. bishop died on 31 October 1651. ³PDNHKHUNQRZQ Two generations later this pattern was repeated by Francis Taylor, a relative William Tirry, an Augustinian priest, was to the whole of Margaret, who was born about 1550 in Swords, Co. Dublin. He was born in Cork in 1608. Tirry was named prior ZRUOG´ condemned to the dungeons of Dublin Castle. For seven years he refused to of the friary in Skreen, Co. Meath, but could You can presume deny his Catholic faith. He died in Dublin Castle on 29 January 1621. not live there because of the presence of that not everyone living near 3DWULFN2¶+HO\ was born in Dromahair, Co. Leitrim and joined the Cromwellian soldiers. From 1650 to 1654, Esker is attending the Franciscans as a young man. After studies in Spain, he returned as Bishop of Tirry was, like other priests, in hiding and Novena. Invite them to come Mayo in 1576. He was soon betrayed, arrested, tried, tortured and then exercising his priestly ministry in secret. and help them to get executed outside the gates of Kilmallock in Co. Limerick. There was a reward of £5 sterling for acquainted with Our Mother The Wexford Martyrs were Patrick Cavanagh, Matthew Lambert, reporting the presence of a priest. He was of Perpetual Help. Tell Edward Cheevers, Robert Tyler arrested while actually wearing his Mass family members or friends &RQRU2¶'HYDQ\, a Franciscan in Donegal, was appointed Bishop of Down vestments and sent to the jail at Clonmel. On that they can get more and Conor. In 1612 he was imprisoned in Dublin Castle where he was found 26 April 1654 he was tried for treason, found Information by logging on to guilty of high treason and sentenced to die. On the gallows he was hanged, guilty and condemned to death by hanging. cut down still alive and quartered. Also executed with him was a Catholic Redemptoristsesker.ie. 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