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Recently Deceased Mary (Maureen) Neill (St Fintan’s Park) Kevin Crowley (Gort na Mona) May they rest in peace

Sat 13th

6.00 pm Vigil

Eithne Donohoe (Anv)

Philip Flannery (Anv)

Miriam Harvey (Month’sMind)

Sun 14th April 2019

10.00 am

John Carrick (Anv)

John Francis Smith (Months

Mind)

11.15am

Alice Payne (1st Anv)

Brian Hunter (3rd Anv)

Patrick Galvin (Anv)

12.30pm

Frances Conlon (Anv)

Sarah (Sally) Salley (Anv)

Frances Alexakos (Anv)

Mon 15th April 2019

10.00am

Liam Mc Hale ( Rec Dec’d)

Wed 17th April 2019

10.00am

Neil Harvey (Anv)

Planning for The Future

I write to update you on the current situation facing both

Cabinteely and Foxrock Parishes. It is now eight months since I was

asked to look after Foxrock Parish in addition to Cabinteely Parish,

where I have been for over two years. I did not think that I would still

be in this situation eight months on.

A crisis is not always a bad thing. The Chinese character for

‘Crisis’ denotes both risk and opportunity. We were fortunate in

Foxrock to have the assistance of Fr Francis up to Christmas and of Fr

Emmet for two months after Christmas.

I am grateful also for the generosity of the retired priests in

Cabinteely and Foxrock, the dedication of the staff and volunteers,

without whom it would not have been possible to have got this far.

Clearly the current services are not sustainable into the future. The

reality is that Foxrock had two full time priests and Cabinteely had one

full time priest and now there is just one full time priest for Cabinteely

and Foxrock Parishes. In the parish of Foxrock there is mass at 7.25

AM in the Divine Masters, 10 AM in Foxrock Church, and 11.30 AM and

4 PM in Cornelscourt Oratory each day while there is 10 AM Mass in

Cabinteely on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and at 10 AM in

Johnstown Monday to Saturday. There are ten Sunday Masses

between Cabinteely, Foxrock and Johnstown, many of them at the

same time.

The Parish Pastoral Councils in Cabinteely and Foxrock

parishes are working with me in reviewing the current situation and

together we are looking at creative solutions that will ensure that the

faith communities in Cabinteely/Foxrock will continue to be nourished

and survive into the future. The Archbishop has indicated that he

hopes to appoint another priest to replace the late Fr Gerry Doyle. But

he has given no indication as to when that would happen. He has also

explained that it is not easy to find a priest.

We will continue to communicate with our respective Parish

Communities in all processes of discernment and planning, confident

that with your support, input and most importantly your prayers, God

will help light up the path for all.

Fr Aquinas

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 14th April 2019

April 14, 2019

Palm Sunday of the Passion of

the Lord

Palm Sunday is a strange day in our

liturgical calendar. We begin by waving

palms, but somewhere in the middle, we

call for Jesus to be crucified. We celebrate

today an equally paradoxical God, one

who comes to save through suffering.

"I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones

will cry out!" Jesus, who so often in the

Gospels tries to hide his true identity,

speaks thunderously to the Pharisees

who would still the rejoicing crowd. At

the Last Supper, Jesus confirms the

Messianic promise to his disciples, saying

"I confer a kingdom on you, just as my

Father has conferred one on me." Yet,

before the night is over, Jesus has been

betrayed.

We hear the tragedy unfold in Luke's

Passion narrative. Jesus is abused by the

council of elders, denied by Peter,

whipped by Roman soldiers, and

condemned to death by Pilate. But what

else do we see? Jesus heals someone who

came to arrest him, forgives his torturers,

promises a repentant man paradise, and -

by his loving endurance - converts a

centurion at the foot of the cross. Jesus is

both Redeemer of the World and

Suffering Servant. In taking on the mantle

of Messiah, Jesus does not only receive

our praise and our accolades, but he bears

our burdens and sins and does so with the

deepest love. He may go about our

salvation in a paradoxical way, but he is

dearer to our own suffering hearts for it.

This week, we remember that no sorrow

of our own is beyond the reach of the

compassion of God.

As we approach this beautiful Season of Easter, activities will be a little quieter in the Centre. On Holy Thursday the Garden of Repose will be set up in the Hall. Good Friday the Centre will be closed.

Maeve Davidson continues with the Lent Reflection each Tuesday morning in St. Brigid’s Room. Our Bridge Clubs will be continuing apart from Easter Monday when the Centre is closed. Have a fantastic Easter and see you all

after the Easter break, as I will be

heading away for a few days over

Easter.

Enjoy your week Róisín

Congratulations to

Zoe Mannix and

Billy Lloyd

recently married in our Church

We welcome into

our parish community through baptism

Poppy Ava Call

Jack Patrick Kelly

Pippa Louise Duff

Chloe Grace O’Donovan

The annual Way of the Cross through the Phoenix Park will

take place on Good Friday, 19th April. Led by Archbishop

Diarmuid Martin, it will begin at the Wellington Monument

at 12.00 midday and proceed to the Papal Cross.

Good Friday Ecumenical Walk and Taize Prayer around the Cross: On Good

Friday evening, April 19 2019, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Archbishop

Michael Jackson (Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin) shall once again lead a

silent walk through Dublin's city streets carrying a cross from Christchurch

Cathedral to St Mary's Pro-Cathedral. This begins with a moment of prayer in

Christchurch at 7.15pm after which the two Archbishops will quietly lead us

through the city centre as they carry the cross of the ecumenical monastic

community of Taizé across the Liffey to St Mary's arriving around 8pm. Those

who wish can stay in the Pro-Cathedral for a meditative Prayer around the Cross

with the chants of Taizé which lasts approximately an hour. All are welcome.

‘But (when so sad thou canst not sadder)

Cry--and upon thy so sore loss

Shall shine the traffic of Jacob's ladder

Pitched betwixt Heaven and Charing Cross.

Yea, in the night, my Soul, my daughter,

Cry--clinging to Heaven by the hems;

And lo, Christ walking on the water,

Not of Genesareth, but Thames!

In No Strange Land Francis Thompson

Tuesday 16th April 2019 at 20:00 Main talk – Cherrywood – Past, present & future by Myles Reid Short talk – Rocks, digs and boulders in the Foxrock area by Padraig Laffan Members Free Non Members €5

Minding the Mind Public Lecture Series

8.00—9.30 pm

Saint John of God Hospital Stillorgan Admission Free

Monday 15th April

Lets Talk Health and Wellbeing

TRACEY MCDONAGH Health Promotion Nurse

PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 14th, 2019

Palms will be blessed at all Masses.

Johnstown Monday April 15th, at 7.30pm

10.00 am Morning Prayer of the Church 5.00pm Family Mass -

"Do This in Memory" Programme 8.00pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 9.00 - 10.00pm Holy Hour at the Altar of Repose in

Parish Pastoral Centre

10.00am Morning Prayer of the Church 12 noon Family Stations of the Cross 3.00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion

8.00pm Prayer around the Cross

10.00am Morning Prayer of the Church 9.00pm EASTER VIGIL MASS

10.00,11.15 am & 12.30 pm Mass

Easter Week - Monday April 22nd to Saturday 27th April, Daily Mass at 10.00am Christs triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Giotto di Bondone

Holy Thursday Collection for Foxrock Parish’s official third World Project, Loreto

Sisters’ Mission to PERU. Support their work among the poorest of the

poor, especially the women and children,

giving them hope and a future.

See Posters in the church next week. For

those who cannot make Thursday evening, please take a collection

envelope which will be available from the contact point or the front porch

table, for placing in the safe. THANKS!