PARISH INFORMATION
Priest of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.
In Residence:  Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel:  6125679  E Mail  stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley  Tel:  6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives:  Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m. Bridget Slattery (Anniv) & Mary & Mick Looby (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m. Bridget Mackey (Anniv)   12 Noon Jimmy Maher (Anniv) & Sean & Betty Linden (Anniv)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration will finish every Monday during Lent at 7.30 p.m.

 

St. Vincent de Paul Monthly Collection will take place after all Masses this weekend Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February.

 

Monthly Medjugorje Mass will take place at Rosminian House of Prayer, Kilsheelan on Thursday 11th February at 8.00 p.m. with Rosary, Holy Mass and Prayers for Healing. All welcome.

 

Mixed Céili (Including Set Dancing, Line Dancing and Céili Dancing) will take place in St. Oliver’s Parish Centre on Sunday 14th February from 3.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Admission €5. Proceeds in aid of St. Oliver’s Parish Centre.

 

Anam Cara is holding its monthly Parent Evening on Monday 15th February from 7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. in the Horse and Jockey Hotel. Anam Cara Services are available free of charge to all bereaved parents.

 

Retreat Day A Day of Retreat for all those involved in Parish Ministry will take place in St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford on Saturday 20th February from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Bookings to 051-874199 or pastoralmail@eircom.net. Anybody going please let Fr. Hegarty know.

 

The Franciscan Brothers will talk at all the Masses on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st February. The Franciscan Brothers were founded in Ireland in the early 1800s to work with the rural poor. Most of their monasteries were in the west of Ireland. They are now working in Kenya and Uganda. Included in their work are education, sustainable agriculture and rural development, food security and farm relief.

 

Munster Rally for Life will take place on Saturday 27th February at 2.00 p.m. at Grand Parade, Cork. Every Life matters!

 

Powerstown/Lisronagh Pilgrimage to Fatima will take place on 7th July for 7 days. For further details contact Susan Phelan Tel 6121352 or 086-1574880.

 

Grandparent’s Day On the occasion of Catholic Schools Week we celebrated Grandparent’s day last Monday. Thanks to all who took part and to all who organised and prepared the Church for the Ceremony.  See the School Website for some pictures.

 

Irish Blood Transfusion Service will hold a Blood Donor Clinic in Clonmel Park Hotel on Monday 8th February from 5.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Tuesday 9th, Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th February from 3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Donor Line 1850-731137.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Rachel Amanda Ryan, Leah Alice Gearon and Darragh Jay Fahey who were baptised last weekend.

 

Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €701.10  Notes and Coin – €480.90   Thank You

 

The Pope’s Intentions for February
Universal: Care for Creation That we may take good care of creation – a gift freely given – cultivating and protecting it for future generations.

Evangelisation: Asia That opportunities may increase for dialogue and encounter between the Christian faith and the peoples of Asia.

 

Lent 2016

Lent starts on Ash Wednesday February 10th and goes on until the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday evening March 24th.

Lent as a penitential season lasts until Holy Saturday March 26th.

During Lent there will be the usual 10 a.m. Mass and another Mass each evening at 7.30 p.m.

On Ash Wednesday ashes will be blessed and distributed at the morning Mass and distributed again at the evening Mass.

Trócaire Boxes are available near the Church doors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priest of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.
In Residence:  Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679   E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley   Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives: Margaret Waters 086-8917440  Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Johnny Furlong (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m.  Helen Casey (Birthday Rem)  12 Noon Nora Fogarty (Anniv)

 

Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday 31st January and finishes on Saturday 6th February 2016. We will celebrate Grandparents Day here in the Church on Monday 1st February at 11.30 a.m.

 

Saint Pio Prayer Group will take place on Monday 1st February in  St. Mary’s Church, Irishtown, Clonmel. Rosary and prayers at 6.30 p.m. Mass at 7.00 p.m. for petitions placed in the basket on the altar.   All are welcome.

 

Stroke Support Group Meeting for encouragement, support and advice for stroke survivors, family members and carers will take place at St. Oliver’s Parish Centre this Tuesday evening 2nd February at 8 p.m.  Contact: Gemma 087-9129263.

 

2 Day Symposium at WIT on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th February. “The Divided Self Addiction and Recovery in a Secular Age”.  Booking to 01-7083349 or email icfc@spcm.ie.

 

First Friday Next Friday is the First Friday of the month. Sr. Mary and Fr. Hegarty will bring Holy Communion to the persons who have asked to receive it in their own homes.

