The Twenty Nineth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Schedule for the week ahead
Saturday Vigil 7pm Slane Jimmy Devin. Joe McKenna.
Sunday Monknewtown 9.30pm Raymond Tully.
Sunday Slane 11am Conor Ffrench Davis.
Monday Adoration 10am-12am & 7pm-9pm
Tuesday Mass 7am Peter & Peggy Martyn.
Wednesday Mass 9am
Thursday Mass 9am
Friday Mass 9am
Saturday Legion of Mary.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday Vigil 7pm Slane Deceased members of Slane Gun Club.
Sunday Monknewtown 9.30am
Sunday Slane 11am Kathleen Roche.
Visit of the Relics of St Bernadette to the Cathedral Mullingar. Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd October. Detailed program online.
The next Parish Pastoral Assembly meeting will be held in Monknewtown after 7.30p.m. mass on Oct. 29th. The main items on the agenda will finalising the 72-hour Eucharistic Adoration and preparing for Remembrance Mass.
Escorted Tour to Westport. Sunday 03rd November 2024. €799pps. Price includes bus/train, 5 nights in 4* Castlecourt Hotel, Westport with Dinner, Bed & Breakfast. Lunch on certain days. All entertainment, excursions and transport included. Visit Knock Shrine, Galway City, Kylemore Abbey, Croagh Patrick & Fr. Peyton Centre. Afternoon Tea in Ashford Castle. Music nightly. Single supplement on Enquiry. Contact Patricia on 094 900 6426, 087 1890 236 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com.
We would like to welcome you to participate in prayer before The Blessed Sacrament in St. Erc’s Oratory in Slane anytime over a period of 72 hrs. starting at midnight 29th Oct and concluding with Benediction midnight 1st Nov. Please feel free to contact Tracy by e-mail at slaneparish@gmail.com or by phone at 041-9884429/086-8789270 if you can commit to one hour over the 72 hrs.
Confessions as requested. Please let Fr. Richard know if you would like this sacrament.
“Don’t waste time on what happened before. If something is hurting you inside, preoccupying you, get it out, make a good confession.
“It is a place where I allow Jesus to take away from me everything that destroys.” “Only to confession can we go as sinners with sin & come out as sinners without sin.”
Mother Teresa
The Singing Group practice on Wednesdays from 8pm to 9pm in St. Erc’s Oratory. They generally sing at the 11am Mass in Slane on a fortnightly basis. New members welcome.
Collections at all masses: 12th & 13th October
White envelopes: € 275 Baskets: € 300
Many thanks for your continued support.
Dates for your Diary
Midnight Tuesday 29th Oct until midnight Friday 1st Nov 72 hr Adoration in St. Erc’s Oratory.
1st Nov All Saints. Thursday vigil 7pm
Friday 9.30 Monknewtown & 11am Slane
2nd Nov All Souls 11am Slane
3rd Nov O.N.E. Mass 11am Slane
Parish Envelops – Please contact slaneparish@gmail.com if you have any inquiries.
First Friday Calls The sick & housebound are attended every First Friday. Please let Fr. Matthews know if you wish to be included or perhaps a family member, even for a short time.
Note Please check with the priest before booking a wedding venue to make sure the priest & church are available before committing to your choice of place for your reception.
Graves; - there has been an increase in recent weeks of waste material been taken from graves & left behind headstones. Please take whatever is taken of your graves home with you.
The Holy Rosary will take place after 9am mass on weekdays.
Alone aims to help reduce loneliness and isolation through a weekly home visit from a Befriender, To avail of this service or make a referral contact Francis at 086-1085965, or email volunteer@alone.ie
Finance Thanks to those who continue to contribute & support our parish by baskets, weekly envelopes, direct debit & our new Click & Donate facility currently available online at www.dioceseofmeath.ie. It is hoped to provide this on our own Website ASAP
Your financial support is vital to the maintenance and ongoing presence of the church in our community.
Please make cheques payable to Slane Parish
Standing order forms are available upon request and in the sacristy.
Links on our parish website
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