Mass intentions for the week ahead 30th December 2012

Saturday 29th December
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Francie McDonagh (Birthday remembrance)
Sunday 30th December  Feast of the Holy Family
9.30 am      Intention free
11am         1.  Tommie Hynes and  2 Teresa and Joseph Geoghegan
12.15 pm   1.  Gerard Monaghan and  2.  Annie Glynn and Keith Cooke who died recently
6.30 pm     1.  Maura Flanagan and 2. Ruth Browne

Monday 31st December 
10am  Intention free
Tuesday 1st January New Years Day
10am   Intention free
Wednesday 2nd January
10am   Intention free
Thursday 3rd January
10am  Intention free
Friday 4th January
10am   Intention free

Saturday 5th January
Vigil Mass     6.30 pm  Bernard Cooke (Months Mind Mass)
Sunday 6th January   Feast of the Epiphany
9.30 am   Deceased members of Doherty and McKee families.
11am       Frank Gaffney (Months Mind Mass)
12.15 pm  1.   Patrick O'Reilly and 2.   Peggie Carter
6.30 pm    Larry Allen.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 23rd December 2012

Saturday 22nd December
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm  1. Joe Kenny
                               2. Ellen and John Hynes and Joseph and Mary Crowley and their son Noel
Sunday 23rd December
9.30 am      Bridget Lee
11am          Pat, Bridie, Bill and Catherine Buckley
12.15 pm   1.  Deceased members of Gilroy and Hughes families.
                 2.  Thoomas Folan and deceased members of Folan family
3.30 pm    Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm    1.  Marcello Alercon and 2. Martin O'Connor
                 Pray also for Nora Naughton

Monday 24th December Christmas Eve
10am   Mary and Frank Moran and 2. Nora and Gerald D. Naughton

Tuesday 25th December   Christmas Day
9.30 am, 11am and 12.15 pm  Masses for Christmas Day are offered for
                                               the people of Sacred Heart Parish and
                                               Worshiping Community
No Evening Mass on Christmas Day

Wednesday 26th December
10am  Noreen Lydon
Thursday 27th December
10am  Stephen and Barbara McDonagh
Friday 28th December
10am  Deceased members of Corrib Rangers Club

Saturday 29th December
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm   Francis McDonagh (Birthday remembrance)
Sunday 30th December
9.30 am  Intention free
11am            1.  Tommie Hynes and 2.   Teresa and Joseph Geoghegan
12.15 pm     1.  Gerard Monaghan and 2. Annie Glynn and Keith Cooke who died recently
6.30 pm       Maura Flanagan

Mass intentions for the week ahead 16th December 2012

Saturday 15th December
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1.  Nora Coyne and 2. Mary and John Coyne
Sunday 16th December
9.30 am  1.  Cliona Tierney and 2. Vinny Byrne
11am           Michael and Bridget Corcoran and Michael Jnr.
12.15pm  1.  Edward Howley and 2. John and Eileen O'Toole
6.30 pm   1.  Dolly and Mary Gavin
                2.   Eileen Stewart (Months Mind Mass) and John Stewart
                Pray also for John Higgins at this Mass.

Monday 17th December
10am     Sean Kilraine
Tuesday 18th December
10am   For all the Sick and deceased members of Colohan family and Teresa Hession

7.30 pm    Scoil Bhride  -  Christmas Pageant

Wednesday 19th December
10am  1.  Kate and Bernard Ward
          2.  Michael and Bridget Mongan and deceased members of Mongan and Collins families.
Thursday 20th December
10am   1.  Deceased members of Faherty and Welby families.
           2.  Delia and Patrick Kelly.
Friday 21st December
10am    1.  Tom Sherlock
            2.  Mary Wims and deceased members of Wims and Gannon families.

Saturday 22nd December
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm   1.   Joe Kenny
                                    2.   Ellen and John Hynes and Mary and Joseph Crowley and their son Noel.

Sunday 23rd December   4th Sunday of Advent
9.30 am       Bridge Lee
11am           Pat, Bridie, Bill and Catherine Buckley
12.15 pm     1.  Deceased members of Gilroy and Hughes families.
                    2.  Thomas Folan and deceased members of Folan family

3.30 pm       Indian Community Mass

6.30 pm       1.   Marcello Alercon
                    2.    Martin O'Connor

Mass intentions for the week ahead 9th December 2012

Saturday 8th December Feast of the Immaculate Conception
10am         1.   Tom and Kathleen Casserly and
                 2.    Des Doherty recently deceased
                 Pray also for Beatrice Oduah at this Mass
11am         1.  Annie Glynn and 2. Keith Cooke
6.30 pm    1.  Tony Gavin and deceased members of the Gavin and Heneghan families
                      and Sean Gaughan
                2.   Frank Broderick

Sunday 9th December    2nd Sunday of Advent
9.30 am        1.  Lawless and Guinnane families deceased
                    2.  Timothy Kyne
11am           1.   Martin Flaherty and deceased members of Flaherty family
                   2.   Aeneas Coyle
12.15 pm    1.  Joseph Hoade and 2.  Robert Nolan
6.30 pm      1.  Kate Sweeney and 2.  Shane Murphy (Months Mind Mass)

Monday 10th December
10am  James and Delia Hoade and Fr. Anthony Hoade
Tuesday 11th December
10am    For all the Sick and Brid O'Loughlin
Wednesday 12th December
10am     Michael Maughan
Thursday 13th December
10am     Christy O'Brien
Friday 14th December
10am     Intention free

Saturday 15th December
Vigil Mass       6.30 pm  1.   Nora Coyne and 2. Mary and John Coyne

Sunday 16th December   3rd Sunday of Advent
9.30 am       1. Cliona Tierney and 2.  Vinny Byrne
11am           1.  Teresa Hession and 2. Michael and Bridget and Michael Jnr Corcoran
12.15 pm    1.   Edward Howley and 2.   John and Eileen O'Toole
6.30 pm      1.   Dolly and Mary Gavin
                   2.  Eileen Stewart (Months Mind Mass) and John Stewart

