16th August 2026 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

 16 August 2026                       Altar Notices            20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,516. Central Diocesan Fund collection €585.  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. Low-gluten Communion hosts may be received at all Sunday and weekday Masses. Coeliacs should please go the priest to receive

  1. 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 today Sunday 16th August at 11.00am, and also give his First Blessing.

  1. 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.

  2. Blessing of School Bags for Junior Infants pupils and other pupils on Sunday, 30 August at the 10.30am Family Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church. All welcome.

  3. 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.