Archive for May, 2009
Pastor’s Desk: Feast of Pentecost
Greetings all, on this very special weekend in the life of the Church. Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost when we remember the day that the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples and the Church was born. By sending the Holy Spirit into our lives, God has brought us into the life of the [...]
May 29, 2009
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Father Collins Park: Opening 27th May
You are cordially invited to the official opening of Father Collins Park by the Lord Mayor of Dublin at 11am on Wednesday 27th May. The event will also be attended by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Please come along if you can - all welcome!
Click here for a map (the satellite photo is out of date, unfortunately!).
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May 24, 2009
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Pastor’s Desk: Feast of the Ascension
Welcome everyone, as we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord and also World Communications Sunday. The Ascension of Jesus to His Heavenly Father was a necessary sadness the early disciples had to go through so that the Holy Spirit could come into their hearts & minds. The physical separation from Jesus did [...]
May 23, 2009
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Pastor’s Desk: 6th Sunday of Easter
Welcome everyone and I hope you had a good week. I want to begin by thanking everyone for the response to the Priesthood Collection last week which amounted to €1970 and was a significant increase on last year’s collection. In these difficult and changing times it is great to see such generosity from the parish [...]
May 16, 2009
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Pastor’s Desk: 5th Sunday of Easter
Greetings all, on this Fifth Sunday of Easter. Today is also PRIESTHOOD Sunday, when we pray for the seminarians currently training for the diocese and pray also for an increase in vocations to the priesthood.
There is no doubt about it but the decline in the number of priests in the diocese is really beginning to [...]
May 9, 2009
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