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St Agnes Christmas Bulletin 2020 updated27Dec

By on December 18, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

Parish News… 16 December 2020 Diocese of Down and Connor (extract from diocesan guidance for Christmas 2020) Christmas 2020 will be a very different Christmas for everyone. Families and parishes across the diocese will not be able to celebrate in the normal way. The season of Christmas is a season of celebration, but this year […]

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2020 CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS

By on December 16, 2020 in Uncategorized

16 December 2020 Diocese of Down and Connor (extract from diocesan guidance for Christmas 2020) Christmas 2020 will be a very different Christmas for everyone. Families and parishes across the diocese will not be able to celebrate in the normal way. The season of Christmas is a season of celebration, but this year it is […]

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By on December 15, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

       

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St Agnes Parish Bulletin 13th December 2020

By on December 11, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

A bearer of light Last week we were introduced to John the Baptist as part of our Advent journey. We hear his story again but this time from the fourth Gospel. Light and darkness is a key theme of the fourth Gospel and in its opening verses proclaims that this light has always shone in […]

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St Agnes Parish Bulletin 6th December 2020

By on December 2, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

The beginning of the good news The second Sunday of Advent turns our attention to John the Baptist. John was an interesting individual. We are told he dressed a bit strangely and spent a lot of time in the desert, ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness’. Yet it seems he was very popular […]

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St Agnes’ Parish Bulletin 29th November 2020

By on November 25, 2020 in Parish Bulletins, Uncategorized

Finding our feet It can be very hard to live with uncertainty. Back at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a counsellor was interviewed on radio about how people were coping with the ‘lockdown’. People were anxious and fearful, she said. Many were experiencing loneliness, as their normal routines and social life came to an […]

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St Agnes Parish Bulletin 22nd November 2020

By on November 19, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

   A different sort of king Today’s gospel leaves us in no doubt as to what Jesus expects of his followers. It is a gospel of contrasts. It begins with a scene of judgement, with Jesus in the role of king, sitting on the throne of glory. It would have been a familiar image to […]

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St Agnes Parish Bulletin 15th November 2020

By on November 11, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

Rising to the challenge It is hard not to feel sorry for the third servant in today’s gospel. The first two servants are praised for making the most of the ‘talents’ (money) given to them by their master. In return, they are promised even greater things. The third man, paralysed by uncertainty, buries his small […]

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St Agnes Parish Bulletin Sunday 8th November 2020

By on November 5, 2020 in Uncategorized

The time is now I am a procrastinator. If a task is awkward or unpleasant, I am likely to put it off till another day. In any given week, I have a ‘to-do’ list I need to get through. The most important items always get done – things that can’t be avoided, like work deadlines […]

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St Agnes Parish Bulletin Sunday 1st November 2020

By on October 28, 2020 in Parish Bulletins

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED FOR NOVEMBER Out of the depths I cry to you O Lord, Lord, hear my voice! O let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleading. If you, O Lord should mark our guilt, Lord who would survive? But with you is found forgiveness; for this we revere you. […]

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