 

Divine Mercy Devotions will take place on Friday next 5th February at 3.00 p.m. in SS Peter & Paul’s Church. All are welcome.

 

Come and See Vocations Afternoon on Saturday 6th February from 2.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. at Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork. Email: vocationspoorclarescork@gmail.com

 

St. Vincent de Paul Monthly Collection will take place after all Masses next weekend Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February.

 

Family Mass Our next Family Mass will be at 12 Noon on Sunday 7th February. Volunteers please contact Fr. Hegarty or the Parish Office.

 

Retreat Day A Day of Retreat for all those involved in Parish Ministry will take place in St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford on Saturday 20th February from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Bookings to 051-874199 or pastoralmail@eircom.net. Anybody going please let Fr. Hegarty know.

 

Divine Mercy Conference on Friday 19th to Sunday 21st February at RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

 

Eternal Rest to Eamonn O’ Donnell late of 72 Mountain View, Elm Park who died during the week.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Lacey Jacqueline O’ Donoghue who was baptised last weekend.

 

The Priory Institute – Bringing Theology Home  Theology Matters! Join our great student community and study theology from home.  Email: enquiries@prioryinstitute.com or Web: www.prioryinstitute.ie Phone 01-4048124. Application deadline is 22nd February.

 

Powerstown/Lisronagh Pilgrimage to Fatima will take place on 7th July for 7 days. For further details contact Susan Phelan Tel 6121352 or 086-1574880.

 

Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €707.60   Notes and Coin – €465.40    Thank You

 

Catholic Schools Week 2016  –  Sunday 31st January – Saturday 6th February

Catholic Schools – Challenged to proclaim God’s Mercy

Dear God,
Help us to be open to the challenge of proclaiming your mercy in the modern world.  Guide our schools to be rooted in your example. Open our hearts to reflect your loving mercy in all we do, and inspire us to be brave in answering the call to ‘proclaim your mercy’.

As we journey through this week, strengthen us to reignite the Catholic ethos upon which our schools were formed. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.   Amen.

 

Catholic Schools Week 2016

Beatitudes for the Adolescent

Happy are the quiet, for they will enjoy all things.

Happy are the reflective, for they will experience God’s mercy.

Happy are the sensitive, for they will be in tune with society.

Happy are those who seek justice, for they will be rewarded.

Happy are those who forgive, for they will be forgiven.

Happy are those who are selfless, for they will bepraised.

Happy are the peacemakers, for they are examples to us all.

Happy are those who stand up for others, for they will have light in their lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priest of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.
In Residence:  Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel:  6125679  E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley  Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives: Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m. Willie & Alice Fitzgerald (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m. John Costello (Anniv)  12 Noon Gerald & Bridget Fogarty (Anniv)

 

Ecumenical Service will take place this Sunday 24th January at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Waterford at 7.30 p.m. All are welcome.

 

St. Oliver’s Craft Group are holding an exhibition in Clonmel Library from Monday 25th to Saturday 29th January 2016. All are welcome.

 

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity This will finish on Monday 25th with the Mass for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. We continue to pray for all the Christian Churches “that all may be one”.

 

Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday 31st January and finishes on Saturday 6th February 2016. We will celebrate Grandparents Day here in the Church on Monday 1st February at 11.30 a.m.

 

2 Day Symposium at WIT on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th February. “The Divided Self Addiction and Recovery in a Secular Age”.  Booking to 01-7083349 or email icfc@spcm.ie.

 

Come and See Maybe you have been thinking about the priesthood as a way of life. This event at St. Patrick’s College, Thurles is an opportunity for you to ‘Come and See’. Starts on Friday 5th with dinner at 6.30 p.m. and ends at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday 6th February. Event Free.  Contact Diocesan Office 051-874463 or 087-2465509

 

Come and See Vocations Afternoon on Saturday 6th February from 2.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. at Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork. Email: vocationspoorclarescork@gmail.com

 

Family Mass Our next Family Mass will be at 12 Noon on Sunday 7th February. Volunteers please contact Fr. Hegarty or the Parish Office.

 

Retreat Day A Day of Retreat for all those involved in Parish Ministry will take place in St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford on Saturday 20th February from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Bookings to 051-874199 or pastoralmail@eircom.net. Anybody going please let Fr. Hegarty know.

 

The Priory Institute – Bringing Theology Home Theology Matters! Join our great student community and study theology from home.   Email: enquiries@prioryinstitute.com or Web: www.prioryinstitute.ie Phone 01-4048124. Application deadline is 22nd February.

