This Sunday is Mission Sunday and we unite on this special day with all Churches worldwide, “together in mission”, to celebrate our faith and the spreading of God’s love to far distant missionary lands. Let us individually and as communities assist the missions by prayer and financial help so that they may continue their tremendous work “from village to village proclaiming the Good News”. (Today’s Gospel)
The 1,900 Irish missionaries across the globe greatly appreciate your loyalty and support to their work in the spreading of the Good News, God’s word, to all corners of the world. On this special day they unite with us spiritually.
We understand that in these difficult economic times there are many pressures on our personal finances and ask you to please give as generously as you can.
A little goes a long way – universally it will make a difference to World Missions.
May we all enjoy and share the comfort of God’s Word!
Mission Sunday Annual Collection held in all Churches today
Or
Donations can be sent to:
World Missions Ireland, 64 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6
Website:
http://www.wmi.ie/
Thank You for your continued support.
Mass intentions for the week ahead, 24th October 2010.
Saturday 23rd October
Vigil Mass 7.30 pm Bridie Wallace and Paddy Murphy
Sunday 24th October
9.30 am Timothy and Mary Murray and deceased members
of Murray family.
11 am William, Mary and Bridie Coyne and Mary Dunleavy.
12.15 pm Brendan Devlin
6.30 pm Frank and Maurren Hannon.
Monday 25th October
10 am Rose Lee and Jo Hogan
Tuesday 26th October
10am For all the Sick and deceased members of Murphy
family and Thomas and John Fahy.
Wednesday 27th October
10am Paddy Kilroy and Susan Tierney.
Thursday 28th October
10am John and Margaret Sammon.
Friday 29th October
10am 1.Tom and George Rafferty 2. Bill Donohue
Saturday 30th October
Vigil Mass 7.30 pm Delia Hynes (Months Mind Mass)
Sunday 31st October
9.30 am Marguerite Burgess
11am Free intention
12.15 pm Mary Guerin and Thomas and Mary Downey.
6.30 pm Joseph Quirke.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of:
Oliver Byrne, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, the brother of Brother David Byrne, Patrician Brothers Monastery, Kingston.
Mary Murphy, Headford and Westside, whose Funeral Mass took place in our church on Friday.
Teresa Cubbard, Inishannagh Park, whose birthday would have been this week.
Kids Corner, Mission Sunday.
Its back! The Sacred Heart Church Children’s Christmas Choir (ages 6 to 12 years) will start rehearsals in November. Boys and girls are welcome.
For more information please contact the following:
Tarean at 087- 2287177
Emma at 087- 9806987
Luke 9:1-6 • Mission Possible!
Cian: Hi there Guys, Bella is away so I’m gonna tell you about this Sunday’s Gospel. I have called it ‘Mission Possible’! because that is exactly what it is about. I thought of it ‘coz I love my Xbox army games and that kind of thing. When our teacher was talking about the Gospel I realised that God is like the Guy who gives the troops their mission, and we are the troops who try our best to complete that mission. Except for one thing, this is not an Xbox game, this is life! The difference, there are no snipers and shootings, no guns or hard hats! Our mission from God is to spread faith and love. Yeah, might sound soft but this is not an easy mission, and many people lead a life without God, but troops, not me! Ciano is keeping it real with his ‘mission possible’ because I have faith, and I want to share it with others. I do it in little ways but each day I try! Over and out troops!!
Have you a mission from God?
Reminder! Next Sunday, October 31st, the Monthly Preparation Mass for our Do this in Memory of Me First Communion Programme takes place at the usual time of 11.
Autumn Meeting of Irish Bishops.
Topics covered were:
Pope Benedict XVI's 'Extraordinary Vigil' for all unborn children
Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to Seminarians
Pastoral Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to the Catholics of Ireland: (i) Year of Prayer and (ii) Apostolic Visitation
International Eucharistic Congress in Ireland in 2012
Generous response to Trócaire’s 2010 Lenten and humanitarian appeals
New Missal expected to be in use in November 2011
World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid
October is Mission Month
Criteria for Catholic pre-marriage courses
Mass Cards
New appointments: Father Gearóid Dullea, Father Seán Maher
Read a full account of each of these topics on
http://www.catholicbishops.ie/
Fundraising Events.
1. Help the Jesuit Missions.
Hamper Raffle & Cake Sale in aid of the Jesuit Missions.
