| Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time > B 25th August 2024 Parish Office: Mon-Fri: 10am to 1.00pm; Contact: 062 52727 / secretary@stmichaelsparishtipperary.ie |
Anniversaries: Ann Lonergan; Bridget & Paddy Kelly & their son Patrick; Chris Foley; Helen Ryan; Michael Kennedy; Fr. Brendan Smyth; Matthew Sills; Martin O’Gorman; Edward Fawcett; James (Jim) Bergin; Joe Whelan; Kathleen Ryan; Cormac & Margaret Watters; Tony Houlihan; Michael J. Ryan; Tom & Sarah Connors; Josephine & Christopher McBride; Annie Toomey; Jason Russell; Eileen Burns, nee White; Thomas & Bridie Hogan; Eileen Corcoran; Josephine Cronin; Arnoldas Mqcijquskou; Sean Dempsey; Muriel Peters (1st Anniv); Thomas Quinn; Michael & Bridget McGrath; Michael & Mary Hogan & Sons Edmund & Billy; Michael Cronin; Elizabeth Foley; Patrick & Kathleen Lawlor;
Autumn Clergy Collection: for the priests of the diocese (Active & Retired) at all masses next weekend 31st Aug/1st Sept. This is the third of 4 clergy collections and the target for Tipperary Parish this year is €103,000. So far we have collected €32,790. Please use the special Autumn Clergy Collection envelope in your Collection Envelope pack. Envelopes are also available in the church. All cheques must be made payable to St. Michael’s Church.
Thank You: the Weekly Envelope and Donations in the Collection Box for Feast of the Assumption 15th Aug & the W/E August 18th was €2,945. Thanks also to those who regularly contribute online at stmichaelsparishtipperary.ie.
Lotto Result: 22nd August: 1, 10, 19, 20. No Jackpot winner. Congratulations to the €50 Lucky Dip winner: Eugene Everard. Jackpot now stands at €4,450. To join go to stmichaelsparishtipperary.ie and press Lotto.
Tipperary Parish Mission: “Come and See” – A New Beginning, the theme of our parish mission, 22nd – 27th September, will be led by the Redemptorist Team with local involvement. Volunteers needed to promote this special week in our parish by distributing leaflets to each home and inviting everyone to attend. More details over the coming weeks.
St. Michael’s Parish Office: Note change in opening hours Monday to Fri 10am to 1.00pm. until further notice.
Holycross Abbey Solemn Novena 2024: to Our Lady of Perpetual Help from Sunday 8th to Monday 16th September. Further details on Church Notice Board or contact 0504-43124 / email hbparishoffice@gmail.com
Bereavement Support Information Talk: in Milford Care Centre, Education Department on Tue 27th August from 7pm – 8.30pm. It will provide general information on Grief & Bereavement with short talk by a Bereavement Counsellor, Different experiences of Grief, Question Time. The Talk is Free.
Pop Up Shop: 6th & 7th September, for the Irish Wheelchair Association in Xtra Vision, Cashel. Items to be dropped off on the 5th Sept between 7pm-9pm.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Prayer Group: Every Tuesday in the Pastoral Centre @ 7.00pm sharp. All welcome.
Monster Metal Scrap Collection Fundraiser: @ the Thurles Mart, August 30th & 31st. All types of scrap metal accepted. All proceeds to the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles Reroofing Fund. Household electrical appliances such as washing machines etc not acceptable. Collection service available, to arrange please phone Phil on 0872420074.
Laudato Deum… If ‘the universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely… there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face’. The world sings of an infinite Love: how can we fail to care for it? …” Pope Francis… Laudato Deum #65
Reflection: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life, and we believe; (Jn. 6: 69) Many walk away from belief in God because of the demands it aske of us. We are asked to believe in something that, at least on this earth, we are never going to figure out … ever, it is a mystery. Yet with the gift of faith, and a constant renewal of it, we can come to be better followers of Jesus, better emulators of his words and action. We pray, then for the gift of faith, that we may use the gifts that God gives us to walk more wholesomely, more courageously in his image, to believe where others do not, and to love where others abandon. Amen.