14th June 2026 – th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

  14 June 2026                             Altar Notices            11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,390.  Peter’s Pence collection €675.  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.

 

  1. No 8.30am Mass in St Peter’s Church on Tuesday coming, 16th June due to preparatory work for painting in St Oliver’s Shrine area. 10.30am and 7.30pm Masses on Tuesday and for the rest of the week as usual.

 

  1. Low-gluten Communion hosts may be received at all Sunday and weekday Masses. Coeliacs should please go the priest to receive.

 

  1. OLLC 10.30am only

After over 35 years as Director of the Lourdes Youth Choir, Jackie Walshe is calling it a day.  The Lourdes Youth Choir, under Jackie’s leadership, has truly distinguished itself . The standard of music from the vibrant Choir on Sundays in Our Lady of Lourdes Church is exceptional.  Jackie’s last time leading the Choir will be at the 10.30am Mass today,  Sunday  14th June.  We will have an opportunity to say a formal farewell and thank you to Jackie at the Lourdes Youth Choir Awards in Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Tuesday coming, 16th  June at 7.00pm.  All are invited, especially the girls, past and present, and their parents.  Refreshments will be served.  We will also have an opportunity to bid farewell and thank you to Sean Walshe who has acted as organist for the Choir for several decades.

 

  1. 40 Hours of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from Friday coming, 19th June, 6.00am, to Saturday 20th June at 10.00pm. Pope St John Paul II Room, Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Intentions include: All living and deceased priests; vocations to the priesthood; peace and harmony in the world. Contact details in the Newsletter for those who would like to do an hour.  Josie 087 771 0264. Also see sign-in sheets in both churches.

 

  1. Cemetery Sunday/ Blessing of the Graves 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. Please prepare your family graves.  The rubbish bin in the Cemetery is located in the centre of the Cemetery, near the Parish Priests’ graves.  There will be a Gate Collection for the upkeep of the Cemetery.  Please use the special envelope in your box (28 June) which can be put into the basket in the Cemetery or in the church.  Masses at 11.00am and 12.00 noon on Sunday, 29th June will be offered for all those interred in our cemeteries.

 

  1. St Peter’s Parish seeks expressions of interest 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.  

 

  1. Summer Dues for the support of the priests of the parish will be collected over the coming few weeks.  Many thanks for your support.  Envelopes at the back of the church ad on tables.

 

  1. 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.