YOUR PARISH TEAM: Fr. Brendan Callanan, C.Ss.R., Adm.

Fr. Eamon Hoey, C.Ss.R.

Fr. Pat Sugrue, C.Ss.R.

e-mail:

dundalkoffice@redemptorists.ie

Website:

www.redemptoristsdundalk.ie

Tel: (042) 933 4042

Dundalk Radio FM 97.7 broadcasts Mass from

St. Joseph’s every Sunday at 9.00am.

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

31st January 2016

Baptisms

Sunday: 1.30pm

Required Baptism preparation

meetings take place on 1st & 3rd

Tuesday of the month. Baptism card

can be obtained in Reception in the

Monastery to be filled in before

Baptism Meeting.

Next Meeting Dates:

2nd & 16th February

Mass Times Saturday: 9.30

Vigil: 6.30pm

Sunday: 9.30am; 11.00am; 12.30pm

Holy Days

Vigil 7.30pm

Morning: 9.30am; 11.00am

Evening: 7.30pm

Weekdays:

Mon—Fri : 8.30am; 9.30am & 7.30pm

Devotions Sunday: 7.00pm

Novena to St Gerard:

Wednesday: 9.30 & 7.30pm

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual

Help: Saturday 9.30am

Reception Hours

Monday-Saturday:

9.30am-5.30pm

Sunday:

10.00am-12.30pm

Confessions

Saturday: 10.00am—12.00Noon

4.00pm—6.00pm

Mon-Fri: 10.00am—11.am

7.00pm—7.20pm

First Friday is 5th February.

Holy Communion will be brought

to the sick and house bound of

the parish. If you or anyone you

know would like a First Friday

call, please contact one of

the parish priests or

reception in the

monastery.

WEEKLY ENVELOPE Weekly envelope

collection totalled €640.70 Thank you!

We offer our condolences and

sympathy to the family and

friends of the recently deceased:

Kevin Clarke

Tony Duggan

May they rest in peace.

Martha Ministers

The next team scheduled is

Oaklawns, 2nd February.

See you all there!

We welcome into the Family

of God the recently

baptised:

Michael John Gerard McDonagh

St. Brigid: (Feast on the 1st of February). She is a Secondary

Patron of Ireland but the proximity of Faughart to Dundalk makes her

a ´local´ saint in this area. Also associated with Kildare many stories

and legends have grown up around her life story. A very interesting

booklet by Fr. John J. Ó Riordáin C.Ss.R. - entitled Brigid of Ireland -

is available at reception for €3.00

The 40th Annual Candlelight Procession to St. Brigid ’s

Shrine, Faughart from Faughart Graveyard will take place on

Monday, 1st February, at 8.00pm.

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

(2nd of February): in St. Luke´s account Jesus was welcomed in the

temple by two elderly people, Simeon and Anna. They represent

Israel in their patient expectation and they acknowledge Jesus as the

long awaited Messiah. This feast is sometimes called Candlemas.

Eucharistic Ministers—Sunday, 7th February

6.30pm Vigil

Host: Margaret McElevey; Noleen O’Rourke;

Carol McGuinness; Ray McGuinness Chalice: Patricia Beggy

9.30am

Host: Geraldien Devlin; Sandra Fee

Chalice: Rose O’Rourke

11.00am

Host: Vivienne Ross; Michelle Connolly; Jimmy Kennedy;

Mary McKenna Chalice: Marie Agnew

12.30pm

Host: Maureen Kennedy; Barney Foley; May Hughes;

Colletta Dalikeni

Readers of the Word – Sunday, 7th February

6.30pm: Colleen Mulpeter & Kelly Marie Mulpeter

9.30am: Aidan Cawley

11.00am: Yvonne Gregory

12.30pm: David Aijayi & Peer Finnegan

Anniversaries

Saturday, 30th January

9.30am

Our Lady’s Novena

6.30pm

Sarah & James Kerley & Deceased Family; Evelyn Hoey;

Marie Kerley; Paddy & Mary Gill & Deceased Family;

Jimmy & Christopher Gaffney;

Mary Ann, Francis & Mary Louth

Sunday, 31st January

9.30am

Lee Beaton; Ellen & Joe Cleary, St Alphonsus Villas

11.00am

Deceased O’Callaghan Family, Co Cork;

DJ & Jenny Byrne, Point Rd; Margaret Gorham, Cluan

Enda; Christine & Owen Kelly; Jack & Kitty Kelly;

George Mohan & Lily White;

Frank Lynch; Deceased O’Connell Family

12.30pm

Month’s Mind of Liam Morrow, Meadow Grove

Month’s Mind of Paddy McCabe, Barrack Street

Monday, 1st February

8.30am

List of the Dead

9.30am

Kathleen Neary; Deceased Hoey Family, Hill St

7.30pm

Tuesday, 2nd February

8.30am

Living & Deceased Campbell, Gorey & McDonnell Families

9.30am

Danny Keeney; Frank & Frances Lynch

7.30pm

Annie & John Lisgoe & Infant Daughter, Mary;

Paul & Carmel McKevitt

Wednesday, 3rd February

8.30am

9.30am

7.30pm

St Gerard’s Novena & Vocations

Thursday, 4th February

8.30am

9.30am

Gussie Maguire, Castleblayney

7.30pm

Madge Callan, Hyde Pk; Stephen Boland;

Rosaline Toner & Deceased Family

Friday, 5th February

8.30am

9.30am

7.30pm

Eamon McCrave; Charlotte Donnelly; Mickey Malone;

Thomas McEvoy

St. Blaise: (3rd of February). He lived in the 4th century. Legend

has it that he cured a child who had a fish bone stuck in its throat

and from that the tradition of blessing throats on his feast day

developed. ´Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and

martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat and

from every other evil, In the name of the Father and of the son

and of the Holy Spirit. Amen´.

Catholic Schools Week (31st of January to 6th of February)

is an all-Ireland annual event. It is a celebration of Catholic

schools throughout Ireland, which acknowledges the contribution

that Catholic primary and post-primary schools make not just to

Irish society, but to the mission of the Church. This year´s theme

is Catholic Schools: Challenged to Proclaim God’s Mercy”.

St. Joseph´s does not have responsibility for any schools but

we acknowledge the great work being done by the schools in

the town.

Taize Prayer Meeting

will take place on Friday

the 5th of February at

8.30pm in Bethany on the

Point Road.

One day silent retreat in Mt. Oliver on Saturday the 6th of February from 9.30am to 4pm. Directed by Frances Hanrahan. Cost for the day is 15 euros. Bring your own lunch, tea/coffee available. Contact

Ryan at 087-9051013 to reserve a place.

The Annual Armagh Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place on 12th to 17th of May. The cost of the Pilgrimage is €730, full board. Bookings take place in Hospitalite House, Mill Street,

Dundalk on Monday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.00pm. There are a number of places available for Assisted Pilgrims (sick),

applications should be made in writing to Dundalk and District Lourdes Invalid Committee,

c/o Hospitalite House, Mill Street, Dundalk.

Praying with God´s Word

Every Thursday evening a group gathers in St. Joseph´s

Monastery at 8pm to reflect on God´s word. You are

welcome to join the group and share your reflection on

the passages that are read.

The Corporal Works of Mercy are to feed the

hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the

naked, to welcome the stranger, to heal the sick, to

visit the imprisoned, to bury the dead.