TODAY’S GOSPEL WORDSEARCH St Agnes Church Mass Cards, the intention of Donor will be remembered in all Masses on Christmas Day. Available in Parish Office & Church Repository for €5 per pack of 10 cards Lorcan O’Toole Day Centre Christmas Cards are now available for sale in the Parish Office or in the Repository at the Back of the Church. No change in price still only €4 per pack of 12 with new exciting designs. Please support your local Charity. Walk with me – A journey of Prayer for Advent and Christmastide 2017 are now available in the shop at the back of the Church, price €1.30 each. 8 th Annual Songs for a Winters Evening: Christmas Celebraon in St. Mochta’s Church, Porterstown on Sunday 3 rd Dec at 7.30pm. Mary Flynn, Mary O’Donnell, Teresa O’Donnell and Friends will all perform on the night - all proceeds in aid of St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. Tickets available from parish office and cost €15 each Tel: 8213218 or www.s./online-shop Reconnect: is an event inviting young people who have travelled to World Youth Day, Lourdes or other pilgrimages and who wish to try to stay connected to others in Faith. Life can be busy and it can be hard to stay connected to your faith. This Advent, we are inviting people to begin again and Reconnect in Faith with friends and fellow pilgrims on the path. We are inviting people who have attended any youth pilgrimages from 2000 to the present. Reconnect will take place in St. Paul’s Church Arran Quay on December 9 th at 3:00-6:00pm. It will be led by a team of volunteers and will be child friendly. More information email [email protected] or https:// www.facebook.com/events/323268834749273/? active_tab=about Dominican Retreat Centre - Tallaght Village Tel: 4048189 and 4048123 Email: [email protected] Website: www.goodnews.ie or www.retreats.dominicans.ie www.facebook.com/DominicanRetreatCentre Just a reminder! mark: gospel of year two - An Introduction to the Gospel of Mark Wilfrid Harrington OP Fr. Wilfrid, widely-experienced lecturer, and author of more than sixty books on the Scriptures, will give an introduction to Mark’s Gospel on Wednesday evenings. December 6th, 13th and 20 th 7.30pm – 9.30pm followed by a cuppa! 2018 Church Art Calendars are on sale in the Repository priced at €1.50 each Thought for the Week “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today” - H Jackson Brown Jr. Priests of the Parish Fr Paul Tyrrell: 455 5368 Fr David Fleming: 454 2308 Fr John Deasy: 455 0955 Fr Tom Clowe: 455 5605 Deacon Rev Jimmy Fennell: 455 5368 Child Protection Dublin Diocesan Office 836 0314 E-mail: [email protected] or contact St Agnes Parish Office at 455 5368 St Agnes Church Mass Times Weekday Masses 9.00am, 10.00 am, 7.00pm Saturday Vigil Mass 7.00pm Sunday Masses 9.30am; 11.00 am (Family); 12.30pm (Choir); 7.00pm Holy day Masses:- 7.00pm Vigil; 9.00am, 10.00am, 7.00pm Confession Times Saturdays from 10.30am to 11.00am & 6.45pm Eve of First Fridays after 10.00am Mass & 6.45pm COFFEE DOCK The Coffee Dock in St Agnes Parish Centre is open Monday to Friday from 10.00am-12.00 noon. Call in any day to savour the friendly atmosphere, have a cuppa and some chat with neighbours and friends Last Weekend’s Collections 1 st Collecon: € 2,265 Share: € 1,629 Family Offering: € 1,215 Many thanks for your continued support and generosity Team Ministry of Clogher Rd, Crumlin & Mourne Rd t: 01-455 5368|Child Protection Number 087 3155305 e:[email protected] or [email protected] | This newsletter can be downloaded from our website:www.crumlinparish.ie or Visit us on 3rd December 2017, 1st Sunday of Advent Crosscare Food Appeal The Parish Centre is open during all Masses this weekend to take in non perishable food items for the Archdiocese of Dublin Crosscare Food Appeal Crosscare staff are trying to keep up with demand from the food banks as Christmas approaches – particularly for families in need. Types of food urgently needed include pasta/rice, fruit juice, tea/ coffee, soup, sugar, powdered milk, tinned meat/fish, tinned veg/ fruit, packaged dessert, biscuits, and hygiene products. THE DEEP END: Keep Awake We are surrounded these days by the commercial ‘circus’ of Christmas shopping and ‘getting ready’. It might seem far removed from the story that we are celebrating; the story of a poor refugee family 2,000 years ago who had a very special delivery. The story of God choosing to intervene in human history in such an intimate and shocking way; God choosing to be born into a situation of poverty and danger. It is good to ask ourselves at this time of year, what are we getting ready for? Advent is a wonderful season which invites us to use our waiting to grow spiritually. We are invited to make space for ourselves and for God in the midst of the rushing. Can we stop and be still and ask ourselves: ‘Where do I see God being born around me today?’ In those I meet? In kind words and gestures? In my community? In my own heart? Have a more ‘aware’ Advent. Be mindful in all you do. Be aware in your rushing, be aware as you stand in that queue, be aware as you eat, be aware of your feelings, be aware of your thoughts. By watching all of this we become more awake, more able to recognise our true selves and more able to see God being born continuously each day within us and around us. Our awe and wonder grows and we can be prepared for the coming of the Gift himself. How we prepare determines what will be. Jane Mellett, [email protected] (Interom)