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Eighteenth Sunday
of the Year
The Holy Father,
Pope Benedict XVI has dedicated a
‘Year of the Priest’ from
19th June 2009 - 19th June 2010
to encourage spiritual perfection
in priests.
Prayer for Priests
in this Year for Priests.
O JESUS, I
PRAY FOR YOUR PRIESTS-
For your faithful and fervent priests,
Your unfaithful and tepid priests
For Your priests labouring at home,
or abroad in distant mission fields,
For your tempted priests
For your lonely and desolate priests
For your young priests,
For your sick priests,
For your dying priests
For your persecuted priests
For the souls of your priests in purgatory,
For your priests, world wide.
BUT ABOVE ALL I RECOMMEND TO YOU-
The priests dearest to me,
The priest who baptised me
The priests who have absolved me from
my sins
The priests who presided at Masses
I attended
All priests to whom I am indebted
in any way, O Jesus, keep them close
to your heart and bless them abundantly
unto eternity.
Amen
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Readings
You
can access the daily readings on the
parish website:
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Feast
Days of the Week
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4th |
St
John Vianney, 1786-1859,
had to contend with poverty,
military service and his own
intellectual shortcomings
in order to become a priest.
In 1817, Father Vianney was
sent to care for the people
of a small, obscure French
village called Ars. The marvelous
gift of the unlearned priest
for seeing into the depths
of the soul brought the world
to Ars. From 1830 onwards
Father Vianney averaged twelve
to sixteen hours a day in
the confessional. Patron of
priests.
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| Wed
5th |
St Mary Major.
The basilica was built by
Pope Sixtus III after the
Council of Ephesus (431).
It is the first church in
the West named in honour of
the Mother of God.
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| Thu
6th |
The
Transfiguration.
The cross requires the exodus
of Jesus, his death, resurrection
and glorification. The disciples
have to realize that he must
depart just as they are now
prepared for his going up
to Jerusalem to die.
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7th |
St
Sixtus II, pope,
and his four deacon companions
were put to death in 258.
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| Sat
8th |
St
Dominic, 1170-1221,
a Spaniard who founded the
Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
to counteract the Albigensian
heresy.
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Visitation Of The Sick
Fr Magill will visit his sick and
housebound
in Glencolin this coming week.
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St
Oliver Plunkett 6th Annual Lecture
Rev. Harold
Good,
former President of the Methodist
Church in Ireland
will be giving a talk entitled
‘Hearts and Minds’
on Sunday 9th August at 7.00pm
in St. Oliver Plunkett Church.
There will
be a question and answer session
afterwards
followed by light refreshments in
the parish hall.
All are invited to attend.
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Hour
of prayer for the Sanctification
of Priests and for Vocations
The monthly
prayers for priests and vocations
will take place in
St. Peter's Cathedral on
Wednesday 5th August at 8.15 pm.
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Solemn
High Mass
Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of the Assumption will be celebrated in Saint Patrick's Church, Donegall Street, Belfast on Saturday 15th August 2009 at 4pm. Everyone is very welcome.
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Pathways Exploring Faith
and Ministry
Pathways is a two-year course which runs from September to May each year. It is held in Drumalis, Larne every Saturday from 10am – 4.30pm. No qualifications necessary and no required written work during the course. If interested please contact 2827 2196 or maura@drumalis.co.uk
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Bible
Alive
Bible Alive for August is on sale
in the sacristy price £1.95
Bible Alive gives reflections on
the readings of the day.
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Friends of the Foyers of Light, Charity
& Love
Irish Friends
of the Foyers of Light, Charity &
Love
are holding a 5 day silent retreat
entitled
‘If you but knew the gift of
God…’
directed by Fr. Kilian Byrne
from 17 – 23 August in Drumalis,
Larne, cost £295.
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Youth 2000 Summer Festival
Youth
2000 Summer Festival, Clonmacnois,
Co Offaly, Thursday 13th - Sunday
16th August 2009. For young people
age 16-35, an opportunity not to be
missed to experience the Catholic
faith and meet many new friends. Bishop
Frank Caggiano, vicar of Evangelisation
in the Diocese of Brooklyn will be
the main speaker.
Join in on all of the fun games & activities (including Irish lessons)
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Knock Pilgrimage
Knock Pilgrimage (St Pio weekend): is on 19th and 20th September. Overnight accommodation and all meals in the Park Hotel, price £120 fully inclusive. For details Lucy 9074 2589 or Bernadette 9059 2263. |
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St
Brigid's Parish Trip to Poland 22-29
September
With visits to Krakow, Warsaw, Auschwitz, Sanctuary of St Faustina the home place of Pope John Paul, the famous Salt Mines and other places of interest. Cost: single room approx £795, double £690 - to include 7 nights bed breakfast and meal. Spiritual Director Fr Eugene O’Neill.
If interested please contact parish office at St Brigid’s 02890 665409. |
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Music for Weddings & Funerals
Peter and Mary Bernadette our church
organist and singer are also available
for weddings and funerals and any
other church events. Please contact
Peter 07708 921489
or Mary Bernadette 07517 471971
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| Baptisms
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Baptisms today at 1.30pm. Next baptisms
will take place on Sunday 16th August 2009
at 1.30pm. Please note the next date available
for Baptism is Sunday 6th September 2009.
The next pre-Baptism instruction will be
on Thursday 6th August 2009 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
Oisin Kevin
Bailey
John Michael McGucken/Sharkey
Conall Padraig O’Regan
who were
recently baptised.
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| We
Loved Them In Life
We offer
our sympathy and prayerful support to the
families of those parishioners who died
recently:
Margaret
Kerr, Buncrana Gardens
Thomasina Montgomery, Gweedore Gardens
We
pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
Sean McStravick
Josephine O’Neill
Agnes Dwyer
Harry McCrystal
Teresa Tracey
Sarah Gibben
Josephine Daly
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| Collections
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The offertory collection
amounted to £1107.07
There will be a second
collection
today - Monthly Stipend
Thank you all for
your generous support
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