Esker Cemetery Mass
Sunday 5th September 2010
at 3.00pm – Weather permitting
St Mary’s, Lucan
www.stmarysparishlucan.ie
Rosters
The rosters for September, October and November for the Welcome Group, Ministers of the Word and Ministers of the Eucharist are now available for collection in the Sacristy. Please call in and collect yours.
St Mary’s Folk Group
Our first Mass after the summer
break is this Sunday
5th September at 7pm.
Come along and join in singing with us.
Christian Meditation
Every Tuesday night at 8pm. in the Nun’s Chapel.
All welcome.
St Mary’s Prayer Group
We meet every Wednesday night in Room 3 in the Parish Centre. All are welcome to join us in prayer.
Bethany Bereavement Support Group
The Bethany Group are available to listen to or just to ‘be there’ for anyone who is feeling lonely or lost
following the death of a loved one. We meet at the Parish Centre on the Second Monday of each month 10.30am – 11.30am, also Fourth Thursday of each month, 8pm – 9pm.
Sr. Geraldine 6217158. Parish Centre 6217041
Justice and Peace
While most of us were relaxing during August, one of our parishioners was out there in the Pyrenees cycling in aid of Haiti. (It hasn't gone away, though its overtaken by the disaster in Pakistan). The inimitable Mary Ryan did the toughest route of all on the great pilgrimage to Compostella ... you can read her account in this issue and on our blog (www.stmarysjusticeandpeace.wordpress.com) We plan to give her a big 'welcome home' in the parish centre on a Sunday morning soon, and we hope we can top-up the sponsorship for the basic needs of the poorest of the poor in Haiti.
REMINDER
The church car park closes automatically at 4.15pm each day. It opens again in the evening for various church/parish activities but closes for the night at 10.30pm
Pieta House
Church Gate Collection
4th and 5th Sept.
after all masses in St. Mary’s
in aid of your local charity – Pieta House
The people of Lucan have been so generous over the last 4 years, please continue this support by donating whatever you can.
Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela
We arrived into Santiago on the 19th of August. First I would like to say as I dedicated this pilgrimage to Martin Corry I really felt he was with us all the way. The ironic thing half way across the cycle we discovered another Camino called the Camino de la Cruz (Cross) and was it of the cross. It is a three day event up through the Picos (some of the highest mountains of Europe) which of course we did not realise. We finished it in a monastery of Santo Toribio de Liebana (Cantabria) where the largest fragment of Christ’s cross is venerated. This monastery was founded in the 7th century and St. Marin de Tours was associated with it. It changed then to a Franciscan Order.
It is interesting we started the cycle in St Jean de Luz and here a monk Beatus of Liebana , wrote a book called “Commentary on the Apocalypse” to explain Saint John’s hermetic text. We went to an Exhibition on this. It is a manuscript like the Book of Kells. The monks told us we were the first Irish people to do this Camino. Of course this can be checked out.
When we finally got to Santiago we were amazed at the queues of people to collect their Compostelas and also to get into the Cathedral. When we got to the door of the Cathedral for Mass we were told to go and put our bags in security.
The wonderful thing was, we went the next night to a free Organ Recital in the Cathedral by a famous Russian Organist and not too many people there. It really was the icing on the cake.
If you would like to read about our adventures do look up http://stmarysjusticeandpeace.wordpress.com and if you would like to donate to my charity Justice and Peace with credit card to OLBS Bankof Ireland42863621code90/07/46 I would be very grateful. Do leave a comment.
Thank you all,
Mary Ryan
Parish of Divine Mercy,
Lucan South
www.lucansouthparish.net
Baptism
Parents who wish to have their child Baptised, are invited to attend a meeting beforehand. The next meeting will take place in the Church on Wed. 22nd September at 7.30pm
First Communion
All parents who wish to have a child enrolled for First Holy Communion in 2011 are invited to attend a meeting in the Church on Tues. 14th Sept, at 8pm.
Young at Heart
Our Young at Heart group will resume their weekly meet on Thurs. 9th Sept. from 2 - 4pm.
New members welcome.
Adoration and Prayer
Adoration every Friday 10am – 3pm
Divine Mercy Prayer Group: Mondays 8 – 9pm
Scripture Sharing: Tuesdays 9.45- 10.45am.
Sick and Homebound
Ministers of the Eucharist would be happy to bring Holy Communion to the sick and homebound. Contact: Fr. Donal or Parish Sisters.
September Rota
Rotas for September are available at the back of the Church.
