Parish News…

Last week’s Weekly Offertory Promise Collection amounted to £2600.00

Thank you for your continued and generous support

CHURCH CLEANERS If you can spare a few hours on a Wednesday afternoon from 2pm-4pm to help clean the Church please contact the Parish Office or Sacristy on 90 615702

Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Christ has no body now on earth but yours;

No hands but yours;

No feet but yours.

Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ must look out on the world.

Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good.

Yours are the hands with which he is to bless his people.

ST. AGNES’ PARISH NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES 3RD-11TH FEB

Novena Mass times:

Monday to Friday: 10am and 7.30pm Saturday 11th Feb: 1pm (Mass of the Sick) and 6pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 8.30am, 10.30am and 12.30pm .

CROCHET CLASS Every Thursday morning in St Agnes’ Parish Centre ( St Agnes’ Drive) 10.30am – 12.30pm. Beginners welcome.

Remember in Prayer…

Recently Deceased: Mary Campbell, Bridget Gillespie, Padraig Ramsden.

Those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Angela Black, John Doherty, Frances Mulvenna, John & Christina Curoe, Betty Burgoyne, Bridie & Frank Hackett, James & Rose Donnelly, Sadie Mc Closkey, Joe Lynch, Dolours Price-Rea, Susan Mc Donald, Peter Harte, Tom Flynn, Pat Mc Dermott, Arthur Melley, Margaret & Charles Mallon, Bob, Minnie & Brendan Murray, Gretta Hampton.

Eternal rest grant unto them , O Lord!

What’s on Locally…

ST. AGNES’ CHORAL SOCIETY is celebrating it’s 60th Anniversary in The Ulster Hall with a concert: Music and Memories on Saturday 4th February at 7.30pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ulsterhall.co.uk or 028 9033 4455. The Society’s chosen charity this year is Alzheimers NI.

Would you like to help those people in your parish who are grieving after a bereavement? BethanyBereavement Support offers training as a parish based group ministry which aims to help those bereaved and grieving.  Support is offered on an individual basis in the home, to groups in drop-in centres, by phone calls, by helping at funeral liturgies and remembrance services. A full training course is offered over a 10 evening  period. For more information or to register interest in the next Training Course which begins in March 2017 and will take place in the Good Shepherd Centre, please contact the parish office or Claire Dowds, Good Shepherd Centre, 511 Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 3GS.  ( 07557882183,  email: bethanybereavementni@gmail.com

OUR LADY OF FATIMA The first Saturday devotions will take place in St Matthias’ Church, Glen Road, on Saturday 4th February 2017 at 3pm

ANNUAL EASTER PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES. 17th April 2017. Hotel Paradis, 5 Night’s full board £669 per person. Accompanied by a Spiritual Director. For further details contact  Moya Connolly 0044 7511149736

FATIMA 13th May –  20th May 2017. 7 Nights full board, flights, bus transfers £599.  Please call 07912440486

A LEVEL MATHEMATICS It is intended to organise a revision class on a Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon in St Agnes’ Parish Centre, (St Agnes’ Drive) from 4pm-5pm. Ask your head of department from your school to contact the Parish Secretary on 90615702 for further details.

VOCATIONS WEEKEND Friday 17th – Sunday 19th February 2017. Make time and space to hear Christ’s call to the Priesthood. Drumalis Retreat Centre, Larne. Contact Fr Kevin Mc Guckien on 90 614567 or email k.mcguckien@downandconnor.org

SOLÁS Is looking for 12 Retired Teachers, to provide 1:1 support to children, with additional educational needs, in a number of primary schools in N, W and S Belfast. Contact Anne on 90247600, 07729 779242 or email anne@solasbt7.com.