NEWSLETTER Sunday 24th March 2013
Palm Sunday - Times for Masses, Services and Confessions for Holy Week are outlined on the following pages.
St. Peregrine
Saint Peregrine is the patron saint of cancer patients. Afflicted with cancer and facing amputation surgery, he spent the night before in prayer and was miraculously cured when Christ on the cross appeared to him and touched the saint’s impaired leg. To this day his intercession brings healing to cancer patients throughout the world.
The Relic of St. Peregrine will be in St. Eunan’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday, 31st March. We will have a Holy Hour and Blessing with the Relic from 3.30 pm to 5 pm.
Prayer to Saint Peregrine
O great St. Peregrine, you have been called ‘The Mighty,’ ‘The Wonder-Worker,’ because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you.
For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fibre of our being, and who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favoured with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Ask of God and Our Lady, the cure of the sick whom we entrust to you. (Pause here and silently recall the names of the sick for whom you are praying) Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now and for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness and mercy. Amen.
Trocaire Boxes are available at the back of the Cathedral. Please give what you can this Lent. Confessions available after 7.30 pm Mass every Monday
SUNDAY24th March
Masses ~ 8 am, 10 am, 12 noon and 6.30 pm
Baptisms in the Cathedral – 1.30 pm
CONFESSIONS in the Cathedral – 2 pm to 6 pm
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open at 7 pm
Reflection through Music and Prayer for Holy Week in the Cathedral – 7.30 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
MONDAY 25th March
8 am Mass ~ James and Molly McDermott
10 am Mass ~ Neil, Katie, Michael and Rosie Toner
7.30 pm Mass ~ Annie and James McGinty
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
CONFESSIONS: 10.30 am to 12 noon and after the 7.30 pm Mass
Grow Meeting in Loreto Convent – 8 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
TUESDAY 26th March
8 am Mass ~ See Mass Intentions on the next page
10 am Mass ~ ®
7.30 pm Mass ~ Trevor McBrearty
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
CONFESSIONS: 10.30 am to 12 noon and after the 7.30 pm Mass
Legion of Mary Meeting: Conference Room – After 10 am Mass
Legion of Mary Meeting: Room 112, Loreto Secondary School – 7 pm
Baptism Preparation in the Parochial House on Tuesday 2nd April at 8 pm
Divine Mercy Prayer Group in the Conference Room – 8 pm
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
Gamblers’ Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8.30 pm
WEDNESDAY 27th March
8 am Mass ~ Corney Shanahan
10 am Mass ~ Jim Carr and Mick Lewis
7.30 pm Mass and Penitential Service ~ Breid and Dick Duffy
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open
CONFESSIONS: 10.30 am to 6 pm and after the 7.30 pm Mass
Cathedral Choir Practice in the Conference Room – 8 pm
Mother’s Prayer Group Meeting in Loreto Convent – 8 pm
Narcotics Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
THURSDAY 28th March
11 am ~ Chrism Mass
5 pm ~ Children’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper
8 pm ~ Mass of the Lord’s Supper
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is open until 6 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
Charismatic Prayer Meeting in the Conference Room – 8 pm
FRIDAY 29th March
12 noon ~ Stations of the Cross
3 pm ~ Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
7 pm ~ Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
St Pius X Adoration Chapel is CLOSED
Al-Anon Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 10.30 am
AA Meeting for Women in the Cathedral Conference Room – 1 pm
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 5.30 pm
Gamblers’ Anonymous Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 8 pm
SATURDAY 30th March
12 noon ~ Blessing of Food (Polish Community)
9 pm ~ Easter Vigil Mass
Confessions: 12 noon -1 pm and after the 7.30 pm Mass
AA Meeting in the Pastoral Centre – 11 am
Mass Intentions for 8 am Tuesday and 7.30 pm Friday
James McGinty ~ Frances McGinty ~ Michael Patton
RECENT BAPTISMS ~ We welcome into God’s Community
Aoife Ellen Kelly ~ Desaray Aishling Vahey ~ Aishling Teresa Ferry
PRIEST ON DUTY: Fr. Eamonn McLaughlin
Phone: 074 – 9121021
Fax: 074 – 9121021
Email: steunanscathedral@eircom.net
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Parish of Conwal and Leck ~ 9129503
St. Vincent de Paul ~ Parish of Aughaninshin ~ 9122366
Pastoral Council on conwalandleckpc@gmail.com
CATHEDRAL ALTAR SOCIETY MEMBERS please note Cleaning in Preparation for Easter will take place on Monday 25th March at 2 pm.
ACIES/LEGION OF MARY ~ The Annual Consecration to our Lady will take place on Sunday 24th March at 3 pm in St Eunan’s College Chapel, Letterkenny. All active and auxiliary members are invited to attend. Refreshments served afterwards.
A FAMILY FUN BINGO will take place today, 24th March at 4 pm in the Letterkenny Golf Club run by the Ladies Club. All are welcome, great prizes.
THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF OUR SAVIOR ON THE CROSS”, Op. 51 by F. J. Haydn will be performed by the Donegal Camerata today, Palm Sunday (24th March) in Conwal Parish Church at 3 pm. Admissions €10/5.
VERITAS INVITES YOU to ‘AN EVENING OF SONG’ with James Kilbane to Celebrate the Year of Faith on Monday 25th March at 7.30 pm in Veritas, 13 Lower Main Street, Letterkenny. Free Entry. All are Welcome.
Letterkenny Strikers Special Olympics Tenpin Bowling Club are holding their third annual TABLE QUIZ on Tuesday 26th March in Arena 7 at 8.30 pm. Teams of four: €20. All are welcome. Quizmaster: Tommy Rosney.
Leaving Cert French and Irish Intensive Revision Oral Classes for small groups – Three weeks (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) from 4 pm to 5pm (€30). Beginning 26th March. Call Cara House Family Resource Centre on 0749123986 to book a place.
The annual St. Vincent de Paul UGANDA CHURCH GATE COLLECTION will take place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st March.
A Bus to Knock will leave the Clanree Hotel on Saturday 6th April returning Sunday 7th April (Divine Mercy Sunday). Full cost €110 includes meals and accommodation. Payment in advance. Please phone: 9320734 or 086-3222874 or 087-7485523.
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINARS ~ Will take place in the Cathedral Conference Room on the following Thursdays: 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th April and on 2nd, 9th and 16th May at 8 pm. You are invited! Come Holy Spirit!
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ~ This 6 week course offers participants better ways of dealing with anger/conflict at home, in relationships or at work. It offers the opportunity to understand/explore how to manage anger, recognise what triggers anger and learn a range of techniques to release anger. The course will be held in the Pastoral Centre, Letterkenny beginning Thursday 11th April at 7.30 pm. Facilitator: Kathy O’Connor. Cost: €60. To book a place please call the Pastoral Centre on 9121853. Sponsored by the VEC Education Programme.
Donegal County Council’s HANDS OF HISTORY PROJECT will be hosting a series of six seminars with the theme: ‘Ethical and Shared Remembering’, on Thursday evenings beginning on Thursday 4th April. The Seminars will take place in the Central Library, Letterkenny from 7 pm to 9 pm each week and places are limited. Please email: rmccrossan@dongalcoco.ie or phone 9172497 no later than Thursday 28th March. Light refreshments will be provided. This course is free of charge.