The Most holy Trinity

We talk about wearing ‘different hats’ or filling ‘different roles’ or even ‘multi-tasking’. Maybe today’s feast in honour of the Trinity is set aside for such hurried, harried souls. The more wisdom and years accumulate on our shoulders, the more we realize in our various relationships that you can’t know everything about a person; be they spouse, parent, sibling or friend. There is always that great unknown area. All our personal knowledge of another is just that – personal from our own personal and limited viewpoint. Still, some approach the Trinity like it’s a crossword puzzle – something you can ultimately solve. However just like our ordinary loving relationships it’s a mystery, not a puzzle, a reality you ultimately stand in awe before. One woman put it very well.

‘I am a daughter, a wife and a mother
– Three things, yet I am one totality.
To my parents, I would always be their child,
To my husband, a companion and a mate,
To my children, the one who gave them birth
and nurtured them till they reached adult state.
I seem to each of them a different person;
They each know a different kind of ‘me’,
But I am one, within myself a Trinity,
And each of them finds unity in me.’

Daily Readings

You can access the daily readings on the parish website:

Solemn Vespers

St. Peters Cathedral, Sunday 7th June at 5.00 pm , Solemn Vespers: "Feast of The Most Blessed Trinity" Music Led by St. Peter's Cathedral Schola.

Cemetery Sunday

Rock – Sunday 7th June

Gardening Club

Pioneer Association

The Annual Family Day for Pioneers and friends
will take place on
Sunday 14 June in St Patrick’s Church
Causeway Street, Portrush.
Mass will be celebrated at 3pm
with light refreshments afterwards.
All Pioneers and friends welcome.

Clonard Novena

The Clonard Novena will begin on Wednesday 17th June to Thursday 25th June. If any Eucharistic Ministers would like to help out at the novena please contact Clonard Monastery to register 9044 5950.

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

A rare and privileged opportunity to fly direct from Belfast on a 10 day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Departing Saturday 19th September and returning 28th September 2009. Flight to the Holy Land with all professionally guided coaching tours, accommodation, breakfast and evening meals £1090 inclusive.

For more information contact Charlie Gillespie 075 3333 0756

De La Salle College Annual Golf

De La Salle Annual Golf Classic
will take place on Monday 15th June
at Dunmurry Golf Club, entry fee £30 per round.
All are welcome to participate.
Contact Linda McGarry 9050 8800.

Lough Derg

Would you like a stress free weekend away to a beautiful island, quiet time for prayer and reflection, bus leaving Catholic Chaplaincy on Friday 12 June at 8.30am and returning approximately 1.00pm Sunday 14 June.

For further information contact
Tony 9081 3272, 9081 2712 or
Rosaleen 0781 675 6192

Adoption

Could you make a child happy again
after a difficult start in life?

Family Care Society is presently seeking adoptive families for children aged between 2 – 6 years and who need the love and attention of a caring and understanding family.
Could this be you?

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock

The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock will be held on the 14th June, coaches leave St Anne’s at 8am and return at approx 10.30pm. Morning tea/coffee & evening meal in the Killyhevlin Hotel price £26. Contact Tom 9062 8286.

Day Of Private Reflection – Sunday 21st June 2009

Healing Through Remembering (HTR) is again promoting a Day of Private

Reflection on Sunday 21st June 2009 following similar initiatives in 2007 and 2008. The Day of Reflection is a day for personal and private reflection on the conflict in and about Northern Ireland; a day to acknowledge the deep hurt and pain caused by the conflict, to reflect on our own attitudes, on what more we might have done or might still do, and to make a personal commitment that such loss should never be allowed to happen again. It provides a voluntary opportunity for everyone in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and further afield to reflect upon the conflict in and about Northern Ireland and the future that is before us. HTR values the contribution of groups, organisations and individuals throughout

these islands and beyond in making the Day of Private Reflection happen – and we hope that once again, this year, we can work together to create a time and space to reflect, on Sunday 21st June 2009.

Gift Aid

Those who signed the Gift Aid Scheme and who no longer pay tax due to retirement would they please inform the parish office as soon as possible as we will be applying to the tax office for your returns.

Tax Payers

The parish would also like to appeal to anyone who is paying tax and would like to join the Gift Aid Scheme. The parish can claim 28 pence from every one pound you pay in tax without any loss to yourself. If you would be interested please contact the parish office to fill out the form.