Glanmire Parish, County Cork, Ireland - part of the Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross.
Newsletter Sunday 23rd September:
“The most powerful woman in the world!”
At the screening of the film Mother Teresa during the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations in 1983, the Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar rose from his seat to introduce Mother Teresa of Calcutta to an elite gathering of the representatives of all member countries of the U.N. He needed only one sentence for his introduction: “I present to you the most powerful woman in the world!” On 3 March 1976, conferring on Mother Teresa the highest honor of India’s Vishwa Bharati University, Mrs Indira Gandhi, who was at that time prime minister of India, said: “I feel myself dwarfed when I stand before this holy and mighty woman who heroically showed the world how to practice Christian love in sacrificial and humble service.” For many years, the world watched, admired and loved this weak and elderly nun, always dressed in a blue-bordered white sari, as the incarnation of humble and sacrificing Christian service. She was the living proof of Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel that real greatness lies in serving others. She did this with love and compassion. On 5 September 1997, the day Mother Teresa died, Pope John Paul II said: “Mother Teresa marked the history of our century with courage. She served all human beings by promoting their dignity and respect, making them feel the tenderness of God.”
AUTUMN STATIONS
To book a station mass for your area please contact the parish office.
2nd Collection will be taken up next weekend for Priesthood Education.
Volunteers required to help with the cleaning of St Joseph’s Church. Please contact Peter 087 9082242.
St Michael’s Choir are looking for new members. Contact Caroline 086 8128055.
Altar Servers: Children from 4th and 5th class are invited to become altar servers. If your child is interested please come to the training meeting in the church next Friday, 28th Sept at 4.30 pm. If you have any queries please contact Mirinda O’Keeffe 087 2262044 or Eilís Twomey 086 8058082.
St Joseph’s Junior Group.
Practice has resumed for this group (children’s choir) on Monday evenings at 7.15 pm in St Joseph’s church. New members welcome. Boys and girls from 3rd class upwards. Looking forward to seeing you at our monthly masses. For further information contact 0874195742
Adoration Group meeting Tuesday 25th Sept. 7.30 pm in the Pastoral Room.
SMA National Novena in honour of St Thérèse will begin on Sunday 23rd Sept at the African Missions, Church Road, Blackrock and will end on 1st Oct. Mass each evening at 7.30 pm (except Saturday 29th Sept when it will be at 7 pm)
Annual Blessing of the babies baptized in the last 12 months will take place on Sunday 7th October at 3 pm in St Joseph’s Church.
Updates from Parish Assembly meeting October 2018:
We would like to have as many parishioners as possible active in our parish through being involved in some of the many groups we have - Reader/Word Ministry, Eucharistic Ministers, Offertory Collections, Altar Serving, Cleaning the Church, Choirs, Altar Society, Parish Assembly, Finance Committee, Adoration Group, Baptism Team ... - contact Eileen in the Parish Office for more information.
We will have the annual Blessing of Babies (baptised in the parish during past 12 months) on Sunday afternoon 7th October. This is hosted by the Baptism teams.
There will be the annual Blessing of Graves on the afternoon of Sunday 4th November - Rathcooney and Templeuisce graveyards. Fr. Newman will give a general blessing to all buried in the cemetery. It is wonderful to see so many family and friends present to remember and pray.
There will be the annual Mass for those recently bereaved in the Parish. This will be at 7:30pm in St. Joseph's church on Wednesday 14th November. Names will be read and remembered, candles (supplied) brought to the altar and names put on the remembrance tree.
There was some more discussion on the pressures on our priests and the need to rationalise the number of Masses in the parish on a Sunday - linking with the other parishes in our Pastoral Area.
Glanmire Parish,
Springhill,
Glanmire,
Co. Cork,
Ireland.
T45 TW72
Email office@glanmireparish.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 21 4820654
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