St Patrick’s Esker/Dodsboro/Adamstown
www.stpatrickslucan.ie
The Legion of Mary
Meet every Friday 7.30 to 9 p.m. in the Pastoral Centre.
Prayer Group
The Prayer Group will meet on Monday nights at 8 to 9.15 p.m. in the Pastoral Centre and new
members are welcome to attend.
AA Meetings
St. Mary’s Parish Centre, Lucan Road, Fri. nights 8.30pm.
Further information – Tel. 01-8420700.
E-mail: gso@alcoholicsanonymous.ie
The Emmaus Retreat & Conference Centre
A Wisdom Retreat - Denis Gleeson cfc
Dates: 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th September 2010, 7pm on Thurs 9th Sept - 2.30pm on 12th September
Price: €260.00 Residential or €165 Non Residential.
This retreat explores a line from Thomas Merton which says that wisdom, "...is at once my own being, my own nature and the gift of the Creator's Thought and Art within me...".
Intergenerational Healing - Father Jim Cogley
Date: 11/9/2010 Time: 10.00am - 4.30pm Price: €65 Lunch included in cost. Book and pay by 1st September and only pay €55.
Understanding who you are in the light of your family tree. Do not follow the past to determine your future. Free yourself from old scripts and bring healing to your family tree.
Healing the Heart - Denis Gleeson cfc.
Date: 18/9/2010 Time: 10.00am Sat - 2.30pm Sunday Price: €80.00 Non Residential.
If God is good, why does he allow so much human suffering and why does evil exist? Human suffering and evil are among the great mysteries of life? We struggle to explain them and in our daily lives, we certainly struggle to come to terms with them.
The Enneagram & Prayer - Denis Gleeson cfc.
6 Monday Evenings, Dates: Sept. 27th Oct 4th/11th/18th/25th/Nov. 1. Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm Each Monday Evening. Price: €66.00 In Total for Six Weeks.
Prayer lies at the heart of a spiritual approach to life, but, sometimes difficulty or dissatisfaction with prayer arises because we are forcing ourselves to use forms of prayer that do not fit our personality type.
A Day for Yourself Orlagh
Saturday, September 11th
The monthly DAY FOR YOURSELF has the theme Love that will not give up and will be led by Dr. Bernadette Toal and Fr. John Byrne. It will have the usual relaxing combination of guided meditation, food for thought, time on your own, gospel reflection, and prayer. It will run from 10am to4.30pm, with the otion of staying for Mass at 4.30pm Cost €50 (including a full lunch).
To book please contact Fr. John Byrne OSA, Orlagh Retreact Centre, Old Court Road, Dublin 16. Tel (01) 4958193 or E-mail: info@orlagh.ie
Men & Women -
Separated, Divorced, Widowed
Are you coping?
Few people are able to cope alone with the pain of loss.
Do you find that you need more support than family and friends can provide?
Seeking help is a sign of strength and self-knowledge – not weakness.
This is a healing ministry, which helps to resolve the grief that goes with the end of a marriage or relationship.
Coping effectively with bereavement is a skill we can all learn.
A team who are themselves widowed, separated or divorced share their experiences with you.
Next Coping Programme is at 7.30pm
Community Centre, Whitefriar St, (Aungier St)
for 7 Wednesday evenings - 8th September to 20th October 2010.
For further information please phone:
Beginning Experience at 01 6790556
Email – bedublin@gmail.com
Pilgrimages
Medjugorje 2010
Details: 2nd Oct to 9th Oct.
Spiritual Director. Fare €479.
Call Pat or Phil: 6281436/087 2238911
Ministers of the Parishes
Moderator - Fr. John Hassett,127 Castlegate Way, Adamstown. Ph. 6812088
St. Mary’s – Lucan
Fr. Peter O'Reilly, 231 Beech Park, Lucan. Phone 6281756
Fr. Thomas Kennedy, 14 Roselawn, Lucan. Phone 6280205
St. Patrick’s – Esker / Dodsboro / Adamstown
Fr. Denis Carroll, 85 Hillcrest Drive. Ph. 6280948
Divine Mercy – Lucan South
Fr. Donal Roche, 32 Earlsfort Road. Ph. 6212560
St. Andrew’s – Church of Ireland
Rev. Scott Peoples, 5 Upper Cross, Ballyowen Lane. Ph. 6249147
Rev. Sandra Hales, 280 Riverforest, Leixlip. Ph. 6014679
Lucan Methodist Church
Rev. Bill Mulally, 233 Beech Park. Ph. 6280666
Lucan Presbyterian Church
Dr. Trevor Morrow, 19 Chalet Gardens. Ph. 6280987
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