Prayer for the Third Sunday of Lent
Loving Father,
So many times I turn away from you and always you welcome me back.
Your mercy and love gives me confidence
Thank you for the invitation to share, fast and pray so that you can form a new heart within me.
Your powerful compassion for my weaknesses leads me to ask for mercy

and await with great hope the Easter joy you share with us.

St. Patrick’s Day Mass times

St. Patrick’s Day Masses will take place at 10 in St. Marys Church and 11:30 am in St. Patricks Church, followed directly by the Blessing of Graves in Stamullen Cemetery.  Please alert family and friends outside the parish.

Parish Pastoral Assembly

Members of our Parish Pastoral Assembly will be commissioned at Sunday morning Masses this weekend.

The Assembly members have a short Questionnaire, which will be distributed after the Sunday Masses and next weekend.  We would be delighted if you could take a questionnaire, take some time to complete it and return it in two weeks.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to consider the questions and complete the Questionnaire.  This will help the Assembly members discern a way forward for our parish.

This is an exciting time for us as a parish as we look forward together to encourage and renew our Faith.

Please remember the Assembly members in your prayers.

Lent

Please join us for Mass every Wednesday during Lent at 7:30 pm in St. Patrick’s Church.

First Communion Preparation

• First Confessions will take place in Mary’s Church on Tuesday, 28^th March at 7pm for children from Whitecross School and on Thursday, 30^th March at 7 pm in St. Patrick’s Church for children from St. Patrick’s School. If anyone has any questions, please call in to see Fr. Brendan after any Mass.
• First Communion Ceremonies will take place on Saturday’s 22^nd April at 11 am (Whitecross NS) and 6^th May (St. Patrick’s NS) at 11 am in St. Mary’s Church.

Supporting our Parish

Total Offertory:                             €  1,000.00

Envelopes:              Stamullen        €     455.00

Julianstown      €     250.00

We are very grateful for your continued support.

If you wish to contribute to our Parish, please use the following Account details:

IBAN IE85BOFI90354175356829  BIC: BOFIIE2D

Please state your name in the reference.  Thank you for our consideration.

St. Mary’s Church

Windows

We are very thankful by the Donations which continue to be received towards the Windows Project in St. Mary’s Church.  It is heartwarming to see the support from people for this project.

Thank you most sincerely to each and every one of you.  Your support is very much appreciated.

Phase Two of the window project will begin this coming week and last for roughly eight weeks.

This entails removal of the existing window above the organ and replacement of same. The estimated cost of this is € 19,400 (built into this price is a €4,000 contingency in case water damage is discovered in the rafters and other timbers of the Roof).

If you wish to contribute, please use the following Account details:

IBAN IE85BOFI90354175356829 BIC: BOFIIE2D.  Please state your name and mention Windows Project in the reference.

If you wish to contribute by cheque, please make the cheque payable to Stamullen Julianstown Parish and write Windows Project on the reverse.  Thank You!

Cemetery Sunday Moorechurch

Mass and Blessing of Graves in Moorechurch Cemetery will take place on Sunday, 2^nd July at 11:30 am. Please alert family and friends outside the parish.

LMFM Sunday Mass

Sincere thanks to all who were involved in the recorded Mass for LMFM radio.

St. Patrick’s GFHC Lotto

Jackpot €1,900 drawn on 7^th March.  Numbers drawn: 1, 14, 19 ,23. No Winner. No Match Three Winner.  Next week’s Jackpot: € 2,000.

East Meath Hospice Association THANKS

The East Meath Hospice Association would like to say a huge thank you to all who supported the recent Pancake Tuesday event.  Thanks also to the wonderful Management and Staff of the City North Hotel.  A total of € 9,000 was raised on the day.

We would also like to advise that EMHA AGM will take place in the Parish Rooms, Laytown on 15^th March at 7:30 pm.

Saturday, 11^th       St. Patrick’s   5:45 pm           

MM.    Mick (Michael) White, his wife Dolly  and Mary & Jimmy Gough

John & Bridget Maguire, Noeleen Dennehy  and Baby Noah

St. Mary’s        7:00 pm

AV.     Ellie & Anthony Haran

Eamonn Reilly (1^st Ann) and his daughter  Sinead McBride

 Sunday, 12^th          St. Patrick’s 

10:00 am      AV.     Stephen Gamble

St. Mary’s       11:30 am    

AV.     James & Mary Brennan, Gerry Brennan and Patricia & John O’ Sullivan

Members of our Parish Pastoral Assembly will be commissioned at Masses this Sunday

 Tuesday                 St. Patrick’s    10:00 am     RD.     Tony Tolan

Wednesday            St. Mary’s         10:00 am                Celebrant’s Intentioon

                                  St. Patrick’s       7:30 pm                  Celebrant’s Intention

Thursday               St. Patrick’s    10:00 am

AV.     Oliver Collins

Annette Curtis

St. Patrick’s Day  St. Mary’s         10:00 am                Feast of St. Patrick

                               St. Patrick’s        11:30 am                Feast of St. Patrick followed by blessing of Graves in Stamullen Cemetery