Parish of Our Counsel - mourneroad.ie

Parish of Our
Lady of Good

Counsel

Mourne Road,
Drimnagh,
Dublin 12

Pastoral Area
Crumlin /Mourne
Rd. /Clogher Rd.

MASS TIMES: SUNDAY:

Vigil, 6.30p.m, 9.00a.m.,
10.30a.m. (Family Mass)

& 12 noon Choir
7.00p.m. Pastoral Area Mass

St. Agnes, Crumlin
10.00a.m.

MONDAY – SATURDAY
Morning Prayer: 9.40a.m.

each morning.
Confessions after 10.00a.m.
Mass Saturdays or on request.

Parish Office

Opening Hours

Monday - Wednesday
9.15a.m. to 1.00p.m.
& 2.00p.m. to 5.00p.m.

___________
Thursday & Friday
(Closed both afternoons)
9.15a.m. to 1.00p.m.

Contact:
Phone: 4556105

Email:
[email protected]

Website: www.mourneroad.ie

We remember all those who What’s on this week:
have died recently.
Choir Practise Mo nday even ing in the chu r ch
Paul Keogh
John Kiernan Legion of Mary Gr oup m eet ever y Tuesday at 2.30p.m . in th e Ch ur ch m eet-
ing Room

Eucharistic Prayer Ever y Fr iday 2.30 -3.30p.m. in the Oratory. All are Welcome.

2nd Saturday—13th February Devotions to St. Pio, after th e
10.00a.m. Mass.

Eucharistic Adoration takes place Monday to Friday 10.30
a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Oratory. Would you like to spend a little

the usual prayer, or “Remember that you are

dust, and unto dust you shall return” (Genesis

We give our loved ones back to 3:19), the older, more traditional invocation
you, O Lord;
Ashes symbolize two main things in the Old
and just as you did not lose them
in the giving, Testament:. Death and Repentance. Ashes are

so we do not lose them in equivalent to dust, and human flesh is
returning them to you.
composed of dust or clay (Genesis 2:7), and
Do you have a neighbour who is housebound?
Or do you know someone who might like to when a human corpse decomposes, it returns to
hear what is going on in the Parish
We would like you to pass this Newsletter dust or ash. For example, Abraham told God, “I
on to them
Also, if you know someone who would like to Ash am but dust and ashes” (Genesis 18:27), a
have Holy Communion brought to them in Wednesday – 10th February
their home, please contact the Parish Office. Lent reference to his human mortality. Jeremiah
A copy of the Newsletter can begins
also be downloaded described death as a “valley of corpses and
from the Parish
website. ashes” (Jeremiah 31:40). Ashes are an ominous

w/e 30th/31st January sign, and we use them on Ash Wednesday to
Church Collections
1st Priests: €1034.00 Ashes will be blessed and imposed remind ourselves of our own impending deaths.
during the 7.30am and 10am Masses.
2nd Collection €785.00 Death may come sooner, or it may come later,
Envelope Collection
€1213.00 but it will surely come. And if death is coming,

Extra Mass we need to be prepared, and the time to

prepare for death is now, and the way to

During the season of Lent there will be prepare is to live according to God’s ways.
an extra morning Mass at 7.30 a.m.
When the prophet Daniel shamefacedly clothed

himself in sackcloth and ashes, they were a sign

of his people’s contrition for their rebellion,

Monday to Friday in the Oratory. wickedness and treachery (Daniel 9:3). When

Jonah warned the Ninevites that God planned to

destroy their city because of their corrup-

tion and depravity, the peo-

ple covered themselves

with sackcloth and ashes as

a sign of their intention to

The imposition of ashes turn from their evil ways

signals the beginning of the (Jonah 3:6,10).

holy season of Lent. The Ashes are a plea to God for

ashes come from the pre- mercy and compas-

vious Palm Sunday. The leftover palms sion, pardon and for-

are burned, the ashes collected and then giveness. Moreover, they are a public admis-

crushed into a fine, sooty powder and sion of guilt, an expression of sorrow for

sins that have been committed, a promise to

placed into bowls. The ashes are blessed reform and a pledge to resist temptation in the

by the priest during the Ash Wednesday future. We, too, are sinners. When we come

Mass after the homily. Then, in a Commun- forward to receive ashes on Ash Wednes-

ion-like procession, people are invited to day, we are saying that we are sorry for our

come forward and the ashes are applied to sins, and that we want to use the sea.

each person’s forehead in the shape of a

cross as the minister says either, “Turn

away from sin and believe in the Gos-

pel” (Mark 1:15),

PARISH LOTTO Living with a Pilgrim Heart : Reflection and sharing on the
experience of the Camino de Santiago. For those who have walked
Development Fund the Camino Saturday 20 February from 11.00am—5.00pm in
There was no winner of last week’s Jackpot. Pastoral Centre, Church of the Ascension, Cedar Rd. Balally, D. 16 5
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Congratulations to last week’s winners of the three €20 Prizes tel : 087 2688561 or 087 9187001. Bring packed lunch- tea/coffee
supplied. Suggested donation: €10.00.
Next week’s Jackpot will be €2000.00 ___________________________________________
The Draw takes place on Tuesday morning after 10 a.m. Mass in the
TROCAIRE BOXES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CHURCH.
Church Meeting Room.
Entries for the Lotto draw each week must be put into the safe in the

church by 11.00a.m. on Mondays.
All are welcome to attend the draw.

