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Jack Mc Ardle
And that's the Gospel truth
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Parable
The Trinity, of course, is pure mystery, and there is no way, through use of a three-leafed shamrock, or any other sign or symbol, that I can hope to explain a mystery; and this one, in particular. However, some of the following ideas may help. I have a glass of water, a glass filled with ice cubes, and a third glass filled with snow. In actual fact, each glass contains water in some different form or condition. God is spoken of as 'Father', because he is the source of life. He reaches out two arms of love to embrace and draw his children to himself. The first arm is Jesus. Jesus did what he was sent to do, and then he returned to the Father. The Father then sent the Spirit (the second arm), to complete the work begun by Jesus. Jesus paid the price to free us from bondage and slavery, and the Spirit leads us out into freedom from that same bondage and slavery. 'The Spirit will lead you into truth, and the truth will set you free.' It can help to think of the Trinity in terms of being embraced by God. After all, it is our eternal destiny to share in the 1ife of the Trinity for all eternity.
Mass intentions for the week ahead 19th June 2011
Saturday 18th June
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm Bertie Collins
Sunday 19th June Trinity Sunday
9.30 am Teresa Coyne and Margaret Coyne
11 am Delia and James Rabbitte
12.15 pm Eileen and Patrick Guinnane and William O'Connor
6.30 pm Michael Francis.
Monday 20th June
10am Elizabeth Keane and Mary Anne Joyce
Tuesday 21st June
10am For all the Sick and George O'Hagan (recently deceased)
and deceased members of O'Hagan family.
Wednesday 22nd June
10am Paddy, Mattie and Christy Lally and deceased members of
the Lally family.
Thursday 23rd June
10am Eugene Wims and deceased members of the family
St. John’s Eve, a traditional evening of music and fire in Éire, dating back to the Celts,
Relating to The Solstice, and Christianised by the Church after Christianity came to our country,
Symbolising Christ the Light of the World
Friday 24th June Birth of John the Baptist
Relating to The Solstice, and Christianised by the Church after Christianity came to our country,
Symbolising Christ the Light of the World
Friday 24th June Birth of John the Baptist
10am Patrick O'Donohue
Saturday 25th June
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm Stephen Griffin and Mary and Martin Curran
Sunday 26th June Corpus Christi9.30 am Peter Cooke and Mickey Sullivan
11 am Paddy and Mary Lenihan
12.15 pm Gillian Moloney Bocxe
and, also at 12:15:
Final Monthly Mass for the First Communion Program for 2010- 2011
Refreshments will be served afterwards by The Pastoral Council and the Hospitality Team
6.30 pm Gerard Thornton.
• National and International Eucharistic Congress in Ireland
• Monsignor Malachy will be talking at all Masses this weekend about our particular Parish Preparations in conjunction with the Parish Pastoral Council.
A Eucharistic Congress is a major international event in the life of the Universal Church. It was a very special event for the Church in Ireland in 1932 and will be again next year but in a very different context.
The Catholic Church in Ireland is marking the one-year countdown to next year’s International Congress by hosting a National Eucharistic Congress in Knock on 25 June next. Thousands of people from parishes all over the country will travel to Knock to take part in special events, workshops, celebrations and prayer – including Saint Joseph’s Young Priests Society. The Knock Youth Festival is also running at the same time as the National Eucharistic Congress.
The celebration in Knock is a chance to focus on the local community and the pastoral preparation in Ireland for the International Congress next year. The International Congress is not just a once-off week of events in 2012, but a journey of renewal for all of us. This is an opportunity to remind ourselves that we are part of something bigger than ourselves and to do something together - in communion - as one body.
Today the Irish Church is setting out on a new path of healing and renewal, inspired by Pope Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Letter of to the Catholics of Ireland of March 2010. The Church needs healing and reconciliation. The Eucharistic Congress offers us the possibility for renewal. Catechetical and pastoral programmes are already underway in parishes and religious communities across the country.
Next year’s 2012 Eucharistic Congress takes place just fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the theme chosen for the Congress in Ireland is “The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another” and this focuses on the teaching of the Council.
The liturgies and the other events which will take place each day from June 10 – 17, 2012 will focus on one or other theme reflected in the light of the Eucharist, such as, marriage and family; ordained and lay ministry; the Sacrament of Reconciliation; religious life and Our Blessed Lady; Mary, as hearer of the Word.
