Parish Notices
3rd Sunday of Lent 15 March 2009
Year of St Paul, Apostle, 28 June 2008 – 29 June 2009, commemorating the 2000th anniversary of his birth.
The Conversion of St Paul, 25 January; Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul, Apostles, 29 June.
Season of Lent
During Lent we make preparations to climb the Holy Mountain of Easter. Attentive to the Word of God and Prayer, we prepare ourselves by Penance for the renewal of our Baptismal Promises.
1. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin wishes the following short message read out at Masses this weekend:
“I would like to express my very special appreciation for the generosity shown by the people of the Archdiocese of Dublin on the occasion of the annual collection for the Society of St Vincent de Paul just before Christmas. The final figures for the collection show an increase of 24% over last year, with a total of €2,195,570.
Despite the many difficulties that families and individuals face, I am genuinely moved to see the depth of the sense of care and solidarity which this generosity shows.
The members of the St Vincent de Paul Society do great work and I would recommend their work and mission especially to young people.”
2. St Patrick’s Day falls on Tuesday. Masses will be as follows:
• Monday 7.30 pm
• Tuesday 9 and 11 am
• Gormanstown Tuesday at 10 am.
3. There will be two fundraising events this week in Kilcullen for the Lakota Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota:
• a concert this Sunday night at 7 pm in the Town Hall and
• a Table Quiz in O’Connell’s on Wednesday at 8.30 pm.
4. We encourage all involved in the various ministry groups in the Parish to attend the Liturgy Workshop arranged for next Saturday 10 am to 1 pm. Please give your name in the Sacristy if you can attend.
5. There will be a meeting for all our Readers on Tuesday week, 24th March at 8 pm in the Parish Church.
6. In the Offertory Procession we include with the Bread and Wine this week’s image from the Trocaire Lenten Campaign and we place it with the Lenten Space in front of the Altar.
7. At the end of 11 Mass we turn the page of the Gospels placed in our Lenten Display Area to next Sunday’s Gospel reading.
8. Please remember in your prayers Paddy Bathe who died on Saturday morning.
May he rest in peace.
