Parish  News…

Last week’s Weekly Offertory Promise Collection amounted to £2854.00

Thank you for your continued and generous support.

 MASS OF ENROLMENT(P3 Parents/children) TodaySunday 25th February at 10.30am

CONFIRMATION Will be celebrated this Tuesday  27th February at 1pm(There will be no 10am Mass that morning ) Refreshments afterwards in Holy Child PS.

FIRST CONFESSIONS: Will take place this year on Wednesday 7th March at 1pm.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Saturday 12th May at 11am

WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES ~ PRAYER God, our Father, we are brothers and sisters in Jesus your Son, one family, in the Spirit of your love. Bless us with the joy of love. Make us patient and kind, gentle and generous, welcoming to those in need. Help us to live your forgiveness and peace. Protect all families with your loving care, especially those for whom we now pray: [We pause and remember family members and others by name….] Increase our faith, strengthen our hope, keep us safe in your love, make us always grateful for the gift of life that we share. This we ask, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Mary, mother and guide, pray for us. Saint Joseph, father and protector, pray for us. Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us. Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, pray for us.

Remember in Prayer…

Recently Deceased: Colette Tabb, Bridget Dobbin, Thomas Williams, Sally O’ Neill.

Those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Barbara Brunton, Brian Allen, Harry & Teresa Bleakley, Jim Mc Grillen, Margaretta Gribbon, James Teer, Tony Keenan, Joe Dornan, Charles Mc Grath, Michael & Julia Harte, Maggie Corrigan, Daniel Donnelly, Joe & Pat Fenton, Kevin Mc Nulty, James O’ Toole.

May they rest in peace

What’s on Locally…

LENTEN PRAYER   PLEDGE Many people choose to abstain from alcohol during Lent. Why not take this opportunity to perhaps help yourself or someone you know with an alcohol or drug problem by offering your sacrifice for freedom from addiction?  Please consider taking  the short term Lenten Pledge and make a difference to someone’s life. Register your pledge with local Pioneers and say the daily prayer.

Prayer:“I promise in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary to abstain from all alcoholic drink until the end of Lent.”

DAY PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK

In this Holy season of Lent why not join us by offering a one day pilgrimage to Knock in honour of St Joseph on his Feast Day 19th March 2018 to protect Ireland from abortion and any changes to the 8th Amendment.

The bus leaves St Agnes’ Church at 7.30am sharp and returns approximately 10pm. Cost £15, bring a packed lunch. Contact Pat 07946917354 or Harriet 07812098991

The First Saturday Devotions will take place on March 3rd in St Matthias’s Church, Glen Road.  3.00p.m. Adoration and Confessions.4.00 p.m.  Mass.  all welcome!

ANNUAL EASTER PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES. 2nd April 2018. Hotel Solitude, 5 Night’s full board £669 per person. Accompanied by a Spiritual Director. For further details contact  Moya Connolly 07511149736

“Love…It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13, 4-7. Trócaire has launched it’s Lenten campaign ‘Until Love Conquers Fear’. Fear is felt by millions of people around the world who can’t feed their families, are forced to flee their homes because of conflict or are imprisoned for standing up for their rights. Love is the support shown to them by people here at home through the Lenten campaign. To find out more visit www.trocaire.org

WMOF Please support the third National Collection for WMOF2018 which will be taken up in our parish  this weekend.

42nd Street St. Agnes’ Choral Society are excited to be producing the Broadway Classic, 42nd Street, from 10th-14th April in The Grand Opera House. Tickets can be purchased online at www.goh.co.uk or via the Box Office on 028 9024 1919