Newsletter 15-02-2015

St. Brendan's Marist Parish
Coolock Village , Dublin 5
(Under the care of the Marist Fathers)
Sunday, 15th February, 2015
Sixth 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 15th: 6th Sunday in OT
6.30pm vigil John Sean Mohan
A
Betty Roberts
A
Danny Gahan
RD
8.30am People of the Parish
10am
Joan Kiernan
A
11am
Liam Cunningham
A
12.30pm Mary O’Hara
MM
P.J. Doyle
A(1st)
Michael Fitzmaurice
A(1st)
6.30pm Michael Raftery
A
Monday 16th:
8am Decd. Members of the Dillon family
10am
Brendan Byrne
RD
Tuesday 17th:
8am
Mary Antoinette Byrne RIP
10am
Brendan Byrne
RD
Wed. 18th: Ash Wednesday
8am
Altar List of the Dead
10am
Billy Caulfield
RIP
1.10pm
Des Kelly
RIP
7.30pm Special Intention
Thursday 19th:
8am
Gerry Walsh
A
10am
Betty Byrne
RIP
1.10pm
Special Intention
Friday 20th:
8am
St. Brendan’s Intention Book
10am
Esther Hand
A(1st)
1.10pm
Maude Kennedy
RD
Saturday 21st:
10am
Jack & Gretta Killeen
A
Sunday 22nd: First Sunday of Lent
6.30pm vigil Jane Patrick Christian
A
Jean Graham
A
Peter Field
A
8.30am Mary Ann Hamill
A
10am
Georgina & Peter Mellon
A
11am
Patricia Moloney
A
John McKeever
A(1st)
Peggy McKeever
A
12.30pm Philip Walsh
MM
Liam Deaton
MM
Kitty Daly
A(1st)
Lorraine Gregg
A(1st)
Eileen Wilson
A(1st)
6.30pm Richard Seery
A
LOTTO RESULT
9th February,2015
WINNING NUMBERS
02
06
14
19
Bonus Number 16
No winner
If there is no winner this week
4 names will be drawn at random
and each will receive €50
Winners of €50
Winner
Ann O’Neill
c/o Church
Seller
Church
Peig Pope
Beechlawn Grove
Church
Theresa Jackson
Beechlawn Green
Church
Fidelma Flynn
St. Brendan’s Ave.
Church
Next Jackpot will be €1,360.00
Thank you for your support
Tickets €2.00 from usual sources
Eucharistic Ministers
A revised booklet for Eucharist
Ministers was issued at the
last meeting.
Copies for those who were not
present at the meeting may be
collected in the Sacristy.
“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 €1,270.00
Thank you for your continued
support towards the family
offering. Thanks also to all who
collected and counted the money.
Baptisms
A very warm welcome to the newest
additions to our Christian Community who
were baptised in January
in St. Brendan’s
Meghan Yvonne Carroll
Malahide
Ewen James Rossignor-Cluxton
Luxembourg
Niamh Kathleen Byrne
Greencastle Road
Alannah Grace O’Connor
Ennel Park
We would also like to congratulate
the proud parents & grandparents.
KARE Social Services
2, Sybil Hill Road, Raheny, Dublin,5
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
We are currently looking for volunteer
meals on wheel drivers in the local area.
Would you like to volunteer your time on
one day a week for one hour?
Please call KARE on
01 805 8574 or 01 805 8433
Sincere sympathy is
extended to the family and
friends of
Tony Carroll. Donaghmede
Phyllis Sheridan, Newtown Cottages
Katie Whelan, Moatfield Avenue
Liam Deaton, Glenwood Road
Mary O’Hara, Beechlawn Grove
Philip Walsh, Beechlawn Avenue
Brendan Byrne, Tonlegee Road
Mary Judge, Kilmore Crescent
who were buried in January from
St. Brendan’s Church.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha
ACCORD
The Annual Collection of ACCORD
the Diocesan Agency for Marriage and
the Family, will be made at all Masses
this weekend, 14th and 15th February.