 

Community Education Programmes A list of possible classes to take place in St. Oliver’s Parish Centre are available on notice boards in the Church and Parish Centre. If interested please contact Jimmy Moloney Tel 6126901 or the Parish Office Tel 6125679 and give name, address and which class you are interested in, by Monday 1st February.  Preference will be given to the most requested classes.

 

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 58th Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage will take place from Monday 6th – Saturday 11th June 2016. Information for sick pilgrims: contact John Healy Tel 052-6123791. Booking from 6th January 2016.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Conor Michael Corcoran Hartnett who was baptised last weekend.

 

Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €708.42    Notes and Coin – €484.58    Thank You

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00    Donated so far: €128,065.87

Thanks for all your generosity

 

The Holy Year of Mercy

Jesus, seeing the crowds of people who followed him, realised that they were tired and exhausted, lost and without a guide, and he felt deep compassion for them (cf. Mt 9.36). On the basis of this compassionate love he healed the sick who were presented to him (cf. Mt 14:14), and with just a few loaves of bread and fish he satisfied the enormous crowd (cf. Mt 15:37).

What moved Jesus in all of these situations was nothing other than mercy, with which he read the hearts of those he encountered and responded to their deepest need. When he came upon the widow of Nain taking her son out for burial, he felt great compassion for the immense suffering of this grieving mother, and he gave back her son by raising him from the dead (cf. Lk 7:15). After freeing the demoniac in the country of the Gerasenes, Jesus entrusted him with this mission: ‘Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you’ (Mk 5:19).

The calling of Matthew is also presented within the context of mercy. Passing by the tax collector’s booth, Jesus looked intently at Matthew. It was a look full of mercy that forgave the sins of that man, a sinner and a tax collector, whom Jesus chose – against the hesitation of the disciples – to become one of the Twelve.

Saint Bede the Venerable, commenting on this Gospel passage, wrote that Jesus looked upon Matthew with merciful love and chose him: miserando atque eligendo. This expression impressed me so much that I chose it for my episcopal motto.    (Pope Francis, Misericoriae Vultus, n.8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priest of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.
In Residence:   Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel:   6125679  E Mail  stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley  Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives:  Margaret Waters 086-8917440  Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Christopher & Bridget Brannigan (Anniv)
& Patricia Bray (Anniv)
Sunday   9.00 a.m.  Marian Keane (1st Anniv)  Annette Greene (30th Anniv)    12 Noon  Hughie Ryan (Anniv)

 

Anam Cara is holding its monthly Parent Evening on Monday 18th January from 7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. in the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Thurles (weather dependent). Anam Cara Services are available free of charge to all bereaved parents.

 

St. Oliver’s Craft Group are holding an exhibition in Clonmel Library from Monday 25th to Saturday 29th January 2016. All are welcome.

 

Evening Classes for Health, Relaxation, Sleep and Vitality take place at St. Oliver’s Parish Centre on Monday evenings. Beginners Class at 7.00 p.m. Cost €6 per class. For information contact 083-3745760.

 

Mindfullness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) A MBSR 8 week course will take place in Glencomeragh House, Kilsheelan starting Saturday 23rd January at 10 a.m. For information or an application form please contact Deirdre on 086-8551152, dmkdowling@gmail.com

 

Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday 31st January and finishes on Saturday 6th February 2016.

 

2 Day Symposium at WIT on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th February. “The Divided Self Addiction and Recovery in a Secular Age”.  Booking to 01-7083349 or email icfc@spcm.ie.

 

Family Mass Our next Family Mass will be at 12 Noon on Sunday 7th February. Volunteers please contact Fr. Hegarty or the Parish Office.

 

Come and See Maybe you have been thinking about the priesthood as a way of life. This event at St. Patrick’s College, Thurles is an opportunity for you to ‘Come and See’. Starts on Friday 5th with dinner at 6.30 p.m. and ends at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday 6th February. Event Free.  Contact Diocesan Office 051-874463 or 087-2465509

 

Divine Mercy Conference on Friday 19th to Sunday 21st February at RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

 

Important Notice Re Funerals   We sometimes have a Funeral on a Saturday at 11.30 a.m. or on a Sunday at 12 Noon. If there are intentions already booked for these Masses, the Intentions will be remembered and, if people so wish, another Mass can be arranged at a future date.

 

Community Education Programmes A list of possible classes to take place in St. Oliver’s Parish Centre are available on notice boards in the Church and Parish Centre. If interested please contact Jimmy Moloney Tel 6126901 or the Parish Office Tel 6125679 and give name, address and which class you are interested in, by Monday 1st February.   Preference will be given to the most requested classes.

