Newsletter: 20th October 26th/ 27th October 7.00pm Mary Dempsey 9.30am Joan Kashuitko 11.00am John Condron 12.30pm Christine Slattery NEW BOXES OF ENVELOPES should have been given to all who are listed as distributors. If you havent received a box, please contact Maria at the Parish Office (Mon-Fri from 10am - 12noon) And if any Parishioner not presently listed as a contributor would like to take a box of envelopes, again contact Maris and the Office or talk to myself. Whatever you give will be greatly appreciated. Fr Tony. PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING - this Wednesday, 23rd October in the Day Chapel at 7.30pm. All members to attend. Commissioning of New Council will take place at the 11.00am Mass on Sunday 27th October. ST CHARLES BORROMEO ALTAR SERVICE are always looking for young people who have made their First Communion to serve on the Altar and help to enhance the Mass and other services within the Church. The children will be trained in the service which helps them to gain a better awareness of the Mass and also gives them a sense of responsibility, confidence and personal growth. Many long lasting friendships have developed between the teams of Altar Servers that have served our Parish over the years. New Servers are welcomed at any time. Contact the Altar Servers Team - Bernie Rice, Michelle Burke or Maria Roche in the Parish Office. ROUTE 66 - are holding a Cake Sale and Coffee Morning in aid of Pieta House , Lucan in Leixlip Youth and Community Centre ,Captains Hill ,Leixlip ( behind Library) on Thursday 24th of October - 9.30am -1pm . LEIXLIP MEANS ON WHEELS: Leixlip Meals on Wheels Service which caters for both Parishes of Leixlip and Confey, needs volunteers. The Service was founded 37 years ago, is run totally by volunteers and serves between 120 and 130 meals each week. To maintain this standard, we need your help. If you have 2-3 hours to spare ONE MORNING PER MONTH, then we would be delighted to hear from you. Please telephone Una @ 6243716 or 087-6779007 Or Eileeen @ 6244956 or 087-1262253 SENIOR CITIZENS HOLIDAY PROGRAMME - Percy French Troubadours present ’Percy French at Kilkee’ on Thursday 24th October at 8.00pm in the Red Cow Moran’s Hotel Tickets €10 available from John O’Sullivan 0872549088 or the Parish Office (Mon -Fri 10am-12noon) . A GALA CONCERT in celebration of 125 years of the Sacred Heart Messenger is on Sunday 3rd November at 3pm in St Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner St. Tickets including a free raffle for a pilgrimage to Lourdes €10 each are available from the Parish Office. AN EVENING WITH SR HELEN PREJEAN - (author of ‘Dead Man Walking) will be held in All Hollows College Drumcondra, on Wednesday 30th October at 7.30pm Admission €5 contact the college at 8520700 ext 549 or email [email protected]. The Blessed John Paul II Theological Society cordially invited to a talk with Frances Hogan, who will speak on her new book A Path to Healing a Nation, next Tuesday, 22nd October at 19:45. The talk will take place in the Physics Hall in St. Patricks College, Maynooth, and a warm welcome is extended to all. Calendar - 21st ~ 26th October 2013 Mon 29th Week in Ordinary Time Tue 29th Week in Ordinary Time Wed St John of Capistrano 1386-1456. A faithful servant of four popes he attended the Council of Florence, went to Jerusalem before setting out to preach throughout Germany and Poland. In a battle of Belgrade he contracted a fever and died there. Thur St Anthony Mary Claret 1807-1870 founded the Claretians in Spain for missionary work. He became Archbishop of Santiago, Cuba then returned as chaplain to the queen of Spain and was exiled with the monarchy. Fri St Thaddeus McCarthy, 1455-1492 he set out as a pilgrim to Rome to confirm his appointment as bishop of Cork & Cloyne on his return journey he died at Ivrea in Italy. Sat 29th Week in Ordinary Time REFLECTION - A STING IN THE TALE! On the face of it, today’s Gospel is a parable about perseverance: if even a corrupt judge will give in to persistent ‘pestering’, how much more will God answer our prayers when we pray continually? We can only imagine the help God makes available to those who ask him. Don’t lose heart, Jesus tells us. Your prayers will be answered. But there is a sting in the tail, and Jesus also has a challenge for his followers. Almost as an after-thought he poses a question: ‘But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’ The real question is not whether our prayer can move God. Jesus turns this question on its head and asks instead: can our prayer move us? Does our faith spur us into action? The widow in the parable is seeking justice, and she refuses to stop fighting until it is granted. We cannot ask God for what we want or need, and then sit back and expect it to happen. That is not faith. Our prayer life goes hand in hand with our willingness to fight for what is right, to live as Jesus asks us to. We are part of the process! . Tríona Doherty - Intercom.
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