Parish News…

Last week’s Weekly Offertory Promise Collection amounted to £ 2192.00

Trocaire collection amounted to £8721.00

Thank you for your generous financial support.

NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPES 2015/2016: There are a few boxes of envelopes left in Parish Office. If you did not receive a box of envelopes and wish to do so please contact the Parish Office on 90 615702

St Agnes’ Thrift Shop: Open Mon, Tues & Thurs 9.30am””11am.

Holy Child Primary School’s First Holy Communion will be celebrated this Saturday 16th May at 11.00am.

Church Cleaning: St Agnes’ require a number of volunteers to clean the church on a regular basis. If you could spare an hour of your time once or twice a week it would be greatly appreciated. If interested please leave your name and contact details in the Sacristy or Parish Office. Thank you

Trocaire Boxes: Please leave your Trocaire Boxes into the church as soon as possible. Thank you.

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It is good for us to spend time before the Tabernacle, to feel the gaze of Jesus upon us

Remember in Prayer…

Recently Deceased: John Aldridge, Mary Porter.

Those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Annie & Kieran Marshall, George Leckey, Mary Loughran, Margaret Burgoyne, Paul Smyth, Anne-Marie Murray, Sadie & Bernie Gillespie, Mc Guinness family ( deceased ), Denis, Alice & Paul Caldwell, Dick Grehan, Josephine Mc Donnell, Raymond Aldridge, Anna Mc Elvogue.

What’s on Locally…

Annual Diocesan Collection for the Education of our Student Priests ( Sunday 17th May 2015) This year our diocese has ten students in training for the priesthood. Fr Andrew Black has just been ordained. Rev Conor Mc Carthy will be ordained in June. James O’ Reilly will be ordained deacon later this month. The other students are Manuelito, Tony, James,   Michael, Kevin, Christopher and Stiofan. The second collection on the feast of the Ascension is the yearly collection for the education of our student priests. Thank you for your support of this collection last year. Your continued support of this annual church collection on Sunday 17th May is again requested. Your financial contribution is another concrete way of supporting our students as they journey towards priesthood for service in our parishes.

Drumalis Retreat : A peaceful location for an overnight stay to recharge your batteries. October 3rd/4th 2015. If you haven’t been you don’t know what your missing! All welcome. Contact Pat on 90 617082

Cemetery Sundays

Milltown— Sunday, 24^th May – Prayers and blessing of graves will be held at 3 pm.

City Cemetery — Sunday, 10^th May — Please note that this year Prayers will take place in St John’s Parish Church at 3 pm.  Families who have loved ones buried in the Glenalina Section (Upper Section) are invited to gather in St John’s Church.  Their graves will be blessed after the Prayer Service.  Those who have loved ones buried in the Lower Section nearer the gatehouse are invited to stand at or near their graves, which will be blessed during the service.  Speakers outside St John’s Church should reach the lower end of the Cemetery as far as the Gate House.

Hannahstown — Sunday, 31^st May at 3 pm – Mass will be celebrated in the grounds of St Joseph’s Cemetery, followed by the Blessing of the Graves.

St Peter’s, the Rock — Sunday, 7^th June at 3 pm – prayers and blessing of graves.

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