ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA
10 November 2024 Altar Notices 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Sunday collection last week amount to €3,243. 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 stands at the entrances of both churches.
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After consultation with the adorers, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St Peter’s Church is now as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel; Wednesday in the main body of the church. Hours of Adoration, 11.00am – 4.00pm (Tuesday to 7.00pm).
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Due to the Archdiocese of Armagh Clergy Gathering there will be no 8.30am Mass or Service in St Peter’s Church this week from Monday to Wednesday. The 10.00am Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church and 10.30am Masses in St Peter’s Church will be celebrated as usual.
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Rosary and prayers for all 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.
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November Parish List of the Dead envelopes are available in both churches. Many thanks to all who have returned them.
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Presentation Primary School is commemorating 50 years at its current location on the Ballymakenny Road. A Mass of Thanksgiving will take place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church today, Sunday, 10th November at 10.30am to celebrate the contribution of the Presentation Sisters, pupils, and school staff throughout the last 50 years, and also to pray for their continuing role in the community into the future. All former and current pupils, staff and their families are invited to come.
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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, and the Diocesan Pastoral Office and its initiatives, including the Synodal Way.
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God First St Peter’s Youth Group for teenagers, 13 – 17 years old, meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month in the Family Room of Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 5.30pm. The next meeting is this Friday, 8th November.
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Old Drogheda Society Annual John Boyle O’Reilly School next Saturday 16th November, examining the lives of two Heroes of Drogheda – St. Oliver Plunkett from the seventeenth century and John Boyle O’Reilly from the nineteenth century. The speakers will be Tommy Burns, John McCullen and Brendan Matthews. Registration 10.00am, Governor’s House, Millmount.
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St Peter’s Parish Medjugorje Pilgrimage, 29th April – 6th May 2025. Early booking deposit of €50 to avail of prices from €545 for 7 nights, half board accommodation per person sharing, flights included. Daily programme with spiritual director and music ministry. Led by Fr Eugene Sweeney, PP, Deacons John Taaffe and Pat Butterly. Contact 089 615 2568 for further details.
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Full details in the Newsletter at the back of the churches. Also see parish website, Facebook, X and Instagram.