NEWSLETTER
Sunday 29th July 2012
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
THE ANNUAL RAPHOE
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK
Will take place on Saturday 18th August. We invite as many parishioners as possible to travel to Knock for this day. Mass will be at 3 pm with anointing and blessing of the sick. Pilgrims are asked to arrive early to avail of Confessions. A bus will leave the Cathedral Car Park at 8.30 am. Tickets for the bus are €20 and may be purchased from the Parochial House.
PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF KNOCK
Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland,
you gave hope to our people in a time of distress
and comforted them in sorrow.
You have inspired pilgrims to pray with confidence to your divine Son,
remembering His promise:
“Ask and you shall receive, Seek and you shall find”.
Help me to remember that we are all pilgrims on the road to heaven. Fill me with love and concern for my brothers and sisters in Christ, especially those who live with me.
Comfort me when I am sick or lonely or depressed.
Teach me how to take part ever more reverently in the holy Mass.
Pray for me now, and at the hour of my death. Amen.
WELCOME REVEREND JONATHAN FLOOD
Today we welcome Rev. Jonathan Flood to our Parish. He will be here on a part-time basis for his deaconate year in which he will also study for the H.Dip. in Galway. Rev. Jonathan is from Ballintra and studied in Maynooth and Rome. Please keep him in your prayers as he enters this final year before ordination to the priesthood and also pray for more vocations.
Parish Notice-board
Phone: 074 – 9121021
Fax: 074 – 9124200
Email: steunanscathedral@eircom.net
SUNDAY ~ 29th July, 2012
Masses: 8 am, 10 am, 12 pm and 6.30 pm
Baptisms: 1.30 pm in the Cathedral
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open at 7 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
MONDAY
8 am Mass ~ Catherine Craig and Family
10 am Mass ~ Michael and Kathleen Sweeney and deceased family members
No 7.30pm Mass
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Grow Meeting in Loreto Convent ~ 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
TUESDAY
8am Mass ~ See Mass Intentions below
10 am Mass ~
No 7.30 pm Mass
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Baptism Preparation will take place in the Parochial House at 8 pm ON Tuesday 7th August
Legion of Mary Meeting: Conference Room ~ After 10 am Mass
Legion of Mary Meeting: Room 112, Loreto Secondary School –
7 pm
Divine Mercy Prayer in the Cathedral – 8 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
Gamblers’ Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
WEDNESDAY
8 am Mass ~ Evelyn Moore
10 am Mass ~ Sarah and John Boyce
Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
THURSDAY
8 am Mass ~ Sonny, Rose and Gemm Hackett
10 am Mass ~
1 pm – Nuptial
Confessions: 12 noon – 1 pm and 8 pm
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
Charismatic Prayer Meeting in the Conference Room – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
FRIDAY
8 am Mass ~ Tommie Gillen
10 am Mass ~
7.30 pm Mass ~ See Mass Intentions below
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
The Priests will visit the Sick, Elderly and Housebound to-day
G.P’s Rosary and Benediction in the Cathedral – 8 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 10.30 am
AA Meeting for Women in the Cathedral Conference Room – 1 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
Gambler’s Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
SATURDAY
10 am Mass ~
7.30 pm Mass ~ Vigil for Sunday
Confessions: 12 noon to 1 pm and after 7.30 pm Mass
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 11 am
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Conwal & Leck Parish ~ 9129503
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Parish of Aughaninshin ~ 9122366
MASS INTENTIONS FOR 8 am TUESDAY and 7.30 pm FRIDAY
Colette McGettigan-Coyle (First Anniversary) ~Brendan McNabb ~ Tommie Gillen~Frank Drein (Jun.) ~ Patrick McLaughlin ~ William McLaughlin ~
Mary-Ann McLaughlin
RECENT BAPTISMS ~ We welcome into God’s Community
Leah Mary Campbell ~ Ellie Peronelle Bonar
All CHOIR MEMBERS who are participating in the Re-union Mass on 5th August are asked to attend practices on Tuesday 31st July and Thursday 2nd August in the Choir Gallery at 8 pm.
Fr. Noel Murphy, C.S.Sp., Director of Promotions of Holy Ghost Missions would like to thank the people of Letterkenny and Drumoghill for their recent contributions. A total of €1,928.41 was received.
GUESS THE NUMBER OF SWEETS IN THE JAR – Carmel O’Reilly is running the above draw in aid of the Cathedral Restoration Fund over the coming weeks. Carmel will be outside the Cathedral after 10 am Mass during the week and at weekends with the jar of sweets.
THE UNVEILING OF THE PLAQUE (by Letterkenny Heritage Group) commemorating the story of the song “Letterkenny Town” will take place at 7.30 pm on Monday 30th July at “Mac’s Mace”, High Road. Everyone Welcome.
The Letterkenny/Lough Swilly Branch of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITTUTION will be holding its Annual Flag Day in Letterkenny on Friday 3rd August. Your support would be greatly appreciated for this worthwhile cause.
YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL, Clonmacnois, Co. Offaly, will take place from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th August for young people aged 16-35. This is an opportunity not to be missed to experience the Catholic faith and meet new friends. This Festival has been nicknamed the ‘Holy Oxygen’ with over 1,000 young people from all corners of Ireland attending last year. The festival is donation only. Free buses available from around the country. For more information please contact 01-6753690, email dublin@youth2000.ie
Cara House Family Resource Centre is LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS for September ~ Teachers to offer help to secondary students in Irish, Maths and English. Assistants with childcare qualification for the creche and after School Clubs. Garda clearance will be obtained. Call 9123986 for more information.
LOST – a small black purse and Rosary Beads was lost after 7.30 pm Mass on Saturday night last 21st July. If found please ring 9121434 or 0861247851.
Are you AWESTRUCK? Join the global Catholic social network at www.awestruckglobal.com! as seen on Life on the Rock episode of 12 July 2012 (see YouTube.com http://youtu.be/STyn7ZyyTB8)
If you have any UNWANTED BOOKS on the history of Ireland and Britain and Classics (e.g. Dickens, Shakespeare, Joyce, Yeats etc.) they are needed and greatly appreciated by poor students in Burkina Faso. Please post them to: Rev. Fr. Andre Kabore, Archidiocese de Koupela, B.P. 51 Koupela, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
“LETTERKENNY C.D.P is now taking names for their Autumn Adult Education classes: To include D.I.Y., Cookery, Sewing, Childcare Management & Social Development through an Holistic approach. Classes subject to funding and numbers. For more information contact 91 20633.
CATHOLIC LITERATURE is available from the bookstands in the Cathedral.
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