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Postal address: Parish Office, St. Michan's Church,
Halston Street, Dublin 7
St. Michan's Parish
Halston Street
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First Friday Calls
Calls to the housebound will be made this coming Friday and over the weekend. If you would like to be added to the First Friday calls, please contact one of the priests of the parish at 8730675.
Monthly Mass for our Recently Deceased
parishioners and friends takes place on Saturday, 4th November at 6pm in Halston Street. This month we remember in a special way those who died during September and early October 2017
Ann Keenan (née McDermott)
Lily Mallin (née Moore)
Rennie Cowman (née Moore)
Fr. James Harrington, Capuchin
An tAthar Piaras O Duill, Capuchin
John Lawlor
Maria Maguire (née Terry)
James Murphy
Charles (Maxie) McDonnell
Stephen Reilly
Edward Power
Jimmy Fennessy
Markets Mass
The ANNUAL MASS for all the deceased members of the
Fruit & Vegetable Markets, Moore Street Traders and surrounding markets takes place on Friday, 10th November 2017
IN THE MARKETS BUILDING at 10am
(no morning Mass in Halston Street)
Road Safety Authority Televised Mass
The Annual Road Safety Authority Mass will be broadcast live from St. Michan’s Church in Halston Street on Sunday, 19th November 2017. This is a Kairos Production in association with RTE and as such, the parish will be advised if an alteration to the Mass schedule is required. There may be some disruption to the weekend Masses on November 18th/19th, but every effort will be made to keep this disruption to a minimum.
COMPUTERS FOR THE TERRIFIED! 1 TO 1 TRAINING FOR OVER 55’s Are you confused by well-meaning family instruction (i.e. no patience with you!). LEARN HOW TO: * Search the Internet Send & receive emails; * Shop and book flights; * Use your own device or use computers available at some venues. Age Action runs beginner courses in Computers, iPads and Tablets. For further information contact your local Age Action Centre
November Dead Lists are available in the church. Please take one and return completed lists to the parish office or to the sacristy. “It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead”
News from An Síol (19 Manor Street)
Are you over 50?
Would you like a home cooked meal handed to you?
Come, join us for a sit-down dinner and meet new people or bring a friend along! If you can’t make it down to us, order meals-on-wheels delivered straight to your door.
Where? Sit down service is in Aughrim Court, Dublin 7
When? Dinner is served Monday to Friday at 1pm
How much? Dinner, including dessert and tea/coffee is €4.50 per day
An Síol also has a minibus available to collect people in the local area to bring them to Aughrim Court and to drop them home afterwards.
For more information call to 19 Manor Street or phone Mairéad on 01 6775741 or 085 8054098; Aughrim Court 087 3178423
Volunteers needed to tutor secondary school students Contact Jenny Spain in An Síol, 19 Manor Street
For information phone 6775741 or 6772170, or email jenny@ansiol.ie
World Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday takes place on the second last Sunday of October each year. Since 1926, the Church has traditionally remembered its universal mission during the month of October. This year Mission Sunday was celebrated globally on the 22nd October 2017 and this parish forwarded €206.75 on your behalf from the collection. The theme was ‘Reach out and Spread the Joy’.
Aileen Putze, the ggg-granddaughter of Patrick Quinn would like to be able to communicate with any living relative of the family. Patrick Quinn had a son in the Irish Constabulary and this Patrick emigrated to New Zealand. Contact details available from the Parish Office.
Foundational Leadership Programme for Young Adults: The Foundational Leadership Programme for Young Adults is now enrolling new participants. The Foundational Leadership Programme is run in ecumenical partnership with the Church of Ireland in Dublin and the Irish Province of the Capuchin Franciscans. If you are interested in knowing more about the course starting in October click
W: http://www.evangelisation.ie/2017/09/01/foundational-leadership-for-young-adults-enroll-now/
E: evangelisation@dublindiocese.ie
Bicentenary Celebrations
Ten pilgrims walked from Tui to Santiago de Compostela in thanksgiving for the Bicentenary of St. Michan’s Church. During the pilgrimage, prayers were offered for the intentions of the parishioners of St. Michan’s – living and deceased.
This is a snap shot of the pilgrimage which one of the pilgrims summed up with pain, Compeed and companions. The pain and the need for the Compeed plasters are forgotten very quickly, but no one will ever forget the wonderful people they met along the way. Pilgrims from every corner of the globe were making their way to the Shrine of St. James. Some were on the road for days while others were at the end of a five or six-week pilgrimage. Working from left to right from the top row, the first image is of a wall covered in scallop shells which were prayer petitions for loved ones, one of our pilgrim passports covered in the stamps from the stopping points, the smiling pilgrims on the first day, a note left by St. Michan’s on a wall at a resting point, a typical Camino sign, outside the cathedral in Santiago soon after we arrived, a typical pathway on one of the many hills on the journey and finally, Fr. Bryan concelebrating the Pilgrim Mass in the Cathedral on the evening we arrived.
Many thanks for all the prayerful support offered to the pilgrims and for the Twitter and Facebook greetings throughout the week. Mass was offered each day for all your intentions and along the route we prayed the Beatitudes of the Camino for you.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if you discover that the “camino” opens your eyes to what is not seen.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if what concerns you most is not to arrive, as to arrive with others.
