Notices, December 6th.

Notices.

Sunday, December 6th, 2009, Second Sunday of Advent..

Daily Mass here in the Sacred Heart every morning at 10, Mass on Tuesday is for the sick and ill.

Adoration takes place every night from 8 to 10. New Adorers are most welcome.

Confessions are on Saturdays from 6:30 to 7:30.

The Irish Catholic is on sale after Mass.

We have now begun our Advent journey, and as we await the coming of Christ this Christmas, Bishop Martin Drennan along with Fr. Charlie Davey and Mrs. Eileen Kelly will accompany us into the season of Advent by sharing their thoughts on the themes of "Awaiting" "Hope" and "Family". The second of these reflections will take place this Monday night in the Diocesan Pastoral Centre Arus de Brun, Newtownsmith at 8p.m.

Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas, Patron Saint of the Diocese and City of Galway. St. Nicholas is a saint known for his great generosity and your generosity is called upon next weekend when we will have a second collection for all the victims of the recent terrible flooding.

Tuesday is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and is a Holy day of Obligation. Our Masses here for the feast are the Vigil Mass, tomorrow, Monday, at 7:30, and then 10, 11:30 and 6:30 on Tuesday.

The Annual Mass for all babies who have died on or around the time of birth will be held this year on Sunday next, December 13^th, at 6 O’clock in the University Chapel of St. Columbanus. Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends are all warmly invited.

There is a Jumble Sale and Tea day in aid of The Western Alzheimer’s, Galway branch, next Saturday, December 12^th, from 11 to 5 in St. Joseph’s Community Centre, Ashe Road, Shantalla.

The Galway Baroque Singers are having their Christmas Concert, ' I Heard A Voice From Heaven' in The Abbey, St. Francis' Church, on Saturday 12th, and Sunday 13th at 8:30. Tickets available from Charlie Byrne's Bookshop or choir members.