ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

17 August 2025               Altar Notices           20 Sunday in Ordinary 

1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,496. The Sunday Collection is taken up in the church porches on entry to and exit from Mass. 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. There is no 8.30am Mass, Monday to Friday, for August. The 10.00am and 10.30am weekday Masses are celebrated as usual.

3. 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 and youth offices, the Diocesan Pastoral Office and its initiatives, including the Synodal Way.

4. Archbishop Eamon Martin asks that parishes throughout the Archdiocese hold next Sunday, 24 August, a day of prayer and reflection for Gaza and for a renewed commitment by the international community for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. There will be an hour of quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in Our Lady of Lourdes Church next Sunday, 1.00pm – 2.00pm.

5. All families and young people are invited to a celebration marking the canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sunday 7 September in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. 10:00am, Prayer Walk in the Cathedral Grounds; 11:00 am, Mass in the Cathedral.

6. The Parish Newsletter is on a break for the summer and will resume first Sunday in September. Church notices are posted at the back of the churches and on parish website, Facebook, X and Instagram.