 

“Do This in Memory” Our Parish Preparation Programme for First Communion Children and their parents/guardians, continues on Saturday next 23rd January at 7.30 p.m. Mass. Thanks to you parishioners who have a supporting role to play.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Charlie Philip Dunne who was baptised last weekend.

 

Offertory Collections
Wednesday 6th January Envelopes – €320.80   Notes and Coin – €154.20
Sunday 10th January      Envelopes – €629.87   Notes and Coin – €503.13  Thank You.

 

The Holy Year of Mercy
“With our eyes fixed on Jesus and his merciful gaze, we experience the love of the Most Holy Trinity’. The mission Jesus received from the Father was that of revealing the mystery of divine love in its fullness. ‘God is love’ (1Jn 4:8,16), John affirms for the first and only time in all of Holy Scripture.

This love has now been made visible and tangible in Jesus’ entire life. His person is nothing but love, a love given gratuitously. The relationships he forms with the people who approach him manifest something entirely unique and unrepeatable. The signs he works, especially in favour of sinners, the poor, the marginalised, the sick, and the suffering, are all meant to teach mercy. Everything in him speaks of mercy.  Nothing in him is devoid of compassion”.         (Pope Francis, Misericoriae Vultus, n.8)

Among the Year of Mercy initiatives the following is suggested: Catholics are invited to take up again the ancient Christian custom of abstaining from meat each Friday in honour of our Saviours passion and death.

 

Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274) after Holy Communion
I thank you, Lord, Almighty Father, everlasting God, for having been pleased, through no merit of mine, but of your great mercy alone, to feed me, a sinner, and your unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

I pray that this Holy Communion may not be for my judgement and condemnation, but for my pardon and salvation.

Let this Holy Communion be to me a armour of faith and a shield of good will, a cleansing of all vices, and a rooting out of all evil desires.

May it increase love and patience, humility and obedience, and all the virtues.

May it be a firm defence against the evil designs of all my visible and invisible enemies, a perfect quieting of all the desires of soul and body.

May this Holy Communion being about a perfect union with you, the one true God, and at last enable me to reach eternal bliss when you will call me.

I pray that you bring me, a sinner, to the indescribable feast where you, with your Son and the Holy Spirit, are to your saints true light, full blessedness, everlasting joy, and perfect happiness. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priest of the Parish: Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.
In Residence:  Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679  E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley  Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives:  Margaret Waters 086-8917440  Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend

Saturday 7.30 p.m.   Mary, Peter & Declan Shaw (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m.  Timothy Condon (Anniv)     12 Noon  Avril Boland (Anniv)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION  Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration takes place each week on Monday from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (except when Monday is a Church Holiday or a Public Holiday).

 

Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) A meeting of the PPC will be held on Monday 11th January at 8.00 p.m. in the Parish Centre. New members always welcome.

 

The Wednesday Social Club will resume activities in the Parish Centre on 13th January at 2.00 p.m.

 

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 58th Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage will take place from Monday 6th – Saturday 11th June 2016. Information for sick pilgrims: contact John Healy Tel 052-6123791. Booking from 6th January 2016.

 

Our Family Mass Thanks to all who helped prepare for and who took part in the two Family Masses we have had so far. Thanks to Ms Brid Quinlivan in St. Oliver’s School for all her help. Our next Family Mass is at 12 Noon on Sunday 7th February 2016.

 

Thanks  Many thanks to all who helped with the Celebration of Christmas in our Parish: those who got the Church ready, including the Crib, and the Christmas Tree with its decorations; the Choir and the Folk Group; those who distributed the Parish Envelopes; those who donated flowers and the persons that arranged the flowers; the children and teachers from St. Oliver’s School who participated at 12 Noon Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany.

 

Christmas Collection The Priests of the Parish are deeply grateful to those who contributed so generously to the Christmas Collection. This collection goes to the Diocese for the support of all the Priests.

 

Eternal Rest to all who died over Christmas. We pray for Sophie Burke, Elm Park, Jackie Barry, Clarke Villas, Kitty Larkin, Irishtown (formerly Elm Park), Tom Carroll, Ard Fatima, Cliff Hennessy, Kilmacomma. We pray also for Bridget O’ Brien 41 Bianconi Drive who died during the week.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Daniel James Gentles who was baptised over the Christmas period.

 

Eucharistic Ministers Rota for January – March ’16 is available in the Sacristy in the church.

