Dominicans Nuns (Order of Preachers, OP)

DROGHEDA (Founded 1722)

Monastery of St Catherine of Siena
The Twenties, Drogheda, Co Louth
Tel (041) 983 8524
E-mail [email protected]
Website www.dominicannuns.ie

Apostolates

Contemplative Prayer

Masses

Sunday: 9.00 am
Weekdays: 7.30 am

Daily Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from after Mass until 7.00 pm
Daily Liturgy of the Hours including Evening Prayer at 6.30 pm

Retreat Rooms available, four ensuite bedrooms, an oratory with reserved Blessed Sacrament, self catering.

Servites (Servite Servants of Mary, OSM)

BENBURB (founded 1949)

Servite Priory, 10 Main Street, Benburb, Co Tyrone, BT71 7JZ
Tel (028) 3754 8241

www.benburbpriory.com

Rosminians (Institute of Charity, IC)

DUNDALK

Parochial House, Kilcurry, Dundalk, Co Louth
Tel (042) 933 4410
Tel (042) 933 3235

Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, CSsR)

DUNDALK (founded 1876)

St Joseph’s, St Alphonsus Road, Dundalk, Co Louth
Tel (042) 933 4042
Fax (042) 933 0893
E-mail [email protected]

Church Services

See Parishes – Dundalk, St Joseph’s

Marists (Society of Mary, SM)

DUNDALK (Founded 1861)

“Cerdon House”, St. Mary’s Road, Dundalk, Co Louth
Tel (042) 933 4019

Church of St Mary, St Mary’s Road (1936)

Masses

Saturday 7.00 pm
Sunday 7.00 am, 10.00 am, 12.00 noon
Holydays 7.00 pm (Vigil), 7.00 am, 9.30 am, 7.00 pm
Weekdays 7.30 am, 9.30 am, 7.00 pm
1st Friday 7.30 am, 9.30 am, 7.00 pm
Other 1.00 pm (Mon – Fri during Lent)

School

St Mary’s College, Nicholas Street (See Parishes, Dundalk, St Patrick’s)

Jesuits (Society of Jesus, SJ)

Communities

Portadown
Armagh

PORTADOWN (founded 1980)

‘Iona’, 211 Churchill Park, Portadown, Co Armagh, BT62 1EU
Tel (028) 3833 0366
Fax (028) 3833 8334

Hall
Drumcree Community Centre, 3 Ashgrove Rd
Mrs Jennifer McCann, Tel (028) 3833 4522

Apostolates
Spirituality, confessions, counselling, community development, spiritual direction, inter-community relations, inter-church work, Promoting Ecumenism, Irish Language Ministry, Prison Ministry

ARMAGH

19c Mullacreevie Park, Armagh, BT60 4BA
Tel & Fax (028) 3751 1661

Apostolates
Reconciliation, community development, writing.

Dominicans (Order of Friar Preachers, OP)

DUNDALK (Founded 1777)

St Malachy’s Priory, Anne Street, Dundalk, Co Louth
Tel (042) 933 4179

Church of St Malachy, Anne St (1866)

Masses
Saturday 10.00 am & 6.15 pm (Vigil)
Sunday 8.00 am, 10.00 am & 12.00 noon
Holydays 6.15 pm (Vigil), 10.00 am, 11.00 am & 6.15 pm
Weekdays (Mon – Fri) 10.00 am & 6.15 pm

Schools
St Malachy’s Infants’ Sch, Anne St
St Malachy’s Girls’ PS, Anne St
St Malachy’s Boys’ PS, Anne St
St Malachy’s Pre-School, Anne St; (See Parishes, Dundalk, St Patrick’s)

Halls
Friary Youth Centre and the Dominican Hall, Anne St;
The Friary Field

Apostolates
Rosary Centre, Legion of Mary, St Martin de Porres Vincent de Paul Conference, Dominican Laity, Annual Dominican Pilgrimage to Knock (2nd Sun, Oct), St Malachy’s Youth Club, Chaplaincy to St Malachy’s Schools, Dundalk Arch Club, Junior & Senior Altar Servers, Retreat Work

