COLLECTIONS
Offertory: €1468
Vocations: €1397
Parish Env: €255
BEALTAINE FESTIVAL: 1st-31st May .Celebrating Creativity in Older Age
Festival Opening at Tallaght Stadium on Wed 1st May at 11.30am. Also Information Fair from 10.00am – 1.00pm. Organised by South Dublin County Council.
FIRST FRIDAY
Friday next 3rd May. Holy Communion will be brought to the sick and housebound of the Parish. Let us know if there is someone not already on the list. Tel Priory Office. 01 4048100
CHOOSE LIFE
National Prayer Vigil for the Right ot Life Saturday 4th May at Knock Shrine.(Under the Auspices if the Irish Bishops Conference) 1pm : Rosary Procession 2pm : Presentation of ‘Right to Life’
3.00pm : Mass with Cardinal Sean Brady. Sermon Bishop Brendan Leahy, Bishop of Limerick Pope Francis : ” Caring for life from the beginning to the end: what a simple thing, what a beautiful thing. So, go forth and don’t be discouraged. Care for life. It’s worth it.”
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL (PPC)
Currently planning for:
a) FIRST COMMUNION : Sat 18th May at 11.00am
b) PARISH VISITATION to be undertaken in the early Summer
c) MASS OF ALL NATIONS (11.15am Mass on Pentecost Sunday:19th May)
– We invite you to come in National Costume to celebrate the wealth of Cultures in Tallaght
d) CEMETERY SUNDAY : St. Maelruan’s Cemtery . Sunday 7th July
e) PARISH FUN DAY: Sunday 25th Aug.
– Following on the success of last year.
Your help needed for Cake Sales on Sun 25th May and Sun 23rd June
Next PPC Meeting Thursday 16th May at 7.30pm
TALLAGHT CHORAL SOCIETY: National Concert Hall Sat 11th May at 8.00pm
Combining with EDINBURGH ROYAL CHORAL UNION and RTE National Symphony Orchestra for a performance of BRAHMS:GERMAN REQUIEM followed by a performance in Edinburgh on Sat 25th May.Booking for Dublin Concert at www.nch.ie / Tel: 4170000
HOPE FOUNDATION CHOIR : Concert in Priory Sun 19th May.
We welcome this choir directed by Damian Gallagher. Further details to follow.