Discussion in St Agnes’ Parish Centre On the Topic of “Confession Why Confess” on

Tuesday, 11th April at 7:45pm. Spiritual Director

present All are welcome, please bring a friend.

Refreshments Served

Organised by Legion of Mary Crumlin.

GOSPEL WORD SEARCH

Easter Pilgrimage: The Pilgrimage of the seven churches of the south inner city takes place this Palm Sunday, April 9, afternoon starting at 2.00pm at St. James' Church, Dublin 8 (The Camino Church) and ending at St. Catherine's Church, Meath Street for refreshments - A prayer is said in each of the seven churches.

On Good Friday - The Annual Passion Play will take place at the celebration of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday at 3.00pm. Animated Stations of the Cross with meditations and music will take place at 8pm in St. Catherine's Church Meath Street. For further information Tel: 01 45433356 or email info@meathstreetparish.ie

Marriage Jubilees It is coming to that time of the year again when

we invite couples celebrating significant wedding anniversaries, Silver, Ruby, Golden or

Diamond to come with their families to the

12.30pm Mass on Sunday, 30th April 2017

We will join with you in marking the occasion. The

anniversary itself may be months away, but it is good to

add a spiritual dimension to your celebrations this year.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NAME TO THE PARISH

OFFICE 455 5368.

Volunteers Needed Enable Ireland is a national charity providing therapies,

educational and social supports free of charge to 3,700 children

and adults with physical disabilities. Through our services, we aim

to ensure that a disability does not block a child’s access to

education, to sport, to building friendships and to participating in

the community. These services include medical, para-medical and

nursing, also recreation and education, day activity, training and

sheltered work.

For more information contact Jenny Smee (9.30am – 5.00pm

Wednesday – Friday) on Tel: 8857158.

DO YOU WANT TO STOP SMOKING

We Can Quit Women Supporting

Women to Stop Smoking A Free 12 week stop smoking programme,

offering group support, one to one support and Nicotine Replacement

Therapy (NRT)

Register for the “We can Quit”

Programme Today

St Agnes Parish Centre, Crumlin Tuesdays, 11am to 12.45pm

25th April to 11th July Contact Jenny on 086 143 8709

for more information

World Meeting of Families 22-26 August 2018

Leaflets on WMOF 2018 are available at Church exits. Please take one home with you.

Thought for the Week “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things

that matter” – Martin Luther King Jr

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The newsletter is available for download from our website:

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9th April 2017 - Palm Sunday

Priests of the Parish

Fr Paul Tyrrell: 455 5368

Fr David Fleming: 454 2308

Fr John Deasy: 455 0955

Fr Tom Clowe: 455 5605

Deacon

Rev Jimmy Fennell: 455 5368

Child Protection Dublin Diocesan Office

836 0314 or 087 6853180

E-mail: cps@dublindiocese.ie

St Agnes Church Mass Times Weekday Masses

9.00am, 10.00 am, 7.00pm

Saturday Vigil Mass

7.00pm

Sunday Masses

9.30am; 11.00 am (Family);

12.30pm (Choir); 7.00pm

Holy day Masses:-

7.00pm Vigil; 9.00am,

10.00am, 7.00pm

Confession Times

Saturdays from 10.30am

to 11.00am

Eve of First Fridays after

10.00am Mass & 6.45pm

COFFEE DOCK The Coffee Dock in St Agnes Parish Centre is open Monday to Friday

from 10.00am-12.00 noon. Call in any day to savour the

friendly atmosphere, have a cuppa and some chat with neighbours and

friends

Last Weekend’s Collections

1st Collection: €1,834

World Meeting of Families: €2,739

Family Offering: €1,530

Many thanks for your continued

support and generosity

THE DEEP END Today we read Matthew’s account of the death of Jesus; yes it is

the long Gospel but we should not miss out on the journey that spending time with this account offers. As you read perhaps you might notice the various characters and their roles, their words

and actions. A good question to ask as we enter into this text is ‘Where do I stand?’ Are you looking on as a bystander, are you in the group of disciples or some other character: Pilate? Pilate’s

wife? Perhaps it is a more difficult journey as you relate to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, a Jesus who is ‘grieved’ because of many things: isolation, the disappointment he must feel because

of the abandonment of his friends, betrayal, loneliness, mocking, torture? This is not an easy journey. We know the story does not end here, but for this week we enter into the reality of betrayal,

trial, suffering and death.

