16th February 2014 Sixth Sunday of the Year

Newsletter for the Parishes of Saggart - Rathcoole - Brittas & Newcastle Parish Team Fr. Enda Cunningham PP St Mary’s Parochial House Saggart. Tel: 4589209 Mob: 087-1380695 Fr. Aidan Kieran CC 1 The Glebe Peamount Road Newcastle. Tel: 4589230 Mob: 087-6397744 Fr. Aloysius Zuribo C.C. 2 Carrigmore Place Saggart, Co. Dublin Parish Pastoral Worker Mr Sean O’Rourke c/o The Parish Office St. Mary’s Parochial House Tel: 4589209 Mob:087-0540695 Fr. Michael Shortall PC 87 Beechwood Lawns Rathcoole Tel: 4587187 Mob: 087 -2861765 Fr. Michael McGowan PC 7 St. Patrick’s Crescent, Rathcoole Tel: 4589210 Parish Secretary Martina Hopkins The Parish Office St. Mary’s Parochial House Opening Hours: 9.30-1.30 Monday to Friday Tel: 4589209 www.saggartparish.com [email protected]

Eucharistic Adoration Holy Family Church Rathcoole Every Friday 7.30 – 8.30pm Items for Newsletter If you have any items for the newsletter, please contact the Parish Office or email to the addresses given below. Please indicate clearly that the items are for inclusion in the Parish Newsletter. Many thanks. [email protected] or

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Accord Sunday Mass Schedule

We pray for Maurice Collins (Rathcoole) Elsa Stone (Saggart)

Saggart: Sunday: 9 am & 11.30 am Weekday: 9.30 am

who are recently deceased. We extend our deepest sympathies to their families and friends.

Rathcoole: Saturday Vigil: 6.30 p.m. Sunday: 10 am & 12.00 pm Weekday: 9.30 am Saturday: 10.00 am

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord And let perpetual light shine upon them. Accord Annual Collection This Weekend 15th/16th February 2014 The annual collection for Accord, the diocesan agency for the care of marriage and the family, takes place this weekend, Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th February. This collection will replace the usual SHARE Collection. Accord provides Marriage Preparation Courses, Marriage and Relationship Counselling, Schools Programmes and Family Planning Assistance.

Brittas: Sunday: 10.30 am Newcastle: Saturday Vigil: 7.00 p.m. Sunday: 10.30 am Weekday: 10.00am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. Confession

The work of Accord is very important to the Irish Church, in helping couples to live the Sacrament of Marriage in its fullness.

Do This In Memory Masses 15/16 February

Saggart: Friday, after 9.30am Mass Rathcoole: Saturday after 10.00am Mass

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to go ahead with the Do This In Memory Masses this weekend. We apologise to all of the families concerned

Liturgy Team Newcastle Holy Week This year in St. Finian’s, we are looking to involve a large number of people from across the community in our celebration of Holy Week. For Christians, it is the most important celebration of every year, and every baptised member of the Church should be ready to help make the Holy Week celebrations a true reflection of our joy during these great days. Soon, we will be making an appeal, asking for parishioners to step forward to make a difference. Whether by distributing missalettes before Mass, stewarding our procession down the Main Street of Newcastle on Good Friday or taking on the ministry of reading at one of the celebrations, there are many roles to be taken on. No matter what your skills, we can use them. When you hear our appeal to form a liturgy team for Holy Week, please be generous in responding.

Newcastle: Saturday after 7.00pm Mass Baptism Saggart 2.00pm Sunday Rathcoole 4.00 pm Saturday Newcastle 2nd Saturday 4pm Last Sunday 2pm Please contact the Parish Office Marriage Please contact the Parish Office

St. Finian’s Church Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Monday 24th February, 7.00-9.00pm There will be adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Finian’s Church, Newcastle from 7.00 - 9.00pm on Monday 24th February. The time of adoration will finish with an informal benediction. All welcome, whether you can come for ten minutes or two hours!

Family Offering Envelopes New Boxes Available New Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting A new Youth 2000 Prayer Meeting has been established in Sandyford, Dublin. It takes place at St. Mary's Parish Church, Sandyford on Mondays @ 8pm (Starting Monday 3rd February). All 16-35 year olds are welcome. James: 085 7351210 or Pat: 087 6890495 Youth 2000 is an international movement of young people called to spread the Good News of the Catholic faith and share this experience with other young people.

