Dear friends,
Welcome to our weekly liturgies. Our Saturday morning talks (10 .00- 11.00am) on the Christianmystics continue to be very well attended. Next Saturday will be on the El Salvadorean archbishop and martyr, Saint Oscar Romero (+1980)
Fr. Brendan
SAINT OF THECOMING WEEK
Blessed Dominic Collins, S.J. – Thursday, 31st October.
Dominic was born in Youghal in 1566. He went to a Jesuit school in Youghal and then went to Spain to join the Spanish army. In La Coruña, he met an Irish Jesuit and joined the Jesuits himself in Santiago de Compostela. He later joined the SpanishArmada to Ireland. After the defeat of the Irish at the Battle of Kinsale, Dominic took refuge, along with some Irish soldiers, in Donboy Castle in the Beara Peninsula. The castle eventually fell to the English army under Lord Carew. Dominic was brought under guard to Youghal, was tortured and hanged there on 31st October 1602. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27thSeptember, 1993.
OCTOBERAPPEAL
Thank you to all those who contributed to the installation a protective parapet on top of the existing railing of the choir gallery. The 11 a.m. mass on 11th November will be offered for the intentions of the donors.
Envelopes available at the back of the Church and in the Office. Please return the envelopes to the Office.
IN NOVEMBERWE REMEMBER
On Sunday 3November, at the 11am Mass, we will remember and pray for all those whose funeral took place in Gardiner Street Church between November 2023 and October2024.
Altar list of the dead envelopes available at the back of the church. Please do not drop them in the basket that will be at the front of the church during November. Please return them to the Office.
SHALOM HOPECONCERT
SHALOM are a group of International young Catholics based in St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral who evangelise through scripture, prayer, music, song and dance. They will put on their annual Hope Concert on November 23 at 7pm.
LAST WEEK COLLECTION
Church: €840,Share (Mission Sunday): € 148. Card: € 306.
SYNOD 2024-Latest updates
God will never abandon his people or his project of the Good News in Jesus. In the words of Jesus at the end of Matthew’s Gospel: “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20) There is much to be done and much to be changed. But nothing will ever “separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:39). The church has always been evolving, letting goof what seemed at one time essential and discovering new ways to respond to God. Here, history is the great teacher. The time of apparent crisis has always the time of opportunity. For updates on the progress of the Synod, please pickup a copy of the Synod Weekly Newsletter at the back of the Church or visithttps://dublindiocese.ie/synod2024/
UNIVERSITYCHURCH
Traditional Irish Storytelling and Music
On Wednesday, October 30, at 6pm, Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair will be accompanied with music by world-renowned guitarist Steve Cooney for “Traditional Irish Storytelling and Music” Storytelling in the ancient Irish form of the seanchaí, which forms part the Gaelic oral tradition of storytelling and history.