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2nd - 9th August 2026 |
Week Eighteen |
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Eighteenth Sunday 2nd August Is 55:1-3 Rm 8:35,37-39 Mt 14:13-21 9.00 Deceased of McNeil & Gallagher families 11.00 Caroline Sparling 6.00 Mass People of the Parish also Christine Lynch Exit Collection: SCJ School Project Assam |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, St.John Vianney (Tuesday) ‘the Curé of Ars’, ever dedicated to pastoral work is a model for Diocesan priests today. St.Mary Major-Dedication (Wednesday) is kept because this basilica was the first in the West to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary, after the Council of Ephesus declared her Mother of God in 431. This church is where Pope Francis liked to pray incognito, & now houses his tomb. The Transfiguration (Thursday) marks Jesus showing his three favourite disciples a glimpse of his future glory. The presence of Moses (representing Law) and Elijah (representing prophets) was Jesus' way of reassuring his apostles that he was faithful to Jewish tradition despite opposition from the Priests. Pope Sixtus (Friday) was elected in 257. A year later, on August 6 while celebrating Mass in the catacombs he was seized by roman officers and beheaded along with four of his deacons. He was buried in the same catacomb. St.Dominic (Saturday) founded the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and was an apostle of truth when heresy was chic. His missions against the Cathars were a model of how Christians should face up to falsehood, and his Order of Preachers was a wonderful legacy for the church. St.Edith Stein (August 9) is eclipsed by next Sunday, but was a significant influence on Pope John-Paul II. Pre-WWII she was a University philosopher before converting from Judaism to Catholic faith. She then became a Carmelite, Sr Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Her superiors thought she’d be safe from Nazi tyranny in Holland. To no avail...she was sent to Auschwitz like Maximilian Kolbe before her. Her academic research on Edmund Husserl influenced St.John Paul II
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Monday 3rd August Jr 28:1-17 Mt 14:22-36 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Elsie & Patrick Higgins also Zoe Beavon |
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Tuesday 4th August St.John Vianney Jr 30:1-2,12-15,18-22 Mt 15:1-2,10-14 7.00 Mass Special Intention G & R 10.15 Mass Kathy & Michael Mc Manus (special birthdays) 10.45 Rosary of the unborn 7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday 5th August Dedication of St.Mary Major Jr 31:1-7 Matt 15.21-28 7.00 Mass Malcom Denton RIP 10.15 Mass New Church in Paphos, Cyprus also Margaret McGarry |
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Thursday 6th August The Transfiguration of the Lord Dan 7.9-10,13-14 Mt 17:1-9 7.00 Mass Kathryn Mc Garry 10.15 Mass Pat Gray also Sarah Gilliland 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Friday 7th August St.Sixtus II & St.Cajetan Nahum 1.15,2.2,3.1-3.6-7 Mt 16:24-28 7.00 Mass Danny C Sean C 10.15 Mass Caroline Louise Sparling also Jenny Lindsay |
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Saturday 8th August St.Dominic Hab 1:12-2:24 Mt 17:14-20 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Thanksgiving Trish Morrish 12.30 Wedding Kieran Langan & Sarah Wilkes |
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Nineteenth Sunday 9th August 1 Kings 19.19a, 11-13a Rm 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33 9.00 People of the Parish 11.00 Ann Letts RIP 6.00 Mass Graine Mc Cabe Exit Collection: Parish Hall Refurbishment |