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Four Bray Parishes Together
The nine priests in Bray will reduce to six over the next decade. The diocese plans to group parishes in threes and fours. So Bray will have one parish priest. All six priests will be appointed to the four parish unit (each parish can still have a resident priest.)
To prepare for this, all the priests have been meeting monthly since last November. There has just been a first meeting of representatives of each parish pastoral council, with the priests, While people fear lest their parish lose its identity they see that working together will actually increase identity. The process will be gradual. Another meeting of priests and parishioners is planned for June to identify areas for collaboration in the coming year.
The mood at this stage is, as one participant put it, 'nervous but happy'
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Financial Support for your Parish
The new family offering envelopes are now available. With this system parishioners contribute on a weekly, monthly or annual basis towards the upkeep of the parish. A growing number of parishioners also use Standing Orders. This is the only source of income for the running of the parish.
The first collection at Mass for the priests of the Diocese provides a salary for the priests of the parish plus priests not working in Parishes, sick and retired priests and priests in financially poor parishes.
This guarantees that all priests in the Diocese, no matter what parish, receive approximately the same salary. I feel this is a fair and just system.
The Share Collection goes exclusively to help new and developing parishes in the Diocese.
If you are not contributing to the family offering envelope system or using Standing Order Forms / Direct Debit Mandates, could I please request that you consider helping the parish. Due to increased costs and parish projects, your financial help would be very much appreciated.
Standing Order Forms will be available at the doors of the church and Family Envelope Offering boxes for new contributors can be obtained by putting names on sheets provided at the doors.
Community Mothers Programme
Interested in supporting flrst-time mothers in your community?
Then join the Community Mothers Programme as a Community Mother.
Training takes place for 10 hours per month in your own home.
On the Programme you will learn new skills, gain knowledge and make new friends all in one go!
For more information please contact:- Marie Nyhan, Family Development Nurse Programme Co-ordinator Block B, The Civic Centre Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow Phone: 2744116/2744100
PERPETUAL ADORATION
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We have around the clock exposure of the Eucharist in our church. It is the most wonderful of occurrences in our parish. Every day, evening and night, people come to be in the presence of Christ, to pray to Him, to be with Him, to listen to Him or indeed to talk to
Him. If you feel the need for some respite from the hustle and bustle of daily life why not come and spend some time with Him? Maybe you would like to commit yourself to one hour a week, please feel free to do so. Remember what Christ said, "Whenever one or two are gathered in my name, I am there also".
If you need further information please contact the Parish Office or any of the adorers in the Church. Parish Office (01) 274 5497 or (01) 276 0045 |
BROWSE & BORROW LIBRARY
If you have any books which you have read recently that were inspiring or challenging and you think might help somebody else please donate them to our Parish Browse & Borrow Library.
Examples of books available are:
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Marks Gospel: The Jesus Mark by Wilfred J. Harrington |
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Challenges in Prayer by Basil Pennington. |
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Understanding Christian Spirituality by Michael Downey. |
BLESSING OF TREE
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A tree was planted in the church grounds in honour of and in memory of Pope John Paul II and was blessed after the 10.30 Mass on Sunday 24 April 2005 |