Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.

Vaclav Havel

Social Media Prayer

Christ has no online presence but yours
No blog, no Facebook page but yours,
Yours are the tweets through which love touches the world,
Yours are the posts through which the Gospel is shared,
Yours are the updates through which hope is revealed.
Christ has no online presence but yours.

Meredith Gould

God uses broken things.
It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength.

Vance Havner

Do you want to join a relaxed and friendly choir?
Do you play an instrument?
We sing once a month at the 11am Sunday Mass so that’s not too big a time commitment!

We are looking for enthusiastic child and adult members for our choir – why not join as a parent and child team!

If interested or want to know more, phone Joanne on  01-453 4408 (10am-5pm)

Liturgy Committee meeting 7.30pm Thursday November 10th – House of Retreat

Sunday November 27th- Monthly cup of tea after 11am Mass

October 10th is World Homeless day.

For August 2016, 4248 adults were recorded as homeless in Ireland.
For the same period, 2363 children were homeless.

Most of the families becoming homeless have never experienced homelessness before and never imagined that  this could happen to them.
Thousands of families are struggling on very low incomes or social welfare and many are falling into serious housing difficulties as rents continue to rise. Some families are becoming homeless as Rent Supplement payments fail to cover the rent. They fall into arrears and end up losing their home. Many are then housed in hotel rooms with no facilities to cook or clean, with often just a bed to share.

Change the story  and you change perception; change perception and you change the world.

Jean Houston

Can you help?

There is so much going on in our community – but sometimes we don’t know what’s happening or where to find the information or who can tell us.

So we want  to compile a list of local organisations, groups and clubs who are active in the area.

If you are a member of a sporting, crafts, community, environmental organisation or any other group, we’d love you to get in touch and give us details if you want to be included in the directory or listed on the parish website.

The details we would like include:
Name of organisation
Details of activities (where you meet or are based,  what you do, who can join etc)
contact details
The area you cover (can anybody be a member or do they have to live locally?)
Contact Details (include any website or social media details)
Any other information

Alternatively you can download a form here and either drop it in to the parish office or
email us with the information.

Thanks for your help.

“Prayer is like speaking to a friend: in prayer, one opens one’s heart”