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AT. SYLVESTER’S PARISH NEWSLETTER
Very Rev. Kevin Moore, Moderator Tel. 01-‐5496615 PARISH OFFICE Tel: 01 8451244 email: stsylvesters@eircom.net. Web: www.malahideparish.ie Mass Times: Sunday: 10.00am, 11.15am, 12.30pm & 5.30pm. Weekdays: 10.00am Exposition: Mon 10.30am -‐10.00 p.m. Tues. 10.30am – 3.00pm & 7 -‐9pm. Wed 10.30 -‐2.00pm & 7 -‐9pm. Malahide parish is clustered with the parishes of, Kinsealy, Portmarnock and Yellow Walls MALAHIDE PARISH CENTRE –Our Parish Centre is open for refreshments 9.00am -‐6.00pm – Please visit our Prayer Chapel. Information about the Centre/to book a room contact Sharon Tel: 086 0492369 or email sharon@malahideparishcentre.com THE WAY FORWARD Much of the unhappiness in our world today has its roots in how we see ourselves. Too often we put ourselves down and fall into the tempting trap of comparing ourselves with others. God never makes comparisons or compares us to someone else. We can never live up to being someone else but we can live up to who God created us to be. We can begin this by believing in what we have to offer, it doesn’t have to be earth-‐shattering but our little is all that God wants. Others may demand much, but never God. God always wants to extend peace to us. Can we make peace with ourselves first as we journey through these weeks of lent? Can we leave the negative and cloudy parts of our past behind us and move on? It’s the only way forward. TROCAIRE BOXES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH. With your support of the Trocaire box campaign it is planned to help some communities in Ethiopia produce three crops a year instead of one uncertain crop by providing a reliable irrigation system to the community. th
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NOVENA OF GRACE 4 -‐12 MARCH: The Novena of Grace prayers in honour of St. Francis Xavier will continue at morning and th
weekend Masses until the 12 March. Novena Prayers are available in the Church. WORDS OF WISDOM: 1) If you don’t want your children to hear what you’re saying, pretend you’re talking to them; 2) You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind; 3) We shouldn’t ask whether the Gospels hold water when what they hold is LIGHT; 4) Hatred cannot be overcome by hatred: only by the absence of hatred. th
Malahide Community School Parents Association book sale continues on Sunday March 8
5pm. All books €2. Proceeds for school equipment. Please support. in Parish Hall from 10am to Deaths. We extend our sympathy to the families of Maria McCann, John Roger Wormald, Monica Donaldson and
Bernadette Grehan who died during the week.
Baptisms. We welcome the following to the Christian community: Rosanna Lilly Frances Lynch Brannigan, Sean
Lorcan Kavanagh, Fay Maria O’Brien, Oliver Vincent Power, Ruadhan Gearoid Clarence O’Connor, Rian Kevin
Carew, Evelyn Mai Woods and Kya Collette Zoe Asher.
St. Sylvester’s 1,000 Club Draw for February: Ticket No. 1st 527, 2nd 227, 3rd 204, 4th 508
FATIMA: The date for the Fatima Parish Pilgrimage of Sacred Heart and St. Sylvester’s Churches is 21st – 28th
May.. Cost €699 full board. A full agenda has been planned for the seven-day trip with our Spiritual Director Fr.
Frank Reburn. Come and join us on the Pilgrimage, all welcome. For further information contact Jo Morris 087
6163648.
M.A.R.A. Next meeting Monday 9th March at 10.30 a.m. in Malahide Library. Speaker: Dr. Gemma Bailey, Malahide
Chiropractic Clinic.
Blood Donors: Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be in the Grand Hotel on Monday 16th March 3-5 pm and 7-9 pm.
THE GIFT OF READING: Barnados are looking for adults aged 55 and over for a voluntary reading programme in primary
schools in Finglas Dublin11. Volunteers will provide one-to-one reading sessions to children in1st and 2nd class, 2 to 3 times a
week with two children. Contact Suzanne Connolly, at 01 7080431 or e-mail volunteers@barnados.ie.
PARISH NOTICES
Lenten Ecumenical Talks The Christian Churches of different denominations in Malahide and Portmarnock 2015.
Following the Pilgrims Way, living the Christian Faith at its best
The next talks are as follows. There will be time for Q&A followed by refreshments. All are most welcome
Wednesday 11th March @ 8pm,. St. Anne’s Church, Portmarnock. Father Damian McNeice, from Navan Road Parish. Currently he is Master of
Ceremonies to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. He is also the first Roman Catholic Chairperson of the Dublin Council of Churches.
Wednesday 18th March @ 8pm St. Andrew’s Church, Malahide. Donal Harrington. He is a Theologian and Pastoral Consultant and teaches Pastoral
Theology at All Hallows College and at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.
Wednesday 25th March @ 8pm St. Andrew’s Church, Malahide. Archdeacon Gordon Linney, (former Archdeacon of Dublin) As Archdeacon, Gordon
spoke out many times on Radio and T.V. and in the papers against many injustices in society. He is one of the writers of the column ‘Thinking Aloud’ in
the Sunday edition of the Irish Times.
MYYAM mini-retreat for young adults – Lent 2015. Join us for 15 mins, once a week, from 6.30-6.45pm each Sunday of Lent in the Prayer Chapel of
St. Sylvester’s Church, with reflections on the Sunday Gospel, quiet time and prayer. Open to all in their late Teens, 20’s and 30’s. Hope to see you
there!!!
LECTIO DIVINA FOR LENT on Tuesdays in the Prayer Chapel, St. Sylvester’s Church 7.30-8.30 pm. Lectio also takes place on Tuesday mornings
10.30-11.30am If you would like to pray with the Sunday Gospels please join us. Contact Phil 086-0638074.
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR HOLY WEEK!! Volunteer adults to train as servers to enhance the liturgy of the Holy Week in the Carmelite
Convent. No experience necessary. Contact Sr. Elizabeth on 086-0646625.
URGENTLY REQUIRED: Do you have a two-bedroom apt/house for rent for a lovely family consisting of a Lone Parent with two small children aged 4
& 5 years??? Rent allowance must be acceptable. Immediate occupancy required!! References available. Contact -085-7781824.
COLLECTIONS: 1st Collection - €1,500, 2nd Collection - €1,146 –Share
ST. SYLVESTERS SENIORS SOCIAL GROUP meet in The Parish Centre EACH WEDNESDAY FROM 10.45-12.45PM Tea/Coffee-Music & Sing-along, Poetry, Gentle Exercises, Chat etc. ALL WELCOME.
Malahide Lions Club. The 17th annual hill walk for St. Francis Hospice takes place in Glendalough on Sunday March 22nd.. Bus leaves Grand Hotel at
10am. Two walks available to cater for novice and experienced walkers. Collect €130 in sponsorship for a place on the bus.. Refreshments provided
afterwards. Sponsorship cards available from Stephen MacDonagh 086 0612984 or macdonagh86@gmail.com
Mass Intentions Monday – Funeral Mass for Monica Donaldson (R.I.P.). Tuesday – James, Ellen & Regina Boyle (A), Wednesday Paddy,
Kathleen and Joseph Browne (A), Thursday – Agnes Maxwell (R.I.P) – Friday – Margaret O’Reilly (R.I.P.) -. Saturday – Sean Kennedy & Joseph
O’Connor (A). The 11.15 a.m. Mass this Sunday 8th March iwill be offered for the deceased members and Benefactors of St. Sylvester’s Tontine
Society.
Bethany Bereavement Support Group . A talk will be held entitled Bereavement and You by Anne Dempsey in the Malahide Parish Centre on
Tuesday next March 10th at 7.30pm. All are welcome and admission is free. This talk will look at exploring the personal nature of bereavement.
Are you over 70 years? The risk of falls is greater and account for 75% of all injuries among older adults. To be assessed, free, simply attend
Malahide Parish Centre for one hour two weeks in a row. This service is being offered as part of a doctoral research programme. Friday13th March at
13.30pm.
Oxfam Malahide: Spring – Summer collection, Monday 9th March 2015.
Coffee as Ghaeilge: We meet weekly in Donabate (Cates Café Sat. 2 pm), Swords, (The Cottage Café Sat 12.30 pm), Malahide (Siopa
Tae Wed 10.30 am) and Skerries (Divino Tapas Tue 12 pm). Contact Diarmuid 086 1755343.
Malahide Community Forum is looking for a new Honorary Secretary. Enthusiasm is the main qualification but
typing skills, recording our monthly meetings and familiarity with emails and Internet would be necessary. The
role is interesting and varied and you would be the main contact for the Forum, although many queries will be
passed on to our Planning, Environment or Transport subcommittees, as appropriate. If you are interested please
contact me, the current Hon. Sec., Margaret Cure at curegmw@gmail.com or on 01 8452142 and I will answer
any questions you may have and would be also more than happy to help a new candidate settle into the role.