CHURCH REFURBISHMENT: Journey into Freedom: Fo llo w ing “Your choir needs you”. Calling all
on from the success of the first would - be choir members. A warm
We’re delighted to announce that the Journey Into Freedom Series St. welcome awaits you at Monday night
long awaited Refurbishment of the Martin de Porres Parish, Tallaght will 7:45pm rehearsal and Sunday noon
Church begins this week. The build will again host a series of representations Mass. The only requirements are the
be 21 weeks with completion due on July over 6 weeks to help people develop a ability to stay in tune and a love of
5th. Once the work begins the church better relationship with and singing. For information contact Irene
building takes on the legal status of a understanding of God. These
building site with all the attendant presentations are designed to support 087-050 4097.
health and safety regulations this people who are struggling with their
implies. Access to the Church will be for faith and feel distant or alienated ___________________________
those working on site only. All weekday from the church. Each night an I, the Lord of sea and sky
Masses and Liturgies will be held in the invited guest makes an engaging I have heard My people cry
Oratory during the twenty one weeks of presentation with a personal story All who dwell in dark and sin
work. The only exception will be for about coming to a deeper faith and My hand will save.
Funerals at 10am on the days requested. what it means to them in everyday I who made the stars of night
A section of the Church will be made living. Refreshments and a time of I will make the darkness bright
available to us for Saturday evening and discussion follow when one’s Who will bear my light to them
Sunday Masses which will be at the usual questions and struggles are heard. We Whom shall I send?
times. Entrance to the Church will be by invite you to join us for the series of
the side doors for the duration of the talks beginning Tuesday 9th February Here I am Lord. Is it I Lord?
refurbishment. Regrettably there will be at 8.00pm in St. Martin’s Pastoral I have heard you calling in the night
no access to the toilets or the tearoom Rooms. I will go Lord, if you lead me
either during the week or at weekends. I will hold your people in my heart
We regret the inconvenience to Orlagh Retreat Centre: Join us
parishioners and staff during the work. I the Lord of snow and rain
Hopefully the outcome of a beautifully for an Afternoon of Prayer for Eucharistic I have borne my people's pain
restored church will make it all Ministers in Orlagh Retreat Centre on I have wept for love of them
worthwhile. Any queries about the Sunday, February 14 from 2.30- They turn away.
renovation work can be addressed to the 5.30pm. Led by Bernadette Toal and I will break their hearts of stone
Parish Office or to one of the Priests . Fill their hearts with love alone
John Byrne. Cost is (€15) Contact I will speak my word to them
Parish Pilgrimage on Feast of Orlagh: Tel (01) 495 8190; Email: Whom shall I send?
[email protected]; Website www.orlagh.ie
Our Lady of Lourdes: You are Now may the grace of the Lord Christ
Spring 2016: Fr. Donal Dorr Jesus
warmly invited to take part in our Jubilee And the love of the father above
presents talks on “The Ecology Encyclical And the presence and power of the Spirit of
Year of Mercy Parish mini-Pilgrimage to the of Pope Francis” part 1 on Tuesday 9th God
February & The Ecology Encyclical of Be with us forever more
Torchlight Procession in Inchicore on Pope Francis Part II on Tuesday 16th Now may the grace of the Lord Christ Jesus
February at 7.30pm each eveing in Mount And the love of the father above
Thursday 11th February, Feast of Our Lady of Merrion Community Centre, Kilmacud. And the presence and power of the Spirit of
Bookings is essential through the parish God
Lourdes led by the children of the office ph. 01 2884009. Rediscovering Be with us forever more
Mercy - An Invitation to connect Faith
Confirmation classes. Assembly will be at and Mercy: The program consists of four O Lord, my God, when I in awesome
sessions focusing on the concept of Mercy wonder
6.45pm at the main gate of our church from and its connection with justice - Consider all the worlds Thy hand has made;
Facilitated by Fr. Clement. Beginning I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
where we’ll walk to the Grotto in Inchicore Wednesday 17th February in Kilmacud Thy power throughout the universe
Church Prayer Room at 7.30pm. displayed
behind the Parish banner for the Procession
Parish Secretary St. Sylvester’s Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
at 7.30pm. Anyone unable to walk is most Parish, Malahide. This r ole is of- How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
fered initially on a one year fixed term Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
welcome to join us at the Oblates. Officers of part- time basis. (25 hours per How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
week). Letters of application with
the Order of Malta will be in attendance. enclosed curriculum vitas should be And when I think of God, His Son not sparing;
emailed to V. Rev. Kevin Moore, Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
Our Lady of Lourdes Novena: Moderator of the parishes of Malahide, That on the Cross, my burden gladly
Portmarnock, Kinsealy and Yellow Walls bearing,
Inchicore Mary Immaculate Parish will host at [email protected] or by He bled and died to take away my sin
Our Lady of Lourdes Novena from the 2nd - post to the St. Sylvester’s Parish Office,
11th February at 10.00am each morning and Malahide, Co. Dublin.
at 8.00pm each evening. The torchlight
procession is Thursday 11th at 7.30pm.
Further information please contact the parish
office on 01 4534408.

Anam Cara: Anam Cara Parental and
Sibling Bereavement Support is holding its
monthly Parent Evening on Monday 8th of
February 19:30 -21:00pm in Dominic’s
Community Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(weather dependent). All Anam Cara Services
are available free of charge to bereaved
parents. Tel: 01 4045378.

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For all cemeteries
Call 01 4542496

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