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St
Oliver Plunkett
Parish Bulletin for Sunday 6th August 2006
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The
Transfiguration of the Lord
In
visiting a house, the priest was asked by the
non-practicing adult child if he considered her
Mass attending parent as better than her. The
thoughtful response was that it wasn’t a
case of ‘better than’ but that the person
should be ‘better for’ the experience
of the Eucharist.
Somewhere
along the line, we got the weird idea that God
kept scores and that one person was better than
the next. That somehow practice makes perfect.
The truth is more that we need those transfiguration
moments to keep us going when life is lived in
the valleys below.
There
was the everyday Jesus who was well known to his
friends; and then there was the moment when they
scarcely recognized him, so transformed –
transfigured – was he. Divinity shone through
him, revealing depths that they had never imagined.
Surely this can happen to us as well.
When the little girl was asked what a saint was,
she replied (thinking of the stained glass windows
in the church),
‘A person who lets the light through’.
For this we need to break our habits and routine.
Habits are like machines; they consistently turn
out the same product. They can’t do anything
else; they were designed to produce that specific
result. Change requires new behaviours, thoughts,
surroundings, and a willingness to do battle with
old ways of thinking. And that requires a strong
relationship with God! Go figure.
Copyright
Intercom Tom Cox
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3rd
St Oliver Plunkett Annual Lecture
Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy, author of Gardening
the Soul, campaigner on homelessnessand
and Founder and Life President of Focus Ireland
will be giving a talk entitled 'We're all responsible
for the community we live in!' on Sunday 13th
August at 8.00pm, in St. Oliver Plunkett Church.
'We’re
all responsible
for the community we live in!'
on
Sunday 13th August
at 8.00pm
in St. Oliver Plunkett Church
This
event is part of Féile an Phobail
All
welcome
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Sr
Stanislaus Kennedy
Sr.
Stanislaus Kennedy or Sr. Stan as she is
known, is a Religious Sister of Charity
and the Founder and Life President of Focus
Ireland. She joined the Religious Sisters
of Charity in 1958 with the desire to devote
her life to the service of the poor.
In
1964 she was sent by her congregation to
Kilkenny where she assisted Bishop Peter
Birch to establish and develop the Kilkenny
Social Services. She remained as director
of the Kilkenny Social Services until 1983.
In
1983 Sr. Stan took up a position as Senior
research Fellow at the Social Research Department
in University College, Dublin. In 1983/4
she carried out groundbreaking research
into the nature and extent of homelessness
amongst women in Dublin. This research
But
Where Can I Go?
made
it clear that more women were out-of-home
in the city than had previously been thought.
The findings of this research led Sr. Stan
to spend a year working alongside eight
young homeless women and this experience
coupled with further findings led her to
the found Focus Ireland in 1985.
Sr.
Stan founded Focus Housing in 1988, and
in 1994 in order to expand the work of Focus
throughout Ireland she founded the Research,
Development and Educational unit (Focus
Ireland). In 1995 the three companies Focus
Point, Focus Housing and Focus Ireland merged
into one company ‘Focus Ireland’
and Sr. Stan vacated her executive position
but has continued to work in a non-executive
capacity in Focus Ireland since.
Sr. Stan is also an author who has published
several books inclucing But
Where Can I Go? and her most
recent publication Gardening
the Soul.
In 1999 President Mary McAleese appointed
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy to be a member of
the Council of State. Sr. Stan is currently
a member of the General Leadership Team
for the congregation of Religious Sisters
of Charity. Sr. Stan founded the Sanctuary
in 1999, an oasis in the heart of Dublin’s
city offering opportunities for individuals
and groups, particularly carers and those
whom they care for, to find harmony and
balance in their lives, through courses,
programmes and workshops.
Early
in 2001 Sr. Stan founded Social Innovations
Ireland to identify new and emerging needs,
through research and action and to communicate
findings and responses in new and creative
ways.
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Hannahstown
Car Boot Sale
Hannahstown Credit Union
are having a Car Boot Sale on
Saturday 12th August
from 11am – 3pm.
Admission £3 per car (donated to charity).
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Living
Rosary
The
next meeting for the Living Rosary will be held
on Saturday 12th August after 10am Mass.
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Hannahstown
Indoor Bowling Club
Hannahstown Indoor Bowling club will re-open on
Monday 7th August at 8pm
in
Hannahstown Community Hall.
New members welcome.
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Feast
Days Of The Week
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7th |
St
Sixtus II, Pope and Companions,
Martyrsbbot
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| Tuesday
8th |
St
Dominic, St. Dominic, founder
of the Order of preachers (Dominicans).
Born in Spain in1170, he first wanted to
go to Russia as a missionary. The Pope sent
him to Toulouse where he preached against
the Aligensians. He gathered a group around
him to share in the work. A sister congregation
was also founded. Dominic died in 1221.
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9th |
St
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein),
patron of Europe. A Jewish scholar of the
Twentieth century, Edith Stein converted
to Catholicism and became a Carmelite nun.
She died in the gas chambers of Auchwitz
in1942
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| Thursday
10th |
St
Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr,
A third-century saint.
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| Friday
11th |
St
Clare of Assisi, Influenced
by St. Francis, Clare opted for a simple
life of poverty and founded the Poor Clares
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Baptisms
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Next
baptisms will take place on
Sunday 20th August 2006 at 2.00pm.
The
next pre-Baptism instruction will be on
Thursday 10th August 2006 at 8pm
in the convent. It is necessary to attend
pre-Baptism preparation before asking to
have your child baptised.
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To
register for pre-Baptism preparation
please contact the parish office 9061 8180
Mon & Wed 2pm-5pm
Tue & Fri 10am-2pm &
Thurs 10am-1pm.
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We Loved
Them In Life
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We
offer our sympathy and prayerful support
to the families of those parishioners who
died recently
Anne
Crane, St. Peters,
Patrick Doherty Lenadoon Ave.
We pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
George
McConkey, Josephine O’Neill,
Agnes & Jim Dwyer, Maureen McGrath,
Con Murphy, Harry Orr, Denis Kennedy, Michael
Cunningham, Thomas Edwards.
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Collections
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Last
week’s offertory collection amounted
to £1181.41
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