Finance Update

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The Finance Committee will present an update of the parish finances at all Masses this weekend. If you would like to contribute to the family offering collection either by standing order or envelope, members of the finance committee and PPC will be available after each Mass (in the front porch) to take your details.
There are still some family offering envelope boxes to be delivered to Griffith Road, Griffith Drive, Griffith Parade, Tolka Estate and Ballygall Road East. Your help would be appreciated.

Lenten Talks

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Fr. Kieran O’Mahony, will hold a series of Lenten talks on the Old Testament Prophets, each Monday @ 7.30pm from Feb 27, in Margaret Aylward Centre.

  • Prophets now and prophets then (Monday 27 Feb)
  • Reading a prophet for living today (Monday 6 March)
  • Hosea: justice and love (Monday 13 March)
  • Jeremiah: the great spiritual master (Monday 27 March)
  • Isaiah: the suffering servant songs (Monday 3 April).

World Day of the Sick

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Saturday 11th February is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. This will be the 25th anniversary of “World Day of the Sick”. In Dublin to mark the Day there will be two different events.

On Saturday a conference hosted by the Dublin Diocesan World Day of the Sick Committee takes place in the Marine Hotel, Sutton – its theme: Christ the Healer – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. This event needs to be rebooked. For details see www.dublindiocese.ie.  

On Sunday 12th February, at 3pm in St Gabriels Church, Dollymount, the annual Mass of Healing and Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. All are welcome.

Next weekend gives us in Ballygall an opportunity to think about those whom we know who are sick or frail in any way.
We invite you to write the names of your loved one on our petition sheets and place in the box provided. These petitions will be brought to Lourdes and placed at the Grotto for Our Lady’s Feast day, 11th February.

Please take a bookmark home to the person you are praying for reminding them that their intentions are being prayed for in our parish, the Diocesan Mass for the sick and at the Grotto in Lourdes.

We also remember next weekend those who care for the sick at home and in hospital. We have a short prayer available for anyone who is looking after a loved one.

The Parish Pastoral Council hope that next weekend , those who are ill and unable to attend Mass, will feel the support of a faith community who are praying for them.

As you know by now there is live internet streaming from Ballygall church. This is of special significance to those who are unable to join us for Sunday Mass. This can be accessed via http://ballygallparish.ie/index.php/myballygalltv/

Feast days this week

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Monday 30th – Blessed Margaret Ball Wednesday 1st February – Feast of St. Brigid.
Thursday 2nd February – Presentation of Our Lord – Candlemas Day. Candles will blessed at both Masses and will be available in the shop.
Friday 3rd February – St Blaise. Blessing of throats will take place during both Masses.

Laudate Festival

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Come to the Laudate Festival and join in an evening of music and reflection in Our Lady of Victories Church, Ballymun Road Tuesday 31 January at 7.00 p.m. This is a pilot project of the Education Secretariat and the Liturgy Resource Centre, which brings together children from 21 Primary Schools of the Archdiocese to sing a shared repertoire of liturgical music and to mark Catholic Schools Week 2017.
All are invited to join in the singing and the prayer with these young people – entry is free.

Confirmation 2017

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The Commitment Ceremony for all children receiving the sacrament of confirmation took place on Tuesday 24th February, 2017.

The Service of Light will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 24th May, 2017.

The Confirmation mass for the Sacred Heart and Our Mother of Divine Grace schools will take place at 11.30am on Thursday 1st June.