Dear Friends,
Today is the18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint of the Week – St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta a Croce) – Saturday, 9th August
Edith Stein was born in Breslau (then Germany, now Wroclow, Poland) in 1891. She came from a Jewish family. Very academically gifted, she studied philosophy at the Universities of Breslau, Gottingen and Freiburg. Initially, she considered herself to be an atheist but through encounters with some Christian academic friends, Edith became a Roman Catholic herself in 1922. Edith’s Jewish mother never spoke to her again. Edith translated some of the letters of Cardinal Newman and some of Thomas Aquinas into German. She lectured on behalf of women’s suffrage. Her lecturing tours took her to Austria, Switzerland and Paris. She entered the Carmelite Convent in Cologne in 1933. She was encouraged by her prioress to continue her philosophical writing. After Kristallancht (theNazi attack on Jewish businesses and families), Edith transferred to a Carmelite convent in Echt in Holland. However, the Nazis followed and arrested Edith and her sister, Rosa on 2 August, 1942, simply because they were of Jewish extraction. They were put to death on 9 August in a gas chamber in Auschwitz. Edith was canonised by Pope Saint John Paul II in 1998 and declared a Patroness of Europe.
Reflection of St. Edith Stein, OCD.
God is here in these moments and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night comes and we look back on the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much we planned has gone undone, and all the reasons we have to be embarrassed and ashamed: let us take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him. Then we will be able to rest in Him – really rest – and start the next day as a new life. Amen.
New Readers& Choir members.
During these summer months, you might like to think if you would like to be part of the ministry of reading at Mass or joining the choir under the excellent guidance of Margaret and Seamus. Please give it a thought. You would be very welcome. We are always looking for volunteers!
Fr. Brendan
BL. JOHNSULLIVAN SJ MONTHLY MASS
The monthly Mass in honour of Blessed John Sullivan SJ will be celebrated on Saturday 16thAugust at 1 pm.
FRONT OFFICE OPENING TIMES (AUGUST)
• Closed: Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th.
• Open: Wednesday 6th to Monday 18th,Monday to Friday from 11 am to 1 pm. Weekend hours remain unchanged.
MEN’S JUBILEE CAMINO
Men’s hike -Sat Sept 13th 20kms, on greenway, from Dominican abbey (ruin) in Carlingford to Newry (St Catherine’s) via Newry Cathedral (Jubilee Indulgence). Mass, Adoration, Rosary, Confessions &Fraternity. Registration & details on www.dominicans.ie/events/ . €70(Lunch, dinner & bus), over 18’s male event. Enquiries to op.evangelisation@gmail.com.
MARINO INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Are you looking for food for the mind and oxygen for the soul in the company of fellow travelers? Join the Adult Education Certificate in Spirituality and Human Development Programme. It is open for applications now. For more information, please see the following website: www.mie.ie/spirituality. If you are interested, please contact Mary atmary.gao@mie.ie or 087 450 8549
DUBLIN DIOCESANPILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
The Dublin Archdiocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage will take place from September 4 to September9, led by Archbishop Farrell. Applications to travel with the Assisted PilgrimSection are still being accepted. Please contact the Lourdes Pilgrimage Office on 018087555 or info@lourdes.dublindiocese.ie. To travel as a hotel pilgrim please contact Joe Walsh Tours at 012410800 for further information.
POPE LEO XIV’SPAYER INTENTION FOR AUGUST
For mutual coexistence
Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious, or ideological reasons.
LAST WEEKCOLLECTION
Church: € 896; Share collection: € 159. Card reader: € 374.