ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA
30 March 2025 Altar Notices Fourth Sunday of Lent

1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,375. The Sunday Collection is taken up in the church porches on entry to and exit from Mass. Many thanks for your great generosity and your use of the parish envelope. A user-friendly Tap to Donate card machine is available at the entrances of both churches.

2. The much-praised St Oliver Plunkett 400 Commemorative Book and lapel pin badge, each retailing at €5 each, are available after Masses this weekend. The Commemorative Book with many wonderful articles is a wonderful keepsake of this special year.

3. Stations of the Cross in Our Lady of Lourdes Church each Sunday during Lent at 5.00pm.

4. A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus blessed by Pope Francis is visiting Our Lady of Lourdes Church this weekend, Saturday 29th to Sunday, 30th March to mark the 350th Anniversary of the Sacred Heart Revelations. Special mention of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be made at all Masses in Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

5. Friday coming, 4 April, is the First Friday of the month. The clergy will visit the sick by request from the person concerned or their family. Please contact the parish office, either sacristy, or any priest if you or your loved one would like a visit.

6. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is recited after the 10.00am Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church each First Friday. The monthly Mass in honour of the Sacred Heard (Pioneer Association) on Friday at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church.

7. March Family Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church today, Sunday at 10.30am.

8. Trócaire boxes at the back of the churches.

9. St Vincent de Paul monthly church gate collection next weekend. Local needs are great at this time.

10. The artist, Fintan Tracey, is hosting an exhibition of 24 prints (watercolours) from his book, The Captain and the Saint, which illustrates the life and story of St Oliver Plunkett, in the Barbican Centre, William St. Well worth seeing.
11. Newsletter is available at the back of the church. Also see parish website, Facebook, X and Instagram.