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St
Oliver Plunkett
Parish Bulletin for Sunday 17th June 2007
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Sunday in Ordinary Time
You’ve heard about Irish Alzheimer’s?
It’s where you forget everything except
the grudges.
While
in no way making light of the plight of
Alzheimer’s sufferers and their families,
the joke does have a pithy truth. Despite
everything, we do tend to hold on to negative
things emotionally. How many families are
scarred and divided over an issue or property,
occasions like funerals and weddings becoming
sources of tension in themselves.
All
of us, if we are truly honest, have hurt
and been hurt in the process. We can all
tend to be like Simon the Pharisee, a word
which means ‘separated one.’
They were so perfect in their own religious
observation, that they feared contact with
others would contaminate them. Maybe in
our churches we need a family reconciliation
day? A safe space and place to say ‘sorry’
to each other. Maybe not as lavish a gesture
as tears, using hair as a drying agent and
expensive perfume but some place we could
say; ‘I know/feel I have hurt you.
I am sorry.’ Similarly, to know that
someone bore you no ill will would help
you feel released. Ultimately we all need
to live in freedom, not in fear or in shadow.
God made you to be a child of the light,
not a prisoner or darkness. Go to Him.
Copyright:
Fr. Tom Cox (Intercom)
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Readings
You
can access the daily readings on the
parish website:
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Celebrating
the Gift of our Fathers
Hear,
You children, the instructions
of a father
and seek to understand them.
Proverbs 4:1 |
As
we celebrate and remember our earthly
fathers,
who along with our mother gave us
the gift of life,
we thank God for the gift of our
beloved heavenly Father.
We are grateful too,
for all who have shown a fatherly
concern for us
whether they be a step-father, grandfather,
adopted father, God father, foster
father
or some other person who has watched
over us
and directed us in the path of goodness.
As we pray for our fathers, living
or deceased,
we also give thanks to Saint Joseph,
the foster father of Jesus and head
of the Holy Family.
Joseph has the many qualities a
father should possess
and we ask him to watch over
all fathers and fathers-to-be.
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Ordination
of Ciaran Dougherty
The Ordination of Ciaran Doughety
will take place on
17th June at 4pm in Dublin
Ciaran
is a past pupil of St. Oliver Plunkett
Primary School while his mother
Mrs Winnie Dougherty taught there.
Ciaran’s first Mass will be
on Monday the 18th June at 7pm in
Our Lady Queen of Peace, Dunmurry
all are invited to attend.
We
wish Father Ciaran Dougherty every
grace and blessing in his priestly
ministry. Please keep Ciaran in
your prayers.
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Dhearg CLG Family Fest 07
Lamh Dhearg are having a Car Boot Sale,
in the Club Car Park, on Saturday 23rd
June 9.30am -12.30pm.
They
are also having an open air Mass at 12
noon on Sunday 24th June.
All
are welcome.
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| Clonard
Novena
The Clonard novena will begin on
Wednesday 13th June to Thursday 21st June. |
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St.
Oliver Plunkett Playgroup
St.
Oliver Plunkett
Pre-School Playgroup
will be having a
sponsored Duck Race
on the Colin River
on Monday 18th June. |
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Anyone
wishing to sponsor a duck for
a £1, the staff from the
Playgroup will be available after
all the Masses next weekend 16th
& 17th June to take your name
and contact number and the winner
will receive a prize.
Please
support our young children who
receive an excellent pre-school
education. The money raised will
go towards extra educational equipment.
Thank
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| Baptisms
| Baptisms
today at 2pm. Next baptisms will take place
on Sunday 1st July 2007
at 2.00pm. Please note the next date available
for Baptism is Sunday 15th July
2007 The next pre-Baptism instruction
will be on Thursday 21st June 2007
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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| We
Loved Them In Life
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offer our sympathy and prayerful support
to the families of those parishioners who
died recently:
Teresa
Bell Suffolk Rise
Angela Conlon
We
pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
Maggie
O’Neill
Joshua White
Gerry Murray
Paddy Shannon
Mary Clifford
Michael Purcell
Hugh & Peggy Carlile
Briege McMahon
Frank Murphy |
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| Collections
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Last
week’s offertory collection amounted
to £1513.88
There
will be a second collection today: Pope's
collection
We
thank you for your on going support |
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| Prayerful
Time
People are asked to keep silence in the
church before and after Mass to allow others
quiet for their prayer. |
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