Mass intentions for the week ahead 2nd December 2012

Saturday 1st December
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1.   James Scally and 2. Colman and Bridget Hernon
Sunday 2nd December  1st Sunday of Advent
9.30am  1.  Edward Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald and  Hosty families deceased
             2.   Paddy Burke who died recently in England
11am    1.    Deceased members of the  Ward, Lynskey and Fleming families.
            2.    Maureen Devlin
12.15 pm    1.  Teresa Kelly and 2.  John, Nora and Johnny Brennan
6.30 pm      1.  Matthew and Kenneth Frawley
                  2.   John and Bridget Collins and granddaughter Samantha and deceased
                       members of the family.
Monday 3rd December
10am  Pat, Nora and Mary Heavey and all deceased members of Heavey and Burke
           families.
Tuesday 4th December
10am    For all the Sick and 2.   Seamus Fahy
Wednesday 5th December
10am    Tom Hynes
Thursday 6th December
10am      Bridget and John Kelly, Maria, Nora and Mike Kelly
Friday 7th December
10am   Intention free
Saturday 8th December    Feast of the Immaculate Conception
                   10.00 am    1. Tom and Kathleen Casserly and 
                                      2.  Des Doherty recently deceased.
                   11.30 am    1.  Annie Glynn and deceased members of the Gavin and Heneghan
                                           families and Sean Gaughan
                                     2.   Frank Broderick
Vigil Mass      6.30 pm   1.  Tony Gavin and deceased members of the Gavin and Heneghan
                                           families and Sean Gaughan
Sunday 9th December    2nd Sunday of Advent
                      9.30 am    1.  Lawless and Guinnane families deceased
                                      2.  Timothy Kyne
                     11.00 am   1.  Martin Flaherty and deceased members of Flaherty family
                                      2.  Aeneas Coyle
                     12.15 pm  1.  Joseph Hoade and 2.  Robert Nolan
                       6.30 pm   1.  Kate Sweeney and 2. Shane Murphy (Months Mind Mass)

Mass intentions for the week ahead 25th November 2012

Saturday 24th November
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm 1. Eileen Spelman and 2. Willie Noone
Pray for Tony Moran at all Masses this weekend.

Sunday 25th November   Feast of Christ the King
9.30 am  1. Sarah Walsh and 2. Mary Flood
11am       1. Pat and Agnes Burke and deceased members of family
               2.  Shane Rabbitt
12.15 pm     1. Deceased members of the Duffy family and Micko Flaherty
                   2. May and Dan Carr and their son Danny Carr.
6.30 pm      1. Mary Hughes and Bernie and Kathleen Cooke
                   2.  Billy and Grace Joyce

Monday 26th November
10am  Mary and Frank Moran
Tuesday 27th November
10am  Sick and 1. Brigid Hughes and 2. Deceased members of Flower and Garden Club
Wednesday 28th November
10 am  Nora and John Newell
Thursday 29th November
10am  1.  Tony Moran and 2. Deceased members of Murphy family.
Friday 30th November
10am  Mary and John Connell

Saturday 1st December
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1.   James Scally and 2. Colman and Bridget Hernon

Sunday 2nd December  1st Sunday of Advent
9.30 am  Edward Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald and Hosty families deceased.
11am      1.  Deceased members of Ward, Lynskey and Fleming families.
              2.  Maureen Devlin
12.15 pm    1.  Teresa Kelly
                   2.  John, Nora and Johnny Brennan
6.30 pm      1.  Matthew and Kenneth Frawley
                   2.  John and Bridget Collins and granddaughter Samantha and deceased memers
                       of family.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 18th November 2012

Saturday 17th November
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1. Paddy Francis and 2. Nancy Murphy
Sunday 18th November
9.30 am  Patrick and Ellen Higgins and deceased members of the Higgins
               and Lee families.
11am       1.  Patricia Murphy and 2. Willie Creane
12.15 pm 1.  Mary Ryan and 2. Sean Tedders
3.30 pm    Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm    Teresa Vurlon and deceased members of the Conway and Murphy families.

Monday 19th November
10am    Deceased members of Walsh and Dunne families.
Tuesday 20th November
10am    Sick and Charlie Ward
Wednesday 21st November
10am  Tom Sherlock
Thursday 22nd November
10am   Intention free
Friday 23rd November
10am  1.  Sally O'Toole and 2. Mary Boyle

Saturday 24th November
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1. Eileen Spelman and 2. Willie Noone
                      Pray for Tony Moran at all Masses this weekend
Sunday 25th November
9.30 am    1. Sarah Walsh and 2. Mary Flood
11am        1.  Pat & Agnes Burke and deceased members of family.
                2.  Shane Rabbitt
12.15 pm  1.  Deceased members of the Duffy family and Micko Flaherty.
                2.  May and Dan Carr and their son Danny.
6.30 pm   1. Mary Hughes and Bernie and Kathleen Cooke
               2.  Billy and Grace Joyce

Mass intentions for the week ahead 11th November 2012

Saturday 10th November
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  Novena and Brid Conneely (Months Mind Mass)
                                and 2. Marty McCaffrey
Sunday 11th November
9.30 am       Deceased members of the Fahy family
11am           1.  George O'Malley and 2. Terry Colohan
12.15 pm    1.  John, Johnny, Ellen, Nora Brennan and all deceased members of Brennan family
                   2.  Noreen Lydon (Months Mind Mass)
6.30 pm      1.  Deceased members of the Coen and Barrett families, Barbara Boyle and Martin Kane
                   2.  Maura and George King

Monday 12th November
10am     1. Mickey Sullivan and Mary Murray and 2. Michael Maughan
Tuesday 13th November
10am     Sick and Terry Gurry and parents Joe and Nellie  Gurry
Wednesday 14th November
10am     Special Intention and Joseph Kennedy
Thursday 15th November
10am    Christy O'Brien
Friday 16th November
10am   Catherine Ryan O'Connor

Saturday 17th November
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1. Paddy Francis and 2. Nancy Murphy

Sunday 18th November
9.30 am    Patrick and Ellen Higgins and deceased members of Higgins and Lee families.
11am        1. Patrick Murphy and 2. Willie Creane
12.15 pm  1. Mary Ryan and 2. Sean Tedders
3.30 pm    Indian Community Mas
6.30 pm    Teresa Vurlon and deceased members of the Conway and Murphy families.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 4th November 2012

Saturday 3rd November
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1. Novena Mass
                                    2.  For all those people who died in our parish in the last Year
Sunday 4th November
9.30 am     Novena
11am         Novena
12.15 pm   1. Ted and Bridget Conneely, Esther Francis.
                 2.  Deceased members of Codyre family, Frank Duffy and Eddie Lee
6.30 pm    Shirley Maher

Monday 5th November
10am   Novena
Tuesday 6th November
10am   Novena
Wednesday 7th November
10am  Novena
Thursday 8th November
10am   Novena
Friday 9th November
10am  Novena

Saturday 10th November
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Novena and 2. Brid Conneely (Months Mind Mass)

Sunday 11th November
9.30 am     Deceased members of the Fahy family
11am         1. George O'Malley and 2. Terry Colohan
12.15 pm   1. John, Johnny, Ellen and Nora Brennan and deceased members of the Brennan family.
                  2.  Nora Lydon (Months Mind Mass)
6.30 pm     1.  Deceased members of the Coen and Barrett families, Barbara Boyle and Martin Keane
                  2.  Maura and George King

