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Holy Cross, Dundrum SUNDAY 14th May 2017

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THE DEEP END : Do not let your hearts be troubled

‘Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength – carrying two days at

once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow

of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.’

Corrie ten Boom had plenty of cause for worry over the course of her lifetime. Dur-

ing World War II, she, along with her father and sister, provided a refuge in their

home for a number of Jewish friends, playing a pivotal role in the Dutch

‘underground’ who sheltered Jews. Their home was eventually raided and the en-

tire family arrested, her father dying in prison and her sister in a concentration

camp. Corrie was sent to a series of camps but was released, and afterwards told

her story in a book called The Hiding Place.

Corrie’s heart must have been troubled, often, but her strong faith sustained her

and became the lens through which she viewed her life story: ‘Every experience

God gives us, every person he puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the

future that only he can see.’

The majority of us will never have to deal with as desperate a situation as Cor-

rie’s. But we have our own anxieties, whether big or small. None of us knows how

the future is going to turn out, and that is precisely why we tend to worry. In today’s

Gospel Thomas frets: ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we

know the way?’ But Jesus has reassuring words. ‘I am the way.’ Hand in hand with

Jesus, we can walk the road ahead.

Tríona Doherty -Courtesy of Intercom Newsletter May 16

pastoral area Incorporating the parishes of Dundrum, Ballinteer &

MeadowbrooK

Mass Times Saturday:

Vigil 6.00pm, 10am (Meadowbrook)

Sunday :

9.00am 10.30am (Family Mass)

12.00 noon (Choir)

Monday – Friday 10.30am

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday 5.30pm & on request after weekday Mass

PARISH TEAM Fr. Kieran McDermott Co-PP

Tel. 01-2984348.

Fr. John Bracken Co-PP.

Tel. 01. 2983557 Mob. 087 1120457

Fr. Liam Belton (Moderator)

Ballinteer Tel. 01. 4944448

Team Assistants

Fr Donal O’Doherty (Pastor Emeritus—Retired),

Fr. Christopher & Fr. Fidelis -

75 Ludford Drive 01—2987401

Deacon—Rev. Gabriel Corcoran

Faith Development Co-Ordinator

Annette Farrell

PARISH OFFICE Mon.— Fri. 9.30am-12.30pm

1A Ballinteer Rd. Tel. 01. 2983494

Email : dundrumparish@gmail.com

Parish Secretaries

Vivienne Tobin & Brenda O’Beirne

Ballinteer Parish 01 4994203

Meadowbrook Parish 01 2987401

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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday 13th May

6pm Sheila Ware 2nd A

Maisie O'Hara-3rd A

Blaine Smith-Nicholls RD

9.00am

Roger Wilkes RD

Barry McCarthy RD

Denis Tierney RD

10.30 Holy Cross National School Holy Communion

12.00 Holy Communion Catholic Children from Taney

Recently deceased Jimmy Curran Eric Phillips Irene Kavanagh

Anniversaries William Devitt 2nd. Anv. Richard O’Neill

Annual Mass of Remembrance

Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross is

hosting their Annual Mass of

Remembrance in

St Agnes Church, Crumlin on Monday 15th

May 2017 at 7.00pm.

All welcome

Celebration of FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

We congratulate and pray for our Children, their parents and teachers

from Holy Cross School (10.30am) and the Catholic children who attend Taney

National School (12.00).

Next Sunday 21st May at 10.30am our 2 classes from Our Lady’s Grove will

celebrate Holy Communion at our 10.30am Family Mass.

Are You a Good Listener?

Senior Help Line, Ireland’s only

confidential telephone listening

service for older people, needs

people aged 55+ to work in Don-

nybrook, Dublin 4 as help line

volunteers. The commitment is

for 3 hours once every three

weeks. Our current need is for people in the eve-

nings 7-10pm, private free car park provided. You

would receive training.

The next Information Morning May 30 from 10am

to noon. Training follows in June. If you are inter-

ested, or would like more information, please

phone Anne on 087-7450721

The beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ

Fr John Sullivan SJ was beatified yesterday in Gardiner Street Church. The

principal celebrant and homilist will be Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the

Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and he will be assisted by the

Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin.

The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Michael Jackson, will also be pre-

sent on the sanctuary. The ceremony consists of a mass during which a formal

request for beatification is publicly made. In an unprecedented ecumenical

gesture, this request will be made by the Church of Ireland and the Catholic

Archbishops together, reflecting the fact that Fr John was an Anglican for the

first half of his life and Roman Catholic for the second. In fact, the entire event

is unprecedented, as there has never been a beatification ceremony in Ireland

before.

Triduum in Honour

of Our Lady

23rd , 24th, 25th May

10.30am Mass

The Christian Family Today and Tomorrow

One of the first acts of Pope Francis was to call a Synod of the

Church to look at the challenges the modern family is faced with

today. In his summing up of the Synod Pope Francis writes: “The

tensions created by an overtly individualistic culture, caught up

with possessions and pleasures, leads to intolerance and hostility to

families. Here I would also include today’s fast pace of life, stress

and the organisation of society and labour which militate against

permanent decisions”. (The Joy of Love #33)

The Irish family today is not in crisis, but neither is it in full health, there are societal and cultural factors that impinge on

the wellbeing of the family. The weakening of faith and religious practice has also an effect on families, leaving them

more isolated amid their challenges. The Synod noted that one symptom of contemporary society is loneliness arising

from the absence of God in a person’s life and the fragility of relationships. In large cities like Dublin the lack of afforda-

ble housing brings huge pressures on families. ‘The family is a good which society cannot do without, and it ought to be

protected’ (JoL #44).

From 21 to 26 August next year the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) will take place in Ireland. Pope Francis

personally asked Dublin to be the host city in 2018 and chose the theme The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World.

In speaking about how the World Meeting of Families can help us on our path Archbishop Diarmuid Martin recently said:

The World Meeting of Families could be a seven-day wonder, a week of buzz and glitter and possibly even

the joy of meeting with the Pope. But the World Meeting of the Families is not a sort of spiritual travelling Circus

which moves around from city to city simply repeating the same performances. Pope Francis spoke to me

about the World Meeting of Families as a gift to the Irish Church. It should be a high point but a high point within

a process: a process which should help us dispassionately to look to at the inadequacies of our

pastoral work for families. . .

Let me say something about which I feel strongly: do not allow

ourselves to be become entangled in trying to produce

definitions of the family. Family is such a transcultural value

that it cannot be defined simply. We may find it hard to define,

but we all recognise what is family. We should not be rushing in

telling people what to do, without first recognising what is great

and beautiful and courageous in so many Irish families.

Family is about love, no matter how imperfect and failing: it is

about a love which enriches lives.

To celebrate the World Meeting of Families in Dublin next year,

the restoration of Holy Cross Church and the creation of a new

Pastoral Centre the parish acquired (through Fr. Kieran) a

modern sculpture called “The Christian Family” (2015) which is

now placed in the grounds of the Church near Emmaus House.

It was carved from Green Opal, which is form of Serpentine

stone by the sculptor William W. Chewa from Zimbabwe. It will

be a permanent reminder that at the heart of parish life is the

centrality of the love of the Christian family. We hope

that it will inspire you.

Holy Cross Church14 Main St, Dundrum

Dublin 14

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