Sunday 1st June 2025 – Ascension of the Lord

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

1 June 2025                                     Altar Notices                                      Ascension of the Lord

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,495.   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. St Vincent de Paul monthly church collections this weekend.  Local needs are great at this time.

  1. Tomorrow (Monday) is a Bank Holiday. There will be no 8.30am Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church.  Mass at 10.00am in Our Lady of Lourdes and 10.30am in St Peter’s as usual.

  1. Friday coming, 6 June, 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.  

  1. 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.

  1. The bells of both St Peter’s and Our Lady of Lourdes Churches will ring out this Wednesday, 4 June at 1.05pm.  We are urged on that day and at that time to take a moment at lunchtime to reflect and remember the 15,000 children who have been killed and the 34,000 children who have been wounded during Israel’s assault on Gaza.  The date of June 4th has been chosen as it is International United Nations Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.

  2. St Anthony’s Novena will take place in St Peters Church from this Thursday, 5 June, to Friday 13 June.  The Preacher will be Fr Michael Nicholas, OFM, Ennis. Masses 10.30am & 7.30pm daily, except on Saturday 7th June, 10.30am & 6.15pm, and Sunday 8th June with Mass at 11.00am, and Holy Hour at 7.30pm.

  1. The Irish Bishops call on all Catholics to make this Friday, the First Friday, 6th June, a day of prayer and fasting in solidarity with our sisters and brothers who are suffering at this time in the Holy Land

  1. There will be a second envelope next weekend for Peter’s Pence. This collection enables Pope Leo to continue the mission of the Universal Church, to support the upkeep of the Vatican offices and missions abroad, and for the discretionary use by the Holy Father for any charitable initiatives he may support within the Universal church, including for the relief of those most in need.

  1. In order to facilitate the request of the St Oliver’s Shrine restoration team, 8.30am weekday Mass will take place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, and not St Peter’s Church, to the end of June.

  1. Cemetery Sunday 2025 will take place as usual on the last Sunday of June, this year Sunday, 29 June, in St Peter’s Cemetery at 3.00pm, and Newtown Cross Cemetery at 5.00pm.

  2. Summer Dues for the support of the priests of the parish will be collected over the coming few weeks.  Many thanks for your support.  Envelopes at the back of church and on tables.

  3. Full details in the Parish Newsletter.  Also see church noticeboards, parish website, Facebook, Instagram and X.