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St. Matthew’s Church Ballyfermot
PARISH NEWSLETTER 22 Jan 2017 (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Mass Times
Saturday: Vigil Mass 6.30 Sunday: 9.00, 9.45 (Convent)
10.30,12.00
Weekdays:
10.00 Monday – Friday 7.30 Tuesday only
Parish Staff Fr. Joe McDonald P.P. Tel 6 265 119 Rev. Bill O’Shaughnessy, Deacon
Sr. Anne Marie Moynihan Parish Sister
Secretary: Moya Doyle Tel 6 265 695 Parish Office: 9.30 - 2.00 Mon to Thu Email: [email protected]
Baptism
1st and 3rd Saturday of each month 1st Sunday of each month
Preparation meetings for Parents and Godparents are held twice each month.
Details available in sacristy.
A month’s notice is required.
Eucharistic Adoration Mon 10.30 – 4.00 Wed 10.30 – 9.00 Fri 10.30 – 9.00
Divine Mercy Meeting Every Wed Evening @ 8.00 in the Prayer Room
Parish Centre
Tea/Coffee & Chat after 10.00 Mass Mon - Fri
Gospel Readings for the Week
MON 23/01 Mk 3: 22-30 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last TUE 24/01 Mk 3: 31-35 St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church WED 25/01 Mk 16: 15-18 The Conversion of St. Paul Proclaim the Good News to all creation THU 26/01 Lk 10:1-9 Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops like lambs among wolves FRI 27/01 Mk 4: 26-34 But he explained everything to his disciples when they were alone SAT 28/01 Mk 4: 35-41 St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and Doctor of the Church
Recent Funerals
Rosaleen McDonnell Frances (Fran) Maguire
Blessings and Sympathy
to their Families
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE STORY OF TAIZE
JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ BALADO MOWBRAY PUBLISHING 1988. Woonsocket Rhode Island U.S. A. Pp 176
I am sure you are familiar with Taize music, but perhaps less so with Taize itself. I was fortunate to stay in Taize in the mid eighties and was really blessed to be part of a small group who had some time with the inspirational and, to my mind, the saintly Brother Roger, who founded the community which continues to live there. This community witnesses to unity. The Taize Community witnesses to unity in the Christian Faith largely expressed through simple Latin chants. These include Ubi Caritas and Adoremus Domine. This book is the story of Roger's lived dream of unity, originally began in war torn Europe but surely remains a powerful example to the world of the richness in diversity and the importance of mutual understanding.
FAITH MOMENT
The Church was inaugurated by Jesus' preaching and teaching and by his choice of twelve apostles with Peter as the head of the community. Ultimately, the mystery of the visible and invisible reality of the Church is born from Jesus' total self-giving on the Cross. The mystery of the Church is that her origin is in the communion of divine persons in the Trinity - the Church possesses both divine and human elements, a visible society and a spiritual reality. The Church has no other light than the light of Christ.
Mass Intentions
6.30 Saturday 21 Jan
Denis Doyle, Arthur Dunne Jnr., May Garner, Pauline Keane 9.00 Sunday 22 Jan
Paddy, Lil, Christy Nugent 12.00 Sunday 22 Jan
Mary Byrne, Julia, Thomas Gannon Noel Loftus, Helen McAnaspie 7.30 Tues 24 Jan
Dennis Darcy, Sheila Reilly, Thomas Canavan Mary, Patrick Carey, Carey Family
PARISH SHOP
Cards, Calendars,Candles etc. in the Parish Centre
BUILDING WALLS OR BRIDGES?
Long, long before he became affectionately known as one half of the 'chuckle brothers', and on a more serious note, being an important part of building peace in Northern Ireland, I had an encounter with the Reverend Ian Paisley. It was not a pleasant experience, as a matter of fact, it was quite frightening. It was Church Unity Week, I think around nineteen seventy-nine, and I was attending a talk in St. Anne's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Belfast. The speaker was Hans Kung, the German theologian, who was the guest of those who had organised a series of events, to help promote Church Unity.
