ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

 9 August 2026                           Altar Notices            19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,320. 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. Low-gluten Communion hosts may be received at all Sunday and weekday Masses. Coeliacs should please go the priest to receive.

3. As usual, no 8.30am St Peter’s Church weekday Mass for the months of July and August. Otherwise, daily and Sunday schedules as normal in both churches.

4. Saturday coming, 15^th August, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. It is a holyday of obligation.  Vigil Mass on Friday evening in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 7.30pm.  Masses on Saturday morning in St Peter’s Church at 8.30am and 10.30am, and Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 10.00am.

5. 36^th Eucharistic Adoration Anniversary Mass of Thanksgiving in St Peter’s Church on Assumption Day, Saturday, August 15^th, at 10.30am.

6. 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. It also supports the Irish Bishops’ Conference.

7. Fr Anthony Reilly, a native of Brookville Pk, recently ordained for the Diocese of East Anglia, England, will say a First Mass in St Peter’s Church next Sunday 16th August at 11.00am, and also give his First Blessing.

8. 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.