14th February 2016 Accord Sunday 1st Sunday in Lent

Parish Team Clergy 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 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 Pastoral Worker Ms. Breda Carroll c/o 01-4589209

We pray for those who have died recently: Vera McGarry (Newcastle) We extend our deepest sympathies To their families and friends. Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord And may perpetual light shine upon her. Annual Collection for Accord Dublin Saturday / Sunday 13th /14th February The annual collection for ACCORD, the diocesan agency for marriage and the family will be taken up at all Masses this weekend 13/14 February. This collection for ACCORD will replace the usual Share Collection. Accord Dublin throughout the diocese offers: - Marriage Preparation Courses - Counselling for couples and individuals experiencing difficulties in their relationships. - A relationship and sexuality programme in schools. Accord Dublin needs your support on February13/14 Sunday Confessions During Lent On the Sundays of Lent, a priest will be available for confession after the following Masses: Newcastle: After 10.30am Mass, Saggart: After 11.30am Mass Rathcoole: After 12 Noon Mass. This is an initiative for the Jubilee Year of Mercy Legion of Mary Patrician Meeting

Parish Secretary Martina Hopkins The Parish Office St. Mary’s Parochial House Opening Hours: 9.30-1.30 Monday to Thursday Tel: 4589209 www.saggartparish.com [email protected]

Monday 15th February, 7.30pm, Rathcoole Church "How can Self-Denial Benefit Me?" Legion of Mary Discussion Group (The Patricians) will meet in the Meeting Room in Holy Family Church, Rathcoole on Monday 15th February 2016 at 7.30pm. The subject is: ‘How can self-denial benefit me?’ All Welcome Rathcoole Adoration Weds 17th February

Items for Newsletter Items for Junction 4 should be sent to the Parish Office or emailed to the addresses given below. Many thanks.

St. There will be adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Rathcolle Church on Wednesday 17th February from 10 - 11am St. Finian’s Ministers of the Word Get-Together

St. Finian's Mass Readers will meet in the Old Schoolhouse on Monday 22nd February at 8pm. New readers are required, and [email protected] would be welcome to come along on the night. or [email protected]

Contact Bridget Breen 086/1762532.

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

Saggart/Rathcoole/Brittas & Newcastle Pilgrimage to Lourdes 16 - 21 June 2016 with Fr. Enda Cunningham Acommodation at the Hotel Padoue. Cost €729 pps (Single Supplement €175). 5 nights accommodation and all meals for the duration of your stay included. Deposit €200 per person. Booking forms are available in the church sacristies. Contact Pilgrimages Abroad 01-6359300 ASK Discipleship Day Disciples of the Divine Master, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin On 27th February 2016, there will be an ASK Discipleship Day, a day of prayer for men and women aged 20-40 to meet like-minded people, take time for Eucharistic Adoration, prayer, Mass, Confession and a 1 to 1 talk with a sister or priest. A short input will be given on following Jesus in today’s world. Please spread the word...maybe you or a friend might let to come along. Don't forget to let us know if you plan attending so we can count you for lunch! Cost- Donation only. Medjugorje Pilgrimage 9th - 18th May 2016 Spiritual Director: Fr. Aloysius Zuribo. From €595 pps including insurance. Contact Pat 086-0677392 or Phil 087-2238911

St. Finian’s NS First Confessions Best wishes to the children of Rang 2 in St. Finian’s NS, Newcastle who will celebrate their first confession in St. Finian’s Church on Tuesday 16th February at 7.30pm

Trocaire Lenten Campaign: Message from Eamonn Meehan, Executive Director 2016 is the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. Mercy is at the heart of Trócaire’s work and so this jubilee is of special relevance to us. When Trócaire was founded, the Irish bishops recognised that ‘a time for action’ was needed to answer the calls of the poorest and most marginalised. Pope Francis echoes this call by saying that we do not just show mercy, we ‘do’ mercy and act for justice. In his Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ he urges all people to take action at local, national and international levels to end the destruction of the environment and, in particular, the devastation being caused by climate change. In places like rural Kenya, poor farming families are struggling to grow food on land parched by repeated drought. Thanks to support from parishes across Ireland, Trócaire is providing vital agricultural support and building irrigation systems so that families can water their crops. Pope Francis makes it clear that everything on the planet is interconnected through an ‘integral ecology’. He stresses our moral and spiritual that all people have enough food and water, and to protect the earth for future generations. In this Jubilee of Mercy, we are calling on all parishes across Ireland to join in the fight for justice on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people – those who are oppressed, vulnerable, outcast and forced to flee from their homes. The Irish language puts more emphasis on action for mercy than showing mercy. We talk about trócaire a dhéanamh – to do mercy and not just to show it. Trócaire implies a physical response; the compassion for another is felt in the centre of one’s body. This mercy results in action! This Lent, Trócaire has provided every parish with a catechetical resource entitled Rediscovering Mercy. Alongside the Trócaire box, we kindly ask that you might encourage parishioners to engage in what mercy means to them by exploring and ‘rediscovering mercy’ this holy Lenten season. You may also have noticed a new look and feel to this year’s Trócaire Box. It displays ordinary people who do extraordinary things in the pursuit of justice. They are supporters and volunteers of Trócaire, who, like you, are helping make a difference to the most vulnerable people in our society. Prayer for Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: ‘If you knew the gift of God!’ You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.