Last week\u2019s Weekly Offertory Promise collection amounted to \u00a32506.00<\/b><\/p>\n
This weeks collection ( Green Envelope ) for Needy Parishes <\/b>This collection was set up in order that the wealthier parishes in the Diocese can assist those parishes in greater need.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your generous financial support to all our collections <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
PARISH WEEKLY ENVELOPES<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 The new envelopes are now available to be collected from the church. ( Main doors) If you are not on the list and would like a box of Parish envelopes please contact the Sacristy or Kate in the Parish Office.<\/p>\n
ST PATRICK\u2019S DAY MASSES THIS WEEKEND <\/b>Saturday 16th March at 6.30pm <\/b>& Sunday 17th March at 9.30am and 12.30pm<\/b><\/p>\n
REMINDER<\/b> That shamrock will be sold after all the Masses this weekend<\/p>\n
BULLETIN NOTICES <\/b>Notices for the bulletin must be with the Parish Office by 12 noon on a Wednesday to be included in the weekend bulletin. Thank you.<\/p>\n
TROCAIRE BOXES <\/b>Trocaire boxes are available at the Church entrances. Theme: \u201cSo now faith, hope and love abide, these three. But the greatest of these is love\u201d (1 Cor 13:13).<\/p>\n
PARISH OFFICE <\/b>Will be closed this Monday 18th March.<\/p>\nRemember in Prayer…<\/h1>\n
Recently Deceased: <\/b>James Largey<\/p>\n
Those whose anniversaries occur at this time<\/b>: Jim Mc Grillen, Pat Mc Manus, Christine Mc Kennam Bob & Sadie Gamble, Sarah Small, Sadie Gribbin, Mary Best Mc Gonigal, Edwin Leddy, Caoimhin Mac Bradaigh.<\/p>\n
Eternal rest grant unto them , O Lord!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\nWhat’s on Locally…<\/h1>\n
Special Belfast Christmas Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Also Special Belfast Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 31<\/b>st<\/sup><\/b> October for Halloween 8 nights <\/b>Taking in Bethlehem, Jerusalem Mount Tabor, Cana, Nazareth, Jericho, River Jordan, Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee.<\/p>\n Also Special Belfast Fatima \/ Lisbon Pilgrimage for Feast Day of Saint Anthony<\/b> 9th<\/sup>\/14th<\/sup> June Full Day trip to Lisbon Prayers, Mass and Hungarian Stations of the Cross in Fatima. Contact James Treacy 00353860572216<\/b><\/p>\n FAST THIS <\/b>LENT <\/i><\/b>(in the words of Pope Francis)<\/i><\/p>\n Fast<\/b> from hurting words, say kind words<\/p>\n Fast<\/b> from sadness and be filled with gratitude<\/p>\n Fast<\/b> from anger and be filled with patience<\/p>\n Fast <\/b>from pessimism and be filled with hope<\/p>\n Fast <\/b>from worries and have trust in God Fast <\/b>from complaints and contemplate simplicity .<\/p>\n SLOW DOWN FOR LENT\u00a0<\/b>Clonard 30 MARCH 2019\u00a0 11am -3.30pm Quiet prayer, gently guided reflection, led by Breige O’Hare. Space and time for you and God \u2026 to think \u2026 to pray \u2026 to rest.\u00a0 \u00a0 Popular day – booking essential. To book, ring Clonard: 02890445950.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b>Suggested donation \u00a35.\u00a0 Bring a packed lunch.<\/p>\n Sale of Graves<\/b>: The Parish of Glenavy and Killead have a limited number of Burial Rights available in the graveyard of St Joseph’s Church, Chapel Road, Glenavy. This is a secluded and well tended parish graveyard in the countryside just outside Glenavy village, 20 minutes west of the city<\/p>\n The burial ground is described as a ‘Graveyard’ as opposed to a ‘Cemetery’ since it is attached to St Joseph’s Church. The cost of the burial right will be similar to that of Milltown Cemetery and reflects that purchasers are not, or are not expected to become contributing members of the local parish community.\u00a0Each grave will accommodate up to three interments and are priced at \u00a33,000. Applications forms are available from the Parish Office tel. 94422278 <\/b>Mon-Fri 10.00am – 3.00pm.<\/p>\n SPECIAL OLYMPICS <\/b>Are you free to help the Special Olympics on the 5th<\/sup>\u00a0April for even 2 hours? Their annual collection day takes place in Belfast at Kennedy Centre 5th<\/sup>\u00a0April, Asda Shore Road 5th<\/sup>\u00a0April and Belfast City Centre 5th<\/sup>\u00a0April, Tesco Antrim Road:\u00a0\u00a0if you are able to support we would love to hear from you. Please call Samantha on 02890 239023<\/b> and she will put you in touch with the local people taking part… or email\u00a0<\/b>samantha.robinson@specialolympics.ie<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parish News… Last week\u2019s Weekly Offertory Promise collection amounted to \u00a32506.00 This weeks collection ( Green Envelope ) for Needy Parishes This collection was set up in order that the wealthier parishes in the Diocese can assist those parishes in greater need. Thank you for your generous financial support to all our collections PARISH WEEKLY […]<\/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\/927"}],"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=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":928,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}