Mass Times

All Saints Day   Thursday 1st November 2012 

Mass Times   10am, 11.30 am and 6.30 pm

All Souls Day   Friday 2nd November 2012

Mass Times  10am and 6.30 pm

Saturday November 3rd 2012

Evening Vigil Mass at 6.30 pm will be offered for those who died in the Parish this year.
A Candle will be lighting in the Sanctuary for each of them from All Souls Day, Friday, November 3rd.
Their families and loved ones are invited to attend this Mass.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 28th October 2012

Saturday 27th October 2012
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm    Kathleen Ward
Sunday 28th October
9.30 am     Susanne Tierney and Paddy Kilroy and deceased members of Kilroy and Tierney families
11am         P.J. Murray (Months Mind Mass)
12.15 pm  1. Joseph Quirke and 2. Martin Ryan and Michael (Dick) McDonagh
6.30 pm    Mrs Nanny O'Neill who died recently in Canada

Monday 29th October
10am  1. Brendan Devlin and 2. Special Intention
Tuesday 30th October
10am  Sick and 2. Detta Lee
Wednesday 31st October
10am  Delia and Patrick Kelly
Thursday 1st November All Saints Day
10.00 am  Neilus and Tony O'Connor and deceased members of the family
11.30 am  Kate Ward
6.30 pm    Intention free
Friday 2nd November All Souls Day
10.00 am  Novena
6.30   pm  Novena

Saturday 3rd November
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  Novena Mass for all those who died in our parish in the last year
Sunday 4th November
9.30 am        Novena
11am             Novena
12.15 pm  1. Ted and Bridget Conneely and Esther Francis
                 2.  Deceased members of Codyre family, Frank Duffy and Eddie Lee
6.30 pm    Shirley Maher

Mass Intentions for the week ahead 21st October 2012

Saturday 20th October
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm    Charlie Ward
Sunday 21st October   Mission Sunday
9.30 am      Joe Burke who died recently in England
11am          1. Ludmila Melikyan and 2. Martin Molloy
12.15pm     1. John and Barry Wade and deceased members of Wade and Hehir families.
                   2.  Freda and John Moran and their sons
6.30 pm      Vincent Hennelly who died recently

Monday 22nd October  10am  Tom Sherlock
Tuesday 23rd October   10am  For all the sick and 2. John and Margaret Salmon and deceased
                                                                                  members of the family.
Wednesday 24th October 10am  Margaret McNamee and Honor Naughton
Thursday 25th October     10am  Tom and George Rafferty
Friday 26th October          10am  Paul Craughwell

Saturday 27th October
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Kathleen Ward

Sunday 28th October
9.30 am     Susanne Tierney and Paddy Kilroy and deceased members of Kilroy and Tierney families
11am         P .J. Murray  (Months Mind Mass)
12.15 pm  1.  Joseph Quirke  and 2. Martin Ryan and Michael (Dick) McDonagh
6.30 pm    Mrs Nanny O'Neill who died recently in Canada.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 14th October 2012

Saturday 13th October
Vigil Mass     6.30 pm  1. John Joseph Deeney and 2. Bernard Concar and John Conneely
Sunday 14th October
9.30 am      Kathleen Sweeney
11am      1. Paddy and Annie Lee and Marty and Ann Leigh
              2. Geraldine McCooke
12.15 pm   1. Martin Curley and 2. Margaret Coen

3.30 pm     Indian Community Mass

6.30 pm      Ivan Canavan and deceased members of Canavan and Rattigan families

Monday 15th October
10am  Christy O'Brien
Tuesday 16th October
10am  For all the Sick and Muiread Moriarty Devaney
Wednesday 17th October
10am  Francie McDonagh and John Sweeney
Thursday 18th October
10am  1.  Nicholas Hannon and 2. Paddy Curran
Friday 19th October
10am  1.  Tim and Mary Murray and deceased members of family
          2.   James Duffy

Saturday 20th October
Vigil Mass     6.30 pm     Charlie Ward

Sunday 21st October
9.30 am    Joe Burke who died recently in England
11am        1. Ludmila Melikyan and 2.  Martin Molloy who died in USA
12.15 pm  1. John and Barry Wade and deceased members of the Wade and Hehir families
                 2.  Freda and John Moran and their sons.
6.30 pm    Vincent Hennelly who died recently.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 7th October 2012

Saturday 6th October
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Eddie Ward and his parents Annie and Paddy Ward
Sunday 7th October
9.30 am      Mattie (Martin) Walsh
11am          1. Mick Moran and 2. Tom Cahill who died recently
12.15 pm    1. Elizabeth Griffin and Michael Cosgrave who died recently
                   2.  Joseph, Una and Leo Smyth
6.30pm       1. Tom and Margaret Conneely and John and Nora Keady
                   2. Michael Larkin

Monday 8th October
10am  For the 'Holy Souls'
Tuesday 9th October
10am  For all the Sick
Wednesday 10th October
10am  Rosaleen McPoland and deceased members of McPoland and Finneran families.
Thursday 11th October
10am       Intention free
Friday 12th October
10am      Michael Maughan

Saturday 13th October
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1.  John Joseph Deeney
                                   2. Bernard Concar and John Conneely
Sunday 14th October
9.30 am  Kathleen Sweeney
11am      Paddy and Annie Lee and Marty and Ann Leigh
12.15 pm  1. Martin Curley
                 2. Margaret Coen
3.30 pm    Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm    Ivan Canavan and deceased members of Rattigan and Canavan families.

In preparation for the Year of Faith that begins this October - our Parish Pastoral Team will be distributing a Short Questionnaire on Sunday 7th October.

Your co-operation in answering it will be most helpful and fruitful and in guiding our Pastoral Team in their mission and work.

We will also be announcing home visitation that they intend to undertake this October.

