Friday 26 November 2010

Some News from our Diocese

Christmas Carol Service: St Joseph's Church Berkeley Road, Wednesday 8th December - 7.30pm. Choir of St Teresa's Clarendon Street in aid of the Church Heating Fund. Tickets €10 - available in repository, parish office & on the night.


St Joseph's Christmas Fair: St Joseph's Church Berkeley Road. Sunday 5th December - 10.30am - 2pm. Santa, gifts, cakes, mulled wine, holly & ivy and more.
Liam Lawton will perform 3 concerts within the Dublin Archdiocese: St. Mocha's Church, Porterstown, Dublin 15, Wednesday December 1st.St. Mary's Church, Lucan, Thursday 9th December. Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin on Tuesday 21 December. Please see www.dublindiocese.ie for further details.
Manresa Advent Prayer: On each Tuesday evening of vent from 7.30pm to 9.00pm, Manresa invites you to a time of quiet Advent prayer and reflection (30 November, 7, 14 and 21 December). No need to book - just come along. You can also book into our weekend retreat for lay people, beginning on Friday 3 December and ending with lunch on the Sunday. Contact Eileen or Valerie at (01) 833 1352 or manresa@jesuit.ie or visit www.manresa.ie [Manresa, Jesuit Centre of Spirituality, 426 Clontarf Road, Dollymount, Dublin 3.]
Cabra Resource Centre: would like to invite you to join us in a celebration of Hope and Commemoration on Tuesday 30th November in the Church of Most Precious Blood, Cabra West at 7pm. This is promote awareness of a wide range of supports and services in the Cabra area, information will be distributed to the community on the night.
Ringsend Parish: Is looking for a 4 to 5 foot statue of our Lady of Lourdes (for outdoors) for a Flat Complex. If any parish has such a statue they are no longer using please contact Fr Ivan Tongue Tel: 087 272 6868
REMINDERS:
Diocesan Advent Service: Vigil for Nascent Life. Through reflection song and prayer in St Mary’s Pro Cathedral. Saturday 27th November at 4.00p.m. Led by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Crosscare Launch “Thanks to Teachers”: Parents and kids are being asked to buy a very special present for their teacher this Christmas - a helping hand to those most in need. Instead of buying gifts this year - we are asking you to make a donation to Crosscare (www.crosscare.ie) and download our specially designed Thanks for Teachers cards.
Christmas with the Palestrina Choir: National Concert Hall, Thursday 2nd December 2010 at 8pm. Tickets €28, €20 (choir balcony €15)

Available from the National Concert Hall Box Office. Book online at www.nch.ie For further information visit www.procathedral.ie