8th February 2015

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 Tel. 01-4589209 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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Fifth Sunday of the Year

Our Lady of Lourdes Pray for Us February 11th Study the Catechism of the Catholic Church Clondalkin Parish Centre Wednesdays 7.30pm - 9.30pm Beginning Wednesday 25th February In conjunction with the parishes of Clondalkin, we are launching a study course of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which was published in 1992. Details of the First module are given below. There are six modules in total. The second module will begin in September. The material comes from the Certificate in Studies of the Catechism of the Catholic Church offered by Maryvale Institute. The cost of each module is €25. Participants will need a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We are currently trying to source copies at the best possible price Module 1 February 25th March March March March April

4th 11th 18th 25th 15th

April April May May May May

22nd 29th 6th 13th 20th 27th

Intorductory Session Receive Study Materials Apostolic Constitution: Fidei Depositum Man’s Capacity for God God comes to meet man: Revelation Sacred Scripture Man’s Response to God and The Creeds of Faith The Father The Almighty The Creator Heaven and Earth Man The Fall

Places are limited, so if you would like to participate in this course, please contact Fr. Aidan Kieran to reserve a place (Mobile 087-6397744 or Email [email protected]). Holy Family Conference St. Vincent de Paul Society Saggart, Rathcoole, Brittas and Newcastle New Volunteers Needed If you are interested in giving service to the parish, especially to people in difficult financial circumstances, in the Vincentian tradition, please give your details to the Parish Office and you Four Corners Credit Union Annual General Meeting Thurs 12th February Rathcoole Community Centre The reconvened Annual General Meeting of The Four Corners Credit Union will take place on Thursday February 12th at 8pm in the Community Centre, Rathcoole, Co Dublin. All members are earnestly requested to attend the A.G.M. Car parking available and light refreshments will be available at the close of the meeting. All those attending will be eligible to par-

Mass Schedule Saggart: Sunday: 9 am & 11.30 am Weekday: 9.30 am Rathcoole: Saturday Vigil: 6.30 p.m. Sunday: 10 am & 12.00 pm Weekday: 9.30 am Saturday: 10.00 am Brittas: Sunday: 10.30 am Newcastle: Saturday Vigil: 7.00 p.m. Sunday: 10.30 am Weekday: 10.00am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. Confession Saggart: Friday, after 9.30am Mass Rathcoole: Saturday after 10.00am Mass 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

The Meaning of Marriage A Pastoral Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Ireland Below is the second section of the Pastoral Statement of the Irish Bishops, ‘The Meaning of Marriage’, which was released on December 3rd 2014. the Irish Bishops released their pastoral statement ’The Meaning of Marriage’. Over the coming weeks, extracts from ’The Meaning of Marriage’ will be published here in Junction 4. We hope that by breaking it down into small sections, it might assist you in reading and understanding this excellent document. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Why is marriage so important? In marriage, a woman and man promise love and fidelity to each other, for the rest of their lives. Not knowing what lies ahead they nevertheless make a commitment that they will continue to love each other whatever comes. While we know that their commitment may break down and know also the sorrow that this can bring, we also recognise that many couples live that marital commitment faithfully. This committed, married love provides a stable and nurturing environment for children. It is here that children receive the most important and lasting education of all. They learn how to be a member of a family and of society. Challenges to marriage today We recognise that couples today face many challenges to building and sustaining a strong marriage. A major challenge arises from any proposal which seeks to redefine the meaning and purpose of marriage on which the family is founded, changing the definition of marriage by enabling the relationship of a same sex couple to also become a marriage. To do this would mean that marriage, under civil law, would no longer be the committed gift of a man and a woman in a relationship ‘until death do us part’, in the kind of union which can bear fruit in new human lives. Any such proposal is based on the assumption that the institution of marriage on which the family is founded, which has always been recognised as ‘the natural, primary and fundamental unit group of Society’, has nothing unique about it and on the assumption that marriage can be stripped of that social standing without obscuring its irreplaceable social role. Everyone in various kinds of committed relationships should have the assurance that they will be protected when their relationship ceases, whether by death or by a breakdown of the relationship. This is not a matter that concerns only same sex relationships. To promote and protect the unique nature of marriage as the union of one man and one woman is itself a matter of justice. Same sex relationships by their very nature are different to marriage. By introducing any amendment which presents homosexual partnerships as essentially equivalent to marriage, we would be saying that the permanent union of husband and wife and their generation of new life and their nurturing of it together is no longer to

One Day Retreat in Milltown Park A silent one day retreat for men and women will be held on Sunday 15th February in Milltown Park from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm. Spiritual Talks, Rosary, Benediction, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Mass and Blessing of the Sick with Spiritual Direction by the Jesuit Fathers. Contact John Callaghan tel. 01-8370778 or the Lay Retreat Association, Milltown Park tel. 01-5577113

be Day Pilgrimage to Knock Tuesday February 17th Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus Departs Rathcoole Return

7.00am. 6.00pm

Churchgate Collection Newcastle Feb 7/8 Crumlin Childrens Hospital Medical Research

Pilgrimage to Medjugorje 11th - 20th May 2015 Spiritual Director: Fr. Tom Gilroy Price from €580 pps.

A churchgate collection will be held outside St. Finian’s Newcastle on February 7/8. Proceeds will go to fund important medical research in Crumlin Childrens’ Hospital