The Good Shepherd Parish
Mass Times
Sunday - 11am, Monday to Thursday - 9.30am
First Friday - 9.30am
First Friday - 9.30am
Week of
September 9th, 2011
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Information and experiences that deepen prayer life and lead to healing.
Facilitators: Sr. Laura
Date: October - Wednesday 12th,19th,26th,
November - Wednesday 2nd,9th,16th
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: The Parish Centre (Castlegar Sports Complex)
Mothers Prayers returns after summer break every Monday except bank holidays
Mothers Prayers for mothers and grandmothers who wish to pray together for their children and grandchildren in the Parish Centre on Monday nights @ 8pm. Queries: Mary 753325 or Eileen 753628
Treat Me Nice, an event in aid of COPE Galway, will take place this Sunday, 9th Oct. from 12-6pm in the Radisson Hotel. Admission €10 includes one beauty, hair or holistic treatment, entry to an energy healing talk at 3pm and access to practical demos which include cake decorating, sewing skills, flower arranging, interior design, and card-making. For more see www.copegalway.ie or call Pamela on 778750.
We especially welcome all the residents of Garran Ard & Garran Iseal to our Mass today.
Sunday, October 9th
Hospitality: Marge Hennelly, Chioma Obasi
Servers; TEAM 2; Catherine, Ben, Sean
OCTOBER ROTAS
Eucharistic Ministers: Celia Keane, Margaret Carr, Patrician Long, Padraic Kyne
Collectors: Peter Brennan, Peter Oyelola, Vinny Hennelly
Collectors: Peter Brennan, Peter Oyelola, Vinny Hennelly
Mass Intentions for the Week:
Sunday 9th: Cyril Colleran (Anniversary)
Monday 10th: Margaret Sherry (Anniversary)
Tuesday 11th: Lizanne & Caitriona Dunleavey
Wednesday 12th: Mass
Thursday 13th: Pro-Popula (Mass for the People)
Sunday 16th: Peg & Gerald Diskin (Anniversary)
Monday 10th: Margaret Sherry (Anniversary)
Tuesday 11th: Lizanne & Caitriona Dunleavey
Wednesday 12th: Mass
Thursday 13th: Pro-Popula (Mass for the People)
Sunday 16th: Peg & Gerald Diskin (Anniversary)
Planning your wedding
Couples planning their wedding should be aware that the pre-marriage courses recognised by the Galway Diocese are those provided by Accord in Newtownsmith and Esker Retreat House, Athenry.
Notices for newsletter
If you have a notice you would like to include in the newsletter please contact the Parish office before 12 noon on Wednesday
If you have a notice you would like to include in the newsletter please contact the Parish office before 12 noon on Wednesday
SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS
MATTHEW 22:1-14
There are two parables here which Matthew has joined together. Looking at the first one; Scripture often speaks of the kingdom of God as a banquet. The image of people being at a meal where everyone is happy and welcome and where all hunger and thirst is satisfied gets across the idea that God loves, accepts and welcomes us and wants us to make that experience available to one another. Think of times in your life when you have had' banquet’ experiences and when you have felt accepted and loved?
The host enlists the help of his servants to invite people to the banquet. We are commissioned by the Lord to invite people to the banquet of the kingdom, to the fullness of life - as parents, teachers, friends, etc. What has it been like for you to play a part in leading others to a fuller life?
As in the parable last week there is a message about being alert to invitations that offers a fuller life and the danger of losing out if we neglect to respond to such invitations. Perhaps there have been opportunities offered to you that you missed, and now regret. Think also of the blessings you received because you seized the moment and took an opportunity that presented itself.
The second parable puts the focus on how we respond to invitations. Some invitations are ones that challenge us to change, to conversion, to make an effort and to put on a ‘wedding garment’. What has been your experience of changing in response to an invitation your received.
As in the parable last week there is a message about being alert to invitations that offers a fuller life and the danger of losing out if we neglect to respond to such invitations. Perhaps there have been opportunities offered to you that you missed, and now regret. Think also of the blessings you received because you seized the moment and took an opportunity that presented itself.
The second parable puts the focus on how we respond to invitations. Some invitations are ones that challenge us to change, to conversion, to make an effort and to put on a ‘wedding garment’. What has been your experience of changing in response to an invitation your received.
Rev. Fr. Martin Glynn - P.P.
Phone Mobile - 087-2527124
Parish Office - 091-756823
Web Address
www.goodshepherdgalway.com
Email addresses
goodshepherdgalway@gmail.com
Community Web Address
www.oscail.org
ACTIVE RETIREMENT IRELAND
The group meet every Wednesday in the Parish Centre at 2.30p,m.
New members welcome.
A Free Public Talk on Palliative Care takes place on Saturday 15th October from 9am to 2.15pm at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway. For further information on the conference and to register please go to www
Do you play the guitar, keyboard or any other instrument? Great!!!!
Would you like to give one Sunday a month to accompany our singing congregation in the Mass. Contact the Parish Office for further details.
Affordable Counselling /
Psychotherapy
Bereavement / Loss
Anxiety / Depression
Relationship Problems
Fear / Worry / Trauma
Suicide Prevention
Professional Counselling / Psychotherapy available at a low cost during these difficulty times. Contact Laura at 087-7489694 / 091-761552
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