PARISH NEWS…
WEEKLY OFFERTORY PROMISE The collection amounted to £1630.00 WORLD MISSIONS £2315.00
Thank you for your generous financial support. You can make your envelope contribution via the donate button on the Parish website home page also at www.stagnesbelfast.com.
NOVEMBER REMEMBRANCE LISTS Are now available at front and side entrances of Church. Please post completed lists into post box located right hand side of Our Lady of Fatima Shrine. Thank you.
MASS FOR DECEASED The Annual Mass for Deceased will take place on Monday 18th November at 7pm. Parishioners who lost a loved one in the past year should be receiving a letter of invite in the post soon. There is no need to reply, just turn up on the night to our remembrance Mass for your loved one. Everyone is welcome.
ST AGNES SPRED GROUP Are looking new members to join them. SPRED offers adults with learning disabilities friendship, spiritual development and a sense of belonging to a parish group. Contact Caoimhe McCann on 07969224037 for more information.
ST. MALACHY Today 3rd Nov we celebrate the Feast of St Malachy patron saint of the Diocese of Down and Connor.
TEC FOR SENIORS Course starting Thursday 14th Nov at 10am in St Agnes Parish Hall . Do you want to know how to use your phone safely, the computer, laptop etc, and how to spot a scam? Only 7 spaces available. If interested please contact Kate at the Parish office on 02890 615702
PASTORAL COMMUNITY PILGRIMAGE
Our Pastoral Community, which is made up of St. Teresa’s, St. Agnes’s, St. Michael’s, St. Oliver Plunkett, Hannahstown and Holy Trinity parishes, is considering organising a Pilgrimage to Rome during the Holy Year, 2025, (probably in late September).
The pilgrimage will last 5/6 days and will be priced to include flights, accommodation, breakfast and some evening meals, visits to various churches and a full religious itinerary. Prices for the trip will be confirmed over the next couple of weeks.
Expression of Interest Places are limited. To register your interest, please contact your parish office as soon as possible with your name, contact details, number of participants and room preference.
When details are finalised, your parish will contact all registered parishioners. Please contact your parish office on 02890 615702
or email the office on st.agnes.belfast@gmail.com
MASS INTENTIONS
Sat 02 (6.30pm): Teresa Mc Crea, Owen Smith, Mary Morrison
Richard Glenholmes, Paul Zemrowsky
Sun 03(9.30am): Priest’s intention
Sun 03(12.30pm): Billy Mc Veigh& Sadie Mc Grillen
Lucy Gallagher, Ann Trainor, Sarah Sadie Hughes
Pat Bleakley
Mon 04(10am): Nov Dead List
Tues 05 NO MASS
Wed 06 (10am): Nov Dead List
Thurs 07(10am): Nov Dead List
Fri 08(10am):Nov Dead List
Sat 09 (1pm): Philomena Canning
NB: In the event of a funeral, the assigned intention will be offered privately by the priest at his first available mass.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
Recently Deceased: Karen Preston, Thomas Hugh Walsh RIP
Anniversaries: Geraldine Mc Cann, Peter Hackett, Paddy Kathleen & Liam O’ Kane, Joe Kemp, Lily Mc Donnell, Agnes Maguire, May& Bill Mc Kenna, John & Mary Mc Geown, Paddy & Betty Barker, Bridie Smith, Damian Wilson & Harry McVeigh, Sheila Scappaticci, Bill Cinnamond, Geraldine & John Kane, Margeret Crossin
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord!
WHAT’S ON…
KNOCK ALL NIGHT VIGIL Bus leaving Clonard Monastery Saturday 7th Dec at 1.15pm and returning Sunday 8t Dec at 12.15pm. Cost £60. Price includes Dinner & Breakfast. To book call 02890 6656211
OXFAM Urgent Appeal for Gaza and Ukraine – collecting toiletries and warm clothing, Blankets etc. for Men, Women & Children. Donations can be left at 27 Conor Rise. For more details contact Michael on 07564908903. Many thanks
First Saturday Devotions will take place in St. Matthias’s Church, Glen Road on 2nd November .3.00 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Confessions and Act of Consecration. 4.00p.m. Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Annual Mass for the deceased teachers of Down and Connor will be celebrated on: Monday 11th November 2024 at 7.30pm in All Saints’ Church, Broughshane Road, Ballymena AND on Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 7.30pm in Good Shepherd Church, Ormeau Road, Belfast. Please forward by Friday 8th November 2024 the Name and School of any teacher who died during the past twelve months to: Fr Colin Grant, Director of the Down and Connor Catholic Schools’ Support Service, 120 Cliftonville Road, Belfast BT14 6LA. Tele: 028 9049 1886 or Email: dctrusteeservice@downandconnor.org Light refreshments will be served afterwards in All Saints’ and Holy Rosary Parish Centres) Anyone unable to attend can join in online. For the Ballymena Mass: www.youtube.com/@allsaintsballymena/streams and for the Belfast Mass: www.holyrosaryparishbelfast.net
KNIGHTS OF ST COLUMBANUS is an Irish national Catholic fraternal organisation for men. A new group is being established in the local area to support the parishes in our Vicariate and new volunteers are being recruited. If interested please contact our parish office on 02890 615702
Mass for deceased Naomh Pól members The annual Mass for deceased Naomh Pól members will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 13th November in the downstairs bar on the Shaws Road All members are encouraged to attend The Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Aidan Brankin (former Parish Priest at St. Oliver Plunkett) Fáilte roimh chách!
Pioneer Pledge for the month of the Holy Souls A short-term pledge gives spiritual support and encouragement to people and their families who are living under a shadow of addiction Contact the Pioneers on 00 353 1 805 4226 or via www.pioneers.ie/pray
“Dilexit nos – He loved us” – Encyclical of Pope Francis Prayers and Reflections based on “the Human and the Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ” are available on www.pioneers.ie These prayers and reflections were launched on 1 November 2024.
THE WEST BELFAST HISTORICAL SOCIETY The October meeting will take place on Friday the 8th of November at 7.30pm in St. Michael’s Parish Centre on Finaghy Road North (Access via Church Gateway on Finaghy Road North before the garage opposite the Church at junction with Andersonstown Road).
The November talk is entitled:”DANIEL O’CONNELL”
The guest speaker will be Mr Clive Scoular
Refreshments will be provided.
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