Sunday 17th January 2016

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time  (03/16)

HOWTH PARISH REFORM AND RENEWAL GROUP

Monday 25th January at 8.00 pm St. Columbanus Hall   -  Vincent MacNamara will speak on 'Morality the Way of the Heart: Truth, Goodness and Beauty'

Vincent MacNamara is a well known lecturer and writer.  He is the author of several books including New Life for Old: the Human and Spiritual Journey, The Call to be Human: Making sense of Morality, Faith and Ethics and The Truth in Love.

Vincent was educated at University College Cork, St Patrick's College Maynooth, the Anglican and Gregorian Universities in Rome and the University of Oxford.  He lectures in the Milltown Institute, Dublin, and is a member of St Patrick's Missionary Society.  ALL WELCOME

A MESSAGE FROM THE PARISH GROUP

BRIDGING THE GAP

Our Group aims to Foster Community Spirit through Care and Friendship.  We are fellow members in your community in Howth.  If you would like someone to call, to chat or share a simple game of cards, or perhaps to just listen, please telephone the Parish Office and leave a message with Barbara 01-839 7398  Mon, Tues, Weds & Fri 9.30am  -  1.30pm.

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Howth Parish Bible Study Group continues on Friday 22nd January in St. Columbanus Hall at 10.45am.  All are welcome.

STELLA MARIS RETREAT CENTRE, HOWTH  -  REFLECTION DAY

"Thomas Merton - A Man for all Seasons" (a celebration to conclude the centenary of Merton's birth).  Presenter: Sr. M. T. Porter, RSC  -  Saturday 23rd January 11.00am - 4.30 p.m.  Cost: €20.00.   (Please bring a packed lunch - tea and coffee provided.)

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed from 18th – 25th January 2016.  Its inauguration in Dublin will take place at an interdenominational service in St Paul’s Church, Arran Quay, Dublin 7 tomorrow evening, (Monday 18th January)  at 8.00pm.  The Very Rev. Dr. Kenneth Newell OBE will preach the sermon.  This year’s theme, “Salt of the Earth”(1 Peter 2:9-11) was chosen by the Christian communities in Latvia.  The theme highlights the relationship between baptism and proclamation, and the calling shared by all the baptised ‘to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord’.  The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is a privileged moment of prayer, encounter and dialogue.  It is an opportunity to recognise and receive the richness and value that are present in the other, the different, and to ask God for the gift of unity.

OUR DEAD

Please remember in your prayers, ARTHUR BROPHY who died recently.  We offer our sympathy to his family.  We also pray for RICHARD O’CARROLL who has died.  Funeral on Monday 18th January at 11.00am.  We offer our sympathy to his mother Rita and all the family.  We also pray for WALTER FOLEY who died suddenly during the week.  We offer our sympathy to his wife Shelagh and all the family.  May they rest in peace.

Church Readers – Weekday Masses   The following are listed to read at 8.00am Masses 18th – 22nd Jan

Monday J. Morton

Tuesday K. Burke

Wednesday B. Milton

Thursday B. Milton

Friday K. Nolan

The following are listed to read at 10.00am Masses 18th -23rd Jan

Monday T. Boyle

Tuesday U. Kane

Wednesday J. Stewart

Thursday M. Connaughton

Friday J. Clarke

Saturday J. Towers

WEEKEND MASSES Sat/Sun 23 & 24 Jan

Saturday 7.00pm P. Loftus

Sunday 8.30am D O Cathasaigh/V. Duffy

Sunday 10.30am Family Mass Reader

Sunday 12 noon A O’Halloran

SAINT VINCENT De PAUL SOCIETY

The local Conference of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society will hold their monthly collection to-day – after all the Masses.