Cistercians (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, OCSO)

COLLON (Founded 1938)

Mellifont Abbey, Collon, Co Louth
Tel (041) 982 6103
Fax (041) 982 6713

Abbey Church (1946)

Masses

Sunday 8.30 am
Week days and Holydays 8.15 am
1st Friday 8.15 am

Liturgy of the Hours (Daily)

Matins 4.00 am
Lauds 7.30 am
Terce 9.30 am (8.30 am, Sun with Mass)
Sext 12.15 pm
None 2.15 pm
Vespers 5.45 pm (5.00 pm, Sun, with Benediction)
Compline 8.05 pm

GuesthouseDays of Recollection, Private Retreats

Augustinians (Order of St Augustine, OSA)

DROGHEDA (Founded 1295)

St Augustine’s Priory, Shop Street, Drogheda, Co Louth
Tel (041) 983 8409
Fax (041) 983 1847

Augustinian Church, Shop St (1866)

Masses

Saturday 7.00 pm
Sunday 11.00 am, 12.00 noon, 1.15 pm
Holydays 11.00 am, 1.05 pm, 4.15 pm
Weekdays 11.00 am, 1.05 pm, 4.15 pm

Apostolates

Hospital Chaplaincy, Our Lady’s College, Greenhills

The Role of Women in the Church – November 2006

One of the nine areas in the Diocesan Pastoral Plan is devoted to developing the role and ministry of women in the church. The one all-encompassing objective for this group is Women: equality, role and ministry recognised and enabled by 2007.

The group consists of 3 laywomen, 2 religious sisters, two clergy representatives and one layman. As a group we would welcome more representation from young women and women with children. If you are interested in being involved contact me (Kate Acton) on +442837525592.

Initial Approach
The group’s initial approach was to explore further what these terms mean to each of us. Everyone has differing views on what constitutes equality and what role women should play in our Church. The group is also conscious that to recognise and enable women will mean some cultural changes in our parishes for both clergy and lay people. While discussing this we identified areas that we thought should be developed on behalf of women in the Archdiocese.

Mission Statement:
The group have drawn up the following Mission Statement:

Through our Baptism we are initiated into the People of God, committed to a relationship with Christ and to making visible His presence by living as His disciples.

Our committee is concerned to empower the full membership of every parishioner to make this Baptismal Gift a reality.
Because women have traditionally been marginalized and limited our focus is to explore the present obstacles and ensure their growth to full life in Christ.
Group Ethos
As the subgroup addresses the involvement and ministry of women in the church we bear in mind:
a) The example of Jesus in the Gospel
b) The experience of women – being recognised and enabled in our parishes.
c) The present teaching and practice of our Church around these issues;

Activities in Progress
1. We are currently devising a questionnaire to be distributed to a targeted cross section of women within the Archdiocese. The aim of this questionnaire is to learn about the experiences of women in the Archdiocese of Armagh.

2. We are currently educating ourselves in relation to church law with regard to the role of women and the realm of possibility with the Archdiocese of Armagh to develop this.

Future Activities
From the early stages the group recognised the importance of education around the role of women in our Church. This education needs to take place among the clergy and lay people of our parishes as in order to develop the role of women we need to influence parish structures and leadership approaches as well as introduce the possibilities available to women in our Church. This change will enable women to become more involved in parish ministry.

Recognition of the role of women in our Church is important. Their role as mother and nurturer of our children is recognised however it is important to acknowledge that women have other roles in our parish. We will be identifying female role models from the gospels and the saints including Mary the Mother of God to highlight how women can be evangelisers and shapers within our Church today.

Prayer is a very important aspect of our Christian living. We plan to distribute prayers for women twice yearly. Prayers will be compiled or chosen and adapted because they speak to women and highlight the great women of our church. It is through prayer that we can build our relationship with Christ to strengthen ourselves to be more like these women in our faith.

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