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.
Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission (ADYC) is bringing 100 pilgrims to WYD Krakow 2016. We feel that this is a wonderful faith development project to enable young people to celebrate and experience the joy of the Gospel.
The purpose of this evening is to bring more awareness of our plans for the pilgrimage and to help pilgrims confirm their places.
Find out more information at:
http://
We hope that all recruitment for pilgrimage will be completed by end of Autumn 2015. After this ADYC aims to journey with young people & leaders by providing a six month preparation programme that will involve; catechesis, fun and friendship.
A National Eucharistic Congress will take place in Knock on Saturday/Sunday, 26th/27th September 2015. It is customary that the host country of an International Congress would hold a National Congress before the following International one, which is due to take place in Cebu, Philippines in January 2016.
The theme of our National Congress will be: ‘Christ Our Hope’.
The proceedings will commence each day at 10am with morning prayer, followed by talks, workshops and various events around Knock Shrine. Archbishop Eamon Martin will celebrate the Mass on the Saturday just prior to his departure to Rome for the Synod on the Family.
On Saturday night after some early evening talks; ‘Vespers’ will be recited followed by a ‘Concert of Praise’ in the Basilica. ‘Compline’ will then be recited after which there will be a ‘Candle-lit Procession’ and an ‘All Night-Vigil’ in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Both afternoons will follow the usual Knock programme, and the Congress will conclude with Benediction after the afternoon programme on the Sunday. Marquees will be set up for the ‘Youth Space’, ‘Children’s Events’, ‘Exhibition Space’ and for other such events. An outside screen may also be provided over the weekend. Following the successful IEC 2012 of which you were all a part and helped to bring in under budget, there is money left over to help defray the costs of this event.
Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission (ADYC) is bringing 100 pilgrims to WYD Krakow 2016. We feel that this is a wonderful faith development project to enable young people to celebrate and experience the joy of the Gospel.
The purpose of this evening is to bring more awareness of our plans for the pilgrimage and to help pilgrims confirm their places.
Find out more information at our diocesan website:
http://
We hope that all recruitment for pilgrimage will be completed by end of Autumn 2015. After this ADYC aims to journey with young people & leaders by providing a six month preparation programme that will involve; catechesis, fun and friendship.
The Society are hosting a special talk by Professor Padraig O’Riain on the life of St Malachy of Armagh and on the lives of Irish Saints abroad in The O’Fiaich Library, Armagh on Wednesday 7th October at 8pm. All are welcome.
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