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St
Oliver Plunkett
Parish Bulletin for Sunday 24th December 2006
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Fourth
Sunday Of Advent
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love to decorate our homes at Christmas.
It is part of entering into ‘the spirit
of Christmas.’
What
is meant by ‘the spirit of Christmas’?
It is surely not what the adverts mean.
For us those words should have a deep spiritual
meaning which we must hold on to, as all
around us we see what appears to be a concerted
effort to banish Christ from Christmas.
The
true spirit of Christmas is evident in our
homes if the central Christmas ‘decoration’
is the crib. The crib of course is not a
mere decoration – it is a visible
reminder to us of what Christmas is all
about.
The Christmas Feast is the family feast
of the year. It is the time when the scattered
family comes together and it is one of the
special joys of Christmas when an absent
member is welcomed home, even if only for
a short while. Many of you will have that
special joy this Christmas but I know that
there are also many of you for whom Christmas
will be sad, a lonely time. You may be living
alone or coping with a family bereavement
or some deep family upset. You may be ill
at home, in nursing home or hospital. You
may be spending Christmas away from home,
perhaps very far from home. You are all
very much part of the family of our Diocese
and I hold you all in my prayers.
Despite
affliction of any kind you will, you must,
celebrate Christmas for you are very close
to the newborn child in the crib who holds
out his arms to embrace you, to draw you
to himself. ‘Come to me all you who
labour and are heavily burdened and I will
give you rest.’
Bishop
Farquhar, Bishop McKeown join me in prayer
that each person, each family in our diocese
will celebrate Christmas in the true spirit
of Christmas, the spirit of joy, of peace,
of love.
Yours sincerely
+ Patrick Walsh
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Christmas
Arrangements
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Christmas
Mass Times
Christmas Eve Vigil: 9pm
Christmas Day: 8.30am, 10am, 11.30am
N.B. There will be no 1pm Mass on Christmas
Day
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No
parish could survive without people giving of
their time and talents, so I want to take this
opportunity to express sincere thanks to everyone
who helped as a volunteer around the church or
in the parish community in 2006.
Over
the years, at Christmas time, small gifts have
been given to volunteers such as chocolates, mugs,
icons, wine. This year on the recommendation of
the parish finance committee, instead of buying
presents for volunteers, the money that would
have been spent on these has been given to St
Vincent de Paul, the Apostolic Work Society and
Trócaire Global Gifts. Each organisation
was given £350. I trust volunteers will
understand and appreciate this and I again thank
them for their generous support throughout the
year.
I
pray God’s blessing on you all.
Fr Martin J Magill, Parish Priest.
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Parish
Calendars
Parish calendars have been distributed to
all homes in the parish. If you have not
received one, please collect one from the
church.
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Day of Peace - 1st January 2007
There will be only one Mass that day in
the morning at 11am.
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Feast
of the Epiphany
Saturday 6th January is the feast of the Epiphany
it is a holy day of obligation.
Mass
times: 6.30pm vigil, 10am, 11.30am & 6.30pm.
No 7.30pm Mass on Friday.
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| Diocesan
Directory & Bible Alive
The Diocesan Directory and Bible Alive for January
are both on sale; the directory price £3
and the Bible Alive price £1.75.
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| St.
Oliver Plunkett Nursery School
If your child was born between
2nd July 2003 and 1st July 2004
you are welcome to collect an application form
from the Nursery School.
Application
forms to be returned by
12 noon on Wednesday 24th January 2007
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St. Louise’s Comprehensive College
St. Louise’s Comprehensive College Open
night on Wednesday 17th January 2007. Pupils surname
A to M at 6.30pm, M to Z at 7.30pm.
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Baptisms
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baptisms will take place on Sunday
7th January 2007 at 2.00pm.
Please
note the next date available for Baptism
is Sunday 7th January 2007.
The next pre-Baptism instruction will be
on Thursday 28th December 2006
at 8pm in the convent.
It
is necessary to attend pre-Baptism preparation
before asking to have your child baptised.
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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Newly
Baptised
We welcome into our parish family
Caitlin McAuley
Aoife Roise Montgomery
Christina Mairead Mulryne
Cliodhna Rose Carter
Grace Marie Quinn
who were recently baptised.
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We Loved
Them In Life
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offer our sympathy and prayerful support
to the families of those parishioners who
died recently:
We
pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
William
Laird
Hannah
Darragh
Maurice Palmer
Robert & Mary Mallon
William John & Annie Heaney
Kathleen, Susan & Arthur McCausland
Bell McVeigh
Bella Reddick
Peggy Meenan
Mary Donnelly
Marion Shields
Mary & Henry Buckle
John Kelly
Joseph & Jean Downing
Mary Molloy
James McKenna
Brigid, Mary
Brigid Christina & Peter Maughan
Esther Sloan
Paddy & Bell McNeill
Maura Gough
Elizabeth Duffy
Murphy Family
Campbell Family
Daly family
Mary Daly
Eddie McErlean (snr)
Eddie McErlean (jnr)
Christopher McKay
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Collections
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Last
week's offertory collection amounted to
£1495.93
We
thank you for your on going support
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