www.thecourtyardtheatre.com<\/b><\/a>\u00a0or by phone 02890340202. Fortwilliam are also available to hire for concerts or fundraisers. If interested please contact Hilary on 0784648272.<\/p>\nPERMANENT DIACONATE <\/b>The Diocese initiated training for the Permanent Diaconate two years ago and twelve men have completed their Preparatory Year and are in their second year of formation. Preparations are under way to begin another Preparatory Year in 2016. Men between 35 and 60 years of age who would like to consider the Permanent Diaconate should contact Fr. Alan McGuckian at the Living Church Office for more information and an application form on 90 690920 or livingchurch@downandconor.org. Completed applications need to be returned by 30th November<\/p>\n
NOVEMBER PLEDGE<\/b>\u00a0 Please consider taking the November Pledge to be alcohol-free and offer this up for the benefit of the Holy Souls and to help an addicted friend. For further information, please contact Ian\u00a0 on 028 90894070 <\/b><\/p>\n
YEAR OF MERCY 2015\u201d\u201d2016 <\/b>Pope Francis has announced an Extraordinary Jubilee which has at its centre the mercy of God. It will be a Holy Year of Mercy. We want to live in the light of the word of the Lord: \u201c Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful\u201d\u009d (cf. Lk 6:36). And this especially applies to confessors! So much mercy! This Holy Year will commence on the 8th December the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and will conclude on Sunday, 20 November 2016, <\/b>the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe and living face of the Father’s mercy.’ I am confident that the whole Church, which is in such need of mercy for we are sinners, will be able to find in this Jubilee the joy of rediscovering and rendering fruitful God\u2019s mercy, with which we are all called to give comfort to every man and every woman of our time. Do not forget that God forgives all, and God forgives always. Let us never tire of asking forgiveness. Let us henceforth entrust this Year to the Mother of Mercy, that she turn her gaze upon us and watch over our journey: our penitential journey, our year-long journey with an open heart, to receive the indulgence of God, to receive the mercy of God. Pope Francis reminds us that in mercy, we find proof of how God loves us. He gives his entire self, always, freely, asking nothing in return. He comes to our aid whenever we call upon him. What a beautiful thing that the Church begins her daily prayer with the words, \u201c O God come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me!\u201d\u009d The assistance we ask for is already the first step of God\u2019s mercy towards us.<\/p>\n
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