Fr Peter Finnerty, Parish Priest, Ph: 01-832-3150.
Fr Séamus Connell, Ph: 087-702-5120.
Fr Cathal Price, Ph: 01-832-3683.
Janice Dornan, Parish Sec, Parish Office, Ph 01-839-0433.
Email info@kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
www.kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
Our parish is part of the partnership in the Howth Deanery as follows –Baldoyle, Bayside, Howth, Kilbarrack/Foxfield, Sutton. Registered Charity Number 20016166.
Weekday Mass times – Mon-Wed 10am; Thurs, 7.30pm.
Fri 10am. Bayside– Mon-Sat 10am.
Weekends: Saturday Vigil 6pm, Sunday 9.30am and 12pm. Bayside – Saturday Vigil 7pm. Sunday 8am, 10am,11.30am. Parish Office: Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9.30am to 12.30pm. Closed Wednesday. All Masses are on our Webcam.
| Masses for the coming week | ||
| Name | Date | Time |
| Carmel Lyons (A) | Wed. 8th | 10am |
| Paula McNally, Birthday Rem. | Thurs. 9th | 7.30pm |
| Eddie Duffy (A) | Sat. 11th | 6pm |
| Bridie Gallagher, Month’s Mind | Sat. 11th | 6pm |
| Liam Doyle (4th A) & rem. Teresa & Liam Doyle, John & Stephen Doyle | Sun. 12th | 12pm |
| Brendan Hayden (A) | Sun. 12th | 12pm |
Recently Deceased – Patrick (Paddy) Blake RIP, late of Roseglen Road and Jeremiah (Jerry) Curran RIP, late of Foxfield Park. Our thoughts are prayers are with their families, friends and neighbours.
Diocesan Response to Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
The collection for Turkey/Syria raised an amount of €4,679 in our Church. Many thanks for your wonderful generosity.
The presentation of the Bene Merenti Medal
From Pope Francis for Frank Davis, will be next Sunday 12th March at 12pm Mass. All invited to refreshments in Parish Centre
Trócaire Lenten Campaign 2023
Focus this year is Somalia. Trócaire offers a series of online workshops – next one * Tuesday, March 14th Marking 50 years of Trócaire – hear from voices past and present about the impact Trócaire has made around the globe. See www.trócaire.org.
https://forms.gle/GCDDkG3jp53PXsh66
Lent – Don’t Give Up – Take On!
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Tuesday – Friday from 11-3pm; Monday on Zoom 7.30 – 8.30pm reflecting on the Gospel for following Sunday; Morning prayer at 9.45am
every morning except Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Holy Hour for Priests and Religious
SJYPS Holy Hour for Priests and Religious Tuesday 7th March in our Church 2-3pm. www.kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
Reflection on Sunday’s Readings
Today’s readings encourage us to think about our journey of faith in the company of the transfigured Lord, and the importance of trusting in the call and grace of God our Father. The First Reading tells of God’s astonishing call to Abram to abandon his land, his family and his nation, and Abram’s generous response. With divine blessing and guidance, Abram (who becomes Abraham) finds a new home and a new life, serving as an example to us all.
In his letter to Timothy) Today’s Gospel shows Jesus transfigured on the mountain top, radiant with divine light. The Father proclaims Jesus as his Beloved Son, and adds the all-important invitation: ‘Listen to him’.
This week, we pray for a deepening personal relationship with Jesus. We ask to listen to his voice, to hear his call to personal ministry, and to feel his touch in our daily lives. We also continue to pray for peace in our troubled world.
Family Offering Envelope – Name Needed!
A pink Family Offering envelope, number 15, was dropped into the Parish Office recently. We ask that the family contact Janice in the office (01 839 0433) with details – the offering cannot be registered until the name and address is available.
Ten Tips for Lent Pope Francis
- Get rid of the lazy addiction that keep us from God–Lent helps us to leave behind old habits of sin that deceive and ensnare us.”
- Do something that costs –what we can give up in order to really help others by our self-denial. No self-denial is real without this dimension of penance.
- Don’t remain indifferent“Indifference to our neighbour and to God represents a real temptation for us Christians.” Think of others, think of God – not ourselves.
- Pray: Make our hearts like yours! “During this Lent, then, brothers and sisters, let us all ask the Lord: ‘Make our hearts like yours’.”
- Take part in the sacraments–Go to Mass more often if you can.
- Prayer– “In the face of so many things that hurt us and harden us and make us indifferent, we are called to prayer. In prayer we come close to God”.
- Fasting– “We must be careful not to practice fasting because it makes us feel good about ourselves.”Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others.
- Almsgiving– “Almsgiving helps us to experience giving freely, of sharing our blessings with others.”
