Today is Palm Sunday.
The Final Lenten Talk with Jesse Rogers will take place in the Pastoral Centre on Tuesday next 15 th April at 7.30 p.m. All welcome.
On Wednesday evening 16 th April we will have a Penitential Service here in St Mary’s at 7.30 p.m. All Welcome
The Parish Finance Committee have signed off on the Parish Finances for 2024.Details of the accounts should have been distributed to most households in theParish. If you did not receive one, copies are available in the porch and on our parish website. The leaflet will also include details of our Easter Ceremonies.
The Easter Dues Envelopes are also available in the porch. Please take one on your way out and drop it back in the baskets at the Sunday collections, the Sacristy or the Parish Office.
The Church Gate Collection this weekend is for the Mellon Educate. A local
volunteer from the parish, James Stack will be travelling to South Africa with MELLON EDUCATE assisting in the construction of a school in one of the most impoverished communities in the eastern suburbs of Capetown. Your generosity is very much appreciated.
The Parish will celebrate the feast of “Divine Mercy Sunday” on Sunday 27 th April at 2.30pm here in St. Mary Church. The service will commence at 2.30pm with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. 3.00pm Holy Mass, Blessing of the Image, followed by Veneration of the Image. Confessions will be available on the day, beginning at 2.30pm. All are welcome.
PARISH COLLECTIONS
First Collection: €1,411 (support of Diocesan Priests)
Family Envelope & Standing Orders: €2,398
SHARE: €1,020