YEAR OF FAITH

Bishop Martin Drennan would like to extend a very special invitation to everyone from across the diocese to attend the Opening Mass of the "Year of Faith" taking place in Galway Cathedral on Sunday 14th October at 3 pm.  This mass will mark an exciting start to some extraordinary prayer experiences and liturgical celebrations planned for the year ahead.  Check out www.galwaydiocese.ie for more information.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 30th September 2012

Saturday 29th September
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Patrick, Doreen and Linda Dunne and Frank Malone
Sunday 30th September
9.30 am    Thomas, Christina and Thomas Coughlan and deceased members
                of Coughlan and Larkin families.
11am        Bartley Fahy
12.15 pm  Intention free
6.30 pm    1. Deceased members of Hoare and Costello families.
                 2.  Gary Dillon
Monday 1st October
10am  Intention free
Tuesday 2nd October
10am  For all the Sick and Joseph McGuckin
Wednesday 3rd October
10am  Intention free
Thursday 4th October
10am   Murt Hynes
Friday 5th October
10am   Thomas and Mary Griffin

Saturday 6th October
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Eddie Ward and his parents Annie and Paddy Ward
Sunday 7th October
9.30 am      Mattie (Martin) Walsh
11am          1. Mick Moran and 2. Tom Cahill who died recently
12.15 pm   1.  Elizabeth Griffin and Michael Cosgrave who died recently
                  2.  Joseph, Una and Leo Smyth
6.30 pm     1.   Tom and Margaret Conneely and John and Nora Keady
                  2.  Michael Larkin

Do this in Memory of Me Programme

Opening Meeting in the Sacred Heart Church on Wednesday 26th September 2012 at 7.30 pm
for the parents of children who will be receiving First Communion in Scoil Bhride, Shantalla for Do this in Memory of Me Programme.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 23rd September 2012

Saturday 22nd September
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1. John and Margaret Berry and 2. Della Hynes
Sunday 23rd September
9.30 am      Aidan Rafferty
11am          1.William Creane and 2. Nora Flaherty and deceased members of Madden family
12.15 pm    1. Frank Duffy and 2. Teresa Cubbard
6.30 pm      Terry and Jackie Lyons

Monday 24th September
10am   Mary Newell
Tuesday 25th September
10am  For all the sick and Michael Griffin
Wednesday 26th September
10am  Eileen and Tim Tierney
Thursday 27th September
10am    Intention free
Friday 28th September
10am    Intention free

Saturday 29th September
Vigil Mass     6.30 pm  Patrick, Doreen and Linda Dunne and Frank Malone
Sunday 30th September
9.30 am    Thomas, Christina and Thomas Coughlan and deceased members of Coughlan
                 and Larkin families.
11am         Bartley Fahy
12.15 pm  Intention free
6.30 pm    Deceased members of Hoare and Costello families and 2.  Gary Dillon.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 16th September 2012

Saturday 15th September  Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
                      11.00 am  Fred Hanley and deceased members of the family.
Vigil Mass       6.30 pm  1. Denis O'Brien 2. Brodie Joyce and
                                      3. rememberance mass for Matthew Kyne
Sunday 16th September
9.30 am  1. Mary Brodie and 2. Ronnie Conlon
11am      1.  Matilda and Johnny Jennings and 2. Statia Grehan
12.15 pm    1. Mickey Costello and 2.  John Miller.

3.00 pm      Mass in Rahoon Cemetery

3.30 pm      Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm      Deceased members of the Costello and Hoare families.

Monday 17th September
10am  Michael and Maisie Sherlock and Mary Newell
Tuesday 18th September
10am  For all the Sick and David McDowell and deceased members of the family
Wednesday 19th September
10am  Paddy Boyle
Thursday 20th September
10am  Charlie Ward
Friday 21st September
10am  Tom Sherlock

Saturday 22nd September
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  John and Margaret Berry and 2.  Della Hynes

Sunday 23rd September
9.30 am    Aidan Rafferty
11am        1. William Creane and 2. Nora Flaherty and deceased members of Madden family
12.15 pm  Frank Duffy and 2. Teresa Cubbard
6.30 pm    Terry and Jackie Lyons

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

Mass at 11.00 am in Sacred Heart Church
on Saturday 15th September 2012

CEMETERY SUNDAY

MASS AT 3.00 PM
ON SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2012
IN RAHOON CEMETERY.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 9th September 2012

Saturday 8th September  Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
                          11.00 am
Vigil Mass            6.30 pm  Stephen Burke and 2. Bridie Russell

Sunday 9th September
9.30 am    Ronan Duignan
11am        Matt and Mary Hynes
12.15 pm  Michael and Teresa Lynch
6.30 pm    1.  Maureen and Thomas Walsh and son Alfred
                 2.  Ray Maloney

Monday 10th September
10am  Ray Kavanagh
Tuesday 11th September
10am  Willie Corcoran and Thomas and Bridget McDonagh and For all the Sick
Wednesday 12th September
10am  'Holy Souls' and 2.  Michael Maughan
Thursday 13th September 
10am Christy O'Brien
Friday 14th September
10am  Marie Golding and 2. Nellie Gurry

Saturday 15th September
Vigil Mass     6.30 pm  1. Denis o'Brien and 2. Bridie Joyce

Sunday 16th September
  9.30 am  1.  Mary Brodie and 2.  Ronnie Conlon
11am      1.  Matilda and Johnny Jennings and 2. Statia Grehan
12.15 pm    1. Mickey Costello and 2. John Miller

  3.00 pm    Mass in Rahoon Cemetery  (Cemetery Sunday) 

  3.30 pm      Indian Community Mass
  6.30 pm      Deceased members of the Costello and Hoare  families.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 2nd September 2012

Saturday 1st September
Vigil Mass      6.30 pm  1. Sybil Ryan 2. Ciss Berry and 3. Patrick Stokes

Sunday 2nd September
9.30 am       Bridie and Edward Courtney
11am           Mary Conroy (Month Minds Mass)
12.15 pm    Madge Ryan
6.30 pm      Della and Willie Lally

Monday 3rd September        10am  Geraldine Brerity
Tuesday 4th September        10am  Mary and Frank Moran and for all  the Sick
Wednesday 5th September   10am  Nora McDonagh
Thursday 6th September      10am  John Hession and 'Holy Souls'
Friday 7th September           10am  Tommy Pesaturo

Saturday 8th September
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1. Stephen Burke and 2. Bridie Russell

Sunday 9th September
9.30 am     Ronan Duignan
11am         Matt and Mary Hynes
12.15 pm  Michael and Teresa Lynch
6.30 pm    1.   Maureen and Thomas Walsh and son Alfred
                 2.  Ray Maloney.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 2012

Saturday 25th August
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Ned Walsh and Micheal Walsh
Sunday 26th August
9.30 pm
11am         1. Sheila And Evan Griffiths and 2. Ronnie Conlon who died recently.
12.15 pm  1.  Niall Thornton and 2. Donal Morkan
6.30 pm    Garry Daly and deceased members of Daly family.

