Newsletter 9th March - Anniversaries for 15th/16th March 7.00pm Austin Carey 9.30am Christy & Anthony Corway 11.00am Betty & Gerard Parsons & their Son Gerard 12.30pm Tom Kiernan St Patrick’s Day - Monday 17th 9.30am 11.00am May McVeigh SAINT PATRICK’S DAY: On St Patrick’s morning members of the Leixlip Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Group will be playing at the 9.30am Mass. We are delighted that thy will be with us to provide some lovely music for the Feast of our National Saint. All are welcome to the Mass. (We will also have Mass at 11.am on this feast Day) 30TH ANNIVERSARY: As part of our celebration we are having a PERCY FRENCH TROUBADOURS CONCERT in Westmanstown Sports and Leisure Complex, Lucan, on Friday 16thMay. Tickets are €10 and this covers transport from Riverforest Car Park and a free draw for a weekend in a hotel in Killarney or Ennis. This concert is about coming together socially to build community and is also part fundraising to help finance the restoration of the statues in our Church and the purchase of new ones. It will also finance some on-going work to enhance the surroundings of our Church. We are looking forward to your support for this Concert and the tickets are on sale after all Masses this weekend. We are also hoping that some parishioners will take 5/6 tickets and sell them within your family or in your neighbourhood. This is one of the initiatives of the Parish Pastoral Council and thanks to John O’Sullivan, Frank Mullarkey and Larry Barron for looking after the tickets and other arrangements. Fr Tony. SAINT PATRICK’S DAY: On St Patrick’s morning members of the Leixlip Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Group will be playing at the 9.30am Mass. We are delighted that thy will be with us to provide some lovely music for the Feast of our National Saint. All are welcome to the Mass. (We will also have Mass at 11.am on this feast Day) CONFIRMATION: The young people from San Carlo Senior School; will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation next Thursday, 13th March at 11.00am. Fr Kieran McDermott, Vicar for Ecumenism and Evangelisation in the Dublin Diocese, will be the visiting Celebrant. Please pray for all the young people, that this will be a grace filled moment in their lives and that they will live by the values of the gospel of Jesus. NOURISHING OUR FAITH AND PRAYER: One way of doing this is to purchase the Irish Catholic, religious booklets or pamphlets which are available on the book rack at the back of the Church. It is important that we read spiritual books and papers so, consider purchasing something from the book rack. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: takes place every Tuesday in the Day Chapel from 12 noon until 9.00pm. All are welcome to spend some time in prayer and adoration, especially during Lent. THE FLORA WOMEN’S MINI MARATHON is fast approaching and this year we are hoping to recruit 100 ladies to step out and raise much needed funds for older people in need. ALONE supports the 1 in 10 vulnerable older people who are at risk of homelessness, socially isolated, or in crisis. Run or Walk for ALONE and help older people in need. Please support our cause by contacting Gillian or Suzanne on 01 6791032 or email [email protected] for more information. St Patricks Day Family Ceili 17th March in St Marys GAA doors open at 4pm -7pm all welcome. St Vincent’s Castleknock College will hold an Open Night from 7.00pm-9.00pm on Thursday 13th March for parents and prospective students for all years. All are welcome to attend. The Open Night will commence at 7.00pm with a brief address by the Headmaster, Mr Oliver Murphy and the Deputy Principal, Mr Chris Kinder. Parents and boys will then have an opportunity to ask questions and to tour the school facilities and chat with students and staff. REFLECTIONS:• ‘Thirst for Wilderness’ Our first stop on this Lenten journey is the ‘wilderness’. Why? We need to remove ourselves from our hectic lives in order to BE STILL, to STOP, to BREATHE. It’s a bit like a stock take. What’s here? What’s here that shouldn’t be? What’s missing? And so we journey today with Jesus into the ‘wilderness’. We should not be afraid of this. It is a ‘Spirit led’ wilderness; God is in control here. Lent calls each of us to transform our lives and our relationships with those we love and cherish; our relationship with the planet; with the global community; our relationship with God. This Lent we are asked to think especially about water. How we use water; what we waste; how we can live in solidarity with those who have no access to clean water. This is an urgent call. The wars of the future will be fought over water and it is hard for us to imagine. This coming week, as we journey more deeply into the wilderness, focus on how you use water. How many times a day? How much? What is wasted? What is shared? What do you use water for? Where water is concerned how can you serve God more fully? (taptips.ie) Lent has begun! We won’t automatically wake up on Easter morning transformed. But we are building, transforming; working in solidarity with our sisters and brothers who thirst for justice in so many parts of the world. Jane Mellett - Intercom
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