Parish News

The Weekly Offertory Promise collection amounted to £1972.00. Thank you.

There will be a priest available for confession after all Masses on Palm Sunday.

The Special Ministers of Holy Communion will meet this Thurs. 4th April at 11am.

The CATHOLICISM course continues this week. The theme is: The Word Made Flesh””the mystery of the liturgy and the Eucharist. Venue: St Agnes’ Parish Centre; Time: Tues. 7.30pm-9pm or Wed. 11am-12.30pm during Lent. Admission: Free.

The new Parish Weekly Envelopes boxes can be collected at next week’s Sunday Masses.

The last of the Solemn Rosaries for Lent will take place this Thursday at 7pm. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Recited Rosary, Adoration and Solemn Benediction. All welcome.

St Agnes Social and Entertainments Committee will be hosting an Easter Bonnet competition on Sunday 13th April for all age groups. Please join us in Parish Centre at 11.20am for coffee, tea, buns, face painting and balloon making and a display of colourful bonnets with plenty of craic.

Remember in prayer…

Recently deceased: Bernadette Mason, Damien Donnelly.

Those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Nina & John Friel, Imelda McNulty, Sue Fitzsimons, Hugh Pollock, Catherine Barr, Mary Smith, Tom McQuillan, Patsy & Caroline Duffy, Frank McKeown, Deceased members of the McBride family, David Hughes, John McGivern, Mary Dobbin, Marie Foley, Ann Christian, Annie Bannon, Emma Groves, Anne Meehan, Kaye Edwards.

What’s on locally

The Feast of Divine Mercy will be celebrated in St Peter’s Cathedral, Falls Road, on Sunday 37th April at 2.30pm. The rosary will be followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Holy Mass. Confessions available. Car parking available.

The Crucifixion: On Sunday 13th April at 7pm the St Polycarp’s Parish Choir will be performing Stainer’s The Crucifixion, along with Fr. Martin O’Hagan from The Priests as tenor soloist and Nigel McClintock Director of Music of St. Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast as organist.

The Annual Diocesan Liturgy Seminar, entitled “ Rediscovering the Word of God” will be held on Saturday 10th May 2014 from 1pm – 4.30pm in St Anne’s Parish Centre, Kingsway, Finaghy, Belfast BT10 0NE. It will be conducted by Bro. Pat Mullins O.Carm. The Seminar is open to all, and will be especially interesting to Ministers of the Word. Seminar Fee £5.To book,  contact: Malachy McKeever: 07760108903 or e-mail: malachy.mck@gmail.com

Down and Connor Pilgrimage to Fatima under the patronage of Bishop Noel Treanor. 14th-21st August 2014. 3-star hotels.£649 incl. Belfast-Dublin Airport return coach, return flight to Lisbon to Fatima, 7 nights full board. Based on sharing twin bedded rooms with facilities. Full religious progamme, directed by Fr Gerard McCloskey & Fr Sean Gilmore. Contact: Joe Catney (90714001 or Anna Prior (44841843.

Trócaire: Monday 7th April will mark the 20th anniversary of the start of one of the most horrific events in modern history. Over the course of just 100 days in 1994, around one million people were killed in the Rwandan genocide – more than a fifth of Ireland’s population. Irish people donated £6million to Trócaire’s emergency appeal for Rwanda. This was, at the time, the largest public donation in the history of the organisation. Trócaire continues to work in Rwanda on your behalf, helping to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people. Thank you for continuing to support Trócaire’s work, particularly during this Lenten season. www.trocaire.org.

Northern Ireland Cancer Pilgrimage to Lourdes, operated by Joe Walsh Tours Ltd. 22nd-27th  May 2014. Return flights from Belfast (Aldergrove). We aim to help cancer patients and their carers make a pilgrimage to Lourdes and to provide nursing and medical support for them. Medical, nursing and other Oncology staff will travel with us. Chairman: Dr Seamus McAleer. Spiritual Director: V. Rev Sean McCartney. To enquire or to obtain a booking form, please contact a member of the Committee at  07516759646 or e-mail: mail@nicancerpilgrimage.org.uk. Full Price  is £599:  Reductions are available for Cancer Patients.

An evening of Music, Prayer and Reflection for Holy Week, will be held on Palm Sunday 13th April at 8pm in Holy Trinity Church, Turf Lodge. Soloists: Cara McCann, Marion Jordan & Mark Mooney. All welcome.