Armagh Diocesan Vocations Team have organised two special evenings which have been entitled: “Great people, great stories, come and listen!” The evenings will take place on: Thursday 23 April in The Synod Hall, Armagh & Wednesday 29 April in The Parochial Centre, Fairhill Rd, Cookstown at 8pm.
The evenings will include music and prayer and two special testimonies will be given. Brother Ronan Lennon and Martina Purdy will be the guest speakers in Armagh. Brother Ronan has been a religious brother with St John of God Brothers for the last number of years. He has worked a lot with the sick and he’s the former Provincial of the Order and Martina is a former journalist with the BBC and she’s now a postulant with the Sisters of Adoration and Reparation in Belfast. Deacon Kevin Duffy and Sr Fiona Galligan will be the guest speakers in Cookstown. Deacon Kevin is married with two children and he was ordained a permanent Deacon for the Archdiocese of Armagh last year and he’s currently ministering in the parish of Magherafelt. Sr Fiona has been a Sister of Mercy for the last number of years and she works as a Chaplain in Craigavon Area Hospital and St John of God Hospice, Newry.
After the great stories are shared on the evenings, there will be an opportunity for questions and reflection and refreshments will be served.
Armagh Diocesan Cursillo: Ultreyas with our Permanent Deacons
Confraternity Room, St Patrick’s Church, Dundalk.
Friday 24th April, 8.00pm: Rev Malachy McElmeel.
Refreshments served afterwards. All are welcome!
Armagh Diocesan Vocations Team have organised two special evenings which have been entitled: “Great people, great stories, come and listen!” The evenings will take place on: Thursday 23 April in The Synod Hall, Armagh & Wednesday 29 April in The Parochial Centre, Fairhill Rd, Cookstown at 8pm.
The evenings will include music and prayer and two special testimonies will be given. Brother Ronan Lennon and Martina Purdy will be the guest speakers in Armagh. Brother Ronan has been a religious brother with St John of God Brothers for the last number of years. He has worked a lot with the sick and he’s the former Provincial of the Order and Martina is a former journalist with the BBC and she’s now a postulant with the Sisters of Adoration and Reparation in Belfast. Deacon Kevin Duffy and Sr Fiona Galligan will be the guest speakers in Cookstown. Deacon Kevin is married with two children and he was ordained a permanent Deacon for the Archdiocese of Armagh last year and he’s currently ministering in the parish of Magherafelt. Sr Fiona has been a Sister of Mercy for the last number of years and she works as a Chaplain in Craigavon Area Hospital and St John of God Hospice, Newry.
After the great stories are shared on the evenings, there will be an opportunity for questions and reflection and refreshments will be served.
Triduum in Honour of St Padre Pio
In Holy Redeemer
Church, Ard
Easmuinn, Dundalk.
On Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th & Wednesday 13th May 2015 Tuesday: Mass and Anointing of the Sick. Wednesday: Mass and Benediction.
Rosary said at 7.10pm
Blessing with relic at Mass each evening.
“Pray, hope and don’t worry, worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.” – Padre Pio
Unlocking the door to new hope: The Priests, Fr David Delargy, Fr Eugene O’Hagan and Fr Martin O’Hagan, will perform a special concert for Habitat for Humanity Northern Ireland’s 21st birthday on 29th May at St. Patrick’s RC Cathedral, Armagh. Tickets are available at habitatni.co.uk or from Armagh Parish office: 028 3752 2813 ****
Unlocking the door to new hope
Habitat NI celebrates 21st birthday with The Priests
Habitat for Humanity Northern Ireland is celebrating 21 years building hope with an evening of music and song with The Priests on 29th May at St. Patrick’s RC Cathedral, Armagh. Funds raised from the performance will help unlock the door to a brighter future for thousands of families in need of a decent place to call home.
Since 1994, 28,000 volunteers from across the community have practically engaged in Habitat NI’s work at home and around the world. Barriers have been broken down and stronger communities created where everyone has the opportunity to grow.
At the concert, The Priests’ will perform musical favourites including a moving rendition of ‘Love Can Build a Bridge’, a reminder of the bridges that have, and will be, built through Habitat’s work.
Jenny Williams, Chief Executive of Habitat NI said: “We are delighted that The Priests will perform this special concert to celebrate the hope that local people have helped us build for 21 years. The funds raised will enable us to serve thousands more families in desperate need of simple homes. Tonight, and every night, 1.6 billion people will go to sleep without a decent place to live.
“Simple homes save lives. The average cost of a Habitat home in the developing world is just £1,235. As we look ahead, we are determined to use this anniversary as a platform to get more support to help families unlock the door to brighter futures. ” Ms Williams continued.
Tickets cost £20 each plus a standard booking fee. They are available on the Habitat NI website: www.habitatni.co.uk; from Armagh Parish Office, 028 3752 2813; and Habitat ReStore, Riverside Centre, Young Street, Lisburn.
As part of the national and international celebrations to mark the 14th centenary of the death of St Columbanus, on behalf of the Irish Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Eamon Martin extends an open invitation to a Mass of Thanksgiving in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh on Sunday, 21 June 2015 at 11.00 am.
Following Mass you are welcome to some light refreshments and a short talk on St Columbanus.
At the invitation of Archbishop Richard Clarke, and Dean, Gregory Dunstan, you are also welcome to attend Evensong in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh at 3.15 pm.
Vocations Evening
Is God calling you to live the life of a Priest in the Archdiocese of Armagh?
An evening of prayer and reflection will take place in The Servite Priory, Benburb, Co Tyrone on Tuesday 30 June 2015 from 5.30pm – 8pm
For further information see www.armaghpriest.com or contact:
Fr Peter McAnenly
42 Abbey Street,
ARMAGH
BT61 7DZ
Tel: 028 37522802
VOCATION PRAYER
Lord, make me a better person, more considerate towards others, more honest with myself, more faithful to you. Make me generous enough to want to do your will, whatever it may be. Help me find my true vocation in life and grant that through it, I may find happiness myself and bring happiness to others. We pray through Christ our Lord, AMEN
The Pallium will be given to Archbishop Eamon in Rome by Pope Francis on Monday, 29 June 2015. The Pallium will then be conferred on him by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown, on Saturday, 4 July 2015, in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh at 7.00 p.m. Vigil Mass. All are welcome in Rome and Armagh.
The annual celebration will commence with the procession of a first class relic of St. Oliver from Holy Family Church, Ballsgrove (south of the river Boyne) at 3pm and proceed three kilometres to the National Shrine of St. Oliver in St. Peter’s Church, West St. where Holy Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Seán Brady at 4pm. Keeping up a connection with Meath, the diocese of St. Oliver’s birth, the homily will be delivered by Fr. Philip Gaffney P.P. of St. Mary’s Parish, Drogheda.
Pilgrim Knights from Hildesheim Diocese, Germany, carrying a Relic of St. Oliver at last year’s Procession in Drogheda.
“Come and sing a new song!”
A workshop for all choir directors, organists and Church choir leaders in the Archdiocese of Armagh will take place on Saturday 5 September in St Catherine’s College from 10am – 3.30pm.
The workshop will be facilitated by Mr Colm Murphy (Director of Music, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh) and Sr Perpetua McNulty (Director of Music, St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry)
Church choirs will then gather in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh on Monday 23 November at 7pm for a Mass of Praise and Thanksgiving to honour St Cecelia and to mark the close of the Year of St Columbanus.
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