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19th July - 26th July 2026 |
Week Sixteen |
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Sixteenth Sunday 19h July Ws 12:13,16-19 Rm 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-43 9.00 Mary Gateley RIP 11.00 Tony Mc Skeane RIP 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass People of the Parish Exit Collection: Venezuela Earthquake Emergency Appeal (Cafod) |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, St. Apollinaris (Monday) an early disciple of St Peter himself was 1st century Bishop of Ravenna & a martyr like many of his time. His time as bishop was an age of severe persecution of the church. St.Lawrence of Brindisi (Tuesday) was a 17th century Italian Franciscan famed for his preaching in many languages.. Latin, Hebrew, Greek, German, Czech, Spanish & French. He was ‘guru’ to many popes. St.Mary Magdalene (Wednesday) an early disciple of Jesus, was among the Galilean women who supported Jesus & disciples out of their own pocket. She was the 1st witness to the resurrection. Magdala today is a small fishing kibbutz on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Later tradition that she’d once been a prostitute has no biblical foundation whatever. St Bridget of Sweden (Thursday) had visions of Christ crucified from her early childhood, which drove her loving support for the poor & downtrodden. Wed to King Magnus II, she bore 8 children & lived a strict life after her husband died. Campaigning against abuse of ecclesiastical power she made pilgrimage to Rome and then the Holy Land. St. John Paul II declared her a patron saint of Europe St.Charbel Makhlouf (Friday) was a 19th Lebanese Maronite monk & priest. In his day he had a reputation for holiness, and for uniting Christians, Muslims & Druze. The Lebanese know him as a miracle worker, and many favours and healings are attributed to his intercession. How this healing is needed in Lebanon today. St.James (Saturday) was one of the 12 Apostles, and the brother of John. He was the first apostle to be martyred, and is patron saint of Spain and of several Spanish speaking countries. His remains are in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, a great centre of Pilgrimage today.
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Monday 20th July St.Apollinaris Mc 6:1-4,6-8 Mt 12:38-42 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Eileen Richardson RIP also Thomas Henry RIP 11.00am Burial of Ashes - Pansy Rita Pascoe |
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Tuesday 21st July St.Lawrence of Brindisi Mc 7:14-15,18-20 Mt 12:46-50 7.00 Mass Patricia Ganderton RIP & family 10.15 Mass Peace also Noel McMahon (special birthday) 10.45 Rosary of the unborn 5.00pm Vigil Julie Agnew RIP 7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday 22nd July St.Mary Magdalene SoS 3:1-4 or 2Co 5:14-17 Jn 20:1-2,11-18 7.00 Mass Caroline Louise Sparling 10.15 Requiem Julie Agnew 11.00-12.00 Prayer Group (day chapel) |
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Thursday 23rd July St.Bridget of Sweden Ga 2:19-20 Jn 15:1-8 7.00 Mass James Fay also Ann Edge 10.15 Mass Forgotten Souls in Purgatory also Mary Gateley RIP 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Friday 24th July Saint Charbel Makhlouf Jr 3:14-17 Mt 13:18-23 7.00 Mass Holy Souls also Frank Dunn RIP 10.15 Mass All Gaffey family & Laura Barlow RIP |
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Saturday 25th July St.James Apostle Jr 3:14-17 Mt 13:18-23 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Margaret Mary Mc Cheskey also Special intention (birthdays) |
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Seventeenth Sunday 26th July 1Kg 3:5-6,7-12 Rm 8:28-30 Mt 13:44-52 9.00 Peggy & Douglas Coshan RIP 11.00 Annette & Steve Howell 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass People of the Parish Exit Collection: Parish Hall Refurbishment |