Sunday 31st October after 9am & 11am Masses in the
Coláiste Iognáid Foyer, Raffle tickets only €2. “Pop in after Mass”.
2. Help Ability West.
Swap Til U Drop fundraiser in aid of Ability West, who provide services to 460 children and adults with intellectual disability on Wednesday, 3rd November at 6.30 p.m. in the Menlo Park Hotel. This is a recession-friendly, fun night out for the girls. All clothes and accessories must be donated prior to 3rd Nov - details of drop-off points and collection service are posted on our website along with lots of other details - www.abilitywest.ie or call 091 540900.
Bernie Coyne
Co-Ordinator of Administration Services
Ability West
Blackrock House, Salthill, Galway.
Office: 091 540903, Reception: 091 540900, Fax: 091 528150
Email: Bernie.Coyne@abilitywest.ie
Web:
http://www.abilitywest.ie/
Providing Services and Supports to People with an Intellectual Disability.
Coming up in Croí Nua.
LECTURE SERIES
“RESTORING INTEGRITY IN SOCIETY”
8.00-10.00p.m.
Nuala O’Loan, Wednesday November 3rd
Mark Patrick Hederman OSB, Wednesday November 10th
Peter McVerry SJ, Wednesday November 17th
BIBLE WEEK-END
On gospel resurrection stories with Megan McKenna
Saturday November 6th 10.00-5.00p.m.
Sunday November 7th 10.00-12.30
Further Information
Croi Nua Centre, Rosary Lane, Taylor’s Hill, Galway.
Tel. (091) 520960 or 0876833195.
E-mail: croinua@eircom.net
Website:
http://www.croinua.com/
BOOKING STRONGLY ADVISED
A Message from Trócaire.
It is now three months since devastating floods hit Pakistan and Trócaire has expressed sincere thanks to everyone that supported its emergency appeal.
Over the past few months people have generously donated over €5.5million (£5m) to help survivors of the disaster. Almost half of this, €2.5million (£2.3m) was raised as a result of the church collections that were held around the country in August. This figure is expected to increase to €4million (£3.6m) in the coming weeks.
Thanks to the generosity of clergy and parishioners Trócaire was able to rescue over 20,000 people from the floodwaters in the first weeks of the disaster and provide more than 100,000 people with food, water, hygiene kits and other essentials. Trócaire is now providing seeds, tools and other essentials so that families can begin to recover and rebuild their livelihoods.
Trócaire would like to thank dioceses and parishes for their extraordinary response to the Pakistan crisis. For more information about how your support has changed lives log onto www.trocaire.org or call 1850 408 408 (ROI) / 0800 912 1200 (Six Counties)
David O'Hare
Press Officer
Trócaire
Office: 028 9080 8030
Mobile: 079 0005 3884
http://www.trocaire.org/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/trocaire
Twitter: http://twitter.com/trocaire
YouTube: http://youtube.com/trocaire
Flickr: http://flickr.com/trocaire
"The Gift" is back for Christmas 2010!
Looking for more singers.
Children, adults, couples old and young welcome
9 weeks rehearsal and a series of concerts in December 2010
to raise money for different charities and community needs...
Please come and be apart of 2010's THE GIFT Christmas Concerts
Rehearsals Start Oct 10th in The Jes church 2:30 - 4:30
New singers accepted up to October 31st.
Contact Keara @ 0879007003
Keara1980@gmail.com
Concert Dates: TBC
The Jes: Funds towards new Jes School building OPENING NIGHT :17th Dec
The Jes: 18th Dec
St. Josephs: Funds towards needs in the church 19th Dec
Aula Maxima: Voices for Galway 20th Dec http://www.voicesforgalway.org/
Aula Maxima: NUIG Chaplaincy supporting students 21st Dec
Renmore: Holy Family School for Children with special needs 22nd Dec.
Interested in volunteering for overseas service?
1. SERVE.
SERVE, an outreach project of the Irish Redemptorists, is a development and volunteering organisation committed to working with the poorest people in the world. SERVE contributes a budget of over €1 million each year, and assigns up to 90 volunteers per year, supporting programmes that help transform the lives of some of the poorest communities in the world.
It's priority countries include:• South Africa• Mozambique• Zimbabwe• India• Thailand• The Philippines• Brazil
Many young men and women from the West of Ireland have volunteered over the years. One of those is Serve’s current Communications and Fundraising Officer, William Browne. He’s a graduate of GMIT and NUIG.
