Dear Friends,
This is the 27th Sunday of the year.
Theology/Spirituality Course in theAutumn
Next Saturday, I will be speaking on the topics 1) What was it like to be a Christian in the 2nd and 3rd centuries and 2) Gnosticism in the early church.
Volunteers to read at Mass and for the Choir
Margaret (our soloist) and Seamus(our organist) always welcome new members to join the choir. Rehearsals are on a Sunday morningat 10.30am in the John Sullivan Room, before the 11.00am Mass.
I am delighted to see that numbersin the choir have increased. Your ministry of singing is much appreciated.
If you feel that you would like toread at our weekday Masses (11.00 am and 1.00pm) or Sunday Masses(9.15am; 11.00am and 7.30pm), please feel free to make yourselfknown to me.
Reading Club
Meeting next Monday week. We’re reading ‘Surprised by Hope by Tom Wright.
Fr. Brendan
CHURCH COLLECTIONS
For Church: € 808. Share: € 142. Card reader: € 287
All contributions are gratefully accepted, and the donors are remembered in our prayers.
INVITATION:Upcoming Book Launch
On 19 October at 7 pm, theJesuit Centre for Faith and Justice will host the launch of Fr David Neuhaus’sbook, ‘Conquest or Leaven: Reflections of a Catholic Priest in Palestine/Israel’.
Registration is essential. Email info@jcfj.ie to reserve a place.
THE SEASON OF CREATION 2026 concludes today, October 4, coinciding with the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.
This year’s theme,“Living Water”, explores Ezekiel 47:9 and 12 as a powerful biblical vision ofhope and ecological healing.
God of all life-givingwater, thank you for the gift of water. Without it, we wouldn’t exist. Help usto remember how essential it is for all life, for creatures, the earth,sea-creatures, balance in creation. Our disregard for it causes problems forothers, human and non-human. Help us to work together to ensure everyone hasaccess to clean water, at home and abroad.
Lord, hear us
THE MESSENGER | OCTOBER 2026
The changing face of both missionand ministry today; the value of creating an inner stillness in an age ofdistraction, division and noise; the Celtic and Christian roots of Halloween;the comfort and connection that praying the rosary can bring: the Messengerpresents a varied and absorbing read this October. And all our popularregular features of prayer, Scripture, cookery, crosswords and children’s pagescomplete the issue.
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POPE LEO XIV’s PRAYERINTENTION FOR OCTOBER 2026
For mental health ministry.
Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illnesses.