Housekeeping
There is one item in ‘housekeeping’ at the moment: Just a message to those at Masses who are between 3rd class and Leaving Cert — we are looking for volunteers to serve on the altar. In the past it went…
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Author Archive: Bulletin Editor 2
A Heartfelt Thank You from Community Connect
Community Connect extends a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our recent ‘Drive and Drop’ Appeal on March 23rd, Your generosity makes our work possible, and we truly couldn’t do it without you. Thanks to your support, our…
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Quote for the Week
On being told he had leukaemia, St. Carlo Acutis said this to his parents: “God has given me a wake-up call.”
The Jubilee Year of 2025: Theme — “Hope does not disappoint” (Romans 5:5)
Anchored in hope.The second paragraph under this heading, n.19, speaks about ‘life everlasting’. Pope Francis states the belief we have:‘I believe in life everlasting”. So our faith professes. Christian hope finds in these words an essential foundation. For hope is…
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Mass times
Sunday Masses: Holy Rosary, Vigil 6.10pm; Morning 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis: 10.30am Weekdays: Monday to Friday, 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration Chapel opens from Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm.
Pope’s Intentions for March
For families in crisis: “Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences. ”.
Lenten Activities
Lenten Activities: Prayer Services on Sundays of Lent @ 5pm in Holy Rosary.
Feast Days
Tuesday, April 1st, St. Ceallach (Celsus) was born in 1080. He became abbot of Armagh in 1105 and was ordained priest. He was influenced by the reform then in progress in Munster. He presided at the Synod of Rathbreasail in…
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“Prayer, Meditation and Contemplation: Tools for the Spiritual Journey”
The two nights with Fr. Gerard Condon went down very well with those who attended and we would like to thank him for his time and his work in opening up our hearts and minds to different ways of praying….
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Housekeeping
There are two items in the ‘housekeeping’ section this week. First Friday — At the turn of the year between New Year’s Day and the Feast of the Epiphany, there was a weekend with the usual Masses and the ‘First…
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Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina, a time of prayer, reflection and contemplation, as we continue to move through the season of Lent, will take place this coming Wednesday the 2nd of April at 7.30pm in the new parish pastoral centre. If you would…
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The Jubilee Year of 2025: Theme — “Hope does not disappoint” (Romans 5:5)
The last section of the document in relation to the Holy Year is entitled: Anchored in hope. In the first paragraph of it, he looks at the fact that hope is one of the three great theological virtues — faith,…
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Thought for the Week
(I always felt that I could) “confide something in him (Jesus); I could also complain, question him about his silence, and tell him that I do not understand. And then, within me, I found a word that he sent me,…
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