MASS TIMESDOLPHIN’S BARN

Saturday 6:00pm (Vigil) Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am & 7:00pm (Taizé Mass)

Eve of Holy Day Vigil 6:00pm Holy Day 10:00am and 7:00 pm

Weekdays: Monday - Saturday (Excluding Tuesday) 10:00am Tuesday: Eucharistic Service - 10:00am

RIALTO Saturday 6:30pm (Vigil) Sunday 10:30am

Eve of Holy Day Vigil 6:30pm Holy Day 10:00am

Weekdays: Tuesday - Friday: 10:00am Monday & Saturday Eucharistic Service 10:00am

Baptisms in Dolphin’s Barn: First Saturday at 12 Baptisms in Rialto: Third Sunday at 12

Contact Information Fr. Fergal MacDonagh P.P. 087-2441128 fergalmacdonagh@gmail.com

Fr. Gerry Fleming S.A.C., C.C. 01-4533268 flemingg9@gmail.com

Parish email address For Dolphin’s Barn Parish: dolphinsbarnparish@gmail.com For Rialto Parish: rialtoparish@gmail.com

Sacristy Dolphin’s Barn 01-4547271 Sacristy Rialto 01-4537720 Rialto Parish Centre 01-4539020

Parish Website

Dolphin’s Barn Parish dolphinsbarnparish.org Rialto Parish rialtoparish.com

PARISH NEWSLETTERDOLPHIN’S BARN PARISH

&RIALTO PARISH

January 22nd 2017 Vol 2, No 3

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Last Weekend’s Church Collections

Dolphin’s Rialto Barn

SundayFirst Collection € 414 € 400

SundayShare Collection € 282 € 125

Vincent de Paul € 560

Envelope Collection for December €2260 €1579

We thank you for your generosity and your financial support of your parish.

DOLPHIN’S BARNSATURDAY 6 ———————————

SUNDAY 9 ———————————

SUNDAY 11 Leo Scally (A)Noeleen Martin (A)

SUNDAY 7 ———————————

MONDAY ———————————WEDNESDAY ———————————THURSDAY ———————————FRIDAY ———————————

SATURDAY 10 ———————————

(A) = Anniversary Mass(BR) = Birthday Remembrance

RIALTOSaturday 6:30 Mary Farrell

Deceased of the Moore FamilyMary, John, Ann and Betty Reville (BR)

SUNDAY 10:30 Francis GlennonMargaret RocheSheila McGuinnessA Special Intention

TUESDAY ———————————WEDNESDAY ———————————THURSDAY Peter and Mary CarolanFRIDAY Miguel Rodrigues

Saints days this week

Tuesday Saint Francis de SalesWednesday Saint PaulSaturday Saint Thomas Aquinas

Set Dancing Set Dancing classes every Monday 7.30pm till 9.00pm in Good Counsel GAA Club. Set Dance teacher John Davis 0872067053. All levels are welcome to join us. Classes €5 No partners needed.

From Brown Lozenge to Red Line!Trams in Dolphin’s Barn/Rialto

By: Catherine Scuffil

Today, the LUAS red line tram runs through Rialto linking the area with the city centre and the outer suburbs and has attracted many to live and work in this area. In the early 1900s estate agents also used ‘the frequent tram passing the door’ as a key

selling point when advertising properties for sale in Dolphin’s Barn and Rialto.

Whereas the LUAS runs on the filled in main line Grand Canal, the original tram route ran along the South Circular Road linking to the city centre before continuing to the north city suburb of Glasnevin. The tram had been extended to the then ‘expanding district of Dolphin’s Barn’ in 1894, but the extension proposed to Rialto four years later was only completed and operational in 1905.

The tram was a central feature in many contemporary photographs and the company acknowledged the popularity of the local tram with the adoption of a penny fare both ways between Dolphin’s Barn and Bishop Street. Trams moved slowly, about 5 miles per hour, so passengers could mount or dismount while they were moving. Conductors were advised to "keep a sharp look-out for passengers and by signalling induce persons to travel by tram who would otherwise walk".

As almost 100,000 Dubliners were illiterate in the late 1800s, this presented a challenge to the tram company operators when advertising their routes. The solution was to use different colours and symbols as well as route numbers. The Glasnevin to Dolphin’s Barn/Rialto tram – the no 19 - was identifiable by a brown lozenge shape.

The last no 19 tram ran in 1939 and was replaced by the 19 bus

The number 19 Tram

Ewe Thina: We Walk God’s Way. Want to get fit? Embrace God in nature and build true friendships? Join other young adults (20's & 30's) for reflective hikes around theDublin area. Monthly event.

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‘The Cittle’ A reflection on Migrants by

Fr. Alan Hilliard She spoke with the best Queen’s English when she described her work with elderly Irish Emigrants in the Heuston Station area of London. Years spent in religious life and service to the community had given this sister an instinct that saw the need of these elderly Irish gents for understanding, care and practical aid. She gave out bed-clothing, warm clothes, radios and whatever else brought a modicum of ease to their lives. She also knew their need to tell stories about home and their journey.

‘You came from the west of Ireland’ she recalled asking one elderly gentleman, ‘I did sister and I came with the cittle’. ‘Oh…so you like making your own tea!’ ‘Ah sister…no…you took me up wrong…the cittle was in the bottom of the boat and we were on the top!’

In the midst of their misunderstanding he was absolutely right. It wasn’t an emigrant ship that travelled from Dublin to Holyhead...it was a cattle ship. Emigrants were a secondary consideration. The ‘live’ cattle were loaded and the people followed.

