Archive for January, 2010

Pastor's Desk: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Allow me to begin my few words by welcoming back our Parish Priest Fr.  Eoin after his few days off.  Thankfully we managed to keep everything running smoothly in his absence!
Catholic Schools Week
This coming week we celebrate what is called Catholic Schools Week. This week provides us with an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the [...]

January 30, 2010   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments

Pastor's Desk: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Welcome everyone to our Sunday liturgies. Our Gospel today is a very powerful text from Luke’s Gospel where Jesus visits his home town and is invited to read the sacred scripture. Jesus is offered the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and reads the beautiful passage which says:
“The spirit of the Lord has been given to [...]

January 23, 2010   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments

Pastor's Desk: World Day for Migrants & Refugees

Welcome everyone and thank God we have a very different landscape to the one that greeted us last Sunday! That said, our problems continue with the water shortage of all things being the next thing to challenge us. This is certainly proving to be a tough winter.
Day for Migrants & Refugees
Today, the Church around [...]

January 16, 2010   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments

Adverse Weather

Due to the current adverse weather conditions, parishioners are asked to note carefully the following announcements for the coming week:
· There will be no 7.30pm evening Mass, Monday to Friday, for the coming week 11th–15th January. Our weekday morning Mass at 10.00am will continue as usual and next Sunday’s Mass schedule will also be unaffected.
· [...]

January 9, 2010   Posted in: Announcements  No Comments

Pastor's Desk: Baptism of the Lord

Welcome everyone to our first Trinity News of 2010! The cold snap is turning into a longer affair than any of us would have liked and certainly the number of people who have had bad falls and slips tells us we should be very careful if we have to venture out. With that in mind [...]

January 9, 2010   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments