Happy New Year!Happy New Year and every blessing in all you doin your ministry. As the World Meeting of Familiesin Dublin draws nearer we are conscious that manypreparation programmes are in place. We willcontinue to offer support in a range of areas throughour various initiatives of liturgical formation andcelebration. Our first major event is our New YearLiturgy Seminar on Saturday 27 January 2018. Theseminar with 6 workshops will take place in theHoly Cross Diocesan Centre, Clonliffe College from9.30a.m. – 1.30p.m.Each person canattend two workshopsof their choice as fiveof the sessions arerepeated during themorning while themusic workshop willlast the wholemorning. Registrationstarts at 9.00 a.m. andsessions begin at9.30 a.m. There is a20 minute break at11.00 a.m. and the nextsession will continueuntil 12.50 p.m. At that time we will move to thechurch for a Prayer Service which will incorporateelements from all the workshops. Booking isessential and forms are included with thisnewsletter or are available in the download sectionof our website. Early booking helps the flow on theday when large numbers gather. When you read thisnewsletter don’t delay…

Workshops1. Living the Word of God –

Food for ThoughtDr. Kieran O’ Mahony O.S.A. will challengeus to look at the great events which gave usnew life in Christ by considering the followingquestions:• What happened for us all on Good Friday

and Easter Sunday?• What did Jesus himself think?• How can we talk meaningfully of salvation

in our contemporary world?

2. Praying the Way to WMOF –AWell of ResourcesFr. Damian McNeice will explore a variety ofresources including the WMOF Icon of theHoly Family, station Masses and our nativeprayer traditions to help us pray our waytowards next August's World Meeting ofFamilies.

3. Celebrating Significant WeddingAnniversaries –A Parish ApproachMs. Jean Flanagan and Ms. Anne McHughfrom St. Gabriel’s Parish, Dollymount willexplain in detail the way in which their parishmarks significant wedding anniversaries. It ishoped that each parish/grouping would markthese anniversaries in the autumn – 13/14October as a continuing legacy of the WMOF.

4. Contemplation and Action for Lent– From Evagrius to Dot CottonFr. Pat O’Donoghue will suggest ways to liveeach day of Lent prayerfully and practically. Hewill link the spirituality of the Desert Fathersand Mothers, the daily liturgy and the call toChristian action with the Lenten 2018Calendar/Cards.

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New Year 2018

“How much better our family life woul d be if we used the words…Please, Thank you and I’m sorry”

Franciscus

5. Trócaire and LentThis is the 45thyear of theTrócaire Lenten Campaign. Once again theirteam will conduct a workshop on this year’scampaign and the liturgical resources thataccompany it. In this way we can link liturgy andlife – prayerful charity in action.

6. ‘Voice for Life’Ms. Blanaid Murphy will introduce the ‘Voicefor Life’ Training Programme of the Royal Schoolof Church Music (a worldwide ecumenicalorganisation dedicated to the development ofchurch music in all Christian denominations).This offers training for all sorts of church choirmembers and congregational singers. Itincludes a range of training materials, repertoire,and supports for choirs that will encourage anddevelop a singing culture in parishes, in schoolsor in the wider community. The full morningsession will be informative and interactive and isopen to church musicians and singers. It will givea flavour of the flexibility and usefulness of thisprogramme for people of all ages and abilities.

Laudate 2018Over 40 Primary Schoolsare gearing up for the 2ndLaudate Festival ofLiturgical Music whichwill take place duringCatholic Schools Week.The Festival will be heldin 3 venues this year:

• Mon 29 January –St. Colmcille’sChurch, Knocklyon –7.00 p.m.

• Tue 30 January – Our Lady of Victories Church,Ballymun Road – 7.00 p.m.

• Wed 31 January – Guardian Angels Church,Newtownpark Avenue – 7.00 p.m.

The aim of the programme is to make a musical linkbetween school and parish so that the children inour schools and the parish communities may sing toGod in prayer together. The list of hymns isavailable on our website and parish musicgroups/choirs are particularly welcome to come tothe festival. This is a project of the Liturgy ResourceCentre and the Education Secretariat.

Emmanuel 2018 at the HelixOver 2500 students(approx. 600 each day)from 70 Second LevelSchools will participate inEmmanuel 2018 this year atThe Helix – Mon 26/ Tue27/ Wed 28 February andThurs 1 March at 7.30 p.m.Booking 01 700 7000 orhelix.ieThe much coveted soloistspots have been allocated and the schools are in fullswing after the Christmas break. The Concert in theHelix is the culmination of a day of workshops andrehearsals for the students. Come and be energisedby these young people praising God with energy andenthusiasm. A full list of participating schools andtheir relevant concert dates are on our website whichalso contains the Liturgical Song list for this year.

TeamworkThere were three gatherings of BaptismTeams in October at which the possibilityof further training was offered to the 92parishes represented. More than half theparishes responded to this invitation andthey have been given details of theproposed three session programme with bookinginformation etc. It is hoped to make this available toother parishes in due course.150 people braved a stormy wet night inNovember to come to Clonliffe College toreflect on their calling as members offuneral ministry teams. A number of teamshave confirmed an interest in further training of allthe members. It looks like there are enough peoplefor two courses one in a West Dublin venue inaddition to one at Clonliffe. Notice will be sent outshortly about both.These two projects are the work of 3 DiocesanOffices: Catechetics, Liturgy, Evangelisation &Ecumenism

Contemplation andAction in LentA Journey of Prayer, Music and Reflection with theDesert Fathers and MothersMonday 19 February at 8.00 p.m. in the Monasteryof St. Alphonsus or webcam www.rednuns.comMusic led by the Dublin Diocesan Music Group

2018EMMANUELGod with Us

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2018 PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMME

An evening of Music and Reflection

Monday 29 January at 7.00p.m.

St Colmcille’s Church, Knocklyon

Tuesday 30 January at 7.00p.m.

Our Lady of Victories Church, Ballymun Road

Wednesday 31 January at 7.00p.m.

Church of the Guardian Angels, Newtownpark Ave, Blackrock

Entry is free to the Laudate

Day for Consecrated LifeThis year’s Diocesan celebration will take place inTerenure College Chapel on Saturday 3 February at3.00 p.m.All welcome. This service of prayer will bebased on the Document – New Wine in NewWineskins – The Consecrated Life and its ongoingchallenges since Vatican II. You might like to mark thisannual event in your weekend liturgies by way ofIntercession or prayer of Thanksgiving.

World Day of the Sick 2018For the 26th World Day of Prayer for the Sick, PopeFrancis focuses our attention on Mary our Mother.To the “Mother of tender love,” he writes, “we wishto entrust all those who are ill in body and soul, thatshe may sustain them in hope. We ask her also tohelp us to be welcoming to our sick brothers andsisters.” In the Archdiocese this day of prayer willbe marked with a celebration of the Eucharistduring which the Sacrament of the Anointing of theSick will be administered in St. Agnes’ Church,Crumlin on Sunday 11 February 2018 at 3pm. Allare welcome

Irish Language Translationof the New Roman Missal

Buíochas le Dia, An Leabhar Aifrinn Rómhánach, theIrish language translation of the Roman Missal, isnow available from Veritas and a mighty tome it istoo. It comes with a hefty €300 price tag but is a highquality production of which all who contributed toits realisation can rightly be proud.

Confirmation 2018Parishes and schools will soon receive their liturgyresource pack for the celebration of Confirmation in2018. This year’s proposed Gospel is the Finding ofJesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52) with its link tofamily life and relationships. A prayer souvenir cardwill also be available.

Magnum PrincipiumThis motu proprio of Pope Francis concerning thetranslation of liturgical texts came into effect on 1October 2017 and modifies Canon 838 of the Code ofCanon Law. It recalls the “right” of EpiscopalConferences to make their translations and their“responsibility” to judge the fidelity of theirtranslations. Magnum Principium no longer holdsthat the translations must be in conformity on allpoints with the norms of Liturgiam authenticam, aswas done in the past. At their Winter Meeting, theIrish Bishops’ Conference welcomed the motuproprio. They committed themselves to reflectionand discussion on its full implications and the rightsand responsibilities of the Conference in relation tojudging the quality of liturgical texts as affirmed byPope Francis.

Good Hygiene PracticesGiven the increase in the numbers of people affectedby influenza in recent weeks, it is opportune toremind ourselves of sensible practices. It’s good toremember that those with flu symptoms aredispensed from their Sunday obligation to attendMass. Those who are confined to home when ill canhonour the Lord’s Day by praying along with theMass broadcast by Parish Radio, on webcams, onSunday Morning by RTE Radio on Long Wave 252Khz. RTE1 television often broadcast Mass onSunday mornings too.

It’s good practice to supply tissues and hand-washing gel at church liturgies and gatherings,particularly for anyone distributing HolyCommunion, with bins for disposal of used tissues.Make sure all hard surfaces that are frequentlytouched, such as door handles, hand rails and tapsare cleaned regularly with a household detergent orantiseptic wipes.

In times of previous flu alerts the Health ServiceExecutive stated: “Shaking hands while exchangingthe ‘Sign of Peace’ involves a low risk of spreadingthe virus.” If some parishioners still feeluncomfortable about shaking hands at the Sign ofPeace, help them tounderstand that theyare very welcome towish others the Peaceof Christ withouthand contact (with asmile or a bow).

Rite of Election 2018The Rite of Election (for Catechumens) and the Call toContinuing Conversion (for Candidates alreadybaptised in another Christian tradition who wish to bereceived into the full communion of the Catholic Church)takes place as usual on the First Sunday of Lent, 18February - at 3.30 p.m. in St Mary’s Pro Cathedral,Dublin 1. Many thanks to those parishes andchaplaincies that have returned forms for those youare adults you are accompanying towards ChristianInitiation at Easter. If your parish has someone whoyou deem to be ready for Christian Initiation orReception at this year’s Easter Vigil and have not yetsubmitted completed registration forms to theDiocesan Liturgy Resource Centre, please do soimmediately. The registration forms can be printedoff from the Downloads section ofwww.litmus.dublindiocese.ie . Otherwise, contact usat the Liturgy Resource Centre and we will postthem out to you.

‘That all may be free’ -Christian Unity 2018

Material for this year’s Week of Prayer for ChristianUnity 2018 comes to us from the Caribbean churchesand uses Exodus chapter 15, “your right hand OLord, glorious in power” a song of triumph overoppression, as the motif. Prayer and ServiceResources in Irish and English can be downloadedfrom www.ctbi.org.uk and from the website of thePontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.It is the turn of the Roman Catholic Church to hostthe Inaugural Service for WPCU in the Dublin area.It will take place in the Church of Our Lady ofGood Counsel, Churchview Road,Johnstown/Killiney on Thursday 18 January at8pm. Many Christian leaders from the greaterDublin area will be in attendance and the sermonwill be given by Scripture expert Dr Jessie Rogers.

Lenten Calendar CardsYou might remember the Lenten (Scratch Out)Cards we promoted 3 years ago.There is a scripture quotation or suggested task foreach day. You simply scratch off the date to find outwhat it is (See sample image below).If you think this will help your community duringthe season of Lent, contact Grainne Clinton for anorder form.Price includes delivery to individual destinations100 @ €65200 @ €120500 @ €2751000 @ €495Minimum order is 100 cards.

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