Monday 27th August
10am  Moore and Boyle families deceased
Tuesday 28th August
10am  For all the Sick
Wednesday 29th August
10am  Donal Morkan
Thursday 30th August
10am  Paddy Kennedy
Friday 31st August
10am    'Holy Souls'

Saturday 1st September
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1.  Sybil Ryan and 2. Ciss Berry and 3. Patrick Stokes

Sunday 2nd September
9.30 am     Bridie and Edward Courtney
11am         Mary Conroy (Months Mind Mass)
12.15 pm  Madge Ryan
6.30 pm    Della and Willie Lally 

Mass intentions for the week ahead 19th August

Saturday 18th August
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Andrew Halloran
Sunday 19th August
9.30 am   Intention free
11am       1. Raymond O'Neill and O'Neill and Hehir families deceased
               2. Jackie O'Reilly
12.15 pm 1. Joseph Hoade and 2. Caroline Feeney
3.30 pm    Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm    Martha Brennan and deceased members of the Brennan and Kenny families.
Monday 20th August
10am        Charlie Ward
Tuesday 21st August
10am        For all the sick and Tom Sherlock
Wednesday 22nd August
10am      Samantha McDonagh and her grandparents John and Bridget Collins
Thursday 23rd August
10am  Holy Souls
Friday 24th August
10am    Carmel Brett who died recently
Saturday 25th August
Vigil Mass       6.30 pm  Ned Walsh and Michael Walsh
Sunday 26th August
9.30 am    Intention free
11am        Sheila Griffiths and Evan Griffiths
12.15 pm  Niall Thornton and 2. Donal Morkan
6.30 pm    Garry Daly and deceased members of the Daly family.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 12th August 2012

Saturday 11th August
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1. Tony Higgins and 2. Paula Burke
Sunday 12th August
9.30 am  Christy O'Brien
11am      Derek O'Neill and 2. Michael, Winnie, Sean and Bridget Ridge deceased
12.15 pm  1. Mary Nally and 2. John Lovett
6.30 pm    Michael Maughan (Months Mind Mass)

Monday 13th August 10am  1. Holy Souls and 2. Eileen and Batty Maher
Tuesday 14th August 10.00 am  For all the Sick
Vigil Mass                      6.30 pm  Seamus Keane
Wednesday 15th August   Feast of the Assumption
               10am               Intention free
               11.30 am         Aengus Murphy
                6.30 pm          Bridget Collins
Thursday 16th August 10am  James Lee
Friday 17th August     10am  Michael and Josephine Ormond
Saturday 18th August
Vigil Mass     6.30 pm Andrew Halloran

Sunday 19th August
9.30 am    Intention free
11.00 am  Raymond O'Neill and O'Neill and Hehir families deceased
                2. Jackie O'Reilly
12.15 pm Joseph Hoade and 2. Caroline Feeney
3.30 pm   Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm   Martha Brennan and deceased members of Brennan and Kenny families.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 5th August 2012

Saturday 4th August
Vigil mass     6.30 pm   Intention free

Sunday 5th August
9.30 am     1.   Paddy Feeney and deceased members of Gill and Feeney families.
                  2.  Mary and Brod Trill
11am          Malcolm O'Shaughnessy
12.15 pm   1. Esther Golding and 2. Noel Dunne
6.30 pm     Mary and Peter O'Brien and their daughter Carmel McNulty.

Monday 6th August
10am   Intention free
Tuesday 7th August
10am   Sick and 'Holy Souls'
Wednesday 8th August
10am  Pauline Flynn
Thursday 9th August
10am  Patrick and Michael O'Donohue
Friday 10th August
10am    Intention free

Saturday 11th August
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  1. Tony Higgins and 2. Paula Burke
Sunday 12th August
9.30 am      Christy O'Brien
11am          1. Derek O'Neill and 2. Michael, Winnie, Sean and Bridget Ridge.
12.15 pm   1. Mary Nally and 2. John Lovett
6.30 pm     Michael Maughan (Months Mind Mass)

Mass intentions for the week ahead 29th July 2012

Saturday 28th July
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1. Kenneth Harlowe and 2.  Mary Breeney

Sunday 29th July
9.30 am     Pat and Mary Guerin
11am         1.  Bill Keane and 2.  Sean Kilraine
12.15 pm   Cieran Mulgrew (Months Mind Mass)
6.30 pm     Intention free

Monday 30th July
10am  For the 'Holy Souls'
Tuesday 31st July
10am  For all the Sick
Wednesday 1st August
10am  Intention free
Thursday 2nd August
10am  'Holy Souls'
Friday 3rd August
10am    Intention free

Saturday 4th August
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Intention free

Sunday 5th August
9.30 am        1.  Paddy Feeney and deceased members of Gill and Feeney families.
                     2.  Mary and Brod Trill
11am            Malcolm O'Shaughnessy
12.15 pm     1. Esther Golding and 2.  Noel Dunne
6.30 pm       Intention free

Mass intentions for the week ahead 23rd July 2012

Saturday 21st July
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1. Eamon Flaherty and 2. John Duffy

Sunday 22nd July
9.30 am     Intention free
11.00 am   Imelda, Miriam and Jackie Reidy
12.15 pm  Joe Ryan
6.30 pm   Mary Craughwell (Months Mind Mass)

Monday 23rd July
10am  Patrick and Esther Colohan
Tuesday 24th July
10am  For all the Sick and Tom Sherlock who died recently
Wednesday 25th July
10am  Intention free
Thursday 26th July
10am  Intention free
Friday 27th July
10am   Intention free

Saturday 28th July
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1. Kenneth Harlowe and 2. Mary Breeney

Sunday 29th July
9.30am       Pat and Mary Guerin
11.00am     Bill Keane and Sean Kilraine
12.15 pm   Cieran Mulgrew (Months Mind Mass)
6.30 pm     Intention free.

Parish Announcements for Sunday, July 15th 2012

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• We welcome Fr Kevin Keenan as he begins his ministry in Sacred Heart Parish.

• The annual special collection for the commissions of the Irish Bishops Conference will take place at all Sunday Masses this weekend. These groupings provide necessary expertise for the Church in Ireland in areas such as catechetics, clergy and seminaries, vocations, communications, doctrine, ecumenism, education, emigrants, justice and peace, laity, liturgy, missions, pastoral, press and information, research and development, religious, social welfare and prisoners overseas.

• This Monday, July 16th 2012 is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

• We pray for those who died this week:

          - Amanda Faye Berbick, Riverdale, Highfield Park

          - Michael Maughan, Camilaun Park

          - Peter Griffin, late of Davis Road, who died in England

          - Ann O'Hagan, Avondale, Highfield Park. Funeral Mass at 12 noon in St Joseph's Church today (Sunday).

Change of Curate and Blog Editor

Fr Hugh Clifford

I (Fr Hugh), have come to the end of my time as Curate here in Sacred Heart Parish, because I have been appointed Director of Formation at the Irish College in Rome. I reiterate my thanks, as expressed in more detail in Church on my final Sunday here recently, to Monsignor Malachy Hallinan and all the parishioners here for such a wonderful year and for all the faith experiences I have had in the parish. Please pray for me in my new task and pray for the students for the priesthood and those discerning a call to priesthood.

