28thJune 2026 – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

  28 June 2026                            Altar Notices            13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,285. The Sunday Collection is taken up in the church porches on entry to and exit from Mass.  If you did not get a chance to contribute on the way in, please do so on the way out.  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. Low-gluten Communion hosts may be received at all Sunday and weekday Masses. Coeliacs should please go the priest to receive.

  3. The Family Mass takes place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church today, Sunday, 10.30am.

  1. Cemetery Sunday/ Blessing of the Graves 2026 will take place today as usual on the last Sunday of June, this year next Sunday, 28 June, in St Peter’s Cemetery at 3.00pm, and Newtown Cross Cemetery at 5.00pm. Please prepare your family graves.  The rubbish bin in the Cemetery is located in the centre of the Cemetery, near the Parish Priests’ graves.

There will be a Gate Collection for the upkeep of the Cemetery.  Please use the special envelope in your box (28 June) which can be put into the basket in the Cemetery or in the church.

  1. Masses on Friday coming, 3 July, 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.  

  2. 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.

  3. As usual, no 8.30am St Peter’s Church weekday Mass for the months of July and August. This summer schedule begins on 1 July.

  4. St Vincent de Paul monthly church collections next weekend. Local needs are great at this time.

  5. St Oliver’s Festival takes place from July  3rd  to July 5th.  Friday 5 July: A Walk in the Footsteps of St Oliver, starting at St Peter’s Church at 7.00pm, led by Archbishop Eamon Martin.  Unveiling of plaque at the Augustinian Church, Shop Street, believed to be the site of St Oliver’s school, at 8.15pm.  Saturday 4th July  Guided tours of St Peter’s Church 11.00am-1.00pm.  “Guilty until proven Innocent” debate and music in the Barbican Centre, speakers include author Anthony Murphy, Fr Paddy Rushe and poet John O’Rourke.  Traditional music to close. 3.00pm-5.00pm.  Sunday 5th July Annual St Oliver Procession, commencing at Holy Family Church at 3.00pm arriving at St Peter’s Church for concelebrated Mass at 4.00pm.   Preacher: Rev Dr Thomas O’Connor, Emeritus Professor of European History, NUI Maynooth, priest of the Diocese of Meath and recently appointed Chaplain to the Irish College, Paris.  Please see Newsletter for details.

  6. 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 the church ad on tables.

  7. St Peter’s Parish seeks expressions of interest with regard to the expenses-paid directorship of the Lourdes Youth Choir, a vibrant and highly accomplished girls’ choir that sings at the Sunday 10.30am Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Contact details in the Parish Newsletter.  

  8. If you are not taking the Missalette / Newsletter home, please leave at the back of the church on your exit.  Also see church noticeboards, parish website, Facebook and Instagram.