The Weekly Offertory Promise<\/strong> collection amounted to \u00a32358.00. Thank you.<\/p>\n First Confessions<\/strong> will take place this year on Wednesday 12th March at 1.00pm.<\/p>\n Confirmations<\/strong> will be celebrated on Friday 21st March at 11.00am.<\/p>\n First Holy Communions<\/strong> will be celebrated on Saturday 17th May at 11.00am.<\/p>\n Recently deceased:<\/strong> Sadie Power, Ethna McGuigan, Rose Miskelly.<\/p>\n Those whose anniversaries occur at this time:<\/strong> Jean and Hugh Madill, Peter Tohill, Angela Black, Tommy O’ Malley, Eileen Clayton, Margaret Thornton, Myles McPartland, Thomas Flynn, Joseph Hughes, James Higginson, Margaret O’Hara, Betty Burgoyne, Teresa Press, Gerard Carey, Fr Danny Keenan, John Clayton, Margaret Anne Maynes.<\/p>\n Discerning Vocations – a retreat for young women who are considering their vocation in the Church<\/strong> – a look at married life, the single life, lay missionary work, the religious life, consecrated life in the world and the contemplative life. Venue: Drumalis retreat house, Larne on March 29th\/30th 2014. Cost: a donation is acceptable. If interested, contact the Diocesan Vocation Director: Fr John Murray at 90913761 or email: mail@frmurray.co.uk or also contact Mags Tierney at 07537414387 (text only) or magstierney08@gmail.com.<\/p>\n VOCATION WEEKEND \u2014 A Vocation Weekend for Students and young men<\/strong> will take place in Drumalis Retreat House, Larne on February 14th \u2014 16th 2014.\u00a0 The Weekend is for anyone who is thinking about the possibility of a Vocation to the Priesthood or Religious Life.\u00a0 Anyone interested should contact Fr John Murray St. Michael\u2019s Presbytery, 200 Finaghy Road North, Belfast BT11 9EG (20890 913761) for further information.\u00a0 You can also email Fr John at mail@frmurray.co.uk.<\/p>\n Hearing loss? Action on Hearing loss<\/strong> runs a free Hear to Meet group at Harvester House Court,4-8 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8GA. The next session is scheduled for Friday 7 February from 10.30am to 12.30pm. If you\u2019re over 55 and have a hearing loss, come along, and make new friends by meeting other people who understand what it is like to live with hearing loss and enjoy activities. Please contact: Kathy.mccann@hearingloss.org.uk or telephone: 028 9023 9619<\/p>\n \u201c In Joyful Hope \u2014 A New Step in Eucharistic Communion\u201d\u009d.<\/strong> This special event is being held in St. Anne\u2019s Church on Tuesday, 25th February at 8.00 pm. Should you feel able to promote it among your congregation and friends we would be honoured. \u201c Spread the word and spread the Welcome!\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n St. Brigid\u2019s Day Lecture<\/strong>, Thursday 20th February 2014 at 7.30pm in St Brigid\u2019s Church, Windsor Avenue, Belfast. Speaker: Fr Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., a member of the Dominican Community, Blackfriars, Oxford and was Master of the Order, 1992 \u2014 2001. He is the author of a number of books and is internationally renowned as a teacher, preacher and speaker.\u00a0 He will, in his lecture, reflect on new paths for the Church\u2019s journey in the light of Pope Francis\u2019 recent document \u201c The Joy of the Gospel\u201d\u009d (Evangelii Gaudium).<\/p>\n The West Belfast Historical Society<\/strong> is meeting in the Falls Park Pavillion on Friday 14th February at 7.30pm. (Entrance to the Park is via gate opposite Maguire’s Garage Just follow the road by the river along to Pavilion\u00a0Car Park). This months Topic is “SHIP BUILDING IN BELFAST”\u00a0the speaker will be Mr John Lynch.<\/p>\n The Perfect Treat for Your Valentine! <\/strong>Based on the play \u201d\u02dcThe Matchmaker\u2019, St. Agnes\u2019 Choral Society is delighted to announce that it will be performing the much loved classic \u201d\u02dcHello, Dolly!\u2019 in the Grand Opera House, Wed. 26th February \u2014 Sat. 1st March 2014. Tickets can be booked by phoning 02890 241919 or online at www.goh.co.uk.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parish News The Weekly Offertory Promise collection amounted to \u00a32358.00. Thank you. First Confessions will take place this year on Wednesday 12th March at 1.00pm. Confirmations will be celebrated on Friday 21st March at 11.00am. First Holy Communions will be celebrated on Saturday 17th May at 11.00am. Remember in prayer… Recently deceased: Sadie Power, Ethna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Remember in prayer…<\/h1>\n
What’s on locally<\/h1>\n