Ascension – 17th May 2026

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

 

17 May 2026                     Altar Notices                  Ascension of the Lord

 

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,538.   The Sunday Collection is taken up in the church porches on entry to and exit from Mass.  If you did not get a chance to contribute on the way in, please do so on the way out.  Many thanks for your great generosity and your use of the parish envelope.  A user-friendly Tap to Donate card machine is available at the entrances of both churches.

  2. The Knights of St Columbanus is a Catholic laymen’s organisation who are 100 years promoting the Faith and helping the less well off in the wider Drogheda area. They are recruiting new members who would like to help with the great work they participate in. On your way out stop for a quick chat to find out more about what they do.

  3. Rosary and Benediction will be held in St Peters Church, West St, at 5.00pm each Sunday of May, in honour of Our Lady.

  4. There is a second envelope this weekend for the Armagh Central Diocesan Fund. This envelope goes towards the running of the Diocesan Curia in Armagh, its safeguarding, youth, and pastoral offices, and its initiatives, including the Synodal Way.

  1. Congratulations to Fr Piotr on celebrating the Silver Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood. Fr Piotr will mark his Jubilee giving thanks to God by celebrating Mass in St Peter’s Church on Tuesday 26th May at 7.30pm (St Anthony’s Novena Mass). All welcome.

  1. The May Family Mass takes place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Sunday 31 May at 10.30am.

  1. St Peter’s Parish seeks expressions of interest by 5th June 2026 with regard to the expenses-paid directorship of the Lourdes Youth Choir, a vibrant and highly accomplished girls’ choir that sings at the Sunday 10.30am Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Contact details in the Parish Newsletter.

  2. St Anthony’s Novena will take place in St Peters Church from Friday 5 to Saturday 13 June.

  3. Cemetery Sunday 2026 will take place as usual on the last Sunday of June, this year Sunday, 28 June, in St Peter’s Cemetery at 3.00pm, and Newtown Cross Cemetery at 5.00pm.

  4. If you are not taking the Missalette / Newsletter home, please leave at the back of the church on your exit.  Also see church noticeboards, parish website, Facebook and Instagram.