Parish Notices 16/17 September 2023

There will be no 9.30 Mass in Portrane this Sunday instead the 9.30 Mass will be celebrated in Balheary.                               

Mass will resume at 9.30 am in Portrane next Sunday 24 September and at 11.30 am in Balheary.

CROSSCARE Annual Collection will be held this weekend 16/17 September.  It will replace the Share collection.   Your support will be greatly appreciated.

Children marking Season of Creation   We invite children to create artwork of their favourite animals or the natural world before Fri 29th Sept. This will mark the   Season of Creation and the upcoming Feast of St Francis of Assisi. Artwork or prayers thanking God for the animals and the natural world can be handed into the parish office, the sacristy or emailed to donabateparishcm@gmail.com on or   before Fri 29th Sept. The artwork will be used to decorate the church for the 11am Mass before the Blessing of Animals on Sun 1st Oct.  A selection of the prayers will be read by some of the children from our new parish children’s ministry at that 11am Mass.

Monthly Family Mass  – save the date! – We are pleased to announce that the parish is launching a monthly family Mass at the 6:30pm Saturday evening Mass on the first Saturday of the month in Donabate Church. The first Mass will be on Saturday 7^th October at 6:30pm. More details to follow.

Church Gate Collection   St. Vincent de Paul will hold a church gate collection next  weekend 23/24 September.   Your support will be very much appreciated.

Autumn Alpha –     Starting this Thurs! – Join us this Thursday (21^st Sept), from 7:45 to 9pm, in Donabate Portrane Community Centre, for tea/coffee, nibbles, videos and chats about Faith! We’re starting this Thurs and running for a series of weeks. As always our invitation to you is to come and see!

The Alpha Course is a series of videos and chats where we discuss faith in a relaxed       atmosphere, something we don’t often get to do. Alpha is for everyone whether you’re committed to a faith tradition, or have never thought about faith before! If you have any curiosity it’s a great community to join and discuss some of life’s big questions. We also have Ukrainian subtitles available.

If you’ve any questions or would like to register your interest, just pop us an email to: crossparishalpha@gmail.com

LEGION OF MARY ANNUAL KNOCK PILGRIMAGE                                         Sunday 24 September                                                                                                                   Leaving @7.30am €25                                                                                                 Contact: Mary 085-134-5113 or Lóirín 087-241-2611 or Parish Office                  Bus departs
Hospital Gates, Portrane at 7.30
St. Patrick’s Church Donabate’s at 7.40 am                 

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – As we begin Lent just a reminder about our Friday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 12 O’Clock until 4.30. Come for a few minutes or for as long as you so desire to pray for yourselves and for the world. 

Donabate youth group – We are currently welcoming new members to join our parish youth group – an opportunity to connect with other young people to share views and discuss life questions, to learn more about faith, to listen to inspirational music, to have opportunities for reflection.

Our youth group currently meets online, on Friday evenings, and is open to those from 1st to 6th year of secondary school. For more details contact the parish youth leaders either via the parish office (stpatricksrcdonabate@gmail.com ) or via myam.admin@gmail.com

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