8th Novemberber 2026

Published on November 12, 2023

St Peter’s Parish

8 November 2026                   Altar Notices                 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

  1. The Parish collection last Sunday amounted to €3502. 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. For the winter months, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Peter’s Church, will end at 4.00pm, Monday- Friday, except for Tuesday, when exposition continues until 7.00pm.

  4. The Rosary for the faithful departed will be recited each day during November in St. Peter’s Cemetery at 3.00pm, meeting at the Calvary memorial and then walking around the cemetery.

  5. The Clergy of the Parish is happy to bless your home or to visit you or your loved one in Hospital. Please see Newsletter for details.

  6. God First, St. Peter’s Youth Group is back after the summer break. Teens aged 13 – 17 are invited to come along on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month, 6.00pm – 8.00pm in the Family Room in Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

  7. November Parish List of the Dead envelopes are available in both churches. All Masses on Monday, 2 November, Commemoration of All Souls, were offered for those whose names are on the 2026 List of the Dead. Masses will also be offered throughout November, monthly Masses in both St Peter’s and Our Lady of Lourdes Churches, and other dedicated Masses.  Pleased leave the envelopes in the secure box provided or put in Sunday collection basket.

  8. Our Parish Remembrance Mass of the Dead celebration will take place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church Saturday 7th November at the 7.00pm Vigil Mass. The names of all those whose funerals have taken place in the Parish, and/or who have been buried in the Parish, in the past twelve months, will be read out. A candle will be lit for each of the deceased. Families of the deceased are particularly welcome.

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

  10. SPC 11.00am Congratulation to St Peter’s Male Voice Choir celebrating 70 years this year. We are very privileged to have them sing at the Sunday 11.00am Mass every Sunday. There is a beautiful tribute to the Choir in the Newsletter today.

  11. The Knights of St Columbanus annual Church Gate Collection will be held this weekend. Proceeds go towards funding Christmas hampers and dinners for the elderly living alone as well as to small local charities. They will also host a Meet & Greet this weekend to encourage young men to join our organisation and help to spread the faith and to assist the less well off in our area.

  12. Autumn Dues for the support of the priests of the Parish will be collected over the coming weeks. Many thanks for your great generosity, and to our collectors.

  13. 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, X, Facebook and Instagram.