COLLECTIONS:
Offertory: € 1196
Share: € 992
Parish Envelope: € 195
FIRST FRIDAY
Friday next 6th March. Holy Communion will be brought to the sick and housebound of the Parish.
SATURDAY CONFESSIONS
From Sat next 7th March, Saturday morning confessions: 9.30am to 10.00am; 10.30am – 11.30am NB Change
Afternoon: 4.00pm – 5.00pm; Evening 7.00pm -7.30pm
FIRST CONFESSIONS
Thurs 12th March at 7.30pm. (No Evening Mass)
CHILD SAFEGUARDING IN ST. MARY’S PARISH
a) Training days have been organised on Sat 7th and 14th March in the Priory 9.30am- 3.30pm. We urge as many as possible to attend one of these days. Booking forms available at back of Church and at Priory Office.
b) It is Diocesan Policy that all involved in Parish Activities should complete the Garda Vetting Form. Forms are aviable in Sacristy and Priory Office. Fill in and give to Parish Priest.
LENTEN PROGRAMME AT PRIORY
(1) CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
Continuing our programme: “EXPLORING THE REALITY OF MARRIAGE”
Wed 4th March :Marriage from a Catholic Perspective. Bishop Donal Murray
Wed 11th March : Current debates on Marriage. Fr. Raphael Gallagher, CSSR
Sessions in Aula Magna, Dominican Priory from 7.30- 9.30pm include Presentation follwed by facilitated discussion. In association with Priory Institute
(2) LENTEN SCRIPTURE PROGRAMME. Fr. Wilfrid Harrington,OP
Thurs 5th March : Job- Challenge to Hope
Thurs 12th March : Talking to God
Thurs 19th March : Death of Christ – Mark’s Story
All lectures in Aula Magna, Dominican Priory, Tallaght on Thursday at 7.30pm. All welcome.
NOVENA OF GRACE: ST. DOMINIC’S
Wed 4th -Thurs 12th March at 10.00am (Sat at 11.am). Mass with Sacrament of the Sick on Sunday 8th Marchat 3.00pm
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER ON FRIDAY 6th MAR CH
Sacred Heart Church, Killinarden at 8.00pm Refreshments afterwards.
MARRIAGE AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
A talk on the ‘Redefinition of Marriage and the Rights of Children’ by Breda O’Brien of Iona Institute will take place to-day Sunday March 1st at 4pm in the Stillorgan Park Hotel. All are welcome
BOOK SALE
in aid of St. Michaels House at 17 Bancroft Road on Wednesday, 4th March, 11am-3pm
HAVE PASS WILL TRAVEL – ACTIVE RETIREMENT CLUB
Our March outing will be on Wednesday 4th March. We are meeting at the bus stop opposite Fanagan’s Funeral Home at 9.15am sharp. We are going on the 75 bus to Dunlaoire where we have a booking at 11am in the Maritime Museum. After lunch at 2.30pm we have booked a talk in The Shackleton Exhibition. On the day we will be taking names and a €10 deposit for our trip to The Cliffs of Moher on Wednesday 6th May. There is a limited number of 48 for this trip. Contact: Vincent 087 1232234 or Eilish 087 6484136.