As I think of it now I am struck by the courage of those involved. I am also grateful for all those who worked
for years to promote peace and understanding long before it was popular and before there was an official peace process. Their work was arduous and frustrating and for the most part thankless. So I am grateful to Robin Eames, Cecil Kerr and Reg Empey who worked with people like Michael Hurley SJ, not forgetting the huge commitment of the
Redemptorists in Clonard Monastery. Perhaps the most tireless of this group was the late Fr. Gerry Reynolds CSsR, brother of Fr. Pat, of our neighbouring parish in Cherry Orchard, who spent years bringing small groups of Protestants and Catholics together, to read, pray and discuss. Now back to my encounter with Dr. Paisley.
As we left St. Anne's that night we literally had to run the gauntlet through Ian Paisley and his supporters, as
they spat on us, threw eggs and indeed hurled all sorts of sectarian taunts at us. They were not annoyed, as some might think, at the presence of Professor Kung, nor were they struggling with some of his, even then, challenging assertions. No, rather they were angry at the presence of Catholics in a Protestant Cathedral and in fact they were opposed to the very concept of Church Unity Week. They saw it as a betrayal to consort with the papists of Rome, their forefathers had worked so hard to break from!
A few years after this I was privileged to be associated with the founders of P.R.I.S.M., Peace Reconciliation
Inter Schools Movement. Again on a number of occasions coming out of debates and quizzes involving my own students and the students of Protestant schools in
the city, we had to endure similar abuse from the same group. Recalling these days now it strikes me just how divided we were. We were all living in the same city, indeed the same part of that city, West Belfast and we all believed in the same God, the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, yet with all that, for the best part of thirty years we killed each other. We had our own wall back then. A wall built of concrete and barbed wire, and guess what we called it? We called it the Peace Wall. Of course it was anything but, because in the cement and in the knots of the barbed wire there was hatred and revenge and suspicion and most of all it was bound together by fear.
As you read this my friends we are half way through Church Unity week, and I do not recall a time when
there was so much naked fear in the world. Fear and ignorance and suspicion form the breeding ground for hatred violence and revenge. All over the world there is war, famine and disease and whilst there is always natural disaster, much of this is man-made. This is true even in some of what we put down to climate change. We do not have to dig deep to encounter man's greed and his desire to conquer and dominate. Surely one of the great scandals of the world is the amount of bloodshed in the name of religion, and more specifically the ongoing scandal of the disunity of Christians. This disunity reaches a crescendo of horror when Christians kill Christians.
Now you might ask what can we do about all that? What bearing has Church Unity Week in St. Matthew's?
Perhaps it is timely to remind ourselves of Pope Benedict's warning against a 'false ecumenism'. This is where we pretend there are no differences between Christians. This is, of course, not true. There are clear differences. However is it not also abundantly clear that what divides us is dwarfed by what we have in common? It is the same Jesus, the same Father, the same Holy Spirit. We believe in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Regardless of what we argue over, we are obliged, through the teachings of Jesus, to love one another. At the heart of Christianity lies peace. At the heart of Judaism lies peace. At the heart of Islam lies peace. So why then all the fighting, especially over religion? The fighting over religion happens when we hijack religion for our own ends, when we attempt to make God into our image and likeness.
So back to us here in St. Matthew's, what might our contribution to Church Unity Week be? We could inform
ourselves, read and generally increase our awareness about Christian Unity, sometimes called ecumenism. We could pray for unity as Jesus did in chapter seventeen of St. John's Gospel. We could resolve to be ambassadors of peace. We could make up our minds now, that even over the coffee, or at the bar, or in the living room we will be more interested in building bridges instead of walls.
J MC DONALD 14.01.17
THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
From 18-25 January, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is held. Here in St. Matthew's the text of the Mass and some of the homilies will reflect this.
