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. Keith Doolan (Anniv) & Joseph Kennedy (Anniv)
Sunday 9.00 a.m. Daniel Gibbons (Anniv) 12 Noon Kenneth O’Donnell (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).
Liturgy of the Word to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life will take place at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford this Sunday 18th October at 3.00 p.m. All are invited to attend this special liturgy as we celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life with the Religious of the Diocese.
Catechism of the Catholic Church Information Evening on the Study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, in Hotel Minella, Clonmel on Tuesday 20th October from 7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. These studies are open to all adults who wish to have a deeper understanding of the Catholic Faith. For further information contact Jimmy at 086-2597275. All are welcome.
Confirmation 2016 We look forward to meeting the girls and boys who are preparing for Confirmation at the special Mass here on Wednesday 21st at 7.00 p.m.
“Les Miserables” The High School and Presentation Secondary Schools will present the musical “Les Miserables” in the White Memorial Theatre, Clonmel from Monday 19th to Thursday 22nd October. Monday 19th is family night, tickets €45 per family of four and students €13. Tickets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night €13. For booking contact 052-6123587 or 052-6124459. Tickets available at offices of both schools.
Irish Blood Transfusion Service will hold a Blood Donor Clinic in Clonmel Park Hotel on Monday 19th October from 5.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd October from 3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Donor Line 1850-731137. Please come along and donate blood to help cope with the increasing demand from hospitals and patients in the region.
Today is World Mission Sunday. The theme this year is: “Abundant Life”. There will be a second collection after Communion. Those who have a Mission Sunday Envelope in their box of envelopes, please put in the basket.
Welcome into our Christian Community Nicola Vivienne Condon whowas baptised last weekend.
Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €714.19 Notes and Coin – €449.81 Thank You
Towards Peace
Towards Peace is an new spiritual support service designed for those who have experienced sexual, physical, emotional or spiritual abuse by Catholic Church personnel in Ireland.
Support is also available for family members of abuse survivors. The vision of Towards Peace is to provide a safe supportive space, where people who have been affected by abuse in a Church context can be accompanied as they seek their own experience of spiritual peace, one step at a time. Towards Peace provides spiritual support through one-to-one spiritual direction sessions, with a qualified spiritual companion. Up to nine sessions are offered and there is no cost.
For more information, please visit www.towardspeace.ie, phone 01-5053028 or email towardspeace@iecon.ie.
World Mission Day
Pope Francis in his message for World Mission Day 2015 has this to say:
“Every baptised person is called to bear witness to the Lord Jesus by proclaiming the faith received as a gift. Since Christ’s entire existence had a missionary character, so too, all who follow him closely must possess this missionary quality. As Vatican 11 stated: ‘The laity should cooperate in the Church’s missionary work of evangelisation, as witnesses and at the same time as living instruments, they share in her saving mission’ (Ad Gentes, 41)”. The first to whom the Gospel message must be preached are: “the poor, the little ones and the sick, those who are often looked down upon and forgotten, those who cannot repay us (cf. Luke 14:13-14)”.
The duty of the Church is to help those in need. However, if the purpose of the Church is solely to care for the poor, to further justice and peace, then it becomes a human institution oriented to temporal goals. The primary mission of the Church is to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ so that all people will be brought into communion with the living God and into the fullness of the kingdom. Caring for the poor is an important aspect of the Church’s ultimate mission, that is, to invite “all people, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of God’s family, the Church… to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs to his blessed life”. (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1)
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