Fr Kevin Keenan SVD

The new Curate is Fr Kevin Keenan, a Divine Word Missionary (SVD) priest. Before moving to Sacred Heart Parish, he has been Assistant Priest in Knocknacarra and he has been Chaplain to the Brazilian community in Gort. He will continue to be involved with the Brazilian community.

Of course, this means that Fr Kevin will also be taking over this blog as its new editor. Thanks to parish secretary Bernie Scally who inputs the Mass intentions for the week ahead each Friday.

I wish Fr Kevin every blessing and happiness in his new ministry.

Funeral of Michael Maughan, RIP, Camilaun Park

Reposing at O'Flaherty's Funeral Parlour, Munster Avenue this Friday, July 13th 2012 from 4.30pm with removal at 7pm to Sacred Heart Church. Funeral Mass on Saturday at 12 noon. Burial afterwards in Rahoon Cemetery.

May his soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 15th July 2012

Saturday 14th July  
Months Mind Mass      11.00 am  Christy O'Brien
Vigil Mass                       6.30 pm   Stephen Lally

Sunday 15th July
  9.30 am     Celine Brennan
11.00 am     Stephen Murphy
12.15 pm    1. Bernard McDonagh
                   2. Yvonne Crowley
3.30 pm      Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm      Intention free

Monday 16th July             10 am  Noel Daly
Tuesday 17th July             10 am  1.  For all the Sick and
                                                       2.  Liver Transplant Unit, Doctors, Nurses, Donors and Recipients.
Wednesday 18th July       10 am   Ethna Molloy
Thursday 19th July          10 am   1. 'Holy Souls' and 2. Tom Watson
Friday 20th July               10am    Charlie Ward

Saturday 21st July
Vigil Mass                       6.30 pm  1. Eamon Flaherty and 2. John Duffy

Sunday 22nd July          9.30 am  Intention free
                                     11.00 am  Intention free
                                     12.15 pm  Joe Ryan
                                      6.30 pm   Intention free

                                           

Funeral of Amanda Faye Berbick, RIP, Riverdale, Highfield Park

Reposing at Conneely's Funeral Home, Flood Street, this Wednesday, July 11th 2012, from 5.30 to 6.30pm, with prayers at the end of this period.

Removal to Sacred Heart Church on Thursday morning, to arrive at 10.45am. Funeral Mass at 11am.

Burial afterwards in Rahoon Cemetery.

Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

Parish Announcements for Sunday, July 8th 2012

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Wednesday next, July 11th 2012, is the Feast of Saint Benedict, one of the Patrons of Europe.

• The annual special collection for the commissions of the Irish Bishops Conference will take place at all Sunday Masses next week (15th July 2012). These groupings provide necessary expertise for the Church in Ireland in areas such as catechetics, clergy and seminaries, vocations, communications, doctrine, ecumenism, education, emigrants, justice and peace, laity, liturgy, missions, pastoral, press and information, research and development, religious, social welfare and prisoners overseas.

• The Months Mind Mass for the late Christopher O'Brien, Cluainin, Inishannagh Park, will be offered next Saturday, July 14th at 11am.

• We pray for the happy repose of those who died during the week:

- Tom Lynch, Corrib Park and Sandyvale

- Ellen Maughan, Lucan, niece of Margaret Maughan, Inishannagh Park 

- Padraig (Paddy) O'Neill, Moyola Park. Reposing at O'Flaherty's Funeral Parlour, Munster Avenue, this Sunday, July 8th 2012 from 3pm with removal to Galway Cathedral at 5pm. Funeral Mass on Monday at 12 noon. Burial after in Rahoon Cemetery.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 8th July 2012

Saturday 7th July
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Gerard Garvey and 2. George and Maura King
Sunday 8th July
9.30  am      Liam McKnight
11.00 am          Molly Cleary
12.15 pm   1. Martin, Una and Pat Finn
                 2.  Kathleen and Edward Diviney
6.30 pm    Peter Griffin


Monday 9th July         10am  Intention free
Tuesday 10th July       10am  For all the sick and 'Holy Souls'
Wednesday 11th July  10am  Frances Foley
Thursday12th July       10am  1. Marriage Blessing and 2. Mary Lee
Friday 13th July           10am  For the 'Holy Souls'

Saturday 14th July 
Months Mind Mass     11.00 am   Christy O'Brien
Vigil Mass                     6.30 pm   Stephen Lally

Sunday 15th July
9.30  am   Celine Brennan
11.00 am   Stephen Murphy
12.15 pm  1. Bernard McDonagh
                2.  Yvonne Crowley
3.30 pm   Indian Community Mass
6.30 pm   Intention free.

Eucharistic Congress Memorabilia

A coaster in slate

Tomás Ó Cadhain of Olde Ireland – Éire Ársa exhibited his work recently in the exhibition area at the International Eucharistic Congress at the RDS in Dublin. He has crafted a variety of items in slate to commemorate the event, including coasters with the Congress logo and wall hangings with the Eucharistic Congress prayer.

To view and purchase Tomás’s work, visit:

Unit 10, Westside Enterprise Centre,

Bóthar le Chéile.

Email: enquiries@oldeireland.ie

Telephone: 091-523800

Web: www.oldeireland.ie

Resources in the Community

Westside Library

Westside Resource Centre

Parish Announcements for Sunday, July 1st 2012

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• This coming Friday, July 6th 2012 will be the First Friday of the month, and so, as usual, Fr Malachy and Fr Hugh will bring Holy Communion to those who are housebound due to illness of old age. If you know of anybody in the parish who has become housebound in recent times and would like to be on our First Friday list, please let us know.

• The Galway Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes begins today. We wish all who are travelling, including some Sacred Heart parishioners, a very blessed pilgrimage. We will remember the pilgrims, especially the sick, in our prayers during the week.

• The Peter's Pence collection which was held last week raised a total of €600. Thank you for your contributions.

Vocations: Priesthood in the Galway Diocese

Vocations: Franciscan Sisters, TOR

Mass intentions for the week ahead 1st July 2012

Saturday 30th June
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  1.   Nicholas Conneely
                                  2.  Margaret and Anthony Lynch
Sunday 1st July
9.30 am     Josie Pender
11am         Delia Delaney
12.15 pm  Pat and Mary Guerin
6.30 pm    Raymond Rooney

Monday 2nd July
10am  Willie & Eileen Keane and deceased members of Keane family
Tuesday 3rd July
10am  For all the Sick
Wednesday 4th July
10am  Mattie, Paddy and Christy Lally and deceased members of Lally family
Thursday 5th July
10am  Intention free
Friday 6th July
10am  1.  Bridie  and John Lydon and deceased members of Lydon family
Saturday 7th July
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  1. Gerard Garvey
                                2.  George and Maura King
Sunday 8th July
9.30 am          Liam McKnight
11am              Molly Cleary
12.15 pm  1.  Martin, Una and Pat Finn
                 2.  Kathleen and Edward Diviney
6.30 pm         Peter Griffin.

