NEWSLETTER
Sunday 19th August 2012
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
LOUGH DERG
Did you know that you can experience the Sanctity of Lough Derg for just one day. Day Retreats at Lough Derg resumed on Saturday 18th August and continue on selected days until Monday 24th September. This guided day follows traditional prayer forms including Way of the Cross and the Rosary while the afternoon affords time for personal prayer, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Our Parish Pilgrimage Day to Lough Derg will take place on Saturday 1st September. Tickets are €45 (Bus and Island) and are available from the Parochial House. The bus will leave the Cathedral Car Park at 8 am and will return at approximately 6 pm. You can phone Lough Derg on 071 9861518 or visit www.loughderg.org/ or email info@loughderg.org for further information
A PRAYER FOR PILGRIMS
Teach us, O God ,
to view our life here on earth
as a pilgrim’s path to heaven,
and give us grace to tread it courageously
in the company of your faithful people.
Help us to set our affections
on things above,
not on the passing vanities of this world,
and grant that as we journey on
in the way of holiness
we may bear a good witness to our Lord,
and serve all who need our help
along the way,
Fax: 074 – 9124200
Email: steunanscathedral@eircom.net
SUNDAY ~ 19th August, 2012
Masses: 8 am, 10 am, 12 pm and 6.30 pm
Baptisms: 1.30 pm in the Cathedral
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open at 7 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
MONDAY
8 am Mass ~
10 am Mass ~ Rose and Hubert O’Donnell
No 7.30 pm Mass
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Grow Meeting in Loreto Convent ~ 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
TUESDAY
8am Mass ~ See Mass Intentions below
10 am Mass ~ ®
7.30 pm Mass ~ Maria McFadden (Month’s Mind Mass)
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Baptism Preparation will take place in the Parochial House at 8 pm tonight
Legion of Mary Meeting: Conference Room ~ After 10 am Mass
Legion of Mary Meeting: Room 112, Loreto Secondary School –
7 pm
Divine Mercy Prayer in the Cathedral – 8 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
Gamblers’ Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
WEDNESDAY
8 am ~ Michael Ronaghan
10am ~ Patrick Greene
No 7.30 pm
Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
THURSDAY
8 am Mass ~ Tess and Eamonn McNulty
10 am Mass ~
No 7.30 pm
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Charismatic Prayer Meeting in the Conference Room – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
FRIDAY
8 am Mass ~ Noel McLaughlin
10 am Mass ~ Pat Tobin
7.30 pm Mass ~ See Mass Intentions below
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 10.30 am
AA Meeting for Women in the Cathedral Conference Room – 1 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
Gambler’s Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
SATURDAY
10 am Mass ~
4 pm Mass ~ Nuptial
7.30 pm Mass ~ Vigil for Sunday
Confessions: 12 noon to 1 pm and after 7.30 pm Mass
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 11 am
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Conwal & Leck Parish ~ 9129503
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Parish of Aughaninshin ~ 9122366
MASS INTENTIONS FOR 8 am TUESDAY and 7.30 pm FRIDAY
John Coyle ~ Jim Coyle ~ Patrick Greene ~ Andrew Devine ~ Patrick Bonar
Mary Bonar ~ Mary Cullen ~ Dominic McDaid ~ Mary Cullen ~ Dominic McDaid
RECENT BAPTISMS ~ We welcome into God’s Community
Thomas Ethan Kelly ~ Callum Dylan McCormack ~Caitlin Mia Gallagher ~
Skye Leah McGinlay
PRAYER TO SAINT PIUS X
Glorious Pope of the Eucharist, Saint Pius X, you sought “to restore all things in Christ.” Obtain for me a true love of Jesus so that I may live only for Him. Help me to acquire a lively fervour and a sincere will to strive for sanctity of life, and that I may avail myself of the riches of the Holy Eucharist in sacrifice and sacrament. By your love for Mary, mother and queen of all, inflame my heart with tender devotion to her.
Blessed model of the priesthood, obtain for us holy, dedicated priests, and increase vocations to the religious life. Dispel confusion and hatred and anxiety, and incline our hearts to peace and concord. so that all nations will place themselves under the sweet reign of Christ. Amen. Saint Pius X, pray for me.
RETREAT by Fr. Piotr Prusakiewicz, CSMA from Poland will take place in St. Columba’s Church, Kilmacrennan this afternoon, Sunday 19th August at 3 pm. Fr. Piotr is chief editor of The Angels Magazine. This afternoon will include talks on St. Michael and the Holy Angels, St. Faustina and How to live the Spirit of Mercy.
JOE DALTON HEALING AND RENEWAL WEEKEND – Will take place in Ards Friary Retreat Centre, Creeslough from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August. Joe is a Catholic Lay Evangelist who suffered from depression for 31 years. He tried everything medically to be cured without success. He was though, miraculously healed by God. Joe will share his gift of healing with others on their journey to knowing God better. Booking Essential. Please contact Ards Friary on 9138909 or Mary on 087 7847304 or Nuala on 086 8383725 for further details.
Fr. Eamonn Kelly’s 50th BIRTHDAY will be celebrated on Thursday 13th September with Mass at 6.30 pm in St. Eunan’s Cathedral followed by a Buffet and Social in the Mount Errigal Hotel at 7.30 pm. Tickets are €15 (which includes a donation to Mary’s Meals and Donegal Aid to Belarussian Children) and will be available after all weekend Masses from Saturday 25th August. Fr. Eamonn has requested STRICTLY NO PERSONAL GIFTS. If you require further information please contact Tina on 087-2637415.
Come along to the free INTERGENERATIONAL ART CLASSES in the Central Library on Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd August from 2 pm – 4 pm. Classes aimed at 8-12 year olds accompanied by grandparents and/or older adults. The classes will be facilitated by Bernie Wilson of Art Farm. For more details please contact the Central Library and the Europe Direct Information Centre on 9124950.
WHOM DO YOU SEEK? We seek God, Who alone gives meaning to our lives. Communion with Christ and with one another in love, through a life of prayer centred on Jesus, the Word of God and on the Eucharist, is the focus of our community life. Single young women attracted to this way of life are welcome to attend any of the following weekends in 2012: 14th – 16th September; 26th -28th October and 16th to 18th November or at other times by arrangement. Please contact: Sr Mairead OP, Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, The Twenties, Drogheda, Co. Louth. Tel: 041 9838524; e-mail siena3@eircom.net or visit www.dominicannuns.ie
LETTERKENNY C.D.P is now taking names for their Autumn Adult Education classes: including D.I.Y., Cookery, Sewing, Childcare Management and Social Development through an Holistic approach. Classes subject to funding and numbers. For more information please contact 9120633.
CATHOLIC YOUNG ADULTS CONFERENCE will take place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September in All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. The theme for the weekend is: ‘A Faith Firm and Immovable as a Rock’. For further information please phone Evelyn: 085-1760344; Lucy: 087-9959803 or Liam: 086-8888918. Speakers will include: Most Rev. Eamonn Walsh (Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin), Ger Brennan (Dublin footballer), Fr. David Jones (Hermit), Bernadette Goulding (Rachel’s Vineyard), Anthony Murphy (Catholic Voice), Fr. John Keenan (Glasgow University)
HSE Members of Retired Nurses SUMMER OUTING – Lunch at Castlegrove Country House Hotel on Sunday 2nd September. To book please phone Jane on 9131314 or Pauline on 9131137 before Friday 24th August.
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