FRIDAY MORNINGS IN ADVENT
Find the Joy of Jesus in peace and quietness as we prepare for Christmas. Every Friday in Advent, at 11.30am, Fr. Brendan and Fr Donal will offer a space of silence, seasonal music, meditation and prayer to prepare and reflect on the meaning of Christmas.
Join us from11.30am to 12 noon in the John Sullivan Room, starting on 29 November.
FEAST OF ST.FRANCIS XAVIER – 3rd DECEMBER
Join the Gardiner Street Jesuit Community to celebrate the feast of St. Francis Xavier with a Mass presided over by Bishop Paul Dempsey. Tuesday, December 3 at 11 am.
GARDINER STREET GOSPEL CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with soulful melodies and joyful harmonies at O'Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College. On Friday, December 20th 2024, starting at 8:00PM, we invite you to experience the magic of the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir as they spread the Christmas spirit through their powerful voices.
MAKE ADIFFERENCE THIS CHRISTMAS
This Christmas YOU can do something amazing by supporting communities facing the unimaginable from extreme poverty to refugee families fleeing war.
Explore our range of 18 meaningful gifts from pigs and chickens that will help mothers feed their families to school kits supporting children’s education!
These gifts not only bring joy to your loved ones but will support the most marginalised of our world.
To find out more about how you can do something amazing for others and give gifts that truly change lives visit www.iji.ie/gifts or call us on 01 836 6509 before December 15th 2024.
SAINT OF THECOMING WEEK- St. Brendan of Birr
Feast day: November 29. Death: 573
Brendan of Birr is said to have been of a noble Munster family. It was at Clonard that Brendan became a friend and companion of Ciarán of Saigir and Brendan of Clonfert (Brendan the Navigator).
He founded the monastery at Birr in central Ireland in about 540, serving as its abbot. He emerges from early Irish writings as a man of generous hospitality with a reputation for sanctity and spirituality who was an intuitive judge of character. He was considered one of the chief prophets of Ireland.
Give me the faith to leave old ways
and break fresh ground with you.
~St Brendan~
OUR RECENTLYDECEASED
We remember in prayer those who have died recently:
Robert Farquharson
Ita Scott
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
CHRISTMAS CARDSAND SEASONAL GIFTS
Our Shop has a large selection of Christmas cards, calendars and seasonal Gifts. You can alsofind a varied range of publications, magazines and books which would make an ideal present for Christmas.
ARCHBISHOPDERMOT FARRELL ON THE GENERAL ELECTION 2024
Let us pray for all those who have offered themselves for election, that they will engage with the public and with each other with respect, and will in turn receive the respect of those they canvas. Let us pray too that our society will vote into office leaders who will govern the people with integrity and wisdom and serve the common good with dedication and commitment.
+Dermot Farrell
Archbishop of Dublin
(Full statement available on https://dublindiocese.ie/general-election-2024/)
MINISTERS OFTHE WORD FOR WEEKDAYS
Ministers of the Word are required for 11 am and 1 pm Mass on weekdays. Training can be provided if necessary. Please leave your details in the Sacristy or in the Shop.
MASS IN TAMIL,HINDI, MALAYALAN, KONKANI OR SINHALA
Fathers Arun, Seiji, Elil and Shawn, Jesuits currently residing in the Gardiner Street Jesuit Community, are willing to celebrate mass in these languages at a day and time to be arranged. If you are interested, please leave your name and contact details at the reception desk.
LAST WEEKCOLLECTION
Church: €638,Share: € 112
Card: € 369