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23rd - 30th August 2026 |
Week Twenty One |
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Twenty First Sunday 23rd August Is 22:15,19-23 Rm 11:33-36 Mt 16:13 9.00 Mary Martin (Birthday) 11.00 Catherine & James Murphy RIP also Edward Mc Dermott 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass People of the Parish Exit Collection: SCJ school project Assam |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, St Bartholomew (Monday) one of the 12 apostles, a native of Cana in Galilee. In St John's gospel he is called Nathaniel, ‘a man without guile.’ St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, (Tuesday) is also from Galilee, and is honoured as a ‘cofounder’ by our Sacred Heart Community. Born Miriam Bouardie, she became a Carmelite sister, founding convents in India & Palestine, and secured approval for our new Congregation from Pope Pius IX, before dying of a building site injury in Bethlehem in 1878. The house she helped build still welcomes Holy Land pilgrims today. Blessed Dominic Barberi (Wednesday) is honoured as an English saint, though he came from Viterbo, Italy, where he joined the Passionists. Inspired to join the English mission, he founded Passionist communities in several cities, and is famous for receiving John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church in 1845. St.Monica (Thursday) friend of Ambrose of Milan and mother of St.Augustine gave her tears & prayers for the conversion of her son during his wild youth. Many parents will identify with her. St Augustine (Friday) one of the great saints of the early centuries left a mark that persists to modern times. By his own admission he had a wayward youth. But after conversion he used his gifts to shepherd god’s people, struggling against multiple heresies of the age. His sense that Christian leaders should be wary of sailing too close to any current political ideology is very apt today. St.John the Baptist’s death (Saturday) is the story of a great perversion of justice. Sadly events leading to his death are echoed in the plight of political prisoners all over the world. But like John they never cease witnessing to the truth.
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Monday 24th August St.Bartholomew Apostle Ez 24:15-24 Mt 19:16-22 7.00 Mass Mr Mike Finnegan RIP 10.15 Mass Flo Hughes also Patricia Margret RIP |
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Tuesday 25th August St.Louis of France St. Mary of Jesus Crucified Ez 28:1-10 Mt 19:23-30 7.00 Mass Adrian Sabell RIP 10.15 Mass Jeanette Walton (birthday) also Clare Curtis RIP 10.45 Rosary of the unborn 7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday 26th August Blessed Dominic Barberi Ez 34:1-11 Mt 20:1-16 7.00 Mass Holy Souls 10.15 Mass Souls in Purgatory also Paulette Hall |
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Thursday 27th August Saint Monica Ez 36:23-28 Mt 22:1-14 7.00 Mass Brother Thang SCJ 10.15 Mass Patrick Gavin also Sr Susan Collins 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Friday 28th August Saint Augustine Ez 37:1-14 Mt 22:34-40 7.00 Mass Rachel O’ Donnell 10.15 Mass Lyn Kimberly RIP also Mary McCoy |
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Saturday 29th August Beheading of St.John the Baptist Ez 43:1-7 Mt 23:1-12 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Fr Leon Pereira also Richard Donnelly RIP |
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Twenty Second Sunday 30th August Is 22:15,19-23 Rm 11:33-36 Mt 16:13 9.00 People of the Parish 11.00 Paddy Benger RIP 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass Intentions of Sandy & Brian Faulkner Exit Collection: Parish Hall Refurbishment |