NEWSLETTER Sunday 31st March 2013 Easter Sunday
Lord, the Resurrection of Your Son has given us new life and renewed hope. Help us to live as new people in pursuit of the Christian ideal. Grant us wisdom to know what we must do, the will to want to do it, the courage to undertake it, the perseverance to continue to do it, and the strength to complete it. Amen.
We wish all Parishioners and visitors to our Parish, every Blessing at Easter and we pray that we may all come to know the Risen Christ.
THANKS to everyone who participated so willingly in our Holy Week Ceremonies. Thanks to all who prepared the Cathedral, Altar Society Members, Cathedral Cleaners and Sacristans. A word of gratitude to all Ministers of the Eucharist, Ministers of the Word, Cathedral Ushers, Cathedral Collectors, Knights of Columbanus, those who had their feet washed and to those who brought up the gifts. Finally, thanks to the Cathedral Choir, Children’s Choir, Irish Choir, Folk Choir, Singers and Musicians who add to our celebration of Mass in the Cathedral regularly.
The Relic of St. Peregrine will be in St. Eunan’s Cathedral this afternoon, Easter Sunday. We will have a Holy Hour and Blessing with the Relic from 3.30 pm to 5 pm. Saint Peregrine is the patron saint of cancer patients.
If you forgot to take your TROCAIRE BOX to the Cathedral on Good Friday, please bring to the Parochial House as soon as possible. Do NOT leave Trocaire boxes sitting around the Cathedral.
Confessions available after 7.30 pm Mass every Monday
SUNDAY 31st March
Masses ~ 8 am, 10 am, 12 noon and 6.30 pm
Baptisms in the Cathedral – 1.30 pm
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open at 7 pm
Holy Hour and Blessing with St. Peregrine’s Relic ~ 3.30 pm – 5 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
MONDAY 1st April
No 8 am Mass
10 am Mass ~ Willie Ponsonby
7.30 pm Mass ~ Jim Hunter
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
CONFESSIONS: 10.30 am to 12 noon and after the 7.30 pm Mass
Grow Meeting in Loreto Convent – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm John Mullen
TUESDAY 2nd April
8 am Mass ~ See Mass Intentions on the next page
10 am Mass ~ ®
7.30 pm Mass ~ John Mullen
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Legion of Mary Meeting: Conference Room – After 10 am Mass
Legion of Mary Meeting: Room 112, Loreto Secondary School – 7 pm
Baptism Preparation in the Parochial House tonight at 8 pm
Divine Mercy Prayer Group in the Conference Room – 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 3rd April
8 am Mass ~ Tommy McLaughlin
10 am Mass ~ Bernard and Annie Crerand
7.30 pm Mass ~ John and Susie McLaughlin
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Mother’s Prayer Group Meeting in Loreto Convent – 8 pm
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
THURSDAY 4th April
8 am Mass: Michael John Gallagher
10 am Mass: ®
7.30 pm Mass: Michael and Ellen McGroarty
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Confessions: 12 noon – 1 pm and after 7.30 pm Mass
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
Charismatic Prayer Meeting in the Conference Room – 8 pm
FRIDAY 5th April (First Friday)
8 am Mass:
10 am Mass: Patrick and Mary Farren
7.30 pm Mass: See Mass Intentions below
8.30 pm Mass: Fr. Leo Curran (Month’s Mind Mass)
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Fr. Kelly and Fr. McLaughlin will do their First Friday Calls today
Fr. McGroarty will do his First Friday Calls on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th April
GP’s Rosary and Benediction in the Cathedral 8 pm
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
Gamblers’ Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
SATURDAY 6th April
10am Mass: Liz James (Month’s Mind)
7.30 pm – Vigil Mass
Confessions: 12 noon -1 pm and after the 7.30 pm Mass
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 11 am
Mass Intentions for 8 am Tuesday and 7.30 pm Friday
Nora Gleeson (Month’s Mind Mass) ~ Matt Gleeson ~ Teddy Gleeson
Rosaleen Gleeson ~ Charlie Kelly ~ Connie Callaghan ~ Alice Kelly
RECENT BAPTISMS ~ We welcome into God’s Community
Joshua Zack Coyle
PRIEST ON DUTY: Fr. Eamonn Kelly
Phone: 074 – 9121021
Fax: 074 – 9121021
Email: steunanscathedral@eircom.net
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Parish of Conwal and Leck ~ 9129503
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Parish of Aughaninshin ~ 9122366
Pastoral Council on conwalandleckpc@gmail.com
The Divine Mercy Novena began on Good Friday and will end with a EUCHARISTIC LITURGY in the Cathedral next Sunday, 7th April (Divine Mercy Sunday) from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
A Bus to Knock will leave the Clanree Hotel on Saturday 6th April returning Sunday 7th April (Divine Mercy Sunday). Full cost €110 includes meals and accommodation. Payment in advance. Please phone: 9320734 or 086-3222874 or 087-7485523.
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINARS ~ Will take place in the Cathedral Conference Room on the following Thursdays: 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th April and on 2nd, 9th and 16th May at 8 pm. You are invited! Come Holy Spirit!
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ~ This 6 week course offers participants better ways of dealing with anger/conflict at home, in relationships or at work. It offers the opportunity to understand/explore how to manage anger, recognise what triggers anger and learn a range of techniques to release anger. The course will be held in the Pastoral Centre, Letterkenny beginning Thursday 11th April at 7.30 pm. Facilitator: Kathy O’Connor. Cost: €60. To book a place please call the Pastoral Centre on 9121853. Sponsored by the VEC Education Programme.
The Irish Maths Teachers’ Association have organised the following REVISION COURSES in Letterkenny in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Maths (Sat 27th April & Sat 4th May); Ordinary Level Maths (Sat 11th May) and Junior Cert Higher Level Maths (Sat 11th May). Limited places available. Further details 086-2440777.
DIVINE WILL CENTRE ~ Theme of Retreat: ‘Charity, the Life of the Divine Will’. This is not a basic introductory weekend (12th to 14th April). It presupposes that attendees are practicing Catholics and have a basic knowledge of the Spirituality of the Divine Will as lived by Luisa Piccarreta and St. Hannibal Di Francia. ‘The most beautiful act and the one that pleases Me the most is Abandonment in My Will … A single instant in My Will is worth an entire lifetime doing good works’ – Jesus to Luisa. This Retreat will be held in Ards Friary, Creeslough. For cost and further details please contact: 087-7777081 or email: divinewillcentre@gmail.com
A RETREAT directed by Bishop Brendan Comiskey with the Theme: “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ” (St. Jerome) will take place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st April in Ards Friary, Creeslough. For cost and further information please contact Ards Friary on 9138909 or email: info@ardsfriary.ie
The monthly meeting of LETTERKENNY PIONEER ASSOCIATION will take place on Friday 5th April at 8.10 pm in the Pastoral Centre, Letterkenny. There will be a member of the Association outside the Sacristy after Mass on Saturday 6th April and all the Masses on Sunday 7th April to take the names of anyone interested in joining or finding out more about the Pioneers. The annual Presentation Mass for Young Pioneers and those wishing to receive gold and silver pins will be held in May. Anyone who has been a member of the Association for 70 years is also entitled to a special emblem. If you are eligible for a silver (25 years) or gold (50 years) please contact Joe on 085-1269238, Michael on 087-6774618 or Geraldine on 087-7962045.
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