Last week we marked the week for Migrants and Refugees. It is an initiative of the Catholic Church and it is a worldwide program of awareness on behalf of those who journey in hope. This year Pope Francis asks us to pay particular attention to the plight of all migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers and in particular to the plight of ‘unaccompanied minors’.

I don't know who you bring to mind when you think of young people who travel alone to new locations. My mind and heart think of my uncle, who despaired at the lack of opportunity in Ireland in the mid 1950’s. Five years previously he witnessed the death of his mother in a hospital bed. Like many others he followed the cattle to Dublin Port and walked up the gangway towards a new future. He had just turned fifteen years of age.

POPE FRANCIS

During his homily on Friday morning last week in the Chapel of Santa Marta, Pope Francis said that “authentic faith must be ready to take risks and that real hope is the reward”. Commenting on the Gospel account of the paralytic who is lowered from the roof of the house where Jesus is teaching, the Pope said “people follow Jesus out of self interest or because they are looking for a comforting word. Even if no intention is totally pure or perfect”, he said, “the important thing is to follow Jesus. People were drawn to Him because of the things He said and the way he said them. They understood Him. He healed them and many people followed Him to be healed”. “There were times”, said Pope Francis, “when Jesus admonished people who were more interested in their own well-being than in the Word of God”.

Don’t be Christians to look at life from the balcony and judge others

“There were other times”, continued the Pope, “when people wanted to make Jesus King, thinking He was the perfect politician!. But they were wrong and Jesus went away and hid. Even so, the Lord let anyone follow Him because He knew that we are all sinners. The bigger problem”, confirmed the Pope, “was not with those who followed Jesus, but with those who stayed where they were. Those who didn’t move…and watched. They were sitting down…watching from the balcony. Their life was not a journey: their life was a balcony! From there they never took risks. They just judged. They were pure and wouldn’t get involved. But their judgements were severe. In their hearts they said: What ignorant people! What superstitious people! How often, when we see the piety of simple people, are we too subject to that clericalism that hurts the Church so much”. Reflecting on those who don’t move in their lives, Pope Francis referenced the man who “sat beside the pool for 38 years, without moving, embittered by life, without hope…someone else who failed to follow Jesus and had no hope”.

Encountering Jesus means taking risks “But those who did follow Jesus”, continued the Pope, “were ready to risk in order to meet Him, in order to find what they wanted”. Going back to the day’s Gospel reading, Pope Francis said “the men who made a hole in the roof took a risk”. They risked the owner of the house suing them and taking them to court to pay for the damages. They were ready to risk because they wanted to go to Jesus. The woman who was sick took a risk when she furtively touched the hem of Jesus’ cloak: she risked being ridiculed. But she risked: because she wanted to be cured, she wanted to reach Jesus. Remember the Canaanite woman: women risk more than men do! That’s true: they are better at it! We have to admit that”. “Following Jesus”, the Pope went on, “isn’t easy, but it’s wonderful! And it’s always a risk. There are times”, he said, “when we risk being ridiculous. But we achieve what counts: our sins are forgiven. Beneath whatever request we are making, whether it be for good health or for a solution to a problem, there’s the desire to be healed in spirit, to be forgiven. All of us know we are sinners”, said Pope Francis, “and that’s why we follow Jesus: to meet Him. So we take risks”.

Beware of a soul that is static, closed and without hope “Let’s ask ourselves”, concluded Pope Francis: “Do I take risks, or do I follow Jesus according to the rules of my insurance company? Because that’s not the way to follow Jesus. That way you don’t move, like those who judge”. “Do we follow Jesus because we need something, or do we follow Him because we are ready to risk? This is faith: trusting in Jesus, having faith in Jesus. And with this faith in Him, these men cut a hole in the roof and lowered the stretcher down in front of Jesus so he could cure the sick man”. “Do I put my faith in Jesus?”, asked the Pope. “Do I entrust my life to Jesus? Am I walking behind Jesus even if sometimes I seem ridiculous? Or am I sitting still, watching what others are doing? Am I watching life with a soul that is static, with a soul that is closed with bitterness and lack of hope? We should each be asking ourselves these questions today”.

The Gospel this weekend……

The Gospel today finds Jesus coming forward ….asking for volunteers to be with him…in the flesh, in the spirit, and as one. To leave their homes, their community, their way of being, their way of living all for something greater. What is amazing to me is their faith, their belief, their commitment….they went…immediately. As I visualize this I have to believe as humans that they were fearful or had questions, “let me go home first,” “what is going to happen to me, or my family if I am absent?" What made these men stay? Were their spiritual souls empty? Or were they wanting adventure something new? Were they having family troubles and wanting to escape? Their soul had to speak at some level …..this is good, this will be ok. Jesus talked to them in their language, he lived among them in the “ordinary” and yet they were witness to amazing miracles. Perhaps there was a daily peace in the ordinary and this kept them “beside" Jesus. And the believers apart from Jesus were able to bear witness to miracles or the

extraordinary and these believers were also “beside” Jesus.

In this past year as I look back, my best decisions, my best moments, when I was spiritually full was when I handed my decision, my moment and my soul to God. I quit trying to control and just let it be. Replacing my anxiety, my fears, my anger with Prayer asking God to please take this and do what is best. I found my anxiety, fears and anger dissipate, replaced with calm. And the situation resolved and I thanked God for the insight to hand it over.

So as I begin this new year …I begin my day with a prayer and ask God to be with me, to make me aware of the “ordinary” Godly graces, to hand over the anxiety, the fear and the anger and to be in the moment with others. To let God into my life daily.

by Cindy Castanzo 
Creighton University's College of

Nursing