 

World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated next Sunday January 17th. We are asked to remember in our Masses and prayers all those who have left our shores and those who have joined us here in our parishes from overseas.

 

Offertory Collections
Friday 25th December   Envelopes – €1,309.00   Notes and Coin – €1,059.90  (Christmas Day)
Sunday 27th December   Envelopes – €632.66    Notes and Coin – €607.34
Sunday 3rd January   Envelopes – €627.35    Notes and Coin – €573.65   Thank You.

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00   Donated so far: €127,883.87

Thanks for all your generosity

 

The Baptism of the Lord  –  10th January 2016
Jesus is anointed with the Spirit and his power. He is proclaimed Messiah. He now goes about doing good, working the signs that make him known as the Servant of God. He is the one who brings good news to the poor and tells of salvation.

Through our Baptism each one of us is ordered to the life of Christ – Priest, Prophet and King – and the father looks on us with favour.

With this Feast we return to the weeks of what is called Ordinary Time. There will be new parts of the Bible read at weekday Masses, beginning with 1 Samuel.

We have our Mercy Tree back in the Church to remind us of this Holy Year of Mercy. If anybody wants to put a petition in the Box provided, these will be prayed for at all Masses during the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priests of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.   Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679   E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley  Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives: Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Kieran, Helen & Anthony Burke (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m.  Jimmy Corcoran (Anniv)   12 Noon  Michael Pollard (Anniv)

Masses for the Epiphany
Tuesday 5th 7.30 p.m. Tony Curran (Months Mind)
Wednesday 6th 9.00 a.m.                                         12 Noon Margaret & Christopher Hughes (Anniv) & Statia & Joe Greene (Anniv)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration takes place each week on Monday from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (except when Monday is a Church Holiday or a Public Holiday).

 

St. Oliver’s School re-opens on Wednesday 6th January.

 

Waterford & Lismore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 58th Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage will take place from Monday 6th – Saturday 11th June 2016. Information for sick pilgrims: contact John Healy Tel 052-6123791. Booking from 6th January 2016.

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00   Donated so far: €127,883.87

Thanks for all your generosity

 

The Pope’s Intentions for January
Universal: Interreligious Dialogue That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice.

For Evangelisation: Christian Unity That, by means of dialogue and fraternal charity and with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Christians may overcome divisions.

 

Dates for your Diary

First Holy Communion 2016
Saturday 14th May – 11.00 a.m. & 2.00 p.m.

Confirmation 2016
Thursday 19th May – 2.00 p.m.

 

The Epiphany of the Lord – Wednesday 6th January
The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Saviour of the world. The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee. In the magi, representatives of the neighbouring pagan religions, the Gospel sees the first-fruits of the nations, who welcome the good news of salvation through the Incarnation. (CCC, 528)

Masses: 7.30 p.m. on Monday 5th January
               9.00 a.m. & 12 Noon on Tuesday 6th January

 

A Prayer for the New Year

Lord, in this New Year, which we have begun,

may we have enough happiness to keep us agreeable,

enough trials to keep us strong,

enough sorrow to keep us human,

enough freedom to keep us happy,

enough failure to keep us humble,

enough success to keep us eager,

enough wealth to meet our needs,

enough faith to banish depression,

enough hope to look forward,

enough love to give us comfort,

and enough determination to keep going.
(Anon)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priests of the Parish:   Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.   Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679   E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley   Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives:   Margaret Waters 086-8917440  Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Nessa McCarthy (Anniv)
Sunday   9.00 a.m.  Patricia (Tricia) Ryan (Anniv)  12 Noon  James Power (Anniv) & Joe Croke (Anniv)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION  Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration takes place each week on Monday from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (except when Monday is a Church Holiday or a Public Holiday).

No Adoration on Bank Holiday Monday 28th December.

 

We ask God give eternal rest and peace to Sophie Burke, 283 St. Oliver’s Close, Elm Park and to all who died during the year.

 

First Friday Next Friday is the First Friday of the month.

 

Eucharistic Ministers Rota for January – March ’16 is available in the Sacristy in the church.

 

Our Family Mass We will have our Family Mass next Sunday 3rd January 2016 at 12 Noon. We already have volunteers for Readings etc. If your family would like to be involved in future Masses, please let us know.

 

Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €707.20   Notes and Coin – €505.80    Thank You

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00   Donated so far: €127,883.87

Thanks for all your generosity

 

The Holy Family – Sunday 27th December
The Holy Family is seen as the model for the human family, the religious community and the Church itself. The celebration of the Incarnation has brought us to see God’s closeness.

