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Pastor's Desk: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Welcome everyone to our Mass this Sunday. Last Sunday Fr. Gary took the opportunity to say farewell to us at our Masses and in this space also. We pray that he has had a warm welcome on his first week in Malahide Parish. Many parishioners have been asking me what is to going to happen [...]

November 12, 2011   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  One Comment

Pastor's Desk: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

It is with a deep sense of sadness that I write these few words. Over the last four years I have being very proud to call Holy Trinity Parish my home. Indeed from the very start 15th August 2007 I felt welcomed and immediately part of the community, a great testimony to the warmth and [...]

November 5, 2011   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments

Pastor's Desk: 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Welcome everyone. Our readings this week could easily apply to the church of today just as much as the time they were written. In our First Reading, Malachi is warning the priests of his day that they are not fulfilling the will of God by the way they live their lives. He calls them to [...]

October 29, 2011   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments

Pastor's Desk: Mission Sunday

Welcome everyone as we celebrate Mission Sunday in our Church. Today is an opportunity for us to reflect on the work that is being done in so many parts of the world by Irish Missionaries who are bringing the Word of God and the Sacraments to new communities. On first reflection we need to notice [...]

October 22, 2011   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  No Comments

Pastor's Desk: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Gary’s new appointment
I am sure everyone has heard that at Thursday’s 10.00am Mass Fr. Gary announced he has received a new appointment from Archbishop Diarmuid Martin as curate in St. Sylvester’s Parish, Malahide. It has all happened so quickly. As parishioners were told last Sunday, Fr. Gary and I attended the meeting of priests [...]

October 15, 2011   Posted in: Pastor's Desk  One Comment