303510 Portmarnock Dec 17_Layout 1 04/12/2017 11:06 a.m. Page 1 PORTMARNOCK PARISH NEWSLETTER TEAM MINISTRY OF MALAHIDE-KINSEALY- progress YELLOW WALLS-PORTMARNOCK December 2017/January 2018 Vol. 3 No. 66 CONTENTS Page No 750 Results 19 Adoration Schedule 19 Acknowledgements 2 Adult Education 18 Advertisements 14/16/17 Baptisms 19 A Christmas Prayer Bethany Bereavement Support 2 Born on the Margins 8 O God, our loving Father, help us Children’s Pages for Christmas 9-12 Rightly to remember the birth of Jesus, Christmas Cards 15 That we may share in the song of the Angels, the gladness of the shepherds Christmas Facts 8 And the worship of the wise men. Christmas Night 8 Christmas Prayers 1/2 Close the door of hate and open the Community Notices 6/7 Door of love all over the world. Confirmation 2 Counselling Service 2 Deliver us from evil by the blessing That Christ brings, and teach us Deaths 2 To be happy with clear hearts. Devotions 19 Diary Dates 3 May the Christmas morning make us happy Don’t feel bad 3 To be thy children and the Christmas Dr. Laura’s Diary 4/5 Evening bring us to our beds with Fingal Matters 14 Grateful thoughts, forgiving, and First Eucharist 18 Forgiven, for Jesus’s sake. Hard of Hearing 5 Amen. Housebound? 5 Kathleen Waters—A Tribute 2 Robert Louis Stevenson Legion of Mary 13 Mass Attendance Survey 18 Mass Times in our Grouping 19 Mission Statement 18 Parish Information 19 Pmk Community Association 15 SVP Special Christmas Collection 3 Thank you Fr. Peter 3 Wedding 19 World Meeting of Families 2018 5 303510 Portmarnock Dec 17_Layout 1 04/12/2017 11:06 a.m. Page 2 We offer the sympathy of all parishioners to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS families of Nancy Kavanagh (nee Burns) Strandmill Rd JIMMY MANNIX Carrickhill Drive Gerard Flannery, Ashley Rise Died 9th June 2017 Kathleen Waters, Woodlands, Bridie and family would like to thank everybody who was so supportive to Betty Dunleavy, St. Anne’s Square them in their recent sad bereavement. We would like to especially thank Fr. Micheál Comer for his celebration of the Funeral Mass; Fr. Gerard Sarah (Sally) Buckley, Wheatfield Road Deegan for his constant support, Fr. John, Fr. Conleth, Pauline Geoghegan and the Funeral who died recently Team, Maura Hughes and her wonderful singers and musicians who made the Funeral Mass so special; to Rita for the beautiful flower arrangements. Thanks to Prof. Ciaran Donegan, Dr. Gareth May, Dr. David Madden, the public health nurses and the staff of Donnelly’s Pharmacy. We are very grateful for the wonderful care which The Bethany Bereavement Support Group the staff of Raheny Community Nursing Unit were able to give to Jimmy during his time offers support to bereaved people by there. Thanks to all the friends and neighbours whose love and support were appreciated listening to them. Many Bethany members at the time of the wake and funeral and who continue to support us. have themselves been bereaved. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. We are trained to listen with understanding and are here to support anyone dealing GERALD (GERRY) FEENEY Carrickhill Walk with the very painful experience of grief. For Died 22nd December 2016 further information please contact Parish Geraldine, Gerald , Tiernan, Olwyn, Sinead and Sorcha would like to convey Office: 846 1561. a heartfelt and sincere Thank You to all our relatives, friends and neighbours for your expressions of sympathy, love and support. Thank you to the A Christmas Prayer for those who have doctors, nurses, and staff at The Bon Secours Hospital and St Francis Hospice, Dr.Anne suffered the recent death of a loved one Flanagan , Dr. Valerie Flood, Dr Sarah Short and all the staff at Portmarnock Practice. To the God of compassion, there is such a hole in pharmacist and staff in Donnellys pharmacy ….a big thank you. my heart! Today should be a day of joy, but I feel only emptiness and loss. Thanks to all Gerry’s comrades in Malahide Garda Station, especially his beloved detective unit for their guard of honour, his great friends from the Heinkel Club, Vintage and Veteran While the world celebrates around me, I Club and Gardai for their motorcycle escort; our wonderful friends and neighbours for all remember Christmas celebrations of the you did and your continued support to us; to those who travelled long distances to be with past and I long to have my loved one with me. I bring my sorrows to you, Lord, like us especially on the eve of Christmas. some odd gift of the magi and dump them We will be forever grateful. at your feet. In my blind tears I wonder if Rest in Peace Gerry, you are always in our hearts. anyone can possibly understand the depth of my sadness. PETER O’BRIEN Dal Riada I know, you can. You sent your son to be with us in our deepest sorrows and I know Died 19 December 2016 that even though I might not feel it now, As we approach Peter’s 1st Anniversary, Marie, Julie-Anne and Orlagh, you are here with me, grieving with me, together with Peter’s mother Bridie and sister Mary would like to express caring for me in my sadness. our sincere appreciation to all who supported and helped us through Dearest lord, help me to turn to the one I Peter’s short illness and very sadly his untimely death. To our wonderful neighbours, miss so much today and speak. Help me friends, work colleagues and community in Portmarnock thank you. It was very comforting heal the loss of our parting and help me not to regret the things I didn't say. Sorrow to have so many people attend Peter’s funeral Mass. A special thanks to Fr. Kevin and Fr. tears at my heart, but today I ask that my John who took time out from their busy Christmas schedule to spend considerable time loss soften my heart and make me more with us in our home; to Fr. Kevin who celebrated Mass and made it so personable, to compassionate with everyone I meet, so that my loss may become a gift to others. Rebecca Rodgers whose beautiful singing contributed in no small way. Thanks to Gerry from the Parish Funeral Team who guided us with great patience and empathy. To Richard PARISH COUNSELLING SERVICE and the staff of Staffords Funeral Home, thank you for your professionalism. in the Parish Centre. Payment Please accept our heartfelt thanks and as a token of our appreciation the Holy Sacrifice of negotiated. By appt only. the Mass will be offered for your intentions. Phone Mary Ryan 0872709767. REMEMBERING KATHLEEN WATERS Those of us who attended Holy Family church will always remember Kathleen with her choir of children , at the back of the altar, singing at the half ten mass. Kathleen, with that intensity of feeling with which she became renowned, would ask us to join in with the children. She made us feel we had to and we did. Kathleen was a member of the Parish Development and Renewal Group where her wisdom was much sought after. She was a founding member of the Faith Development Group and she helped prepare the schoolchildren for First Eucharist and for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. She was a regular contributor to PROGRESS and was a member of the PROGRESS TEAM for many years up to the time of her illness. She was thoughtful, kind and hard working but always with a great sense of humour. She encouraged so many people to help in the parish. She will not be forgotten. May she rest in peace Seán Colgan, Chairman PPC 2 progress 303510 Portmarnock Dec 17_Layout 1 04/12/2017 11:06 a.m. Page 3 St. Anne’s Conference Diary Dates Portmarnock DATE DETAILS Page Special Christmas Appeal 9/10 SVP Collection 3 Tues 12 Forget Me Not Cafe 6 Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th December 2017 DEC Tues 19 Parent and Toddler Group THE LEGACY OF VINCENT: last group before Christmas 7 ‘at the heart of the Vincentian vocation is the search for those who are the poorest and Mon 25 Christmas Day Swim 6 most abandoned’. (Reflection of Pope Francis, September 2017) Tues 9 Parent and Toddler Group 7 A year ago, this column highlighted the plea of a homeless woman, one who had lost reopens her way in life, meeting refusal at every turn. Sadly, the homeless crisis continued to confront our members over the past year. Assistance to some families, in temporary and Tues 9 Forget Me Not Café 6 quite unsuitable accommodation, continued to be necessary. Most of our visits, however, Registration Adult Education 18 are to those who are housed, but nevertheless, are unable to cope, temporarily or Wed 10 Lecture on Capt Paddy Saul 6 longer-term, for a variety of reasons, and in a variety of circumstances. The ongoing JAN Mon 15 Registration Adult Education 18 generosity of you, the community, enables us to give practical assistance, where appropriate. Sometimes, listening can, in itself, be of considerable help to those we visit. Wed 17 ICA Reopens 7 Donations November 2016-October 2017 incl. Sat 20 Gala Dinner Action Irl 6 A total of €60,580 was donated to our Conference’s church collections in Portmarnock during this period. Ten monthly collections averaged €2,172. The special Christmas 2016 Fri 26 St. Pio Devotions 19 Appeal amounted to a total of €38, 860, of which €11, 585 was received from Fri 27 individuals, organisations, etc., in the weeks following the appeal.