Sunday 19 January 2025 – 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time

Published on November 12, 2023

ST PETER’S PARISH, DROGHEDA

19 January 2025                       Altar Notices                  2nd Sunday Ordinary Time

                                                                                     

  1. The collection last Sunday amounted to €3,161. 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.

  1. There is a second envelope this weekend for the sick and retired priests of the Armagh Diocese. The Archdiocese currently has thirty retired priests, some continuing to help out in parishes, other in nursing homes or on long-term sick-leave.  We thank you sincerely for your continued generosity to our sick and retired priests.

  2. The monthly Mass in honour of St Oliver Plunkett will be celebrated next Saturday in St Peter’s at 6.15pm.

  1. The January Family Mass takes place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church next Sunday, 10.30am.

  1. In conjunction with the Jubilee Year 2025 announced by Pope Francis with the theme, Pilgrims of Hope, we are very happy that Archbishop Eamon Martin, marking the 400th anniversary this year of the birth of St Oliver Plunkett, has designated St Peter’s Church, Drogheda, as a Jubilee Church in the Archdiocese of Armagh. The Archbishop has requested that details of the Jubilee Indulgence be brought to the attention of the faithful in all parishes of the Archdiocese this weekend. Please see the Newsletter. We look forward to celebrating the Jubilee and St Oliver Plunkett 400 in a special way in this parish throughout 2025.

  1. The Medical Missionaries of Mary will mark the 50th Anniversary of the death of Mother

Mary Martin with a celebration of her life next Saturday 25th January in The Auditorium, Beechgrove Convent, 2.00pm – 5.00pm, and in Our Lady of Lourdes Church next Sunday 26th January at the 10.30am Mass.

  1. The 2025 parish envelope year has commenced. Many thanks to our distributors.  Anyone wishing to receive a weekly envelope or who would like to contribute via standing order is asked to contact the sacristy or parish office.

  1. Newsletter is available at the back of the church. Also see parish website, Facebook, X and Instagram.