PARISH INFORMATION
Priests of the Parish: Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C. Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679 Fax: 6128071 E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister: Sr. Mary Muckley Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Friday 9.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Parish Website:www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 086-0412328 or 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives:Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679
Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m. Tommy Rossiter (Anniv)
Sunday 9.00 a.m. Margaret & Parrick O’ Sullivan (Anniv)
David & Ellen Clancy (Anniv)
12 Noon Patricia O’ Donnell (Anniv)
Sacrament of Confirmation Fr. Willie Ryan P.P. Dungarvan, will be with us next Sunday 30th March to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Confirmation Mass will be at 11.00 a.m., hence there will be no 12.00 noon Mass next Sunday. Masses as usual on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. and on Sunday at 9.00 a.m. Please remember in your prayers all those receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation and their families, and also their teachers.
Please support Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign 2014 by contributing to your Family Fast Box during Lent. Boxes are available at the church entrances. Pope Francis said, “Everything that is shared is multiplied, only when we are able to share do we become truly rich”.
Eternal Rest to Brenda Leavy R.I.P., Elm Park and Kilsheelan who died recently and to Daniel Conroy R.I.P. late of 10 Auburn Square, and Shane Dillon R.I. P. late of 13 Bianconi Drive who died during the week.
Welcome into our Christian Community Annie Nuala McGrath, Amelia Kathleen Wall, Tadhg Christopher O’ Donnell who were baptised last weekend.
Collections last weekend
Sunday 16th March Envelopes – €683.80 Notes and Coin – €559.20
Monday 17th March Envelopes – €329.60 Notes and Coin – €360.40
Thank You
Praying the Psalms with Fr. Michael Mullins DD will take place on Tuesday 25th March at 7.30 p.m. at St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford. Fr. Mullins will help us to reflect on how we pray the Psalms, by exploring their richness in text.
Caring for the Carer will take place at Glencomeragh House, Kilsheelan on Wednesday 26th March from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. This is a gentle day of empowering, self-care that will focus on you, and your needs as a care provider. Presenter: Dee Hennessy, BD. Cost €50 – booking deposit €20. Booking: Contact the Secretary at 052-6133181 between 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday or email: info@glencomeragh.ie
A Meeting of Eucharistic Ministers will take place in the Parish Centre on Monday 31st March at 7.30 p.m. Everybody’s presence would be much appreciated please.
Anam Cara Bereavement Event will take place at Spafield Family Resource Centre, Cashel on Monday 31st March from 7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Guest speaker is Brid Carroll and the topic is “Coping with loss when a child dies”. Please note this event is open to all bereaved parents, regardless of the age of their child or the circumstances of their death. Anam Cara will need to confirm numbers and would appreciate if you could RSVP to info@anamcara.ie before Friday 28th March or tel 01-4045378.
Lenten Scripture Reflection/Prayer continues every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. This is a time of quiet reflection and prayer, so please feel free to come along and experience it for yourself. You are MOST welcome. Just “come and see”. Venue: 21, Heywood Heights. If you would like further information, contact Sr. Mary at 6125235.
Our New Parish Centre
Target: €130,000.00 Donated so far: €83, 477.97
Thanks for all your generosity
‘The Woman at the Well’
Any storyteller would wish to have been the author of this story; it is one of the best-loved passages in the New Testament. The way in which the woman is led from incomprehension to drawing awareness at a deeper level is splendid. The setting and the imagery (well and water) hold the story together and lead the reader, along with the Samaritan woman, to that deeper level.
The image in the second part is bread. These two images then – bread and water – hold the entire scene together. Bread and water are simple realities in themselves, but how essential! Hunger and thirst are able to command our full attention. Every reader of the story soon realises that Jesus is speaking of a deeper hunger and thirst. The emptiness of the heart is an even more painful condition than physical hunger.
(Donagh O’ Shea OP)
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