We might remember today those who stand for justice, those who are counter-cultural, those who stand against oppressive systems

even though the path is often dangerous and lonely. We might recall times we felt betrayed, abandoned or times we were in despair.

Try to return to this text during the week, perhaps reading a small section each day as we continue to ask ourselves: ‘Where do I stand?’

Jane Mellet, Email melletj@gmail.com (Intercom)

ADVOCATE COLLECTION

The Sunshine Fund of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is

holding its annual collection outside this church and all Dublin

churches this weekend. Each year, The Sunshine Fund

provides much-needed holidays for approximately 1,000 of

Dublin’s less fortunate children. The Advocate collection is

the only way the Sunshine Fund can finance these holidays.

Please be as generous as you can.

Emigrant Pack The Irish Bishops Conference have issued a Special Pack to assist

intending emigrants.

We only have one pack which you can consult at reception in the Parish

Centre. It is full of helpful information.

St Agnes Parish Reader’s Roster If you cannot make your scheduled Reading please

contact John Green

Saturday, 15th April 2017

9:00pm P Condon

Sunday, 16th April 2017 (Easter Sunday)

9:30am F Bergin

11:00am John Green

12:30pm June Winders

7:00pm Sr Margaret & A Fanthom

Our Recently Deceased

Mary Easton, Captains Ave Therese Smith, Morean Rd Noel Clery, Fr Kitt Ct Joseph Kirnan, Dangan Dr Annie (Nan) McGowan, Clonard Rd

We express our deepest sympathies to their families at this sad time.

May They Rest in Peace. Amen.

The Week Ahead…

Sunday 9th April - Saturday 15th April 2017

Sunday Palm Sunday

Monday

Tuesday St Stanislaus

Wednesday

Thursday Holy Thursday

Friday Good Friday

Saturday

RECENTLY BAPTISED +

Oliver Thomas Byrne Mia Sue Whelan McEvoy Logan James Willoughby Deane Koa Mannering-Murtagh Caragh Sorcha McAvinue Alex James Doyle Harry Anthony McGregor Kavanagh

We welcome them into our Christian Community

and wish them every blessing in their lives ahead.

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday 8th April

7.00pm MONTHS MIND

Pauline McDonnell ANNIVERSARIES

Teresa Lowe 2nd; Eileen Cramer 3rd

George Greenhalgh 3rd

Albert Rochford 8th; Teresa Green 10th;

Patrick Donnelly 38th

Annie Donnelly; Aidan Devlin

Deceased members of Kennedy Family

John Joseph McGuinness; John McGuinness

Ned and Rosaleen McGuinness

Mrs. Dunne

Hubert Fortune 25th

John Swords 2nd

Chrissie, Colm & Noeleen Swords

Mary, Joseph & Eamonn Curran Brendan & Mary Gleeson

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

Phelim Hammill Snr.

Sunday 9th April 9.30am ANNIVERSARIES

William Kavangh

Peter McDonnell 2nd

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

Eileen Byrne 90th

11.00am MONTHS MIND

Theresa Williamson

ANNIVERSARIES

Nuala & Noel Quinn Jay Kelly 13th

12:30pm ANNIVERSARIES

Teresa Jackson 1st

Patrick Dempsey 6th

Peggy Rawlins 6th

Elizabeth & Denis O’Sullivan

Thomas Horan

Michael & Rose Byrne

RECENTLY DECEASED

Christina Griffin

7.00pm Pro Populo

Monday 10th April

9.00am 7.00pm

Joseph Brady Eileen Fetherston 10th and

Issac O'Reilly 13th

Tuesday 11th April

9.00am The Holy Souls

7.00pm Gladys O'Hanlon 1st

Wednesday 12th April 9.00am Margaret Brady 7.00pm Darren Keating 1st Anniversary Thursday 13th April Holy Thursday

Friday 14th April Good Friday

May their Souls and the Souls of all the Faithful departed Rest In Peace. Amen

All Mass Intentions should be booked in the Parish

Office no later than midday on the Wednesday

before the Sunday Masses.