Details for the National Eucharistic Congress in Knock and on next year’s International Eucharistic Congress are available on the Congress website and social media pages
www.iec2012.ie
Registration is now open for all pilgrims for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Ireland in 2012 at
www.iec2012.ie
Coinciding with the National Eucharistic Congress
The Knock Summer Youth Festival is a three day event
This year’s festival will take place the 24th-26th of June.
Over the three days there will be talks, music, workshops, prayer, reflection, chill-out time and loads more. The festival is a chance to step out of the busyness of our everyday lives and come away to relax, re charge and reenergize! It gives people a chance to explore, ignite and celebrate your faith. The festival is for all people between the ages of 18-35 years old.
Over the weekend we have talks by Lino Rulli, ‘The Catholic Guy’, Ronan Johnson, Fr.Benny Mc Hale and more. There will be workshops on drumming, clay and pottery, art, prayer, scripture, love and relationships and environmental ethics.
Music over the weekend will be provided by Christian band Elation Ministries.
It doesn’t matter what stage of your ‘journey ‘you are on, if you are practicing Catholic or if you’re not sure where God is in your life even if you just want to come for a look…please do, you may be surprised at what you’ll find.
This weekend is not to be missed. The Shrine will be buzzing, with the youth village comprising of a number of marquees, a chill out space, a prayer space and the main events.
Find us on facebook and check out pictures and last year’s testimonies....
'The atmosphere in the chill out marquee was relaxed and welcoming. The weekend overall was one to be remembered'.
"It was great!! Counting down till next year already!!" says one festival goer.
"I had a brilliant time at the Youth festival.
I will definitely be back again next year" said another.
For more details contact Knock Youth Ministry on (094) 9388100/0876927850
Siobhain Bradley (Diocesan Youth Ministry Coordinator)
On 091-565066 or email:
youthministrygalway at gmail.com
Find Youth Faith Galway on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/youthfaithgalway
Press release for the June General Meeting of the Irish Bishops’ Conference
Please see below the press release emanating from the June General Meeting of the Irish Bishops’ Conference which concluded this evening in the Columba Centre of Saint Patrick College, Maynooth:
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishops congratulate the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI as he celebrates the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on 29 June, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Since his election as Bishop of Rome on 19 April 2005, Pope Benedict has led the Church with faith and humility and has reached out to many people. In his pilgrimages he has spoken the truth with love and presented the gospel of Christ and the teaching of the Church in an engaging way to audiences of all ages.
We invite the faithful in parishes and dioceses across the country to participate in 60 hours of Eucharistic adoration with the intention of praying for the sanctification of the clergy and for the gift of new and holy priestly vocations. Celebrations might include 1 July, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the World Day of Prayer for Priests. This celebration, which was suggested by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, provides the faithful with an opportunity to give thanks for the priestly ministry of Pope Benedict as well as to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church
Bishops discussed the Annual Report 2010 of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church which was published on 10 May last. Bishops restated their determination to ensure that wherever children or young people are involved in the life of the Church they will be safe. The Church today is a much safer place for children and young people than it was in the past. This is based on:
- the great and intense efforts of many thousands of people across the Irish Church – lay, religious and clergy - over the past 17 years;
- the existence of an independent and professional National Board for Safeguarding Children to formulate best practice standards and guidance; and,
- the active implementation of these standards, following that guidance, by Church personnel in every parish and Church organisation across the country.
Bishops recognise the on-going hard work of the National Board in its three core roles of: developing policies and procedures, advising, monitoring and reviewing.
The Board’s Annual Report demonstrates significant progress in policy development and training. The cost of training safeguarding volunteers is now borne directly by individual dioceses and congregations. Bishops look forward to continuing their work with the Board and resolving remaining issues as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.
New Missal
The Missal contains all the prayers and instructions for the celebration of the Mass. From 11 September next, in dioceses and parishes throughout Ireland, people will experience the first changes to their prayers and responses at Mass. Only a small number of changes will affect the congregation and the order, structure and readings of the Mass are not changing.
With the introduction of the new edition of the Roman Missal we will notice a change in how the Mass sounds but, over time, with the praying of these new texts, the sound of the Mass will again become familiar to us. This is the first stage towards the full use of the new edition of the Roman Missal. On the first Sunday of Advent, 27 November, all Masses in Ireland and throughout the English-speaking world will be using the new edition of the Missal.
Work on the Irish translation of the Roman Missal, An Leabhar Aifrinn, is almost complete and it is expected that Ord an Aifrinn (the part of the Missal used at all Masses) will be approved by the Holy See and be available by the end of this year.
