Dear Friends,
Welcome! I have just returned from a very enjoyable holiday in Donegal with Fr. Richard. I hope that you all managed to get a break during the summer, or are still planning to do so. Most schools will be back to work this week. We might remember to pray for the teachers and students in the schools in our area.
In September, Margaret Brennan will be taking over as choir director and will lead our singing at the 11.00Mass on Sundays. I encourage you all tosing along with Margaret.
We might remember the words of St.Augustine: ‘He (she) who sings, prays twice!’
Fr. Brendan
FEAST OF ST. MONICA – 27TH AUGUST
In this coming week we will celebrate the feasts of Saint Monica (Wednesday), the mother of Saint Augustine, and of Augustine himself (Thursday). Augustine famously wrote of his conversion to Christianity:
Late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient and so new; late have I loved you! For behold, you were within me, and I outside; and I sought you outside and, in my ugliness, fell upon those lovely things that you have made. You were with me and I was not with you. I was kept from you by those things, yet had they not been in you, they would not have been
at all. You called and cried out to me and broke open my deafness; and you sent forth your beams and shone upon me, and chased away my blindness: you breathed fragrance upon me, and I drew in my breath and do now pant for you: I tasted you, and now hunger and thirst for you: you touched me, and I have burned for your peace.
(Confessions, Book 7)
GARDINER STREET CHURCH READINGCLUB
Begins on Monday 9th September(10am -12m every second Monday). We will be reading Who is Jesus? – An Introduction to Christology by Fr Thomas P. Rausch, S.J. No prior knowledge of theology is required! This is a very accessible book.
This book is available for purchase on Amazon.com. If you have any difficulty in acquiring the book, please contact Sonia at sfxgardinerstreet@outlook.com or (1) 8363411
INTRODUCTION TO THE MYSTICS
This is a series of talks by Fr. Brendan Comerford SJ on eight different Christian mystics. The course will begin on Saturday, 21st September and will continue until Saturday, 9thNovember (10 am-12.15 pm) in the John Sullivan Room. No prior knowledge required.
21st September -St. Francis deSales
28th September- Mary Ward
5th October- St. Therese ofLisieux
12th October- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
19th October- Adrienne Von Speyr
26th October- Dorothy Day
2nd November- St. Oscar Romero
9th November- Pedro Arrupe
No need to register, just come!
No fee. Donations welcomed.
FIRST FRIDAY EVENING MASS
From Friday 6TH September, every first Friday, Mass will be celebrated at 6 pm followed by Holy Hour and confessions.
Important notice: There will be no evening Mass on Fridays other than the first Friday of the month.
Fr. Donal Neary will be taking part in the Dublin diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, September 5-10th. He will bring any petitions to the shrine from the church here. Please leave them at the church office before September4th. They will be placed at the grotto in Lourdes.
THE LITTLE 11
Resumes on Sunday 8th September.
Special activities for children every second Sunday at 11 am Mass. Children are led in special faith formation activities, such as guided prayer, storytelling, drawing, etc. by a group of safeguarded volunteers These activities take (for 15-20 minutes) in the Coffee Room, opposite the door leading to Pope Francis corridor.
Parents are also welcome
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME MINISTEROF THE WORD?
New Ministers of the Word are always required. Training can be provided if necessary.
Please contact Sonia atsfx@jesuit.ie or 01 836341 to arrange a brief meeting with Father Brendan.
SEASON OF CREATION
The Season of Creation is marked throughout the Christian world from 1 September to 4 October (Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi) and celebrates the joy of creation as well as encouraging awareness-raising initiatives to protect the natural environment.
Pope Francis established 1stSeptember as an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
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CANDLES IN THE CHURCH
We have noticed (again) that tealights and other candles have been lit and placed on the candelabra in the Church. Please light only the candles that are provided to keep the Church and the candelabra safe and clean.
LAST WEEK COLLECTION
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