Welcome to the website for St. Joseph's Parish, Glasthule, Co. Dublin.
The Parish of Glasthule serves the areas of Glasthule, Sandycove and
parts of Glenageary and Dun Laoghaire. The parish is bounded by
the shore of Dublin Bay to the North, Park Road and Lower Glenageary
Road to the West, Upper Glenageary road to the South and Barnhill Road
and Castle Park road to the east.
Parish Notes, 7th March 2010
Third Sunday of Lent
Please support the Stained Glass Fund this Sunday.
Scripture: The role of Moses prefigures the role of Jesus. Through Moses God saved his people Israel from slavery in Egypt. We are the new people of God saved through the waters of Baptism from the slavery of sin and we are en route to the promised land of eternal life. We too are fed with food 'from heaven', namely the Eucharist.
Credit where credit is due: to say that the Church has done nothing and learnt nothing since the early 1990's, is simply unfair. Three bishops have resigned and three others have offered their resignation. Hundreds of millions both in cash and property have been paid out by bishops and religious orders. A robust child protection system is now in place in all dioceses. The former Clinical Director of the victims' helpine (Faoiseamh) was none other than the one time head of 'One in Four' and the head of the national child protection office in Maynooth, is a Northern Presbyterian who forced the resignation of Bishop John Magee in Cloyne. In this sense the Church's system is much more robust than that of the State. No social worker for example, has ever had to resign because of a failure to protect children. 20 minors died in the care of the HSE over the past 10 years. Not a single social worker has been named or resigned in the full glare of publicity. It's obvious that the Church needs to do a far better job explaining to the public what it has done. Otherwise the public will go on believing it has done nothing !
(These facts (which are not that well known), have been gleaned from an article by David Quinn)
Thank you for your generous giving last Sunday:
€1401 towards the upkeep of our priests Share Collection: €835.
Sincere Thanks: On behalf of Angela Haskins Presentation Brother Associates and the Presentation Brothers want to thank all who supported our coffee morning on Sunday 28th February 2010. €1,250.00 was raised.
Novena of Grace in honour of St. Francis Xavier from 4th March to 12th March in Halston Street Parish (where the Novena of Grace came to Ireland in 1712)
Knit in on Tuesday 9th March: to knit squares for blankets and raise funds for Trócaire 10am -12noon Parish Centre – All welcome Pattern at back of Church for anyone interested in knitting squares at home! Finished squares to Parish Centre week before Easter.
Coffee Dock: Our Coffee Dock which is located in the Pastoral Centre is open Monday to Saturday 10-12noon and after all the Masses on Sunday.
Production of Les Miserables by CBC Monkstown and Loreto College Foxrock on Sunday 21st – Friday 26th March Tickets €8-€14. For more information www.cbcmusical.com
Learn a new language for Lent!
“Silence is God's first language…in order to hear that language, we must learn to be still and to rest in God”, writes the Trappist monk, Thomas Keating. Every Tuesday evening at 8pm you can experience the stillness of Christian meditation in the Parish Centre. New members always welcome.
St John of God Carmona Services are holding their Annual Table Quiz this Sunday Night in Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel. The Quiz begins at 8pm. Tickets €7.50 each.
Four per table.
Celebrate St Patrick's Day: Come along to St Joseph's Pastoral Centre between 10am – 1pm for Tea, Coffee, Irish Coffee, or Bailey's Coffee. We will also be serving cakes and treats. This Coffee Morning is in aid of the “Forgotten Irish Imigrants” in London (Reg charity 233699). Special Guest – Bobby Kerr (RTE's Dragons Den). For further details on this very worthy cause, please contact Margarret Brown at 280-4776
Smiles: The new Sandycove Dart Station shop offers an extensive range of products including Newspapers & magazines, confectionary, take away tea/coffee, general grocery. Smiles also offers dry cleaning, laundry and shoe repair services at competitive rates. Smiles is part of the Rehab Organisation. Rehab provides training and education services, rehabilation services and offers employment oppurtunities for people with disabilities.
Lenten Reflections: Faith Friends for Young People online www.faithfriends.in is a website where reflections on questions raised by young people are uploaded everyday during this Lenten season. The internet has empowered young people unlike before. Here in this Lenten Reflection questions raised by young people are being addressed on a daily basis for the next forty days.
Has anybody got better ?? A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn't find a space with a meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: "I have circled the block 10 times. If I don't park here, I'll miss my appointment. Forgive us our trespasses." When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer along with this note. "I've circled this block for 10 years. If I don't give you a ticket, I'll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation."
Shape up! Tone up! With the Fitness League. Mondays 7.30pm. For more information Call Mary Kennedy 086.1565126
The Sacristy 2800182
Parish Office 6638604/5
Emergency Calls 087-2620480
Rev Billy Farrell , Glasthule 2801226 email:
Rev Denis Kennedy, C.S.Sp. 2800403
Rev Brian O'Sullivan P.E. 2360681
Mass Times
St. Joseph's
Sunday:
Vigil 6.30 pm
10.15 am (Family Mass)
11.30 am (Choir)
12.30 pm (Youth Choir)
Holidays:
Vigil 6.30 pm
10.00 am
11.30 am
Monday-Saturday:
10am Dun Laoghaire :
Sundays:
Vigil 6pm.
8:30, 10.00, 11:30, 1 and 4pm.
