Sunday 5th April 2009

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

My God, why have you forsaken me?

Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life. Do you believe this?" The central reality of our faith as Christians is that Christ has risen from the dead and that he lives among us. Holy Week is the celebration of Christ's journey into this new life; a journey that we are also invited to travel, knowing that he has gone before us, and that he travels with us. It is important to make this week a special time of prayer and reflection. This is done in the frequent gatherings in Church. But we need to take time at a family level and also at a personal level to get in touch with the most inspiring and life-giving love story ever told. Talk to each other this week about all the good things the Lord has done for you. If you are a parent, let each of your family know what she/he means to you. And take a full part in the parish Liturgy.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R

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SUNDAY 5th April, 2009

Holy Week is the most sacred time for us as followers of Christ. It is the week when Lenten penance should be exercised in a special way by taking time personally, as a family, and in the parish community to journey with Jesus into his death on the Cross, and beyond. The stages of his journey are: Palm Sunday: from being celebrated to being forgotten; Holy Thursday: from giving himself to his disciples in the Eucharist to being denied by them; Good Friday: from surrendering himself to God’s will, to being abandoned even by God in death; Holy Saturday: from complete emptiness in death to new life. During Holy Week we journey through all these stages with Jesus so that he may bring us new life and hope.

Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

Palm Sunday 2009

Vigil Saturday: 6pm Sunday 9am and 11am

Palm Sunday 11am Blessing of Psalms in Pastoral Centre prior to the Mass.

Congregation will then process into the Church for 11am Mass

Holy Week Confessions

Palm Sunday Penitential Service, will be held in St Mary’s TODAY AT 6pm. Several Priests will be available for confession.
Confessions also on Spy Wednesday from 10am– 10.30am and 7pm-8pm.

Holy Week Masses and Liturgies

Monday– Wednesday 9.30 am (Stations of the Cross 9am in St Mary’s Mon-Wed)

Holy Thursday

No 9.30am Mass today. Mass of Chrism in the Cathedral at 10am.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper in St Mary’s at 7.30pm. Adoration from end of Mass until Night Prayer at 10pm.

Good Friday

10am Morning Prayer Service.

3pm. Passion of the Lord Jesus Christ in St Mary’s. A retiring collection will be taken up in aid of Christian Churches etc in the Holy Land after this service and after the Outdoor evening Stations of the Cross.

7pm Outdoor Stations of the Cross beginning at new cemetery car park and recited en route from new cemetery car park to St Mary’s Church. There will be a brief Liturgy in Church on arrival.

Holy Saturday

10am Morning Prayer Service in St Mary’s.

Easter Vigil Mass

9pm on Holy Saturday Night

Easter Sunday

Mass 9am and 11am

Easter Dawn Service

6.10 am on Easter Sunday Morning in St Mary’s Church.

Light refreshments in the Pastoral Centre afterwards. All are welcome.

Readers for Holy Thursday 9th April
7.30pm—Rita Murphy

Readers for Good Friday– 3pm
Reader: Lean Chambers, Narrator: Charles Lafferty,
Other:Helena Quigg

Easter Vigil 9pm
1st reading– Martina Donnelly
2nd Reading– Leonard Quinn
3rd Reading– John Boyle
4th Reading- Josephine McDermott
Epistle– Margaret Duddy

Easter Sunday
9am– Paschal Lawrence 11am– Pearl Donnelly

Eucharistic Ministers for April
6pm Vigil: George Brolly
Angela Brolly
9am: Joseph McColgan
11am: Charlie McDaid, Celine McDaid
Maureen O Kane

Recent Deaths

Thomas Grimes

May he rest in the peace of God.

 

Anniversaries
Sammy Coyle, Margaret Lynch, Paddy Devine
Mary Doherty 1st Anniversary Mass Holy Thursday 7.30pm

 

 

Offertory Collection
Sunday 29th March £2254
Our thanks for your continued generosity.

Ardmore Parish Easter Raffle Tickets on sale now.
1st Prize. 5ft Bird ‘Castle’ Table
2nd Prize Large Easter Hamper
3rd Handmade crochet bed cover
4th Prize Easter Basket
5th / 6h Prize Easter Basket Tickets £1

April 2009– April 2010 Offertory Plan Giving Envelopes

Offertory Plan Giving Envelopes will be distributed in the course of this week. You will not be the same number this year. The Parish Office is aware of all who is Gift Aiding and will be aware of your new number. If you are not Gift Aiding and would like to do so this year please fill in the form provided in Sacristy after Mass today 5th April at the latest. New Tax year begins tomorrow 6th April 09. If you were Gift Aiding and are no longer paying Tax due to unemployment or some other reason please inform the Parish Office. It is important that the Parish Office Records are accurate. If the name or address on your box needs changed, please let us know. Our thanks to the Distributors who will distribute envelopes in the days ahead. Our thanks for your generosity and co-operation. Each Household should ensure that they have their Offertory Giving Plan Box by next weekend, if not, please inform the Parish office before the end of April.

If you had the following Envelope No's during April 2008 to March 2009, please contact the Parochial House: , 261, 262, 263, 264, 271, 272, 273.

Ardmore GAA Lotto Results
Week 12, Jackpot £300. Numbers were 1-10-23 No Winner this week. £50 won by Terry O Neill. Next weeks Jackpot £400.

Parish Volunteers Diary Event

Please keep free in your diary– Friday Night April 24th. There will be refreshments and entertainment in the Pastoral Centre on that night for all who give or have given of their services to the Parish in any capacity in the year 2008-2009. Wives/Husbands also invited. More details later. It is a gesture of thanks in recognition of your service to the Parish.

Altar Society
Cleaning of Church on Tuesday Morning at 10.15am.

 

Trocaire Box

Please leave your Trocaire Boxes in place provided by St Mary’s by Easter Sunday. It would be helpful for the counters if you could translate the coins into notes. Our thanks for assisting those in the Third World.