Issue #3 of ‘Choose Life 2018’ is now available; Sarah’s Story “I have always been pro-life but I remember the day I wholeheartedly promised to always stand up for the unborn. “I heard a woman speak called Melissa Odhen, who survived an abortion in America. I remember asking myself ‘If abortion was really about womens’… Continue reading Choose Life 2018 #3
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From Fr. Peter's Desk, 14th February, 2018
This Week: The End of the Alleluias! The Alleluias were buried at 10.00 Mass on Sunday. The First Communion children coloured Alleluias and placed them solemnly in the basket that was then buried under the altar by the ‘Joseph of Arimathea’ team. No Alleluias will be said sung or whispered in the whole parish during… Continue reading From Fr. Peter's Desk, 14th February, 2018
From Fr. Peter's Desk, 7th February, 2018
Lent is in the air. The readings at Mass, the Lenten Spiritual Fitness programme, the preparation of the ashes and the painting of the Alleluias all point towards that wonderful season when we put God at the heart of things. This week we also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Parish Hospitality… Continue reading From Fr. Peter's Desk, 7th February, 2018
From Fr. Peter's Desk, 2nd February, 2018
In the Golden Ball no less, that’s where we met this year for the Prayer for Christian Unity. Rev. Rob Clements, the Rector of Kilternan Church of Ireland considered that we should bring the event into a public space so that we might give witness to the world of our efforts to pray together and… Continue reading From Fr. Peter's Desk, 2nd February, 2018
Choose Life 2018 #1
Understand Truth. Love Both.
Brothers and sisters I encourage you to be missionaries for the cause of life. Remember those words of Pope Francis: “To serve human life is to serve God”. Speak to your families, your children and grandchildren, friends and colleagues about cherishing the precious gift of life at all times from conception to natural death. Speak… Continue reading Understand Truth. Love Both.
From Fr. Peter's Desk, 25th January, 2018
It was history in the making. The first ever Sponsor’s Party held in the Pastoral Centre on Saturday afternoon. ‘Cakes and Cushions’ was the indication on the invitation. The Confirmation Children (sitting on their cushions) interviewed their sponsors and asked them about the people they admire, their heroes and the name they took for their… Continue reading From Fr. Peter's Desk, 25th January, 2018
Pope Francis' Letter, Initiating 8th World Meeting Of Families In Dublin
This letter highlights aspects of Pope Francis’ vision for the Church and Family Life/Love. “To the Venerable Brother Cardinal KEVIN FARRELL, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life At the end of the Eighth World Meeting of Families, held in Philadelphia in September 2015, I announced that the subsequent… Continue reading Pope Francis' Letter, Initiating 8th World Meeting Of Families In Dublin
From Fr. Peter's Desk, 17th January, 2018
They filed in two by two. The Confirmation Children with the First Holy Communion Children. They gathered around the altar and exchanged the promise to pray for each other. This was the opening to the 10.00 Mass this Sunday. The Mass highlighted the journeys our children make in the faith this year. It was truly… Continue reading From Fr. Peter's Desk, 17th January, 2018
From Fr. Peter's Desk, 10th January, 2018
The children who were baptised during the year with their families were invited to the 12.45pm Mass on Sunday to celebrate together the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The Baptism team organises and contacts all the families for this very happy occasion. We had 43 baptisms in the Parish in 2017. We had… Continue reading From Fr. Peter's Desk, 10th January, 2018