Homily of Pope Benedict XVI for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi

In Sacred Heart Church, we come together as a parish community for the celebration of Mass on Sunday and Mass is celebrated daily also. In the evenings, from 8pm to 10pm, there is Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the side chapel. So, the Body of Christ consecrated at Mass is adored and contemplated, and this adoration leads to deeper appreciation of the Eucharist we receive. Pope Benedict's homily recently at the Lateran Basilica in Rome on June 7th 2012 was about the connection between the celebration of Mass and Eucharistic Adoration. It is well worth a read, and so, here it is below:

'Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This evening I would like to meditate with you on two interconnected aspects of the Eucharistic Mystery: worship of the Eucharist and its sacred nature. It is important to reflect on them once again to preserve them from incomplete visions of the Mystery itself, such as those encountered in the recent past.

First of all, a reflection on the importance of Eucharistic worship and, in particular, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. We shall experience it this evening, after Mass, before the procession, during it and at its conclusion. A unilateral interpretation of the Second Vatican Council penalized this dimension, in practice restricting the Eucharist to the moment of its celebration. Indeed it was very important to recognize the centrality of the celebration in which the Lord summons his people, gathers it round the dual table of the Word and of the Bread of life, nourishes and unites it with himself in the offering of the Sacrifice.

Of course, this evaluation of the liturgical assembly in which the Lord works his mystery of communion and brings it about still applies; but it must be put back into the proper balance. In fact — as often happens — in order to emphasize one aspect one ends by sacrificing another. In this case the correct accentuation of the celebration of the Eucharist has been to the detriment of adoration as an act of faith and prayer addressed to the Lord Jesus, really present in the Sacrament of the Altar.

This imbalance has also had repercussions on the spiritual life of the faithful. In fact, by concentrating the entire relationship with the Eucharistic Jesus in the sole moment of Holy Mass one risks emptying the rest of existential time and space of his presence. This makes ever less perceptible the meaning of Jesus’ constant presence in our midst and with us, a presence that is tangible, close, in our homes, as the “beating Heart” of the city, of the country, and of the area, with its various expressions and activities. The sacrament of Christ’s Charity must permeate the whole of daily life.

Actually it is wrong to set celebration and adoration against each other, as if they were competing. Exactly the opposite is true: worship of the Blessed Sacrament is, as it were, the spiritual “context” in which the community can celebrate the Eucharist well and in truth. Only if it is preceded, accompanied and followed by this inner attitude of faith and adoration can the liturgical action express its full meaning and value. The encounter with Jesus in Holy Mass is truly and fully brought about when the community can recognize that in the Sacrament he dwells in his house, waits for us, invites us to his table, then, after the assembly is dismissed, stays with us, with his discreet and silent presence, and accompanies us with his intercession, continuing to gather our spiritual sacrifices and offer them to the Father.

In this regard I am pleased to highlight the experience we shall be having together this evening too. At the moment of Adoration, we are all equal, kneeling before the Sacrament of Love. The common priesthood and the ministerial priesthood are brought together in Eucharistic worship. It is a very beautiful and significant experience which we have had several times in St Peter’s Basilica, and also in the unforgettable Vigils with young people — I recall, for example, those in Cologne, London, Zagreb and Madrid. It is clear to all that these moments of Eucharistic Vigil prepare for the celebration of the Holy Mass, they prepare hearts for the encounter so that it will be more fruitful.

To be all together in prolonged silence before the Lord present in his Sacrament is one of the most genuine experiences of our being Church, which is accompanied complementarily by the celebration of the Eucharist, by listening to the word of God, by singing and by approaching the table of the Bread of Life together. Communion and contemplation cannot be separated, they go hand in hand. If I am truly to communicate with another person I must know him, I must be able to be in silence close to him, to listen to him and look at him lovingly. True love and true friendship are always nourished by the reciprocity of looks, of intense, eloquent silences full of respect and veneration, so that the encounter may be lived profoundly and personally rather than superficially. And, unfortunately, if this dimension is lacking, sacramental communion itself may become a superficial gesture on our part.

Instead, in true communion, prepared for by the conversation of prayer and of life, we can address words of confidence to the Lord, such as those which rang out just now in the Responsorial Psalm: “O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. / You have loosed my bonds./ I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving /and call on the name of the Lord” (Ps 116[115]:16-17).

I would now like to move on briefly to the second aspect: the sacred nature of the Eucharist. Here too so we have heard in the recent past of a certain misunderstanding of the authentic message of Sacred Scripture. The Christian newness with regard to worship has been influenced by a certain secularist mentality of the 1960s and 70s. It is true, and this is still the case, that the centre of worship is now no longer in the ancient rites and sacrifices, but in Christ himself, in his person, in his life, in his Paschal Mystery. However it must not be concluded from this fundamental innovation that the sacred no longer exists, but rather that it has found fulfilment in Jesus Christ, divine Love incarnate.

The Letter to the Hebrews, which we heard this evening in the Second Reading, speaks to us precisely of the newness of the priesthood of Christ, “high priest of the good things that have come” (Heb 9:11), but does not say that the priesthood is finished. Christ “is the mediator of a new covenant” (Heb 9:15), established in his blood which purifies our “conscience from dead works” (Heb 9:14). He did not abolish the sacred but brought it to fulfillment, inaugurating a new form of worship, which is indeed fully spiritual but which, however, as long as we are journeying in time, still makes use of signs and rites, which will exist no longer only at the end, in the heavenly Jerusalem, where there will no longer be any temple (cf. Rev 21:22). Thanks to Christ, the sacred is truer, more intense and, as happens with the Commandments, also more demanding! Ritual observance does not suffice but purification of the heart and the involvement of life is required.

I would also like to stress that the sacred has an educational function and its disappearance inevitably impoverishes culture and especially the formation of the new generations. If, for example, in the name of a faith that is secularized and no longer in need of sacred signs, these Corpus Christi processions through the city were to be abolished, the spiritual profile of Rome would be “flattened out”, and our personal and community awareness would be weakened.

Or let us think of a mother or father who in the name of a desacralized faith, deprived their children of all religious rituals: in reality they would end by giving a free hand to the many substitutes that exist in the consumer society, to other rites and other signs that could more easily become idols.

