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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