Alzheimer Cafe - South County Dublin April 2017 Talk Wednesday 12th of April at 7.00pm: Topic: Facilitating conversations in Families following a diagnosis of Dementia/Alzheimer’s Speaker: Claire Kearney, Mediator, Later Life Mediation www.bloomfield.ie/Alzheimercafe.aspx

New Pilgrim Path Website of the Week. The Stations of the Cross are a very old Christian devotion. The Pray-As-You-Go website offers a moving eight-minute guided meditation on each of the Stations, accompanied by inspiring music. Access this, and other rich online spiritual resources, on www.NewPilgrimPath.ie

St Agnes Church, Crumlin Holy Week and Easter 2017

Holy Thursday 13th April 9.45am Morning Prayer 7.00pm Evening Mass of the Last Supper with Procession to Altar of Repose 9.00pm Night Prayer

Good Friday 14th April - Today is a Day of Fast and Abstinence 9.45am Morning Prayer 12 noon Family Stations of the Cross 3.00pm Passion Liturgy, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion 8.00pm Stations and Prayer around the Cross

Holy Saturday 15th April 9.45am Morning Prayer 9.00pm Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday 16th April Masses at 9.30am; 11am; 12.30pm and 7.00pm

Easter Week (Please note there is no Evening Mass) Easter Monday: Mass at 10.00am only Tuesday to Friday: Masses at 9.00am and 10.00am Saturday: Masses at 9.00am; 10.00am and 7.00pm

Confessions Holy Thursday: 10.00am – 12.00noon Good Friday 10.00am – 12.00noon Holy Saturday 10.00am – 12.00noon & 4.00pm - 6.00pm

The Priests of the Parish and The Pastoral Council invite you to join us at St Agnes Church for the

celebration of Holy Week and Easter. May we wish you the joy of Easter as we celebrate the Resurrection

of Jesus Christ.

Spare copies of the Easter Schedule card are

available at Church exits along with Easter Dues envelopes

Russborough House: On Monday 17th April 2017, Russborough House will open their doors to families across Wicklow as part of Cruinniú na Cásca – a Creative Ireland initiative presented by Wicklow County Council. The day will include fun for all members of the family with free events across the arts and heritage fields. Everybody’s welcome! All events are ticketed and require booking in advance. Please visit wicklow.ie for full programme. For bookings, please visit http://wicklow-county-arts.eventbrite.com

Good Friday

Ecumenical Walk Join us at 7.15pm leaving from

Christchurch Cathedral onto St

Mary's Pro Cathedral. Archbishop

Diarmuid Martin and Archbishop

Michael Jackson of the Church of

Ireland will once again lead a silent

procession on Good Friday evening

carrying the Cross of the Taize

ecumenical monastic community

from Christchurch to the Pro-

Cathedral. This walk of witness,

starting from Christchurch at

7.15pm with a moment of prayer, is

then followed on arrival in the Pro-

Cathedral by a Taize

Prayer around the

Cross that lasts

around an hour for

those who wish to

stay.

All are welcome.

Volunteers ACCORD Dublin, the Catholic Marriage Care Service, is cur rently r ecruiting in the areas of: Marr iage

and Relationship Counsellors and Marriage Preparation Facilitators who will give courses to couples

preparing for Marriage and assist in the area of Marriage and Relationship counselling.

If you would like to be part of a dynamic team, can relate easily to people in a sensitive and genuine way,

would like fulfilling and meaningful work by making a real difference to couples and individuals, you might

consider one of these positions. Training will be provided for both roles through the Pontifical University in

Maynooth. Information evening for Marriage Preparation Facilitators will take place on: 20th April 2016 at

7:30 pm in ACCORD Dublin, Holy Cross Diocesan Centre, Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3

For further information please contact 01 4780866