To help prepare for, and to understand, the changes to the Mass, information is being provided at parish level. In addition, resources for dioceses and parishes are available to assist with the introduction of the new edition of the Roman Missal. These include an information FAQ leaflet on the changes, newsletter notices for use in parish bulletins, helpful and brief explanatory videos which outline the main changes that we can expect. There are also links to a wide range of publications which are available from Veritas on the new edition of the Roman Missal.
See
www.catholicbishops.ie
and
www.liturgy-ireland.ie
Further information:
Catholic Communications Office Maynooth: Martin Long 00353 (0) 86 172 7678 and Brenda Drumm 00353 (0) 87 310 4444
Saint of the Day, One of our Own: Venerable Matt Talbot
ARTICLE COPYRIGHT:
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/default.aspx
Matt can be considered the patron of men and women struggling with alcoholism.
Matt was born in Dublin, where his father worked on the docks and had a difficult time supporting his family. After a few years of schooling, Matt obtained work as a messenger for some liquor merchants; there he began to drink excessively. For 15 years—until he was almost 30—Matt was an active alcoholic.
One day he decided to take "the pledge" for three months, make a general confession and begin to attend daily Mass. There is evidence that Matt’s first seven years after taking the pledge were especially difficult. Avoiding his former drinking places was hard. He began to pray as intensely as he used to drink. He also tried to pay back people from whom he had borrowed or stolen money while he was drinking.
Most of his life Matt worked as a builder’s laborer. He joined the Secular Franciscan Order and began a life of strict penance; he abstained from meat nine months a year. Matt spent hours every night avidly reading Scripture and the lives of the saints. He prayed the rosary conscientiously. Though his job did not make him rich, Matt contributed generously to the missions.
After 1923 his health failed, and Matt was forced to quit work. He died on his way to church on Trinity Sunday. Fifty years later Pope Paul VI gave him the title venerable.
Comment:
In looking at the life of Matt Talbot, we may easily focus on the later years when he had stopped drinking for some time and was leading a penitential life. Only alcoholic men and women who have stopped drinking can fully appreciate how difficult the earliest years of sobriety were for Matt.
He had to take one day at a time. So do the rest of us.
Quote:
On an otherwise blank page in one of Matt’s books, the following is written: "God console thee and make thee a saint. To arrive at the perfection of humility four things are necessary: to despise the world, to despise no one, to despise self, to despise being despised by others."
Patron Saint of:
Alcoholics
Sobriety
A Message from Jigsaw (For Young People With Emerging Health Difficulties)
Jigsaw Galway Cycle 2011 will take place on Sunday, 10th July. This is an event for the whole community to be part of, with three different lengths (30km, 45km and 100km). Each route starts and finishes in the Salthill Hotel and travels through the stunning scenery of Connemara. Funds raised through this cycle to towards the services that Jigsaw Galway provide for young people with emerging mental health difficulties. For more information, to get a sponsorship card and to sign up, go to:
www.jigsaw.ie
If you have any questions in relation to this, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Warm regards,
Sarah Simkin
Research and Community Development
E: sarah@jigsaw.ie T: 091 549 843 M: 087 756 1712
Jigsaw Galway: Young People's Health in Mind
A: Fairgreen Road, Galway City. (Across from the Coach Station.)
E: galway@jigsaw.ie
T: 091 549 252 M: 087 772 52 32
W:
www.jigsaw.ie
F: 091 560 161
A Big Thank You from St. Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union
Many thanks to all those who supported St. Anthony's & Claddagh Credit Union's Table Quiz in aid of St Bernadette’s Children’s Ward in UCH Galway held on the 12th May. €3000 was raised and presented to the Children’s Unit. Your support and generosity is much appreciated.
Regards,
Marie Horkan
Operations Officer
St. Anthony's & Claddagh Credit Union
Phone 091 - 537200/537230
Opportunity to study Theology at Mary Immaculate College!
Applications are invited for the MA in Theological Studies (taught). This programme will provide an opportunity for further studies in Theology. Prospective students would include the Department’s own graduates, teachers of Religious Studies/Religious Education, those engaged in ecclesial ministries at a professional level and any suitably qualified persons who wish to explore in greater depth the disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies.
Further details from: Dr Patrick Connolly,
E: Patrick.connolly at mic.ul.ie
T: 061 204962
Visit the department website
http://www.mic.ul.ie/theology/Postgraduate%20Studies%20Limerick%20Ad.html
