Newsletter 01-02-2015

St. Brendan's Marist Parish
Coolock Village , Dublin 5
(Under the care of the Marist Fathers)
Sunday, 1st February, 2015
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Mission Statement
“St Brendan’s is a caring Catholic Parish inspired by the Gospel, celebrating and
working together to build a community of justice, love and peace.”
PRIESTS OF THE PARISH
Fr. John Hand, S.M.
Fr. Kieran Butler S.M.
Fr. John Harrington S.M.
Fr. Pat Byrne, S.M.
Sacristan: Ciaran Doyle
Parish Secretary: Malachy Keena
Child Protection Delegate:
Anne Rogers 086 821 9619
Parish Office: Tel. (01) 848 4799 / (01) 848 0102
Mobile 087 226 9887
Web address:
e-mail:
Live Streaming :
Office hours:
www.stbrendanscoolock.org
office@stbrendanscoolock.org
www.churchservices.tv/coolock
Tuesday — Friday 9.00 am— 11.30 am
Sunday Mass Times
Saturday: 6.30 pm (vigil), Sunday: 8.30 am, 10 am, 11 am, 12.30 pm, & 6.30 pm
Sunday 1st, February.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
6.30pm vigil Bernard & Eileen Colgan A
8.30am People of the Parish
10am
Maura Mary Walsh
A(1st)
11am
Thomas O’Brien
A
Mary Lynch
A
12.30pm Anthony Carroll
MM
Patricia Byrne
A
6.30pm Bernard & Kathleen Slowey A
Monday 2nd: The Presentation of
the Lord
8am
Special Intention
10am
Vera Browne
RD
Tuesday 3rd: St Blaise
8am
Andy Kettle
10am
Special Intention
7.30pm Brendan Byrne
Wednesday 4th:
8am
Margaret Hegarty
10am
Rena & Jimmy Lynch
RD
RD
RD
A
Thursday 5th: St. Agatha, virgin
and martyr
8am
Colm Mills
RD
10am
Jack & Esther Hand
A
Fri 6th: Ss. Paul Miki & companions
8am
Holy Souls
10am
Phyllis Sheridan
RD
Mary Gaffney
RIP
12 noon Mass in Lismeen Grove
7.30pm Special Intention
Saturday 7th:
10am
Kay Whelan
P. J. Doyle
Francis Doyle
MM
A(1st)
A
Sunday 8th:
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
6.30pm vigil Justin O’Callaghan
A
8.30am Altar List of the Dead
10am
Maura Woodgett
A(1st)
11am
Anne Nancy Collins
A(1st)
12.30pm Phyllis Sheridan
MM
Michael Bolton
A(1st)
Maise Brown
A
6.30pm Annie Mason
A
LOTTO RESULT
26th January, 2015
WINNING NUMBERS
06
09
16
24
Bonus Number 13
One Jackpot Winner
of €2,080.00
Congratulations to
Ann Peppard
c/o Church
If there is no winner next Draw
4 names will be drawn at random
and each will receive €50
Next Jackpot
will be €1,000.00
Thank you for your support
Tickets €2.00 from usual sources
CASA
Caring And Sharing Association
would like to thank all those who
contributed to last weeks
Church Gate Collection.
The amount raised was €3,900 for
which they are most grateful.
“Would you spend some
time with me”
(even ten minutes)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
takes place from after 12.30 pm Mass
each Sunday, concluding with
Rosary & Benediction at 5 pm.
Weekday Exposition
Mon. to Thurs. from 3pm to 5.30pm
The Family Envelope Collection
for last week
amounted to €1,120.00
Thank you for your continued
support towards the family
offering. Thanks also to all who
collected and counted the money.
St. Vincent De Paul
Society
The monthly outdoor Collection for the
St. Vincent De Paul Society
will take place after all Masses next
weekend 14th & 15th February
Last month’s collection amounted to
Parish Pilgrimage to
Lourdes 2015
€2,675.00
Thank you for your continued support
Departs: 21st July, 2015
Returns: 27th July 2015 (6 nights)
Cost:
€669 pps
Single room supplement €180
Staying at the Hotel Roissy which is
very close to the Grotto.
Booking & deposit of €200 per person
(non-refundable) is now being taken.
Latest date for deposit is 15th March
2015 and final payment by 10th May,
2015.