The Society of St. Vincent De Paul would like thank you
for your support of the Annual Appeal
in December 2015 Amount Collected
€3960
SPECIAL NOTICE
Due to the recent retirement of two of our three sacristans, Noel and Claire Whelan, we are looking for someone who would take on this role. Noel and Claire carried out this task for many years with great dedication and unflinching commitment born out of their love for St. Matthew's. We hope and pray that they will continue to be greatly valued members of this faith community for many years to come.
The role of the sacristan is central to the life of the Church. It is hoped that we will have three new people to fulfil this role for ONE week each month. They will join Tony, our present, remaining sacristan on a monthly rota. This is a salaried position, it is not a voluntary role. Training for the position will be provided. Duties include opening the Church at 9am and closing it at 11am, though this will at times be later to accommodate funerals, weddings and baptisms. There are also a limited number of evenings involved from 7pm-8.30pm approximately. It is the core duty of the sacristan to prepare the church, and most especially the altar for the various ceremonies that take place in the church.
Anyone interested should contact Fr. Joe directly, 086 3602680
FAMILY MASS TODAY @ 10.30
All Welcome!! Music, Song, Story, and Drama in the Presence of Jesus. This is a really good experience of Mass for families/young children.
Pope Francis has encouraged Europeans to welcome refugees, calling authentic hospitality “our greatest security against hateful acts of terrorism.”
The pope said: “I encourage you to welcome refugees into your homes and communities, so that their first experience of Europe is not the traumatic experience of sleeping cold on the streets, but one of warm welcome.”
He said each refugee “has a name, a face and a story, as well as an inalienable right to live in peace and to aspire to a better future” for their children.
“At this place and time in history, there is great need for men and women who hear the cry of the poor and respond with mercy and generosity,”
He noted how there are “tragically more than 65 million” forcibly displaced persons around the globe, calling the number “unprecedented” and “beyond all imagination.”
“The displaced population of today’s world is now larger than the entire population of Italy,” he said, but cautioned that beyond the statistics, each refugee is no different from our own families.
Pope Francis on Refugees
Sharing the Gospel
Today's Gospel talks about people
living in darkness. When you think
about darkness, you may also think
about stumbling, falling, or even
being afraid. That's what your life
could be like without God. You
could stumble around trying to find
love or happiness, but without God
you will only fall. Jesus brings light
into a dark, unhappy world. With
Jesus, you no longer need to fall, and
you don't need to be afraid. God
loves you.
Prayer
Dear God, thank you that with Jesus I
don't need to be afraid.
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Sacristy Baptisms Arranged, Certs Obtained
immediately AFTER Mass (Mon – Fri)
Booking Masses
Masses should only be booked in the Sacristy
To book a Mass (or a Month’s Mind) you should:
Come to the Sacristy after Mass
See it entered into the Mass Diary
Check the date & time
Take a note of the entry
WEEKLY ROSARY
IN THE PRAYER ROOM
Every Monday in the Prayer Room at
11am. This is an initiative
of the Marian Movement.
Church Collections
Collection Date 8/1/17 First Collection 880 Share Collection 645 Family Offering 1085
INVITATION DEAR FRIENDS, Here in St. Matthew's we are happy that we have a lively parish. It's a busy parish and we strive to be with people at the joyful and sad moments of life in a spirit of Gospel service. We are fortunate to have good attendance at Mass and other ceremonies and we continue to be blessed with many highly committed volunteers. However we really need your help.
Surely you could read at Mass, once a month? (Training provided) Perhaps, after training, you could help distribute Holy Communion? Maybe you could give an hour a week to help clean the Church? Would you consider joining us on the Parish Pastoral Council? Do you play keyboard? Guitar? Drums? Violin? Saxophone? Would you commit to once a month? Would you help take up the collections at Mass? Would you help count money?
My friends, not only do we want to keep St. Matthew's going we want to develop it. More, now than ever we need your help. I would be very grateful for any assistance you can give us in this regard.
Many Thanks, Fr Joe 0863602680.
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The course is FREE OF CHARGE,
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For more information contact:
Tracy Kelly Ph:01 6238088
E-mail: [email protected]
St. Matthew’s Church10 Blackditch Drive, Ballyfermot
Dublin 10
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