God, our Father, did not do this with humanity: he sent his Son into the world not to abolish, but to give fulfilment also to the sacred. At the height of this mission, at the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the Sacrament of his Body and his Blood, the Memorial of his Paschal Sacrifice. By so doing he replaced the ancient sacrifices with himself, but he did so in a rite which he commanded the Apostles to perpetuate, as a supreme sign of the true Sacred One who is he himself. With this faith, dear brothers and sisters, let us celebrate the Eucharistic Mystery today and every day and adore it as the centre of our life and the heart of the world. Amen.'

Notice Received: SVP Croí na Gaillimhe Table Quiz

A table quiz to raise funds for the work of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society Croi na Gaillimhe Resource Centre will be held this Tuesday, 26th June, at 8pm in Lohan's, Salthill.

Croi na Gaillimhe Resource Centre is located at 1 Mill Street, Galway. It aims to provide an intergenerational and intercultural place of welcome, especially for disadvantaged groups, offering a range of holistic social and learning supports complementing and linked to the work of relevant agencies in Galway.

See the Croi na Gaillimhe blog for further details by clicking here.

Parish Announcements for Sunday, June 24th 2012

Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

• The annual Peter's Pence Collection takes places at all Masses this Sunday. This collection funds the charitable activities of the Pope. The Pope is attentive to the material needs of poor dioceses, religious institutes and of those in grave difficulties such as the poor, children, the elderly, those marginalised and the victims of war or natural disasters; concrete aid to Bishops or dioceses in need, Catholic education, assistance to refugees and to immigrants

• Normal weekday Mass schedule: Monday to Friday at 10am. Tuesday Mass is offered for the sick of the parish and those whose names have been put in the parish book of the sick.

• This coming Friday, June 29th 2012 is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

• We pray for Peggy McDonald, Killala, who has died, sister of Nora O'Flaherty, Claremont.

Mass intention for the week ahead 24th June 2012

Saturday 23rd June
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  1. Peter Cooke and 2. Stephen Griffin
Sunday 24th June
9.30 am     Mary and Paddy Lenihan
11am          Michael Maye (Months Mind Mass)
12.15 pm   1. William O'Connor and 2. Gillian Moloney Bocxe
6.30 pm     Tom Daly

Monday 25th June
10am  Intention free
Tuesday 26th June
10am  For all the Sick and Mickey Sullivan and Ronnie Murray
Wednesday 27th June
10am  Winnie Mongan
Thursday 28th June   10am  Intention free
Friday 29th June       10am  Intention free

Saturday 30th June
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm Nicholas Conneely and Margaret and Anthony Lynch.

Sunday 1st July
9.30 am     Intention free
11am         Delia Delaney
12.15 pm  Intention free
6.30 pm    Intention free

Eucharistic Congress Closing Mass Full Video

This video of the Eucharistic Congress Closing Mass and the musical recitals beforehand is provided by the Canadian Catholic television channel, Salt and Light. Why not hop around the video at a few points to get a flavour of the occasion?

Western Bishops welcome Papal Legate to Knock

(Photo: Archdiocese of Tuam)

The Papal Legate for the Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, celebrated Mass at Our Lady's Shrine, Knock last Saturday. The Bishops of the Western Province welcomed Cardinal Ouellet and the Apostolic Nuncio to Knock.

Pictured above (left to right): Bishop Brendan Kelly (Achonry), Bishop Martin Drennan (Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora), Bishop Christopher Jones (Elphin), Archbishop Michael Neary (Tuam), Cardinal Marc Ouellet (Papal Legate), Archbishop Charles Brown (Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland), Bishop John Kirby (Clonfert), Bishop John Fleming (Killala).

Eucharistic Congress Statio Orbis, Final Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress 2012 at Croke Park

The crowds assembling at Croke Park for the Final Mass of the Eucharistic Congress

The Eucharistic Congress came to a close yesterday with the Statio Orbis, as the concluding Mass of a Eucharistic Congress is called. The Mass was held at Croke Park, Dublin, and the celebrant was the Papal Legate to the Congress, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. The stadium was alive with a vibrant sense of communion with Christ and with one another. People from every parish in Ireland joined with pilgrims from all over the world in a very joyful and prayerful celebration of faith and of love for the Eucharist. Fr Hugh Clifford and 18 representatives of Sacred Heart Parish were present at the ceremony.

Cardinal Ouellet said in his homily,

'After this week of Eucharistic reflection, celebration and adoration, we are certainly more aware of God’s call to communion with Him and with one another. Let us bear witness to this grace by calling others to faith in this communion. The Irish bell, which resounds from Lough Derg, from Knock and Dublin, must resound in the whole world. Let’s ring the bell further through our personal testimony of renewed faith in the Holy Eucharist. Faith is the most precious gift we have received with Baptism. Let’s not keep it private and fearful! Let it grow as a splendid tree through sharing everywhere!'

Before the end of Mass, the video message from Pope Benedict XVI to the Congress was shown. The Pope spoke of how the full active participation of the faithful in the Eucharistic Sacrifice is not just about external activity. It means entering the inner depths of the mystery of the Eucharist in a personal encounter with Our Lord. Recalling the scandals of recent times, Pope Benedict reminded us that Ireland has been shaped by the Mass at its deepest level for centuries and that we are heirs to a Church that has been a mighty force for good in the world. He showed how the Eucharistic Congress can help in the renewal of the Church in Ireland with his reminder that our worship should not become a matter of habit, but ought to be a deep personal relationship with the goodness of Christ. The Pope made the announcement that the next International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Cebu in the Philippines in 2016.

The President of this Dublin Eucharistic Congress, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin thanked Fr Kevin Doran, the General Secretary of the Congress and his team and he stressed that this Congress can provide an impetus for the task ahead:

The 50^th International Eucharistic Congress was not just a seven-day event. Over the past year a great deal of catechesis has been carried out across Ireland in preparation for this week. Tomorrow we must start our catechesis anew to prolong the fruits of this Eucharistic Congress through a dynamic of New Evangelization.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, addresses the congregation

Fr Barry Horan at the Mass in Croke Park
Fr Barry did huge work as the Delegate of Galway Diocese in preparation for the Eucharistic Congress.

Sharing the joy of the occasion: Canon Joseph Keogh, Fr Anthony Minniter and Monsignor Sean O'Flaherty

Some of the Galway priests present at the Mass:
In front: Canon Joseph Keogh, Fr Anthony Minniter, Monsignor Sean O'Flaherty
Behind: Fr Denis Murphy OP, Fr Ian O'Neill, Canon Martin Moran, Fr Hugh Clifford

Fr Hugh Clifford with Kathleen Cazabon, one of the 18 people who represented
Sacred Heart Parish at the Final Mass of the Eucharistic Congress

Crowds of people were greeting Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland,
on the street outside Croke Park after the Mass.

Representing the Knights of Malta: Paschal Diviney, Deputy National Director of the
Order of Malta Ambulance Corps, and former Sacred Heart parishioner