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St
Oliver Plunkett
Parish Bulletin for Sunday 13th August 2006
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19th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
We
like to eat food with people. It is a means to
get to know others. It is part of our human communication
and, as we are social beings, food has more meaning
when shared. The community that we are part of
today may not share food. People often grab a
bite on the go, some will eat alone each day,
others will eat dinner before the TV either alone
or as a family. If as family, this may well be
the only time that family members eat together.
As
the people of God gather this week and come to
bring their lives to God they do so carrying with
them the needs of family and community. They will
bring with them their daily experience of shared
food. The table that they come to and share will
be the table that we share as God’s people.
All will come sharing a sign of peace and some
bread. That bread will be their food for body
and mind and soul. The food is shared, it is broken,
and it is Christ. It brings the people close to
Christ and to each other.
Copyright
Intercom Fr. J. Roche
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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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The
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday 15th August, Holy Day of Obligation
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Mass: |
Monday
14th 6.30pm |
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Tuesday
10am, 11.30am & 6.30pm |
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Mary
was hailed by Elizabeth as the mother of the
Lord. At the wedding of Christ and the Church,
Mary’s role is that of Queen Mother.-
On your right stands the queen in gold of
Ophir. In ancient royalties the Queen Mother
was far more influential than the King’s
bride-queen. We can hear Mary whisper advice
to the bride-to-be. Listen, O daughter, give
ear to my words; forget your own people and
your father’s house. She reminds us that
our final home is in heaven. God has made
her ‘a sign of favour to the Church at
its beginning and the promise of its perfection
as the bride of Christ, radiant in beauty’.
One old tradition holds that in death, the
departing soul pauses to thank the body for
the kindness and shelter it afforded the soul
during earthly life. What would your soul
speak about your body in such a moment?
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Feast
Days Of The Week
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14th |
St
Maxmilian Kolbe, Priest &
Martyr (1894-1941). A Conventual Franciscan,
he worked in the apostolate of the press
in Poland and Japan. He died in Auchwitz,
having volunteered to take the place of
a young father going to the gas chamber.
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15th |
The
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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| Wednesday
16th |
St.
Stephen, first
king of Hungary and its patron saint.
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| Saturday
19th |
St
John Eudes, a seventeenth-century
French saint, who committed himself to the
education of priests. He promoted devotion
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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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 24th 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.
Newly
Baptised
We welcome into our parish family
Cora
Louise Foster-Petticrew,
Deaglan Padraig Healy,
Sarah Denise Collins,
Brianna Katie McAvoy
Matthew Paul McCabe and
Aidan Michael McCrudden
who
were recently baptised.
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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
John
Kavanagh, Carrigart Ave.
We pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
Isabella
& John Tierney,
Ellen Ronnie, Lily Hamilton, Joe Brennan,
Mary Mervyn, Teresa Barrett,
John & Theresa Brennan,
Mary McCabe, Margaret Wylie.
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Collections
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Last
week's offertory collection amounted to
£1041.60
Monthly
Stipend
amounted to £1110.75
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