Annual Valentine’s
Tea Dance Ball
Fancy Dress Theme
“Hollywood Heart Throb”
Wednesday, 11th February, 2015
in Parnell’s GAA Club 2:30pm to 5pm
Admission €8 (must be booked in advance)
For information and tickets, contact:Madeline: 086 815 0286
Ciaran: 086 815 0799
Antoinette: 087 642 8049
Mercy Centre, St. Brendan’s Drive,
Tel: 8487259 FAX:8673183
BEREAVEMENT & LOSS
(€25)
Need support facing any kind of tough live
situation of change, loss, trauma or grief? whatever the cause
A psychotherapist will present an approach that
can help us heal the pain of loss and
bereavement.
Saturday, 7th February
10-1pm
Brian Johnston
LENT REFLECTIONS
(7 Sessions)
Scripture, music and quiet prayer.
Wed. 18th February
10.30-12.30pm
Maria Kelly & Kathleen Somers
Meeting for
Eucharistic Ministers
will be held next
Wednesday, 4th February
in the Parish Hall at 7.30pm
Among matters to be discussed
will be the taking of Holy
Communion to the sick
and elderly.
First Friday
Friday the 6th February is the
First Friday of the month.
There will be an extra Mass in the
evening at 7.30pm.
Mass will also be celebrated in
Lismeen Grove at 12 Noon.
All are welcome
The family of the late
Katie Whelan
late of Moatfield Avenue wish to
thank all those who sympathised, sent
Mass Cards, and attended the funeral.
They wish also to thank the priests of
St. Brendan’s, the many friends and
neighbours who helped them through
this difficult time.
The Month’s Mind Mass for Katie
will take place on Saturday
7th February at 10am.
All are welcome to attend
Reflection on todays readings
The connection between the first reading today and the Gospel is so very strong. Moses, in the
first reading, from the Book of Deuteronomy, tells the people that God Himself will raise up a
prophet for them, one who is their own relative and one to whom they should listen. We who
follow Jesus come to recognise that He, Jesus, is the fulfillment of this prophecy--and even
more than we could have imagined. He is our relative, a human like us in all things except sin.
He shares our humanity with us and speaks to us about God. The challenge -and this also
comes from Deuteronomy, is to listen to Him and to follow His words.
The Gospel of Mark today tells us about Jesus in the synagogue at Capernaum. Jesus teaches as
one having authority and the people recognise that immediately. Even more, Jesus commands
unclean spirits and they obey Him. This scares the people and they are no longer certain that
Jesus comes from God. They have become accustomed to a safe practice of their faith and the
actions of Jesus begin to challenge their sense of security.
Jesus challenges us! Faith in God is not about being secure. Faith in God is about having a
living relationship with God, a personal relationship--and because of that relationship, doing
the will of God in every aspect of our life. Far too often we hope that if we just do the right
things, we can somehow achieve salvation. We need to become acutely aware of the difference
between performing actions to appease God and acting out of a deep, personal relationship
with the living God.
The second reading, from the First Letter to the Corinthians, shows us the advice of Saint Paul.
This is advice to people about how to live. Saint Paul wants the followers of Jesus to be free of
anxiety and so counsels chaste celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom. We know that Saint Paul
never imposed chaste celibacy as a requirement. Rather, Saint Paul counsels women and men
that chaste celibacy might be a better way to live in order to give one's energies to the living
God. Counsel to others is to help them seek God with all their being. Counsel is to help others
live fully because of their personal relationship with God.
The Christian traditional recognises both chaste celibates and married women and men as
saints: those who have followed God as completely as possible in this life. When we read an
honest life of a saint, we begin to understand a bit what it means to live out of a deep, personal
relationship with God.
God has raised up a prophet for us, Jesus the Christ. God has given us His own Son to be our
Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is this Jesus who challenges us today to see His presence in our world
and to respond with our whole being to that presence. You and I can convert the whole world, if
we live from that relationship.
St. Brendan’s Prayer Group
meets every Thursday at 8.30pm
in the Parish Centre, All are Welcome
Monday, 2nd February is the Feast of
the Presentation of the Lord—Candlemas Day
People who wish to have candles blessed, please leave them in the Sacristy
on or before Monday, 2nd February
Tuesday 3rd February is the Feast of St. Blaise.
Blessing of the Throats will take place after each Mass
Time of Masses on Tuesday
8am, 10am and an extra Mass at 7.30pm in the evening