Bishop Toal - Update on Funerals
Fr Frank • April 1, 2020
News from the Bishop concerning funerals
Bishop Toal has said that funerals should only take place at the cemetery or crematorium. Then when this is all over we will have a Mass for the person.
As Catholic’s it is important that we pray and remember our dead. And that is why we have the Book of Remembrance and the Memorial Plaques. The Side Chapel is now called The Memorial Chapel. And now we have a votive stand in the memorial chapel to light a candle for our dead relatives and friends
When someone close to us dies and you do not want to bring them home or leave them in the funeral parlour. You could bring them to the Memorial Chapel and they could staythere until the reception of the body
Please pray for Our Sick : Ellen Blair, Margaret Callaghan Doreen Cleary, Michael Ritchie, Neil Boyle, John Rielly Molly Strang, Baby Elliot (15 month old) Joan Hart, James Clark, Fr. Michael McLaughlin, Patricia Henderson, Joanna Maier (Connecticut USA), Therese Gilgunn Tressy Callaghan, Suzanne McMurray, Mary Coyle, Lesley Watson (Spain) Maureen McHugh, Margaret Burke, Marie White, Kathleen Daly, John McGuire, Jill Brown, Karen Pritchatt, Louise Newton,and all our sick.
St. Peter's & St. Mark's June 10th 7pm
Anniversary Mass will take place on Thursday 26th June at 7pm. There will be refreshments in the hall afterwards
If you wish to sign up for Gift Aid. It is a great way to help the parish financially, costing you absolutely nothing. If you wish to sign up contact myself or Doreen Lee and we will give you the form and hand it back as you can and we can get it organised. As I said it costs you nothing, but helps the parish so much.
We were given a relic of Carlo Acutis. I am grateful to the family who presented it to us. It is hanging in the side chapel below his icon and statue. I will be blessing the icon and statue in the near future. There are Novenas now available in the Side Chapel.
Our Recently Dead Joan Hart, Bill Lewis, John Provan, Marie McVey, Jessie Hunter, Margaret Chambers, Jacqui Cadwallender, Anthony Rodden, Margaret Kelly Month Minds & Anniversaries John O'Donnell, John Heard, Mary Bissett, Elizabeth & John McGuire, Pat & Agnes McGuire, Mamie Brown, Dennis Brown Snr, Dennis Brown Jnr. Please if you could make sure all month minds and anniversaries are handed in no later than Wednesday Night. If they come in after that they will be read out at Mass on Sunday. If the recently dead come in after the Wednesday deadline they too will be read out at Mass on the Sunday
I am looking for Volunteers to move the power-points on during the Sunday Masses, Vigil 4pm, 9.30am & 11am. It is very easy to operate, if we get enough volunteers for each Mass we would put a wee rota together. It would take a wee bit of pressure off me.
Ascension Thursday Wednesday 28th Vigil Mass 6pm Thursday 29th Masses 7am & 10am
I am going on holiday from Monday 19th May til Tuesday 27th May. I will be back to say the 10am Mass on Wednesday 28th. Fr. Davy Brown will be looking after you while I am away. I am going to visit Sr. Veronica a Poor Clare who used to be in the Bothwell Monastery who is in the Poor Clare Monastery in Ennis Ireland.
St. Mark's 10th May 10am Mass St. Peter's 17th May 10am Mass 27 of our children are making their First Communion on Saturday. The Children of St. Mark's have been working and practising hard for this special occasion. Could you pray for me that I don't loose my patience with the Adults. As you know my face let's the world know what I'm thinking and feeling. LOL
