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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