3rd Sunday of Advent December 15th 2024

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

15 December 2024                         Altar Notices               3rd Sunday of Advent

  1. The Sunday collection last week amounted to €3,352.  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 stands at the entrances of both churches.

  2. Parish Christmas card with Advent Confessions and Christmas Mass times available at the back of the churches.  Please take one.

  3. Penance Service on Monday week, 23 December, in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 7.30pm with a number of priests available.  Confessions on Christmas Eve in both churches, 12.00 noon – 2.00pm.  Wednesday and Saturday Confessions as usual.

  4. Christmas Eve Vigil Masses will be as last year:  Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 4.00pm, 6.00pm, 8.00pm; St Peter’s Church, 5.00pm, 7.00pm, 9.00pm.  Christmas Day Masses as Sundays:  St Peter’s Church, 8.00am, 11.00am; Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 9.00am, 10.30am, 12.00 noon.  All Masses are streamed live by webcam, www.sppd.ie or www.churchservices.ie (Drogheda).  Full details in the parish newsletter, or on the Christmas Card available at the back of the churches.

  5. St Peter’s Shop has a large range of Advent Calendars, Crib scenes, Christmas Cards, Christmas Mass Bouquets, and faith-based gifts in stock. Many thanks to our wonderful volunteers.

  6. Once again St Peter’s Parish is supporting Drogheda Women’s & Children’s Refuge and Drogheda Homeless Aid in their Christmas appeals.  Items such as toiletries and non-perishable food are needed at this time. Please donate into the boxes provided in both St Peter’s and Our Lady of Lourdes Churches by Wednesday, 18th December

  7. God First St Peter’s Youth Group for teenagers, 13 – 17 years old, meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month in the Family Room of Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 5.30pm.

  8. Christmas Dues will be collected in the coming weeks.  The 2025 parish envelopes boxes will also be distributed and the parish Christmas card.  Many thanks to our distributors.  We thank parishioners in a special way for your continued generosity.  Anyone wishing to receive a weekly envelope or who would like to contribute via standing order is asked to contact the sacristy or any of the priests.

  9. St Peter’s Parish Medjugorje Pilgrimage, 29th April – 6th May 2025.  Early booking deposit of €50 to avail of prices from €545 for 7 nights, half board accommodation per person sharing, flights included.  Daily programme with spiritual director and music ministry.  Led by Fr Eugene Sweeney, PP, Deacons John Taaffe and Pat Butterly.  Contact 089 615 2568 for further details.

  1. Full details in the Newsletter at the back of the churches. Also see parish website, Facebook, X and Instagram.