- Help the Poor“ In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.”
- Evangelize“ The Lord asks us to be heralds of his love and mercy – to our brothers and sisters experiencing darkness
Cemetery Mass in St. Fintan’s
Takes place on Sunday 11th June 12.30pm. Urgent need for volunteers- Stewards, Ministers of the Eucharist and others on the day. Many parishioners have family graves there. Please consider volunteering for this special ceremony to honour and pray for our beloved relatives and give your details to Janice in the office. An information meeting will be held on 13th March at 11am.
What’s On!
- Reflections on the scriptures online Mondays 7.30pm to gain understanding of the liturgy. Contact Phyllis at 086 890 9488 with email address.
- Join us for morning prayer, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.45am.
- Chairobics on Tuesdays from 11.30am-12.30pm
- ARA Talk on the Asgard by Henry O’Donnell next Wednesday afternoon 8th
- Seachtain na Gaeilge 1st – 17th March – why not chat ‘as gaeilge’ gach lá .
- Anam Cara Free Bereaved Parent Evening, 7.15pm, 15th March, Hilton Hotel Malahide Road – for all bereaved parents, regardless of the age of child, circumstances of death, or when it happened. Queries to info@anamcara.ieor 085 288 8888.
- Local dementia carers support group. Next Meeting Monday March 13th 3pm. Phone/text Paul (Baldoyle) 0872999241 or email paultwickham@gmail.com
- Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock led by Archbishop Farrell, Saturday 29th April. Information from knockpilgrimage@dublindiocese.ie .
- Towards Peace -spiritual support for anybody abused, physically, emotionally, sexually, spiritually, in a religious/church environment. Office hours are Monday, Tuesday 9am-4pm and Wednesday 9am-12noon Call 01 505 3028 or 086 771 0533. Visit towardspeace.ieor https://www.facebook.com/TowardsPeaceSpiritualSupportService/.
- Free Online Lenten Retreat on Sundays from Priory Institute ‘Reflecting on the Sunday Gospels of Lent as Stepping Stones on our Journey to Easter’. Call 01 404 8124 or email enquiries@prioryinstitute.com
- Volunteers sought for Make A Wish Week to collect at Dunnes Stores on Friday 28th Contact Mary Murphy at mary@makeawish.ieor 01 205 2007
- Lenten talks in St John the Baptist’s Church, Clontarf 7.30pm Mondays.
Parish Partnership News
- The Novena of Grace in St Fintan’s Church, Sutton, 10am daily, from Saturday 4th March to Sunday 12th March inclusive. Conducted by Fr Willie Reynolds, Jesuit.
New Pilgrim Path
Lenten resource for meditation is Ecce Homo: Poems for Lent and Holy Week including poems of lamentation and pain – reminders of Jesus’s suffering – as well as of contemplation, praise and thanksgiving – George Herbert, Dylan Thomas, Sir Thomas More, Christina Rossetti, Wendell Berry, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Mary Oliver, Isaac Watts etc. All poems are accompanied by a short reflection.. See www.newpilgrimpath.ie.
Study looking for adults (70 + years) to take part in our Protein and Online Exercise classes for 12 weeks by PhD student Catherine Fallon from the University College Dublin. All appointments and classes will be done from your own home. For more information, please contact
086 724 0910 or Catherine.fallon@ucdconnect.ie.
March
March soothes our winter-worn souls with anticipation, and its promise of more. It gently shakes our hibernating toes and whispers ‘wake now, your wintering days are done’. And so with each eager sunrise, we emerge, we reignite, we reenergise. And as with the nature around us we begin to rise. Come on in, March, we have much yearned for your light, for your joy, for your new. We are slowly rousing from slumber. Welcome back. Donna Ashworth.
You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once
You don’t just love someone once. You lose them over and over, sometimes in the same day.
When the loss, momentarily forgotten, creeps up, and attacks you from behind.
Fresh waves of grief as the realisation hits home, they are gone. Again.
You don’t just lose someone once, you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,
and as you awaken, so does your memory,
so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart, they are gone. Again.
Losing someone is a journey, not a one-off.
There is no end to the loss,
there is only a learned skill on how to stay afloat, when it washes over.
Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,
they have a journey ahead of them, and a daily shock to the system each time they realise,
they are gone, again.
You don’t just lose someone once, you lose them every day, for a lifetime.
Donna Ashworth. For anyone grieving, my book ‘loss’ may bring some comfort and hope, that whilst grief is a hard part of our lives, it came from love love came first xx
Psalm 97
The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad;
let the distant shores rejoice.
2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3 Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes on every side.
4 His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all peoples see his glory.
Thought for the Week
The best revenge is none. Heal, move on, and don’t become like those who hurt you.
