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. Jimmy Mackey (Anniv)
Sunday 9.00 a.m. Helen Casey (Anniv) 12 Noon Mary Kiely (Anniv)
St. Vincent de Paul Monthly Collection will take place after all Masses this weekend Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October.
Eucharistic Adoration Retreat will take place at Glencomeragh House of Prayer, Kilsheelan this Sunday 4th October at 2.00 p.m. Holy Mass to be celebrated by his Lordship Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan. Cost €10. For more information go to website www.waterfordlismore.com. All are welcome.
Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) A meeting of the PPC will take place on Monday 5th October at 8.00 p.m.
Saint Pio Prayer Group will take place on Monday 5th October in St. Mary’s Church, Irishtown, Clommel. Rosary and prayers at 6.30 p.m. Mass at 7 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 6th October at 8.00 p.m. Contact: Gemma 087-9129263.
Calling all our Readers The Diocese is offering a programme of Reflection and Formation for Church Readers in St. Oliver’s Parish Centre on Tuesday next 6th October at 7.30 p.m. All our present readers are asked to attend, and for anybody who would like to be a reader this is a great opportunity to “come and see”.
Barnardos Book Club is starting on Wednesday 7th October at Barnardos, 140 Elm Park. Free to all children attending Primary School. Junior and Senior Infants 2 p.m. – 2.45 p.m. (An adult must attend with child) 1st – 6th Class 3 p.m. – 3.45 p.m. (An adult must attend with child under 8 yrs) Parents/Guardians call to Margaret or Paula at the project to complete an application form. For further details Tel 052-6170665.
‘Eternal’ Music Workshop will take place at St. John’s Pastoral Centre,Waterford on Wednesday 7th October at 7.30 p.m. Facilitator: Liam Lawton. Booking essential numbers are limited. Tel 051-874199. Cost €10 per person.
Make your SVP Church Gate Donations go Further! SVP can now reclaim tax on eligible receipted donations from both PAYE and Self Assessed donors. This means that if you donate €250 to SVP in one calendar year, SVP can reclaim an additional €113 at NO EXTRA cost to you. If you would like SVP to benefit from this available tax refund, simply place your cash donation in the SVP envelope provided (available in this church or from the SVP Collector). Just fill out your details and place the completed envelope in the collection bucket as normal. We will then send you a receipt for your generous donation and CHY3 form for you to complete. Without your support, what we do would be impossible. Thank you.
IHCPT Lourdes Pilgrimage Since 1972, IHCPT – The Irish Pilgrimage Trust has been taking young people with special needs to Lourdes at Easter. Application Forms available at the Parish Office Tel 6125679. Closing date for applications is 31st October. For futher information Tel Marie Therese Connolly 051-646074 or 087-9809304.
We pray for the repose of the soul of Herbert Buck late of Cooleens Close who died recently.
Welcome into our Christian Community Lexie and Leah Rose McCormack Peters who were baptised recently.
Price of The Irish Catholic Paper is €1.80 from 1st October.
Offertory Collections
Sun 20th Sept Envelopes – €561.00 Notes and Coin – €468.00
Sun 27th Sept Envelopes – €562.51 Notes and Coin – €457.49 Thank You
In this month of October we are invited to think and pray about:
1. The Sacredness of all Human Life Today we pray especially for all
who are terminally ill and for those who care for them.
2. The 40th Anniversary of the Canonisation of St. Oliver Plunkett: 12th October 2015
3. The Missions Sunday 18th October is Mission Sunday and we pray for the Mission of the whole Church and for all those sent on mission.
4. Consecrated Life We pray for all the religious of this Diocese living and dead. On Mission Sunday at 3.00 p.m., in the Cathedral, Waterford there is a special Liturgy of the Word to which all are invited.
5. The Synod on the Family taking place in Rome.
With Pope Francis we pray:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendour of true love, to you we turn with trust.
Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic Churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection and division: May all who have been hurt or scandalized find ready comfort and healing.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may the approching Synod of Bishops make us more mindful of the sacredness and inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, graciously hear our prayer. Amen.
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