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Holy Trinity Church, Ratoath
1 April 2012
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01 8256207
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Opening hours for the Parish Office: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 9.30am– 4.00pm
Priest on Duty: Fr. Brendan
Congratulations to Maisie & Maggie Donnelly (Well Road), Isabella Haverty (Steeplechase Green),
Lucy Lawlor (Woodlands Hall) and Ryan Hennessey (St Oliver’s Park)
who were baptised during the week.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Congratulations to all the boys and girls who were confirmed by Bishop Smith on Friday.
We thank their parents who have supported them on their faith journey this year.
We are grateful to teachers who have given so much of their time in preparing their classes for Confirmation.
We appreciate too all the work carried out by other staff members and all who were involved with the art work and the choirs.
We pray that the Holy Spirit will renew not just the candidates who were confirmed but also their families and the entire parish community.
The sick and the housebound will be attended to in their homes on Thursday and Friday
Trocaire Boxes should be returned to the box at the back of the church from Holy Thursday onwards
Envelope Collection for the week ending 18th & 25th March €1,624.77. Many thanks for your continued support and generosity. Next Sunday is a blue offering day.
Parishioners, who are PAYE workers and who have received the form for tax relief for donations to eligible charities and approved bodies (CHY2 Form), are asked to return the completed forms to the Parish Office as soon as possible.
The Last Seven Words of Christ by Joseph Haydn (String Quartet Version) performed by The Alexander Jablokov Quarter in St. Patrick’s Church, Trim on 1st April at 8.00pm.
Lotto Results for GAA 26th March: Numbers Drawn: 4,12,14,17. No Jackpot winner. €50 winners: Colm O’Brien, Ratoath and Pat Flynn, Ratoath. Jackpot next week is: €1,400.
Phoenix-Tara Toastmasters, meeting on Monday 2nd April, Dunboyne Castle Hotel, at 8.00 pm
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1 April
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Palm Sunday
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8 April
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Easter Sunday
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Vigil
7.00pm
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Vigil 9.00pm
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For the people of the parish
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9.00am
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9.00am
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For the people of the parish
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11.00am
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Mary Walsh & Jacqueline Brazil
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11.00am
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For the people of the parish
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12.15pm
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Breda & Gerry Kenny
George, Carmel & Kevin Doody
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12.15pm
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For the people of the parish
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Monday Laoise & Con Buckley
Holy Week Ceremonies
Our Lenten Cross: During Holy Week, you can place a peg on the cross to symbolise a worry, anxiety, suffering or illness or your family may carry at this time. Or you can remove one of the pegs from the cross, committing yourself to pray this week for the needs of the person who placed the peg on the cross.
Confessions in Holy Week
Tuesday After morning Mass
Wednesday After morning Mass
Friday After the Stations of the Cross
Saturday 11.30am to 12.30pm
Monday to Wednesday Morning Mass at 9.45am
Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration from 10.00am to 10.00pm
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8.00pm
On Holy Thursday we recall the Last Supper the night before Jesus
died. The Last Supper was the first Mass celebrated by Jesus when he
gathered with his friends and told them “do this in memory of me”
After the Holy Thursday ceremony, you are welcome to pray at
The Altar of Repose. Adoration will end at 10.00pm
Good Friday Stations of the Cross 3.00pm
We will journey the Way of the Cross and pray and reflect at each
station.
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 8.00pm
This is the main celebration for Good Friday.
We hear again the story of Christ’s suffering and death.
We venerate the Cross and at the conclusion of this solemn but simple service, we receive Holy Communion.
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 9.00pm
On this Holy Night, we pass from the darkness of death on Good
Friday to the empty tomb and joy of Christ’s resurrection.
The light of Christ and blessing of new water remind us of our hope in
the Risen Christ.
He is risen, alleluia.
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