Fógraí / Newsletter September 10th 2023

Dingle Parish

Fr Michael Moynihan PP

Tel (066) 9151208/087-6551902

September 10th, 2023

dingle@dioceseofkerry.ie

www.dingleparish.ie

Twenty-Third Sunday

in Ordinary Time

Pray for: Martin (Murt) Bowler, Ballingrane. Suimhneas síoraí dá anam.

St Mary’s Church, Dingle.

Sat 9ú 6.15pm 1. Olivia MacDonnell, Cluain Árd, MM. 2. Rita Lynch, Kilfountain MM.

3. Theresa and Seán Saurin, Baile na Buaile. 4. Leo Curran, Lynn, Massachusetts. 5. Máire and Patrick Ó hUallacháin, Fán. 6. Kathleen Lynch, (née Kennedy), Reenbee and Tralee and the deceased members of the Kennedy and Lynch Families.

Sun 10ú 11.30am Gretta and Pádraig Ó Siochrú, Baile an Ghóilín.

Mon 11ú 10.00am Sa Díseart

Tues 12ú 10.00am Intinn Speisialta.

Wed 13ú 10.00am Jim and Eileen Devane, Hartford, Connecticut.

Thurs 14ú 10.00am Paróisteánaigh.

Fri 15ú 6.15pm Hugh and Úna O’Callaghan, The Mall and London and her brother, Greg Curran, Minard.

Sat 16ú 6.15pm 1. Patrick, Noreen, Tomás and Paud Ashe, Baile Móir and Keith Conlon, London. 2. Hannah and Johnny Quinn, The Wood.

Sun 17ú 11.30am Intinn Príobháideach.

Confessions: Friday after the 6.15pm Mass.

Rotas: Next Week: Euch. Mins: 6.15pm Gobnait Uí Chonchúir, Barbara Prendergast and Joan Rohan. 11:30am: James Devane and Bridie Fitzgerald. Readers: 6.15pm Des McQuaid. 11.30am: Liz Uí Uigínn. Cleaners Team 4.

Offertory Collection: €1,755.

Míle buíochas for your generosity.

Naomh Eoin Baiste, Lios Póil

Sun, 10ú 10.00am James Devane, Ardamore.

Naomh Caitlín, Fionn Trá

Sat 16ú 7.30in Intinn Príobháideach.

Rota: Min Eoc: Pádraig Firtéar.

Léitheoir: Máirín Uí Shé.

Diocesan Collection in aid of Sick and Retired Priests received to date €2,144.00.

Diocesan Collection in aid of Diocesan Needs €384.00. Míle buíochas.

Thought for the day: Our Gospel reading today has some harsh dimensions and most likely it reflects not the teaching of Jesus directly but the practices in the church for which Matthew was writing. People who refuse to acknowledge their failures are to be treated as pagans and tax collectors! But just how are pagans and tax collectors treated by Jesus and in the Gospel of Matthew? They are welcomed and forgiven! Any permanent exclusion is to be resisted on the example and teaching of Jesus himself. Prayer: We believe your word to us that where two or three are gathered in your name you are in our midst. Help us to recognise you in all our brothers and sisters, whatever their failures or sins. Help us to recognise you in ourselves, whatever our faults.(www.tarsus.ie)

Tap to Donate terminals are located at the back of St Mary’s Church. Machines are programmed to donate €5 to the Parish each time they are used.

Pope’s Intention for September: We pray for those persons living on the margins of society, in inhumane life conditions: may they not be overlooked by institutions and never considered of lesser importance.

Anam Cara Kerry, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its monthly meeting on Tuesday 12th September at 7.15pm in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. Contact info@anamcara.ie for info.

Gluten Free hosts are available from the Priest at communion time.

Priest on duty this Sunday:

Fr Eoghan Ó Cadhla 087-6951318.

Dues Envelopes: As the Autumn Dues and November Offering Envelopes 2023 are being distributed to households Fr Michael would like to thank you for your support and generosity. Donations from these two envelopes support your priest’s income. We appreciate you returning these envelopes at your earliest convenience. They can be placed in the Building Fund boxes at the back of the 3 Parish Churches. If paying by cheque, please make it payable to Tigh an tSagairt. Spare envelopes are available at the back of the parish churches. Buíochas ó chroí for your continued support.

Fr Christy McElwee from the Rosminian Order will be making a mission appeal at the 10.00am Mass in Lios Póil and 11.30am Mass St Mary’s this weekend, Sept 9th/10th. Envelopes are available at the back of the Churches if you would like to support their work in East Africa, providing health care in rural areas, digging water wells for local communities and providing education for both boys and girls, Christians and Muslims.

Parish Pilgrimage on Sept 16th following Cosán na Naomh, beginning at Ventry Beach car park (beside the mobile homes) at 10.30am and finishing at Kilmalkeader (14km; 5 hrs approx). This walk is on road and tracks but a reasonable level of fitness is required. Please bring suitable walking gear , snacks/liquids. Contact the Parish Office if interested. Further info on dingleparish.ie

Pope Francis X:  It is not necessary to be wealthy to do good. Rather, it is almost always common people who devote their time, skills and heart to caring for others.

The Totus Tuus Men for Christ Conference 2023, live on Radio Maria Ireland, Sat, 16th September from 2.00pm. Speakers are Fr Billy Swan, Fr Chris Hayden, Anthony Crossey and Fr John Harris OP.

Parish Office at the Presbytery, Dingle will be closed, in the mornings, until September 28th as Eibhlín will be on Annual Leave. Parish Office: Tel.:066 9151208.

A range of religious books are available in the bookstand of St Mary’s Church.

Pilgrimage to San Giovanni, Oct 25th – Nov 1st, 2023, Fr Gerard O’Leary, is the Spiritual Director. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Nov 7th to 15th led by Fr Joe Begley. Contact Michael 085-1309835.

Gala Concert – Red Hurleywith St John’s Gregorian Choir, Kerry School of Music Orchestra and Kerry Chamber Choir. “How Great Thou Art” Sunday, September 24th in St John’s Church, Tralee at 7.30pm.Tickets €20 available from Michael on 0879833075 or at the door on the night. Proceeds in aid of Kerry Hospice.  

Teagascóirí Aos Oideachais ag teastáil / Adult Education Tutors required for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. Déan teagmháil ar 087-7951743 nó sf@pcd07.ie

The Season of Creation continues until Oct 4th. This Season is an opportunity to respond to the call of Pope Francis to listen to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. As the ecological crisis worsens creation cries out as forests burn, animals flee, lives are lost and people are forced to migrate. The theme for this year’s Season is “Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5: 24). As we join the river of justice and peace then hope is created instead of despair, “for we know that things can change!” (Laudato Si’, 13). 

Prayer of Blessed John Henry Newman:

O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen, the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then, Lord, in thy mercy, grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at the last.

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