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9th - 16th August 2026 |
Week Nineteen |
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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 also Rose & Mike Murphy Golden Wedding 11.00 Ann Letts RIP 6.00 Mass Graine Mc Cabe Exit Collection: Parish Hall Refurbishment |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, St. Lawrence (Monday) patron saint of deacons was martyred in 258 AD. When officials demanded that he surrender the treasures of the church, he famously produced the sick & elderly saying “these are the treasures of the church” St.Clare (Tuesday) follower of St.Francis of Assisi was inspired by his simple lifestyle. So as Francis gathered followers around himself, she also gathered followers who became the ‘Poor Clares’ St. Jane Francis de Chantal (Wed) was a happy mother of 4 children till her husband died in an accident. Aided by St. Francis de Sales she founded the Visitation nuns to work with the poor & sick. St.Hippolytus (Thurs) a theologian in 3rd century Rome in penal times, was a critic of the pope, and set himself up as anti- Pope. But when sent to a hard labour camp met the real Pope. Reconciled in prison he wrote Eucharistic Prayer II. Blessed William Freeman (Thurs) though born in Yorkshire, worked secretly as a priest in Warwickshire in penal times and was executed at Warwick in 1595. St.Maximillian Kolbe (Friday) an educated Franciscan embraced new media & was known for radio work. In WWII he was an early target for the Nazis who sent him to the Auschwitz death camp. Fellow prisoner Franciszek Gajowniczek married with children, faced execution so Kolbe opted to take his place, dying by lethal injection. Gajowniczek survived Auschwitz, and was in Rome in 1982 to see Kolbe declared a saint. The Assumption of Our Lady is transferred to the Sunday this year. Assumption into Heaven is tradition’s way of saying that the grace of Christ was so effective in Mary, that death no longer had power over her.
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Monday 10th August St Laurence the deacon 2 Cor 9.6-10 John 12.24-26 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Mark Singhal RIP also Mr Mike Finnegan RIP |
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Tuesday 11th August St.Clare Ezek 2.8-3.4 Mt 18:1-5,10,12-14 7.00 Mass Caroline Louise Sparling RIP 10.15 Mass Alistair Plummer RIP (Anniversary) 10.45 Rosary of the unborn 7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday 12h August St.Jane Frances de Chantal Ezek 9.1-7; 10.18-22 Matt 18.15-20 7.00 Mass Brother Thang SCJ 10.15 Mass Tony Holland (birthday) also Rita Cullen 11.00 Burial of ashes Brian Hobbs RIP |
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Thursday 13th August Saints Pontian & Hippolytus Blessed William Freeman Ezek 12.1-12 Mt 18:21-19.1 7.00 Mass Brian Sidney 10.15 Requiem Patricia Ann Hastie RIP 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Friday 14th August St.Maximillian Kolbe Ezek 16.1-15,60,63 Mt 19:3-12 7.00 Mass Margaret Kiernan 10.15 Mass James Fay also David Horton 12.30 Wedding Louis Roche & Clara Ashmore |
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Saturday 15th August Ezek 18:1-10,13b,30-32 Mt 19:13-15 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Nuala Jones RIP 11.00 Burial of ashes Patricia Benger |
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Assumption of Our Lady 16th August Rev 11.19a, 12.1-6a,10ab Rm 9:1-5 Luke 1.39-56 9.00 John & Nora Eccles 11.00 John Larkin RIP (Anniversary) 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass People of the Parish also Agnes Keane Exit Collection: Parish Hall Refurbishment |