SANDYFORD PARISH NEWSLETTER Fr Andrew, Fr. Paul & Gráinne

PARISH OFFICE Phone 2956414 Emai l o f f ice@sandyfordpar ish.org 21st May 2017

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

All day Tuesday, finishing with Guided Holy Hour

8pm -9pm. Morning Prayer of the Church every

Monday to Friday at 9.25am followed by Rosary at

9.40am in St. Mary’s.

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Catholic Papers in Church. Cleaning Rota D.

Rosters for Baptism Team, Eucharistic Ministers and Readers,

please collect from St. Mary’s Porches.

Mass by Candlelight will take place in St Mary's, Sandyford

on Pentecost Sunday @ 6pm accompanied by beautiful

Taize chants. ALL ARE WELCOME

Church Collections 15/5/2017 First Collection : €1,665

Goes to the Diocese for distribution towards the livelihood of all its Priests including those sick or retired.

Second Collection: €1,251. Goes to Diocese to fund Diocesan, Administration, Pastoral

Workers and the upkeep of Church Property.

Family Offering Envelopes: €473. Donations made in Family Offering Envelopes (available in Church Porches) go entirely to our own Parish for upkeep and running of

our three Churches and all parish projects and expenses.

Mass Schedule

ST. MARY’S Sandyford 6.00 pm (Saturday Vigil)

Sunday 9.00 am, 11.00 am, 6.00 pm

ST. PATRICK’S GLENCULLEN Sunday 10.00 am

OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE , KILTERNAN

Sunday 12 Noon

PARISH MASS INTENTIONS

ST. MARY’S CHURCH, SANDYFORD

Sat 20th May 6pm Tim & Mary O’Connor

Ellen & Jim Carroll & Family

Sun 20th May 9am Bernard Mullin

Vincent Mockler

Sun 21st May 11am Mary O’Neill

Anne & Peter Priestley

Denis & Jane Booker

Deirdre Hanrahan (1st Anniv)

Deirdre McMorrow (Month’s Mind)

Sun 21st May 6pm Ann McGee

Bridget Donnelly

St PATRICK’S GLENCULLEN

Sun 21st May 10am

Jack Mulvey

Dinah Mulvey

Val Mulvey

Hannah Leeson

OUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE

Sun 21st May 12 noon

Thomas McLoughlin

Miriam & Tony Gilleran

Anne Lawlor

ANNUAL MASS &

BLESSING OF GRAVES

St Patrick’s Cemetery 9th July 2017 at 3pm.

REST IN PEACE We extend our sympathy to

the family and friends of Samantha Plant, Dessie McCluskey ,

Patrick Hanlon, Kathleen Hayden and Jack Doyle.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and may perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in the peace of Christ.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the children from St Mary’s and Our Lady Of The Wayside National Schools who

celebrated their First Holy Communion this weekend. As they continue their journey of faith may they always

know the Lord’s presence in their lives. Congratulations also to the boys and girls from

St Michael’s House, some of whom celebrated their First Holy Communion and some who celebrated the

Sacrament of Confirmation on Thursday last. We wish the children and their families continued

blessings on their faith journey through life.

SANDYFORD PARISH LOTTO This week’s winning numbers:

3 4 17 18

N o w i n n e r t h i s w e e k , n e x t w e e k ’ s j a c k p o t w i l l b e

€4,500! CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK’S LUCKY DIP

WINNERS WHO EACH WIN €50!

El len But ler and Paul ine Conlon

For more information on how to sign up, play and support the parish, visit

our dedicated lotto page at www.sandyfordparish.org.

Draw takes place every Thursday 9.30am Please note that tickets are also available from

Sacristies and the Parish Office.

PARISH NEWS

PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE Thurs 25th May St Mary’s Church 7.30pm

Also review of Lenten Praying with Scripture and Week of Guided Prayer and looking forward to the future.

All very welcome

PARISH CHILDREN’S

LITURGY OF THE WORD 11am Mass in St Mary’s

The Sunday readings are arranged in a child-centred way along with music and art work in the Parish Office. Parents are welcome to join their

children. All very welcome.

BABYTALK Parent and Baby/Toddler Group

every Monday from 10.30am to 12.30pm Sandyford Community Centre.

S AND YFORD P AR ISH

B EREA VE MEN T S UPPORT G ROU P Now taking place in Balally Pastoral Centre.

First Wednesday of Month. Next meeting 7.30 pm Wednesday 7th June 2017.

All support sessions are free and completely confidential. Phone 087 2983591 to contact direct. Bethany Bereavement Support Group

A Public Talk by Brid Carroll, Bereavement Counsellor. Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan Road. Wednesday 27th May at

7.30pm. Tel Bethany 087 9905299. www.bethany.ie. All Welcome .. No Charge

Panorama Magazine REMINDER AGM on Tuesday 16th May at 8.00pm in

Belarmine Community Centre. All welcome!

BINGO in aid of St Patrick’s School will take place in Johnny Fox’s on Sunday 28th May at 8.00pm.

€15 Includes entrance and Bingo book. Your Support would be greatly appreciated.

EXAM MASS Ascension Sunday 28th May St. Mary’s at 6pm

A special Mass for all our young people sitting exams in the coming weeks will take place in St Mary's on next Sunday, Ascension Sunday May 28th

at 6pm. You are invited to add the names of students taking exams to an Exam Prayer Book which is on display

at Our Lady’s Shrine. Studying for exams can be an anxious time and this mass will be a wonderful

opportunity to experience peace and calm in advance of the summer examinations.

Beautiful music will be provided by our Sunday Evening Folk Group.

Baptised Recently!

We welcome them into the Parish Faith community.

Mina Lucy McAuliffe

Cillian Edward Cartoscelli

Naoise Micheál Graham

Fintan Peadar Graham

Lewis Clyde Kirwan

Tom William Browne

Max John Connolly

Cathal Shane Gannon

Hazel Rosemary Herbert

Erin Rose Liddy

Iarlaith Bill Brennan

Niamh Máirín Corkery

Clodagh Jane Deasy

Jack Jamie Dempsey

Kate Marie Holt-Pedersen

Aoife Ann Howley

PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENT Dear Parishioners,

The last year has been a very busy one for Parishes of the Archdiocese as we implemented a new financial system which is fully compliant with the Charities Act.

This weekend the Parish Accounts are available in the Church Porches and also on the Parish Website. I invite you to take a look as I believe this will help people to understand more fully how a Parish works from a financial point of view. I am very grateful to the Parish Finance Committee for their ongoing support and guidance.

As you will see from our accounts the main challenge for us now is to increase our income which will allow us to maintain the high level of service that we provide at this time. I would encourage you to talk to family and friends about this to create awareness of the financial challenges that are faced by the Parish.

Thank you for your support which is greatly appreciated. Kind regards. Fr Andrew