William would be willing to speak at weekend masses or to your youth group, senior citizens, etc about their work.
Should you be interested, contact can be made with William at 087 9256958 or will@serve.ie
2. Viatores Christi.
This year, Viatores Christi celebrates its 50th year of recruiting, training and placing people from all walks of life in long-term overseas volunteer lay missionary roles. As we reach this important milestone, we feel that it would be very timely and beneficial at this landmark in our existence to be able to bring together those in the field of mission, development and volunteering to explore where we are all going in the future and how we can continue Ireland’s long tradition of working to make the world a better, fairer place for everyone to live a more human life.
To this end, we are holding a jubilee conference on 29th and 30th October 2010 in Wynn’s Hotel, Dublin. The Conference will be entitled
Mission. . . Development. . . Volunteering. . . What Next?
Exploring Ways Forward. . . Together!
The conference will run from 3pm Friday afternoon to 6pm Saturday evening, and will feature workshops, keynote speakers and plenary sessions as well as a social evening on the Friday night.
Conference Fees
The cost per delegate is €35 per person (concessions available)
Cost of stand + two delegates is €100.
This covers cost of stand at the conference plus conference fee for two people from your organisation.
(Limited spaces available)
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any further information – we look forward to hearing from you!
Kind Regards,
Colette Rooney
Development Officer
Viatores Christi
8 New Cabra Road
Phibsboro
Dublin 7
Tel. 01-868 9986
http://www.viatoreschristi.com/
Brainwave conference for young people.
Brainwave The Irish Epilepsy Association, will hold a conference for young people (18yrs-25ys) "Epilepsy and It's Effects on Young People". Venue: Harbour Hotel, New Dock Road, Galway. Saturday, November 6th, 2010. For further details & booking forms, please contact Evelyn at 091 568180 or e-mail: crogalway.brainwave@epilepsy.ie
http://www.epilepsy.ie/
Many thanks & God Bless,
Kind Regards
Evelyn Monson Kirby
Community Resource Officer
Brainwave,
The Irish Epilepsy Association
Visit:
http://www.epilepsy.ie/
What is Anam Cara?
Up until to 2008 there was no dedicated organisation that offered parents and families the relevant support following the death of a child. Often parents struggle to come to terms with their loss and would feel very alone in their grief.
It can be hard to imagine the pain and despair that comes with such a loss. Yet each year in Ireland at least 1,900 families have to face every parent’s worst fear.
Anam Cara is a national voluntary organisation set up by bereaved parents brought together following the devastating loss of our children. Anam Cara provides services, support and understanding to all families who have experienced the tragic death of a son or daughter regardless of age or circumstances of their death.
Since launching in 2008 Anam Cara has been instrumental in bringing together hundreds of bereaved families to support each other and avail of the appropriate services that Anam Cara provides for Mums, Dads, brothers and sisters to hopefully help them through the painful and toug times after the death of their child/sibling. We now want to extend our services throughout the 32 counties.
What is Anam Cara Awareness Campaign about?
The Anam Cara Awareness Campaign will run for the month of October and finishes with our Annual “Balloon to Remember event” which culminates in the release of thousands of balloons in memory of the children who are no longer with us. This event takes place on 2nd November 2010 at Lloyd Park in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
As part of this campaign we are currently selling our Anam Cara Pins at a variety of retail outlets nationwide. Anam Cara is a relatively new charity. We really need to grow awareness among the general public and encourage them to show their support by purchasing an Anam Cara Pin this month. By wearing this pin not only will people visibly support Anam Cara but the wearer will also be showing their support for the many bereaved parents in Ireland who will never forget their child who has died.
If you need any other information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.
Kindest Regards,
Sharon Vard
CEO
Anam Cara Parental and Sibling Bereavement Support, HCL House, Second Avenue,
Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Contact Number - Office 01 4045378 Mobile 087 2231170
Email Address
s.vard@anamcara.ie
Web Address:
http://www.anamcara.ie/
Liturgy of Rembrance.
A Liturgy of Remembrance will be held on
Sunday, October 31st in Galway Cathedral at 7:30 p.m.
On this special Evening, we will gather together as a family of faith to remember and cherish the memories of our loved ones who have passed away.
We will be having our own Remembrance Service in November for all who have gone home to God in the past year..... watch this space.
