One classmate of mine has a great turn of phrase! When our retired Archbishop, Diarmuid Martin came into Office he discovered a couple of Parishes didn't have a Pastoral Council. So, he issued a Decree that all parishes were to have Parish Pastoral Councils. He issued a decree….so he was nicknamed Caesar Augustus!!!
"If you judge people you have no time to love them."- Mother Teresa
"(...) let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are." - St. John Paul II
I can hardly believe that I was installed in Newtown Park and Foxrock Parishes 4 months ago!! And therefore, I'm giving super-advance notice of a training session to take place in Newtownpark Church on 13th Feb next year, it's ONLY 3 months away.
During Covid 19, lots of dreadful things happened! I think we're all still a bit traumatized. But it is worth looking at the many good things that happened. Think of the Herculean work done in communities across the Country. Many people got to know their neighbours, many people took up hobbies that they could do at home or in the garden.
Many parishes got Webcams. I had a plan to do it in my previous Parish, but it was put on the Long finger! I thought it might be a good idea too to get a donate button/icon on the Parish Website. Thanks to Covid, we got both, and they are going strong.
The Diocese had to do something when there were NO public masses, thus there were NO collections for the Support of Priests and Share. Tap n Go arrived in many parishes including Foxrock the donation is for Mass Collections only, i.e. Support of the Clergy (Active and retired) and Share.
One of the Problems with the system is that up to now, tap n Go donations were anonymous which meant that donations could not be put into the Parish/Diocese Tax reclaim system.
BUT breaking news! Newtown Park Church is piloting the New Tap n Go machines. When you 'Tap' you get the opportunity to put in your personal details and then we can connect your contribution to your other donations and, if its' over €250 in the year the PARISH gets the Tax rebate of nearly another half. I love getting a few bob back from the Taxman (sorry Tax-person!)
It's the perfect weekend to start as it' is SHARE Sunday. There's a letter from Archbishop Farrell and the Annual Share Newsletter. It makes good reading.
Thanks for all the support of Mass collections, Dues, and Parish Maintenance (Family Offering).
Fr Philip PP (Ex Tax collector)
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One classmate of mine has a great turn of phrase! When our retired Archbishop, Diarmuid Martin came into Office he discovered a couple of Parishes didn't have a Pastoral Council. So, he issued a Decree that all parishes were to have Parish Pastoral Councils. He issued a decree….so he was nicknamed Caesar Augustus!!!
"If you judge people you have no time to love them."- Mother Teresa
"(...) let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are." - St. John Paul II
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Pope Francis 2024
"If you judge people you have no time to love them."- Mother Teresa
"(...) let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are." - St. John Paul II
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Pope Francis, on Friday, sends a video message to the Irish faithful as the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock is elevated to the status of an International Sanctuary of Special Eucharistic and Marian Devotion
Message from Archbishop Dermot Farrell to the parents of children due to receive the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation this year.
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