Cura Crisis Pregnancy Support An unplanned pregnancy or a crisis during a pregnancy at any age may be a time of anxiety and stress with many conflicting feelings, emotions and practicalities to consider. Counselling can support you in making decisions about your pregnancy; the decision that is best for you. Cura counsellors can give you time, someone to listen, a safe place to be while you have that time to think without pressure or judgement. Cura also provides counselling and support after an abortion.

During the next week, new boxes of Family Offering Envelopes will be made available. This year we hope that every family will receive their box of envelopes personally from a member of the Parish Pastoral Council or a parish volunteer, with a word of thanks for your contributions. This is a good opportunity to remind parishioners where the different collections go: 1. Dublin Diocesan Common Fund The Common Fund is supported by the First Collection at Masses on Sundays and Holydays and also by contributions to the Christmas, Easter and Harvest Dues The Diocesan Common Fund provides the salaries of Dublin priests who are currently in ministry. The Common Fund also provides a substantial grant to the Clerical Fund, which provides income and care for priests who are retired or who are out of ministry long-term due to illness. 2. The Diocesan Share Fund The Diocesan Share Fund is supported by the Second Collection at Masses on Sundays and Holydays. Share helps to fund the diocesan administration and assists parishes with projects which would otherwise be unaffordable. At certain times, as announced, the proceeds of the Second Collection is given over to diocesan agencies such as Accord or Crosscare, and you may remember that recently the proceeds were given to help people in Syria and the Philippines. 3. The Family Offering Collection The Family Offering collection covers the running expenses of the parish, including: insurance, lighting and heating, telephone, the secretary’s salary, computer and photocopying expenses, missalettes, minor repairs, communion breads, altar wine and many more expenses. Families can contribute to the Family Offering by returning a regular envelope contribution with the envelopes provided, or by standing order. An important point to note is that your contribution to the first and second collection at Masses, which is very important and is returned to the diocese. Please do not neglect the Family Offering Collection, which provides for the running expenses of the parish. Trinity College Research, Participants Required

Peter McVerry Trust Peter McVerry Trust supports young homeless people to break the cycle of homelessness and move towards independent living through the provision of a continuum of care services. Service provided include: prevention services, drug treatment services, temporary accommodation and housing with support. If you would like to support the work of Fr. Peter McVerry SJ, donations can be made online at www.pmvtrust.ie.

St. Vincent de Paul St. Vincent de Paul helps those in disadvantage in many ways. If you have any queries please contact :National Head Office: 91/92 Sean Mac Dermott Street, Dublin 1. Phone: 01 838 6990 Fax: 01 838 7355 email: [email protected]

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are currently recruiting participants for a study looking at how sharing meals can be good for our mental and physical health. We are looking for 100 adults aged over 60 who are living alone, and who would like to receive a visitor once weekly for 8 weeks during 2014. Your visitor will be fully trained, and Garda-vetted, and aged over 55. Your visitor will bring ingredients for a meal that you will both prepare and enjoy together. We are also looking to recruit individuals aged 55+ who would be interested in undergoing our training and delivering the program. We will cover the costs of the meal, so there is no cost associated with participating! If you are interested in finding out more, please email [email protected] or call 01 896 8414. From the Homily of Archbishop Martin for World Day of the Sick How do we show the light that is generated by our faith? We find some indications in the first reading: The prophet Isaiah tells us that we must: “share your bread with the hungry and shelter the homeless poor”; we must “clothe the man you see to be naked”. As followers of Jesus Christ we are called to share. This means that our interaction with the poor and the hungry and the sick cannot be just by email, from a safe distance. It requires a real encounter between us and the one who is sick or poor so that together we encounter healing and restoration. I congratulate all of you here today for the witness that you give to sharing, to being alongside individual men and women who are less fortunate in many ways. I thank the carers for the love you show daily and indeed hourly, by day and by night. I thank the sick for what you bring to us: from you we learn about faith, about prayer, about the ability to recognise our dependence on God.