Blessed are you pilgrim, when you contemplate the “camino” and you discover it is full of names and dawns.
Blessed are you pilgrim, because you have discovered that the authentic “camino” begins when it is completed.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if your knapsack is emptying of things and your heart does not know where to hang up so many feelings and emotions.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if you discover that one step back to help another is more valuable than a hundred forward without seeing what is at your side.
Blessed are you pilgrim, when you don’t have words to give thanks for everything that surprises you at every twist and turn of the way.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if you search for the truth and make of the “camino” a life, and of your life a “way”, in search of the one who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if on the way you meet yourself and gift yourself with time, without rushing, so as not to disregard the image in your heart.
Blessed are you pilgrim, if you discover that the “camino” holds a lot of silence; and the silence of prayer; and the prayer of meeting with God who is waiting for you.
Amen
Called to Become (21st /22nd October)
Church in and for the World (2nd/3rd December)
The Word of God (20th/21st January) and
Living Faithfully (3rd/4th March).
The course will benefit everyone who wants to make a deeper connection between faith and life. Further details and application forms are available by emailing Rosemary: rlavelle@abhouse.org or phone 8373732.
House Blessings
We have completed the house blessings for the moment but if you were unavailable when we visited your area, not to worry – we would be delighted to arrange a suitable time to call over to you. Please contact the parish office on 8730675.
Registration and Tickets for WMOF2018 is now open on worldmeeting2018.ie (the Tickets Section). Accommodation booking is also available online at time of registration through the same booking form on the website.
The Special Collection for East Africa took place on Saturday/Sunday 22/23 July and raised €431.22. This amount has been forwarded on your behalf to Trócaire and will be channelled to support emergency efforts to alleviate the suffering from the severe food shortages in South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. It is still possible to make a donation by contacting Trócaire in Maynooth, Co. Kildare (01 6293333) or online https://www.trocaire.org/.
Fundraising Ideas
If you have any ideas to help raise funds towards the Restoration Work please contact us on 01-8730675 or email halstonst@gmail.com
Míle Buíochas to the Offbeat Ensemble and the Musical Suspects for the wonderful concert on Wednesday last, 21st June. All the proceeds of the event went to the Restoration Fund and so far over €810 has been raised. The Musical Suspects very kindly left a box of CDs of their music and the proceeds of their sale will go to the Restoration Fund.
Life to the Full (Jn 10:10) Book Club. Young adults (20's and 30's) welcome each week to meditate on a spiritual book. Every Thursday 7pm to 8:30pm. Contact: michelle.manley@dublindiocese.ie
Ewe Thina: We Walk God’s Way. Embrace God in nature and build true friendships while getting fit! Join young adults for reflective hikes around Dublin area. Monthly event. Contact: siobhan.tighe@dublindiocese.ie
Warmth and Wellbeing Pilot Scheme Energy Efficiency and Affordability Division at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment are currently running a pilot scheme in a number of areas in Dublin. The scheme provides free upgrades to the homes of people who are in receipt of the Fuel Allowance or the One Parent Family payment, who are also living with chronic respiratory conditions. For more info. contact Eileen O’Connor 01 4275032 - See: www.seai.ie/Grants/Warmth-and-Wellbeing/
Taking Photographs during Church Ceremonies
Annette O'Donnell, Communications Director for the Dublin
Archdiocese, says: "Widespread
taking of photos are, generally speaking, not permitted while a Mass
is ongoing to respect the solemnity of the occasion.
The majority of priests
ask people to put their phones away before a Confirmation or
Communion ceremony as it could be chaotic if everyone was trying to
get photos of their child."
Tax Relief for Donations to Charities
Your donations mean much more to us!!
Tax relief under section 848A TCA 1997 in respect of donations made
on or after 1 January 2013 by individuals (whether self-assessed or
PAYE-only taxpayers) to an approved body, such as the Parish, is
allowed to the Parish. A donation which satisfies the conditions of
section 848A is grossed up at the specified rate (currently 31%) and
the Parish is deemed for the purposes of the relief to have received
the grossed up amount net of tax deducted at the specified rate.
For example, Joan makes a cash donation of €250 to the parish in the
tax year 2013. Under the tax relief scheme the Parish is deemed to
have received a donation of €362.32 (i.e. €250 grossed up at 31%)
less tax deducted of €112.32. On the assumption that Joan has paid
income tax for 2013 of at least €112.32, the Parish can obtain a
refund of that amount from Revenue after the end of the tax year
2013. Joan is not entitled to a repayment of any part of the tax
that has been repaid to the parish.
The Parish recently received a refund of €741.76 in respect of
donations from donors who completed the CHY4 form which they
returned to the Parish Office for processing. (See
www.revenue.ie/en/personal/charities.html
for details)
World Meeting of Families
2018
The recent collection raised €187.96 towards the World Meeting of
Families which will take place in Dublin from 21-26 August 2018.
Hosting this important event requires an enormous amount of planning
and funding. Your contributions have been forwarded to the Diocese
and will be passed on to WMOF on your behalf. Find out more about
this international event and the opportunities to volunteer and be
part of the unfolding story on
http://www.wmof2018.ie/
Novena Mass Cards
Novena Mass Cards are available from the back of the church before
the weekend Masses.