In the Holy Family we see the ordinariness of the life of Jesus, the simple acceptance by Mary and Joseph of the marvels of God.

In the daily life of family and community we can touch the divine, we can come close to God. But we have to learn to live centred on God, with respect and love for each other.

 

Friday 1st January 2016 – Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God and World Day of Peace

At the message of the angel, the Virgin Mary received the Word of God in her heart and in her body, and gave Life to the world. Hence she is acknowledged and honoured as being truly the Mother of God and Mother of the Redeemer (Lumen gentium, 52).

Mass at 10.00 a.m. Start the New Year well by attending Mass today.

 

Holy Year of Mercy
It is proper to God to exercise mercy, and he manifests his omnipotence particularly in this way. Saint Thomas Aquinas’ words show that God’s mercy, rather than a sign of weakness, is the mark of his omnipotence. For this reason the liturgy, in one of its most ancient collects, has us pray: ‘O God, who reveal your power above all in your mercy and forgiveness…’ Throughout the historyof humanity, God will always be the One who is present, close, provident, holy and merciful.

‘Patient and merciful’. These words often go together in the Old Testament to describe God’s nature. His being merciful is concretely demonstrated in his many actions throughout the history of salvation where his goodness prevails over punishment and destruction. In a special way the Psalms bring to the fore the grandeur of his merciful action: ‘He forgives all your iniquity, he heals all your diseases, he redeems your life from the pit, he crowns you with steadfast love and mercy’ (Ps 103:3-4).   Another psalm, in an even more explicit way, attests to the concrete signs of his mercy: ‘He executes justice for the oppressed and he gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free; The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous; The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless; but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin (Ps 146:7-9)
(Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus n. 6.)

 

A Happy New Year to Everybody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priests of the Parish:   Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.   Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679  E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister: Sr. Mary Muckley  Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives: Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Kit Pollard (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m.  Bridget Gibbons (Anniv)   12 Noon  Josie Bates (Anniv)

Masses for Christmas Day
Wednesday 7.30 p.m.  James & Anthony Power (Anniv)
Thursday    9.00 a.m.  Tommy & Mary Guiry (Anniv)   12 Noon  Roy Grant (Anniv)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration takes place each week Monday from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (except when Monday is a Church Holiday or a Public Holiday).  No Exposition on Bank Holiday Monday 28th December.

 

Christmas Celebrations in St.Oliver’s Church

Thursday 24th December (Christmas Eve)
Mass at 10.00 a.m.
Confession from 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. or any time on request
Carol Singing from 7.00 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.
Vigil Mass of Christmas at 7.30 p.m.
Blessing of the Crib before Mass.

Friday 25th December (Christmas Day)
Masses at 9.00 a.m. and at 12.00 Noon.

Saturday 26th December
Morning Mass at 11.30 a.m. and Vigil Mass at 7.30 p.m.

Sunday 27th December (The Holy Family)
Masses at 9.00 a.m. and at 12.00 Noon.

 

Christmas Penitential Service  for all the Parishes in the Clonmel Pastoral area will take place in the Friary Church on Monday 21st December at 7.30 p.m.

 

Christmas Reflection will take place at St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford on Monday 21st December from 7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Facilitators: Antoinette Dilworth rsj and Ann O Farrell. An opportunity to slow down our hurried pace of life to prepare our minds and hearts to receive the gift of Emmanuel.

 

Family Offering Envelopes The Parish and the Diocese need your support. Twelve and a half per cent of the Ordinary Offerings goes to the Diocese. There are many houses in the Parish not taking envelopes. If there are people who would like to start, or start again, please contact the Parish Office.

 

Eucharistic Ministers Rota for January – March ’16 is available in the Sacristy in the church.

 

Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €733.53    Notes and Coin – €473.47     Thank You

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00   Donated so far: €127,108.37

Thanks for all your generosity

 

Merciful Like the Father
Jesus Christ is THE FACE of the Father’s mercy. These words might well sum up the mystery of the Christian faith. Mercy has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination in him. The Father, ‘rich in mercy’ (Eph 2:4), after having revealed his name to Moses as ‘a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness’ (Ex 34:6), has never ceased to show, in various ways throughout history, his divine nature. In the ‘fullness of time’ (Gal 4:4), when everything has been arranged according to his plan of salvation, he sent his only Son into the world, born of the Virgin Mary, to reveal his love for us in a definitive way. Whoever sees Jesus sees the Father (cf. Jn 14:9). Jesus of Nazareth, by his words, his actions, and his entire person’ reveals the mercy of God.

