Parish News…
Last week’s Weekly Offertory Promise Collection amounted to £2354.00 Thank you for your continuous generosity and support.
ST AGNES’ CHRISTMAS CARD: We are asking for volunteers to distribute our annual Christmas card from this Monday 7th Dec.Please contact Kate in Parish Office 02890 615702 if you can help . Thank you.
OLIVE WOOD GIFTS A missionary group from Bethlehem , The Holy Land will visit St Agnes Parish on the 12th and 13th of December to briefly talk about the Holy Land and to sell religious articles made out of olive wood to help and support the poor Christians families , any help you could give them it will be highly appreciated .
PARISH MAGAZINE We are producing a magazine to cover the activities of the last 10 years in the Parish. This is to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of St Agnes’ Parish from 1955-2015. The magazine should be ready for the feast of St Agnes’on 21st January 2016.
REMINDER Buses will be departing for the Seniors Christmas dinner in the Ballymac Hotel from 1pm today (Sunday) Please be on time.
SVP ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Will take place this evening and tomorrow Saturday / Sunday 5th & 6th December. Many thanks for your generous support.
Remember in Prayer…
Recently Deceased: Gerard Quinn, Fr Gerry Reynolds C.Ss.R, Bridget Mc Laren.
Those whose anniversaries occur at this time:Thomas, Teresa, Anne & John Mc Cullough, Clare Mc Ginley, Patsy Campbell, Tommy Mc Garragan, Billy (Liam) Devlin, Louis Rea, Sarah Mc Varnock, Comgall Casey, Frances Daley, Dermot Morris, Baby James Morris, Teresa Maskey, Brian Smyth, Gerry Porter, Terry Maguire, Gerard Ramsden, Clare Mc Ginley, Mary & Bill Singleton, Gerard Clarke.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord!
What’s on Locally…
OPEN DAY Holy Child Nursery School, 40 Slievegallion Drive. Thursday 7th January. Time:2.00pm-3.00pm. All welcome
CANDLE-LIGHT ROSARY FOR LIFE – Please join Precious Life in a beautiful candlelight service for the protection of Ireland’s unborn babies, outside Marie Stopes Belfast at 4pm on Saturday 12th December, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadeloupe. For more information contact 028 9027 8484 or info@preciouslife.com
LOURDES 2016: we are currently seeking doctors (post foundation training) and nurses (on the NMC live register) to join the volunteer staff of the Diocesan Pilgrimage (11-16th July 2016).
For more information please email us at lourdes@downandconnor.org
ST. DOMINIC’S PAST PUPILS Union’s annual Carol service will take place in the school on Monday 14th December at 7.30pm (Refreshments afterwards). Past pupils and their friends are all welcome.
GCSEand A-Level Religious Studies and Geography tutoring available. Contact Kerry at: 07592252259
HOLY CHILD PRIMARY SCHOOL SOUTH GREEN OPEN AFTERNOON Thursday 3rd Dec 2015 at 1.30pm. For parents of children starting Nursery or P1 in September 2016. 26 free Nursery places and 111 Primary One places. At Holy Child we welcome pupils from any Parish. Opportunities for children to take part in a wide range of Extra Curricular Activities/ After School Clubs. Extended Schools, Breakfast Club, 2-3 club Parent Workshops, Homework Club.
THE DOOR OF MERCY
On Tuesday 8th December 2015 Pope Francis will open the Holy Door: the Door of Mercy in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, inaugurating a Year of Mercy. He hopes this will be “ a special time for the Church”: a time to “ gaze more attentively on mercy so that we may become a more effective sign of the Father’s action in our lives.”
On Sunday 13th December Bishop Noel Treanor will open the Door of Mercy for the Diocese in St Patrick’s Church, Donegall St., Belfast. This will take place during 7pm evening mass and parishioners from across the Diocese are invited to attend.
Sean Goan Advent Day of Reflection at Tobar Mhuire on Sat 12th Dec from 10am-5pm cost £30 which includes lunch. Contact 02844 830242.
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