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. Peggy O’ Mahony (Anniv)
Sunday 9.00 a.m. Teresa Maunsell (Anniv)
12 Noon Kitty O’ Donnell (Anniv)
Masses for St. Patrick’s Day
Monday 9.00 a.m. Margaret (Peggy) English (Anniv)
John & Mary English (Anniv)
12 Noon John & Kitty Greene & Family (Anniv)
Confirmation 2014 The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated here on Sunday 30th March during 11.00 a.m. Mass. The young people to be confirmed were in Church for the Service of Light on Tuesday evening. Let us continue to support them with our prayers.
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”.
Welcome into our Christian Community Amelia Grace Humphries, Noah Raymond Breen, Muire Poppy Mansell and Alex James McLean who were baptised last weekend.
Collection last weekend
Envelopes – €790.03 Notes and Coin – €467.97 Thank You
Lenten Scripture Reflection/Prayer takes place every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m., and continues each Tuesday for 6 weeks. 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.
Praying the Psalms with Fr. Michael Mullins DD will take place over two nights, Tuesday 18th March and 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
Our New Parish Centre
Target: €130,000.00 Donated so far: €82, 477.97
Thanks for all your generosity.
St. Patrick’s Day – Monday 17th March
St. Patrick’s mission was not immediately greatly successful but eventually he would make a tremendous number of converts. Two writings survive: the letter to Coroticus, a protest to the soldiers of a British prince who had killed some converts and sold others as slaves, and his Confession, written near the end of his life, showing him as one living by the faith he preached and allowing Christ to direct his whole life. He died in 491, though again other dates have been suggested, 480 or as early as 461.
A Reflection for Lent
“In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical steps to alleviate it. Destitution is not the same as poverty: destitution is poverty without faith, without support, without hope. There are three types of destitution: material, moral and spiritual. Material destitution is what is normally called poverty, and affects those living in conditions opposed to human dignity: those who lack basic rights and needs such as food, water, hygiene, work and the opportunity to develop and grow culturally.
In response to this destitution, the Church offers her help, her diakonia, in meeting these needs and binding these wounds which disfigure the face of humanity. In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ. Our efforts are also directed to ending violations of human dignity, discrimination and abuse in the world, for these are so often the cause of destitution. When power, luxury and money become idols, they take priority over the need for a fair distribution of wealth. Our consciences thus need to be converted to justice, equality, simplicity and sharing”. (Pope Francis: Message for Lent 2014)
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