We need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy. It is a wellspring of joy, serentiy, and peace. Our salvation depends on it. Mercy: the word reveals the very mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Mercy: the ultimate and supreme act by which God comes to meet us. Mercy: the fundamental law that dwells in the heart of very person who looks sincerely into the eyes of his brothers and sisters on the path of life.  Mercy: the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness.  Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus, Nos 1 and 2

 

Our Family Mass
Thanks to all who helped at short notice with our Family Mass last Sunday. Thanks to the Readers and those who read Prayers of the Faithful and to  our new Altar Servers. Thanks to Liam O’ Shea for his accompaniment of music and singing. Thanks also to Bríd Quinlivan N.T. for posters etc.

Our next Family Mass will be at 12.00 Noon on Sunday 3rd January 2016, and normally on the First Sunday of each month. Ideally, one or two families will take responsibility for the Readings, Prayers of the Faithful etc.

 

Happy Christmas to All
And thanks to all who contributed to the life of our Parish during the past year. Please remember all those who are spending Christmas in exile or in prison or in hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priests of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.   Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679   E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley   Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives: Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Nora & Danny Dawson (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m.  Celia Sweeney (2nd Anniv) & her Father Patrick, Brother Patrick & Sister Rita (Anniv)    12 Noon  David Ryan (Birthday Rem)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION  Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration takes place each week Monday from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (except when Monday is a Church Holiday or a Public Holiday).

 

Youth 2000 Christmas Retreat Youth 2000 invites all young adults between 16 – 35 to a Catholic Weekend Retreat taking place from 18th – 20th December at Newbridge College, Co Kildare. This will be an exciting weekend attracting over 600 young people form all over the country. Booking is essential. For more information or to book your place see www.youth2000.ie, Youth 2000 Ireland Facebook page or Tel 01-6753690.

 

Christmas Penitential Services in Clonmel will take place in St. Mary’s Church, Irishtown on Saturday 19th December from 10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. and in the Friary Church on Monday 21st December at 7.30 p.m.

 

Christmas Reflection will take place at St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford on Monday 21st December from 7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Facilitators: Antoinette Dilworth rsj and Ann O Farrell. An opportunity to slow down our hurried pace of life to prepare our minds and hearts to receive the gift of Emmanuel.

 

Family Offering Envelopes are being distributed to the houses in the Parish. The Parish depends for its income on these offerings. We thank you for your support and generosity. If anybody has not received envelopes please contact the Parish Office Tel 6125679.

 

We pray for Tony Curran late of 275 St. Oliver’s Close, Elm Park who died during the week.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Holly Orna Carroll, already baptised, who was received into the Church on Saturday last.

 

Remembrance Garden C-Saw in partnership with Tipperary Co. Council and various voluntary helpers, have created a Remembrance Garden at Toberaheena (Access near O’ Leary’s Garage and also from Abbey Road – watch for signs). This is a space to remember and grieve without having to visit a cemetery.

 

Offertory Collections
Sunday 6th December  Envelopes – €554.95   Notes and Coin – €594.05
Tuesday 8th December  Envelopes – €173.58   Notes and Coin – €127.42
(Immaculate Conception) Thank You

 

The Pope’s Intentions for December
Universal: Experiencing God’s Mercy That all may experience the mercy of God, who never tires of forgiving.

Evangelisation: Families That families, especially those who suffer, may find in the birth of Jesus a sign of certain hope.

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00   Donated so far: €127,108.37

Thanks for all your generosity

 

Holy Year of Mercy  8th December 2015 – 20th November 2016

Motto for the year: “Merciful like the Father”

“Loving God as we begin our Year of Mercy, we prepare during this Advent time to welcome your Son Jesus Christ into the world.

We pray that we might hear your voice and respond to your call to forgive and be forgiven.   We ask this through Christ our Lord”. Amen.

 

Our Mercy Tree in the Church
Please read the quotations attached to the tree and, if you wish, place a petition in the box near the tree.

