WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

The 2014 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed from 18^th to the 25^th January 2014.  An interdenominational Service will take place in St. Fintan’s Church, Sutton on Sunday 19^th January at 8.00pm to mark the inauguration of the week of prayer.  Canon Desmond Sinnamon of the Church of Ireland has accepted the invitation of the Dublin Council of Churches to preach the homily.

PRO-CATHEDRAL – UNWANTED GIFTS COLLECTON FOR CROSSCARE

Staff at St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Dublin are urging people not to exchange unwanted Christmas gifts but to donate them to Crosscare who will give them to those most in need, young people living on the margins and the homeless.  Unwanted presents can be brought to the Cathedral this week so that they can be re-distributed through Crosscare – the Diocesan Social Care Agency.

THE THREE TENORS IN CONCERT AT ST. FINTAN’S CHURCH 21^st FEBRUARY 2014

A Special Concert: The Three Tenors, with guests, St. Fintan’s Parish Junior Choir, will be performing in concert in St. Fintan’s Church, Sutton on 21^st February 2014.  Tickets €25 each now available from the St. Fintan's Parish Office, 9.30am to 12.30pm and from Coffeys of Sutton, Unit 6 Superquinn Shopping Centre, Sutton.

Join us and have a thoroughly enjoyable night.

A Joint Meeting of the three Parish Pastoral Councils, (Sutton, Howth and Baldoyle) will take place on Monday 13th January at 7.30pm in St. Fintan’s Parish Centre, Sutton.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 20^th January  - Gardiner Street Church.  The 2^nd Cardinal Martini Annual lecture at 7.30 p.m.  Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ will take the theme – Cardinal Martini and Pope Francis.    All welcome, admission – donation.

OUR DEAD

Please remember in your prayers JOHNNY DIXON who died during the week.  We offer our sympathy to his wife Anne and family.  We also pray for TOMMO HAYES who has died.  We offer our sympathy to his wife Breda and all the family.  May they rest in peace.

HOWTH PARISH REFORM AND RENEWAL GROUP

‘In Search of a New Model of Church’

Monday 20th January  8.00 pm  St. Columbanus Hall

As Pope Francis and his advisors consult with the worldwide Church on family issues in preparation for the October 2014 Synod there is an atmosphere of hope and expectation about the future.  If a ‘New Model of Church’ emerges in the future what should that model look like?  What aspects of the current model of church must be changed to facilitate the emergence of a new, more inclusive model?  What role can the laity play at parish, diocesan, and wider levels in any new model of Church?  What model of Church might offer hope to those alienated and marginalised?  The evening will combine a number of personal reflections on these issues followed by an open discussion.  The agenda covers a very wide range of issues and it is, therefore, intended to deal with the issues over the course of a number of meetings.   ALL WELCOME

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION IN HOWTH

The Eucharistic Adoration Group would warmly welcome new comers to adoration including those who wish to give it a try without commitment.  It involves spending an hour a week in silent prayer (in whatever form of devotion including spiritual reading that you choose) before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the side Altar of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during one of the scheduled hours of exposition on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.  On Tuesdays the scheduled hours of exposition begin at 11:00; 12:00; 13:00; 14:00; 15:00 and 16:00.  On Wednesdays they begin at 11:00; 12:00; 13:00; (none at 14:00); 15:00; 16:00 and 19:00.  On Thursdays there is just one hour that begins at 11:00.  For more information contact Owen at 832 5574 or John at 832 4429 or 086-810 5412.

TIMES OF MASSES IN OUR CHURCH

Saturday Evening Vigil Mass at 7 o’clock

Sunday Morning         8.30; 10.30 (Family Mass),  and 12.00 noon

Weekdays: Monday – Friday  8.00 and 10.00 a.m.

Saturdays: 10.00 a.m.