The collection for ACCORD will
replace the usual Share Collection
ACCORD Dublin needs your support
PLEASE GIVE GENERIOUSLY THIS
WEEKEND
There is an Outdoor Collection
after all Masses next weekend
21st/22nd February in aid of the
Parish Lourdes Pilgrimage Fund.
Please be as generous as you can.
This will help to bring some
needy people to Lourdes.
Variety Concert
(in aid of The Maasai Community
Water Project)
in Parnells GAA Clubhouse
on Thursday, 26th February 2015
at 7.30pm (sharp)
Music, Song, Dance & Humour
Compere for the evening
Tommy O’Brien
Admission €10
Mercy Centre, St. Brendan’s Drive,
Tel: 8487259 FAX:8673183
TALK ON HAITI
Adele Lawler will give a Talk with slides
on her work in Haiti for over 25 years with
Our Little Brothers and Sisters.
Monday, 16th February 10.30-12 noon
“All Welcome”
LENT REFLECTIONS
(7 Sessions)
Scripture, music and quiet prayer.
Wednesday, 18th February
10.30-12.30pm
Maria Kelly & Kathleen Somers
MINDFULNESS
(€35)
Be fully present in the Now. Journey into
awareness of “Myself” - body, mind & spirit.
Saturday, 21st February
10-4pm
Mary Rice
Reflection on today’s readings
It is not easy for us to understand being excluded completely from society, as were
lepers in much of the Old Testament and even in the time of Jesus. Perhaps at this
time in history, a close approximation to this situation would be someone who has
just returned from a country with the ebola virus. There can be an enormous fear of
being infected and a complete rejection of the person who has been in an ebola area.
Thinking about ebola and the scare that it can cause helps us understand the first
reading and the Gospel today. The first reading, from the Book of Leviticus, tells us
about how lepers are to be treated. We understand this attempt at quarantine as an
effort to protect the community as a whole. Such efforts are not rejection of a person
but an honest attempt to deal with the disease the person might spread and which
could affect the whole people.
In the Gospel, a leper comes to Jesus and is cured. Jesus tells the leper not to tell
others. That is impossible. The Gospel tells us that then Jesus begins to remain
outside, in deserted places. That is to say, Jesus begins to live as most lepers lived:
apart from others and in deserted places. It is almost as if Jesus trades place with the
leper after he cures him.
The challenges that present themselves to us today. Am I willing to pray for the life of
others and to ask God to cure them? Most of us Christians, followers of Jesus, are
able to pray for others. But am I willing to offer my own life for the sake of another
person? It is not just the healing of the other person, but am I willing to take on the
form of a slave, as was Jesus?
To follow Jesus and to ask the healing presence of Jesus is not about doing good
without a cost! Instead, I must be willing to give up my life for others, as did our Lord
Jesus. There is no life in Christ without being willing to give up my life. There is
always a cost to following Jesus. Yet we know that if we give all, He also will give us
all in His Kingdom. Praise God forever!
The season of Lent commences on Wednesday, 18th February.
Masses during Lent: Monday to Friday 8.00am, 10.00am and 1.10 pm.
Extra Mass at 7.30 pm for Ash Wednesday only. Ashes will be distributed at all
Masses. Ash Wednesday is a Day of Fast & Abstinence.
CROI NUA
During Lent we have a Croí Nua programme
running in the Parish
Are you looking for a way to enliven your community,
enrich your spirituality and deepen your faith?
Are you searching for a more meaningful relationship
with God and a more relevant experience of your faith life?
The Croí Nua programme consists of a series of 8 small
gatherings based on reflective reading, group sharing,
and prayer rituals.
The programme is based on Irish Celtic Spirituality.
An introduction to the programme will be held
on Thursday, 19th February in the Parish House at
7pm. All Welcome
Facilitation Team: Siobhán Murphy & Patricia Kelly
The Novena of Grace in honour
of St. Francis Xavier will take
place from Wednesday 4th
March to Thursday 12th March.
Weekdays 7.30pm Saturday &
Sunday 6.30pm.
The Theme for the Novena is
“Changing Face of the Church”