It would be good to dwell on the Logo which is on the Lectern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PARISH INFORMATION
Priests of the Parish:  Fr. Michael Hegarty I.C.   Fr. James Pollock I.C.
Tel: 6125679   E Mail stoliver@eircom.net
Sister:  Sr. Mary Muckley   Tel: 6125235
Parish Office: Open Monday – Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.  Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Parish Website: www.stoliverspc.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stoliverspc
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Helpline 052 – 6123878
Local Safeguarding Representatives:   Margaret Waters 086-8917440 Fiona Stanley 087-9340382
Bereavement Support: Tel 6125679

 

Masses for Weekend
Saturday 7.30 p.m.  Janet & Edward Lee (Anniv)
Sunday    9.00 a.m.  Mai Anderson (Anniv)   12 Noon  John Maunsell (Anniv) & Josie Maunsell (Months Mind)

Masses for Immaculate Conception
Monday 7.30 p.m.  Michael Burke (Months Mind)
Tuesday 9.00 a.m.  William & Ruth Kennedy (Anniv)  12 Noon  John & Josie Brady (Anniv)

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION  Our Parish Eucharistic Adoration takes place each week Monday from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. (except when Monday is a Church Holiday or a Public Holiday).

 

Advent Scripture Reflection/Prayer continues each Tuesday for the next two weeks. You are most welcome to come and experience this quiet reflective time at 21 Heywood Heights. Tel 052-6125235.

 

SS Peter & Paul’s Church present their Annual Christmas Festive Concert on Sunday 6th December at 8.00 p.m. featuring the Clonmel Concert Band, bass/baritone singer Derek Ryan and the Gaudeamus Choir. Tickets €15 on sale from the Church Parish Office, Marians and will also be available at the door on the night.

 

Saint Pio Prayer Group There will be no St. Padre Pio Mass on Monday 7th December in St. Mary’s Church, Irishtown, Clommel.

 

Reflection on the Advent & Christmas Scripture Readings will take place in St. John’s Pastoral Centre, Waterford on Thursday 10th December at 7.30 p.m. Facilitator: Fr. Michael Mullins DD. Fr. Michael will look at the scripture readings of Advent and Christmas. €5 including light refreshments.

 

Youth 2000 Christmas Retreat Youth 2000 invites all young adults between ages 16 – 35 to a Catholic Weekend Retreat taking place from 18th – 20th December at Newbridge College, Co Kildare. This will be an exciting weekend attracting over 600 young people form all over the country. Booking is essential. For more information or to book your place see www.youth2000.ie, Youth 2000 Ireland Facebook page or Tel 01-6753690.

 

St. Vincent de Paul Annual Christmas Collection will be held this Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December after all the Masses. We appeal for your support to continue our work in the parish and we wish to thank you for your generosity in the past.

 

Masses for The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Monday 7th December – 7.30 p.m. Vigil Mass for the Solemnity the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Tuesday 8th December – 9.00 a.m., 12 Noon.

 

Sports – Congratulations Congratulations to ‘Commercials’ on their great victory and to all the past pupils of St. Oliver’s School who were on the panel, also to St. Mary’s Minor Hurlers. Congratulations also to Clonmel Boxing Club on all their achievements during the year.

 

Welcome into our Christian Community Elsie Margaret O’ Shea Healy, Grace Amelia Matthews and Fionn Kemal Carroll who were baptised last weekend.

 

Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €497.37   Notes and Coin – €539.63    Thank You

 

Our New Parish Centre

Target: €130,000.00   Donated so far: €125,688.37

Thanks for all your generosity

 

2nd Sunday of Advent and Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Jubilee (Holy) Year of Mercy begins on the 8th December. Pope Francis asks us to be involved:
“It is my burning desire that, during this Jubilee, the Christian people may reflect on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. It will be a way to reawaken our conscience, too often grown dull in the face of poverty. And let us enter more deeply into the heart of the Gospel where the poor have a special experience of God’s mercy.

Jesus introduces us to these works of mercy in his preaching so that we can know whether or not we are living as his disciples.  Let us rediscover these corporal works of mercy: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, heal the sick, visit the imprisoned, and bury the dead.  And let us not forget the spiritual works of mercy: to counsel the doubtful, instruct the ignorant, admonish sinners, comfort the afflicted, forgive offences, bear patiently those who do us ill, and pray for the living and the dead”.

 

Our Family Mass
The 12.00 noon Mass next Sunday will be celebrated as a Family Mass. People who wish to be involved and help at this and future Family Masses, please put names and phone numbers in the Box near the Altar.

 

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary said, ‘yes’ to God at that first moment, even though she was disturbed and confused by the message. She could not have known then where her yes would take her. It was a brave move, which would bring her both joy and heartbreak, but she knew it was right and she took that first step. We all have opportunities every day to say a heartfelt ‘yes’ to what God is calling us to do. Can we say yes today?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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