CHRISTIAN MEDITATION

Christian Meditation will continue in the Parish Hall -  St. Columbanus  - on Thursday 21st January at 11.00am.  Cost:  None - and all are very welcome to attend.  For more information contact Matt McDonagh Tel. 806 3406

IRISH CANCER SOCIETY FUND RAISER

Pat Murphy will give a fund raising talk in the Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club on Friday, 22 January, at 8.00 pm, admission €5.00 (or more should you wish).  Pat’s talk will outline the part played by Erskine & Molly Childers’ yacht, ASGARD, in the landing of an Arms and Ammunition consignment for the Irish volunteers in Howth in July 1914.  These landings, both at Howth and at Kilcoole, are considered by many to have played a significant part in the Rising.

SUTTON FLORAL ART GROUP

Sutton Floral Art will hold their AGM in the Marine Hotel, Sutton at 8.00pm on Wednesday 27th January.  The meeting will be followed by a Talk by Fiann O'Nuallain - “The Holistic Gardener” - at 8.45pm.  Guests are welcome to attend €7 per person.

Mindfulness Meditation with Joe Clarke

Meditation resumes in St. Columbanus Hall tomorrow evening, Monday 18th January at 7.30pm.

Meditation will also take place on Tuesday morning 19th January from 11.00am in St. Columbanus Hall.  No booking required – all are welcome.

CHURCH COLLECTIONS

Sunday 10th Jan. First Collection  €1,080.

SHARE Collection €645

Scripture Readings for the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Monday 18th Jan

1 Sm 15:16-23. Ps 49:8-9,16-17,21,23, R/v23. Mk 2:18-22

Tuesday 19th Jan

1 Sm 16:1-13. Ps 88:20-22,27-28, R/v21. Mk 2:23-28

Wednesday 20th Jan

1 Sm 17:32-33,37,40-51. Ps 143:1-2,9-10, R/ v1. Mk 3:1-6

Thursday 21st Jan

St Agnes Memorial

1 Sm 18:6-9, 19:1-7. Ps 55:2-3,9-14, R/ v5. Mk 3:13-19

Friday 22nd Jan

1 Sm 24:3-21. Ps 56:2-4,6,11, R/ v2. Mk 2:1-12

Saturday 23rd Jan

2 Sm 1:1-4, 11-12,17,19,23-27. Ps 79:2-3,5-7, R / v4. Mk 3: 20-21

Sunday 24th Jan

Neh 8:2-6,8-10. Ps 18:8-10,15, R/ Jn 6:63. 1 Cor 12:12-30. Lk 1:1-4,4:14-21

MASS INTENTIONS  17th – 24th January

Sunday 17th Jan

Vigil (7.00pm Sat. 16th Jan) Annie Horrigan

8.30am Ursula Lane (1st Anv) & John Lane (23rd Anv)

10.30am Denis Quinn (7th Anv)

12 noon Joseph Daly

Mon 18th Jan

10.00am Capt. Jerry Young

11.00am Funeral - Richard O’Carroll

Tues 19th Jan

10.00am A Special Intention

Weds 20th Jan

8.00am A Special Intention

10.00am Patrick Dowd ‘Month’s Mind’

Thurs 21st Jan

10.00am Jack Barry

Fri 22nd Jan

8.00am Doreen Reid (19th Anv) & Jack Reid (9th Anv)

10.00am Maura Harrison

Sat 23rd Jan

10.00am Donal Redmond

Sunday 24th Jan

Vigil (7.00pm Sat. 23rd Jan) Nellie & Jack Moore & Cora Lynch

10.30am Michael Healy. Also Kathleen, Felicity & Kieran Healy

12 noon Stephen Costello (13th Anv)

The next MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Weekend will be from 26th to 28th February 2016 (8:00 pm Friday to 4:30 pm Sunday) at the Creggan Court Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.  Presented by three married couples and a priest, the weekend is a residential workshop that offers married couples with a good relationship the opportunity to explore, renew and enrich what they already have in a way that completely respects their privacy.  It is very much about spouses being in a unique sacramental relationship that involves not only them but also God, their family and the wider community of the Church.  For lots more information see the website www.marriageencounter.ie or telephone  087-784 0408.